I think the format has gotten slower. I havent been able to turn 1-2 anyone recently like i was able to with amulet bloom or grisselbrand. Also decks cant end as consistently like pod or twin could. Infect is about the only deck i can think of right now that can end on 2. Plus just the fact that a control deck like nahiri is able to sustain right now is an indication the format has slowed. Im not saying fast decks dont exist but they are not as powerful or consistent as previous.
Banning Twin led to an increase in hyper aggro decks and combo decks, which all sum up to create a much faster format. Before, Splinter Twin kept these decks in check either through removals or through the "oops I guess I win" on turn 4 strategy. To keep splinter twin decks in check were the midrange decks like Abzan, Jund, and Jeskai/ Grixis. The reason why Abzan went out of favor is because it matches much more poorly against faster decks compared to Jund, as it lacks efficient early removal and painless fastland (well used to).
Nahiri control is not well positioned right. It's a very popular deck, hence the Tier 1 rank, but it doesn't have a substantial winning percentage and even Jeskai players agree it will fall down to Tier 2 soon. The deck is too reactive in a meta that has too many strong proactive strategies. The deck does well against Midrange but Midrange isn't doing so well right now.
Also, Eldrazi aggro and Dredge are a thing.
Jeskai was supposed to "drop to tier 2" months ago but it never did because it's stronger than people believe it is. You just have to tool it differently.
Differently how? Most of the deck is set in stone. It's having even more trouble now that Dredge and Eldrazi Aggro are so popular and these are fairly unfavorable match-ups. When I'm playing Nahiri Control I feel good against Abzan/ Jund, Infect, Affinity, etc. But too much of Modern does not get set back by removal spells. Not great against combo or any aggro deck with resiliency or value (e.g Abzan Company). Even the favored match-ups feel like a struggle because the deck doesn't always have access to proactive win-cons. Nahiri helps but if you don't draw her, you're giving your opponent many turns to stabilize and counterspells in Modern don't exactly get better as the games progress.
There were jeskai decks maindecking geists and nahiri. Some play madcap combo in the side to stall aggro decks out. There are ways to change cards in the deck. The only thing that is set in stone is snap + removal. The deck also got a super nice upgrade with the fast land.
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I think the format has gotten slower. I havent been able to turn 1-2 anyone recently like i was able to with amulet bloom or grisselbrand. Also decks cant end as consistently like pod or twin could. Infect is about the only deck i can think of right now that can end on 2. Plus just the fact that a control deck like nahiri is able to sustain right now is an indication the format has slowed. Im not saying fast decks dont exist but they are not as powerful or consistent as previous.
Banning Twin led to an increase in hyper aggro decks and combo decks, which all sum up to create a much faster format. Before, Splinter Twin kept these decks in check either through removals or through the "oops I guess I win" on turn 4 strategy. To keep splinter twin decks in check were the midrange decks like Abzan, Jund, and Jeskai/ Grixis. The reason why Abzan went out of favor is because it matches much more poorly against faster decks compared to Jund, as it lacks efficient early removal and painless fastland (well used to).
Nahiri control is not well positioned right. It's a very popular deck, hence the Tier 1 rank, but it doesn't have a substantial winning percentage and even Jeskai players agree it will fall down to Tier 2 soon. The deck is too reactive in a meta that has too many strong proactive strategies. The deck does well against Midrange but Midrange isn't doing so well right now.
Also, Eldrazi aggro and Dredge are a thing.
Jeskai was supposed to "drop to tier 2" months ago but it never did because it's stronger than people believe it is. You just have to tool it differently.
Differently how? Most of the deck is set in stone. It's having even more trouble now that Dredge and Eldrazi Aggro are so popular and these are fairly unfavorable match-ups. When I'm playing Nahiri Control I feel good against Abzan/ Jund, Infect, Affinity, etc. But too much of Modern does not get set back by removal spells. Not great against combo or any aggro deck with resiliency or value (e.g Abzan Company). Even the favored match-ups feel like a struggle because the deck doesn't always have access to proactive win-cons. Nahiri helps but if you don't draw her, you're giving your opponent many turns to stabilize and counterspells in Modern don't exactly get better as the games progress.
