This card is in a lot of legacy combo decks, I'm curious as to why it doesn't see play in any modern combo decks. I've seen a few people use it to get some more powerful 3 drops on turn 2, namely stone rain and such. I'm just really surprised that as a card that's really important to a lot of decks in legacy, it doesn't see any play in modern.
It's not in Storm (mostly) because it can't be flashbacked with Past in Flames, or trigger Pyromancer Ascension. However, it has a lower threshold than Desperate Ritual and Pyretic Ritual (you don't need any mana to generate mana with SSG, but you need 2 mana to do so with the Rituals).
It does see play in combo decks using Through the Breach to cheat in fatties.
Using it is card disadvantage, so unless you are putting all your eggs in one basket (i.e. playing combo) there is no reason to use this.
izzetmage is right--because Simian Spirit Guide is card disadvantage, using it is risky. The only Legacy decks that tend to play it are Belcher (a very fast Storm-based combo deck) and Dragon Stompy (which will ditch cards from its hand to accelerate out its lock pieces).
So far, only combo decks have used it in Modern. Ad Nauseam-Angel's Grace uses it for the final kill with Conflagrate or Lightning Storm because it gains massive card advantage with its combo. Goryo's Vengeance decks tend to run it to accelerate its fatties out, and those fatties generate immense card advantage. Hive Mind uses it because it needs all the ramp it can.
This card is in a lot of legacy combo decks, I'm curious as to why it doesn't see play in any modern combo decks. I've seen a few people use it to get some more powerful 3 drops on turn 2, namely stone rain and such. I'm just really surprised that as a card that's really important to a lot of decks in legacy, it doesn't see any play in modern.
Anyone know where this card could see play?
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It does see play in combo decks using Through the Breach to cheat in fatties.
Using it is card disadvantage, so unless you are putting all your eggs in one basket (i.e. playing combo) there is no reason to use this.
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Big Johnny.
So far, only combo decks have used it in Modern. Ad Nauseam-Angel's Grace uses it for the final kill with Conflagrate or Lightning Storm because it gains massive card advantage with its combo. Goryo's Vengeance decks tend to run it to accelerate its fatties out, and those fatties generate immense card advantage. Hive Mind uses it because it needs all the ramp it can.
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