So, before the bannings I used to play Jund with a lot of removal (punishing fire/bolts/liliana/terminate), but now that Nacatl is banned, I'm not so sure I need as much - or at least.. I don't know about removal like PtE.
PtE was good before the bannings because it allowed you to answer a lot of zoo's threats for 1 cmc. Now.. I'm wondering if I should run it or not. I've switched what I was playing from Jund to Doran, and I think that I should be playing Doom Blade or other 2cmc removal spells rather than PtE.
a lot of times the land they get is irrelevant. this makes a 1cmc removal spell with very little draw back. it is therefore king... not much reason to run stuff over it.
in second place comes smother; run that before you run doom blade, GftT, or anything else.
Path to Exile still tells Delver of Secrets to get off for a mere 1 mana. If you expect more blue-based tempo decks, you must keep PtE to prevent your opponent from just winning on an Insectile Aberration's back.
Bob also appreciates having more 1-drops in the deck.
The new Tragic Slip has a lot of potential. Early it snipes turn one Wardens, Delvers, Hierarchs, and the like while taking out substantially bigger threats late.
It does take a bit of working, but my (admittedly bold) prediction is it will fall in fourth place behind Path, Terminate, and Smother.
1cmc removal is still really important in a blazing fast format. Also removal is quite good against like 75% of the decks in modern, good against like 5% and dead against the other 20% which is to be expected.
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a lot of times the land they get is irrelevant. this makes a 1cmc removal spell with very little draw back. it is therefore king... not much reason to run stuff over it.
in second place comes smother; run that before you run doom blade, GftT, or anything else.
Eh. Lightning Bolt is the second best creature removal spell in Modern.
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Why is vendetta never really mentioned? It is removal for and instant speed, yeah, you lose some life, but against agro decks its better to kill their threat and only take "1 hit."
Yeah they should make a vendetta that hits you equal to the creature's CMC.
this lol. Creatures pt/mana ration is too high in modern for vendetta.
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Since we're talking about 1cmc options:
Path
Bolt
Dismember
Vendetta
I don't see how someone could say Tragic Slip is unconditional. It's more conditional than the above 4, for sure. Plus most of the time it's just going to be an instant speed Bone Splinters.
Since we're talking about 1cmc options:
Path
Bolt
Dismember
Vendetta
I don't see how someone could say Tragic Slip is unconditional. It's more conditional than the above 4, for sure. Plus most of the time it's just going to be an instant speed Bone Splinters.
don't forget flame slash and other red burn spells. Tragic slip would be good if it was a strictly better disfigure, but as a -1/-1 it is quite worthless. Any 1cmc removal spell needs to be able to deal with 1 drops, and dealing with 2 drops is also pretty important this why path and dismember are quite good in modern, and flame slash is underrated for decks that want 1cmc removal at the cost of it being able to burn opponents.
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in second place comes smother; run that before you run doom blade, GftT, or anything else.
It is a close bet, but I end up needing GftT more than Smother, but that is a metagame issue. I also still run path as exiling can really help in this metagame.
PtE was good before the bannings because it allowed you to answer a lot of zoo's threats for 1 cmc. Now.. I'm wondering if I should run it or not. I've switched what I was playing from Jund to Doran, and I think that I should be playing Doom Blade or other 2cmc removal spells rather than PtE.
Am I wrong?
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in second place comes smother; run that before you run doom blade, GftT, or anything else.
Bob also appreciates having more 1-drops in the deck.
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It does take a bit of working, but my (admittedly bold) prediction is it will fall in fourth place behind Path, Terminate, and Smother.
I know this isn't in dorans colors but.
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Eh. Lightning Bolt is the second best creature removal spell in Modern.
I'd put it behind Bolt, too, though.
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I would say because you could be taking 3+ from a 2nd turn Goyf. Hard to justify bolting yourself.
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this lol. Creatures pt/mana ration is too high in modern for vendetta.
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Path
Bolt
Dismember
Vendetta
I don't see how someone could say Tragic Slip is unconditional. It's more conditional than the above 4, for sure. Plus most of the time it's just going to be an instant speed Bone Splinters.
don't forget flame slash and other red burn spells. Tragic slip would be good if it was a strictly better disfigure, but as a -1/-1 it is quite worthless. Any 1cmc removal spell needs to be able to deal with 1 drops, and dealing with 2 drops is also pretty important this why path and dismember are quite good in modern, and flame slash is underrated for decks that want 1cmc removal at the cost of it being able to burn opponents.
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