There were jeskai decks maindecking geists and nahiri. Some play madcap combo in the side to stall aggro decks out. There are ways to change cards in the deck. The only thing that is set in stone is snap + removal. The deck also got a super nice upgrade with the fast land.
I think you are a little bit in denial. Geist has not been well positioned in the meta... like ever. He is fantastic against noncreature based combo and awful everywhere else. In fact, he is at his worst against the aggro matches unless you drew perfectly and somehow managed to draw removals, rather than counterspells, to clear the way for Geist. Which brings up another point: Jeskai often draws the wrong half of the deck. In reality, most midrange decks suffer from this problem but problems are elevated n counterspells over hand disruptions, which are simply more versatile. I again emphasize that reactive solutions are not as good as the proactive threats in Modern.
The reason why Splinter Twin was one of the best deck was because it could afford to draw the wrong half of the deck with a backup "oops I win" combo randomly assembled. A strong proactive strategy... see the pattern here? Best decks of the format is proactive simply because Modern is a little unbalanced and awards linear strategies too much.
Why play a madcap combo when you can just focus on running boardwipes? In fact, Anger of the Gods is one of the few ways Jeskai can be decent in the meta as it crushes Dredge and Abzan CoCo. The only problem is you need to dedicate other boardwipes for Eldrazi and BGx.
You keep saying that significant changes can be made yet you have not given any specific examples of such changes. Fastlands save some life but it doesn't solve any inherent issues with the deck. The only way Jeskai can be a top 10 deck of the format is if Wizard prints a proactive card that is both resilient and high-pressure (e.g blue tarmogoyf). Unbanning Jace TMS comes to mind but that is still ultimately a 'fair' 4-drop card and competes in spot with boardwipes and Nahiri. Jeskai (Geist) is one of my favorite decks but that's not going to stop me from looking at it objectively.
Banning Twin led to an increase in hyper aggro decks and combo decks, which all sum up to create a much faster format. Before, Splinter Twin kept these decks in check either through removals or through the "oops I guess I win" on turn 4 strategy. To keep splinter twin decks in check were the midrange decks like Abzan, Jund, and Jeskai/ Grixis. The reason why Abzan went out of favor is because it matches much more poorly against faster decks compared to Jund, as it lacks efficient early removal and painless fastland (well used to).
Nahiri control is not well positioned right. It's a very popular deck, hence the Tier 1 rank, but it doesn't have a substantial winning percentage and even Jeskai players agree it will fall down to Tier 2 soon. The deck is too reactive in a meta that has too many strong proactive strategies. The deck does well against Midrange but Midrange isn't doing so well right now.
Also, Eldrazi aggro and Dredge are a thing.
Jeskai was supposed to "drop to tier 2" months ago but it never did because it's stronger than people believe it is. You just have to tool it differently.
Differently how? Most of the deck is set in stone. It's having even more trouble now that Dredge and Eldrazi Aggro are so popular and these are fairly unfavorable match-ups. When I'm playing Nahiri Control I feel good against Abzan/ Jund, Infect, Affinity, etc. But too much of Modern does not get set back by removal spells. Not great against combo or any aggro deck with resiliency or value (e.g Abzan Company). Even the favored match-ups feel like a struggle because the deck doesn't always have access to proactive win-cons. Nahiri helps but if you don't draw her, you're giving your opponent many turns to stabilize and counterspells in Modern don't exactly get better as the games progress.
There were jeskai decks maindecking geists and nahiri. Some play madcap combo in the side to stall aggro decks out. There are ways to change cards in the deck. The only thing that is set in stone is snap + removal. The deck also got a super nice upgrade with the fast land.
I think you are a little bit in denial. Geist has not been well positioned in the meta... like ever. He is fantastic against noncreature based combo and awful everywhere else. In fact, he is at his worst against the aggro matches unless you drew perfectly and somehow managed to draw removals, rather than counterspells, to clear the way for Geist. Which brings up another point: Jeskai often draws the wrong half of the deck. In reality, most midrange decks suffer from this problem but problems are elevated n counterspells over hand disruptions, which are simply more versatile. I again emphasize that reactive solutions are not as good as the proactive threats in Modern.
The reason why Splinter Twin was one of the best deck was because it could afford to draw the wrong half of the deck with a backup "oops I win" combo randomly assembled. A strong proactive strategy... see the pattern here? Best decks of the format is proactive simply because Modern is a little unbalanced and awards linear strategies too much.
Why play a madcap combo when you can just focus on running boardwipes? In fact, Anger of the Gods is one of the few ways Jeskai can be decent in the meta as it crushes Dredge and Abzan CoCo. The only problem is you need to dedicate other boardwipes for Eldrazi and BGx.
You keep saying that significant changes can be made yet you have not given any specific examples of such changes. Fastlands save some life but it doesn't solve any inherent issues with the deck. The only way Jeskai can be a top 10 deck of the format is if Wizard prints a proactive card that is both resilient and high-pressure (e.g blue tarmogoyf). Unbanning Jace TMS comes to mind but that is still ultimately a 'fair' 4-drop card and competes in spot with boardwipes and Nahiri. Jeskai (Geist) is one of my favorite decks but that's not going to stop me from looking at it objectively.
The only reason Jeskai Nahiri hasn't seen massive success (it's seen plenty of Tier One level success) is because many top teams and pro players prefer other decks. A lot of the diehard Jeskai players that are keeping the archtype alive don't have 2-3 byes so they are grinding much harder than pros on Bant Eldrazi, Jund, Abzan, etc. who have pilots starting the tournament at 3-0 + amazing tie breakers.
Jeskai was supposed to "drop to tier 2" months ago but it never did because it's stronger than people believe it is. You just have to tool it differently.
Differently how? Most of the deck is set in stone. It's having even more trouble now that Dredge and Eldrazi Aggro are so popular and these are fairly unfavorable match-ups. When I'm playing Nahiri Control I feel good against Abzan/ Jund, Infect, Affinity, etc. But too much of Modern does not get set back by removal spells. Not great against combo or any aggro deck with resiliency or value (e.g Abzan Company). Even the favored match-ups feel like a struggle because the deck doesn't always have access to proactive win-cons. Nahiri helps but if you don't draw her, you're giving your opponent many turns to stabilize and counterspells in Modern don't exactly get better as the games progress.
There were jeskai decks maindecking geists and nahiri. Some play madcap combo in the side to stall aggro decks out. There are ways to change cards in the deck. The only thing that is set in stone is snap + removal. The deck also got a super nice upgrade with the fast land.
I think you are a little bit in denial. Geist has not been well positioned in the meta... like ever. He is fantastic against noncreature based combo and awful everywhere else. In fact, he is at his worst against the aggro matches unless you drew perfectly and somehow managed to draw removals, rather than counterspells, to clear the way for Geist. Which brings up another point: Jeskai often draws the wrong half of the deck. In reality, most midrange decks suffer from this problem but problems are elevated n counterspells over hand disruptions, which are simply more versatile. I again emphasize that reactive solutions are not as good as the proactive threats in Modern.
The reason why Splinter Twin was one of the best deck was because it could afford to draw the wrong half of the deck with a backup "oops I win" combo randomly assembled. A strong proactive strategy... see the pattern here? Best decks of the format is proactive simply because Modern is a little unbalanced and awards linear strategies too much.
Why play a madcap combo when you can just focus on running boardwipes? In fact, Anger of the Gods is one of the few ways Jeskai can be decent in the meta as it crushes Dredge and Abzan CoCo. The only problem is you need to dedicate other boardwipes for Eldrazi and BGx.
You keep saying that significant changes can be made yet you have not given any specific examples of such changes. Fastlands save some life but it doesn't solve any inherent issues with the deck. The only way Jeskai can be a top 10 deck of the format is if Wizard prints a proactive card that is both resilient and high-pressure (e.g blue tarmogoyf). Unbanning Jace TMS comes to mind but that is still ultimately a 'fair' 4-drop card and competes in spot with boardwipes and Nahiri. Jeskai (Geist) is one of my favorite decks but that's not going to stop me from looking at it objectively.
The only reason Jeskai Nahiri hasn't seen massive success (it's seen plenty of Tier One level success) is because many top teams and pro players prefer other decks. A lot of the diehard Jeskai players that are keeping the archtype alive don't have 2-3 byes so they are grinding much harder than pros on Bant Eldrazi, Jund, Abzan, etc. who have pilots starting the tournament at 3-0 + amazing tie breakers.
They prefer other decks for a reason. Jeskai Nahiri matches poorly with newcomers Eldrazi and Dredge. It's decent against midrange strategies (not great) but it's a long grind against everything else. This is different from Jund which can often steal games randomly with a nice sequencing of cards. It's a deck that tries to do everything - but considering Modern's diversity, cannot - which is why proactive decks will often have the superior win percentages (if piloted well). Too high variance as your cards have to match well with your opponents (removal against infect, counters against combo, etc.).
Differently how? Most of the deck is set in stone. It's having even more trouble now that Dredge and Eldrazi Aggro are so popular and these are fairly unfavorable match-ups. When I'm playing Nahiri Control I feel good against Abzan/ Jund, Infect, Affinity, etc. But too much of Modern does not get set back by removal spells. Not great against combo or any aggro deck with resiliency or value (e.g Abzan Company). Even the favored match-ups feel like a struggle because the deck doesn't always have access to proactive win-cons. Nahiri helps but if you don't draw her, you're giving your opponent many turns to stabilize and counterspells in Modern don't exactly get better as the games progress.
There were jeskai decks maindecking geists and nahiri. Some play madcap combo in the side to stall aggro decks out. There are ways to change cards in the deck. The only thing that is set in stone is snap + removal. The deck also got a super nice upgrade with the fast land.
I think you are a little bit in denial. Geist has not been well positioned in the meta... like ever. He is fantastic against noncreature based combo and awful everywhere else. In fact, he is at his worst against the aggro matches unless you drew perfectly and somehow managed to draw removals, rather than counterspells, to clear the way for Geist. Which brings up another point: Jeskai often draws the wrong half of the deck. In reality, most midrange decks suffer from this problem but problems are elevated n counterspells over hand disruptions, which are simply more versatile. I again emphasize that reactive solutions are not as good as the proactive threats in Modern.
The reason why Splinter Twin was one of the best deck was because it could afford to draw the wrong half of the deck with a backup "oops I win" combo randomly assembled. A strong proactive strategy... see the pattern here? Best decks of the format is proactive simply because Modern is a little unbalanced and awards linear strategies too much.
Why play a madcap combo when you can just focus on running boardwipes? In fact, Anger of the Gods is one of the few ways Jeskai can be decent in the meta as it crushes Dredge and Abzan CoCo. The only problem is you need to dedicate other boardwipes for Eldrazi and BGx.
You keep saying that significant changes can be made yet you have not given any specific examples of such changes. Fastlands save some life but it doesn't solve any inherent issues with the deck. The only way Jeskai can be a top 10 deck of the format is if Wizard prints a proactive card that is both resilient and high-pressure (e.g blue tarmogoyf). Unbanning Jace TMS comes to mind but that is still ultimately a 'fair' 4-drop card and competes in spot with boardwipes and Nahiri. Jeskai (Geist) is one of my favorite decks but that's not going to stop me from looking at it objectively.
The only reason Jeskai Nahiri hasn't seen massive success (it's seen plenty of Tier One level success) is because many top teams and pro players prefer other decks. A lot of the diehard Jeskai players that are keeping the archtype alive don't have 2-3 byes so they are grinding much harder than pros on Bant Eldrazi, Jund, Abzan, etc. who have pilots starting the tournament at 3-0 + amazing tie breakers.
They prefer other decks for a reason. Jeskai Nahiri matches poorly with newcomers Eldrazi and Dredge. It's decent against midrange strategies (not great) but it's a long grind against everything else. This is different from Jund which can often steal games randomly with a nice sequencing of cards. It's a deck that tries to do everything - but considering Modern's diversity, cannot - which is why proactive decks will often have the superior win percentages (if piloted well). Too high variance as your cards have to match well with your opponents (removal against infect, counters against combo, etc.).
That's pretty much false. Nahiri steals games A LOT faster than Jund and is likely more consistant at it to considering the deck is chalk full of answers and not situationally good creatures. The pros are on other decks because there are so many options available and very few spend much time practicing modern anymore since it left the PT. Many moved to Abzan as it's a flexible midrange deck where you don't need to necessarily be fine-tuned as a pilot to do well. In Asia a lot of the Japanese pros are on Infect because it's likely the best deck.
Dredge hasn't done nearly as much as Jeskai. Eldrazi, for the number of pilots running it is also not putting up any amazing results.
There were jeskai decks maindecking geists and nahiri. Some play madcap combo in the side to stall aggro decks out. There are ways to change cards in the deck. The only thing that is set in stone is snap + removal. The deck also got a super nice upgrade with the fast land.
I think you are a little bit in denial. Geist has not been well positioned in the meta... like ever. He is fantastic against noncreature based combo and awful everywhere else. In fact, he is at his worst against the aggro matches unless you drew perfectly and somehow managed to draw removals, rather than counterspells, to clear the way for Geist. Which brings up another point: Jeskai often draws the wrong half of the deck. In reality, most midrange decks suffer from this problem but problems are elevated n counterspells over hand disruptions, which are simply more versatile. I again emphasize that reactive solutions are not as good as the proactive threats in Modern.
The reason why Splinter Twin was one of the best deck was because it could afford to draw the wrong half of the deck with a backup "oops I win" combo randomly assembled. A strong proactive strategy... see the pattern here? Best decks of the format is proactive simply because Modern is a little unbalanced and awards linear strategies too much.
Why play a madcap combo when you can just focus on running boardwipes? In fact, Anger of the Gods is one of the few ways Jeskai can be decent in the meta as it crushes Dredge and Abzan CoCo. The only problem is you need to dedicate other boardwipes for Eldrazi and BGx.
You keep saying that significant changes can be made yet you have not given any specific examples of such changes. Fastlands save some life but it doesn't solve any inherent issues with the deck. The only way Jeskai can be a top 10 deck of the format is if Wizard prints a proactive card that is both resilient and high-pressure (e.g blue tarmogoyf). Unbanning Jace TMS comes to mind but that is still ultimately a 'fair' 4-drop card and competes in spot with boardwipes and Nahiri. Jeskai (Geist) is one of my favorite decks but that's not going to stop me from looking at it objectively.
The only reason Jeskai Nahiri hasn't seen massive success (it's seen plenty of Tier One level success) is because many top teams and pro players prefer other decks. A lot of the diehard Jeskai players that are keeping the archtype alive don't have 2-3 byes so they are grinding much harder than pros on Bant Eldrazi, Jund, Abzan, etc. who have pilots starting the tournament at 3-0 + amazing tie breakers.
They prefer other decks for a reason. Jeskai Nahiri matches poorly with newcomers Eldrazi and Dredge. It's decent against midrange strategies (not great) but it's a long grind against everything else. This is different from Jund which can often steal games randomly with a nice sequencing of cards. It's a deck that tries to do everything - but considering Modern's diversity, cannot - which is why proactive decks will often have the superior win percentages (if piloted well). Too high variance as your cards have to match well with your opponents (removal against infect, counters against combo, etc.).
That's pretty much false. Nahiri steals games A LOT faster than Jund and is likely more consistant at it to considering the deck is chalk full of answers and not situationally good creatures. The pros are on other decks because there are so many options available and very few spend much time practicing modern anymore since it left the PT. Many moved to Abzan as it's a flexible midrange deck where you don't need to necessarily be fine-tuned as a pilot to do well. In Asia a lot of the Japanese pros are on Infect because it's likely the best deck.
Dredge hasn't done nearly as much as Jeskai. Eldrazi, for the number of pilots running it is also not putting up any amazing results.
1. I don't know any pros that moved to Abzan. Where are you getting this information? Pros played Abzan for the World Championship because they expected plenty of Jund. But Abzan as a midrange deck (not company or elditch evolution) is not good in the meta right now because it lacks efficient answers for hyper linear aggro decks and has a more painful manabase.
2. First of all, I think you are simply ignoring everything I say. Nahiri 'steals' games just like most other 4-drops in Modern. That's not "stealing" a game. Second of all, you say Jund has "situationally good creatures" and totally ignore the fact that Jeskai runs situational answers to a very diverse format (I've given several examples). And besides, situational how? Many decks cannot answer a Tarmogoyf except the reactive decks like Grixis/ Jeskai. Scavenging Ooze has many applications simply because half the decks in the format utilize the graveyard. Grim Flayer is a hit or miss but finds a good home in Abzan. The key difference is that Jund is a better proactive deck. Even if you can answer a Tarmogoyf, the problem is that you have to answer it right away or it steals the game. Answers are always more situational (bolt vs reality smasher, path vs noble hierarch, counterspells vs creature decks).
3. "The pros are on other decks because there are so many options available and very few spend much time practicing modern anymore since it left the PT."
Doesn't even make sense. If you have no time to practice Modern, why bother trying out the newer decks?
4. "Dredge hasn't done nearly as much as Jeskai. Eldrazi, for the number of pilots running it is also not putting up any amazing results."
Proof? I know for a fact that Dredge is not nearly as represented in paper than in MTGO. In fact, I would argue Jeskai is not doing nearly as well considering its level of popularity. But to be fair, a lot of novices pilot Jeskai and it's much better when piloted by a great player.
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There were jeskai decks maindecking geists and nahiri. Some play madcap combo in the side to stall aggro decks out. There are ways to change cards in the deck. The only thing that is set in stone is snap + removal. The deck also got a super nice upgrade with the fast land.
Decks I'm playing in Modern right now:
URB Grixis Reveler (http://www.mtgvault.com/supast4r7/decks/modern-grixis-reveler/)
UB Faeries (http://www.mtgvault.com/supast4r7/decks/ub-fae-2/)
UW Azorious Control (http://www.mtgvault.com/supast4r7/decks/modern-ojutai-control-2/)
I think you are a little bit in denial. Geist has not been well positioned in the meta... like ever. He is fantastic against noncreature based combo and awful everywhere else. In fact, he is at his worst against the aggro matches unless you drew perfectly and somehow managed to draw removals, rather than counterspells, to clear the way for Geist. Which brings up another point: Jeskai often draws the wrong half of the deck. In reality, most midrange decks suffer from this problem but problems are elevated n counterspells over hand disruptions, which are simply more versatile. I again emphasize that reactive solutions are not as good as the proactive threats in Modern.
The reason why Splinter Twin was one of the best deck was because it could afford to draw the wrong half of the deck with a backup "oops I win" combo randomly assembled. A strong proactive strategy... see the pattern here? Best decks of the format is proactive simply because Modern is a little unbalanced and awards linear strategies too much.
Why play a madcap combo when you can just focus on running boardwipes? In fact, Anger of the Gods is one of the few ways Jeskai can be decent in the meta as it crushes Dredge and Abzan CoCo. The only problem is you need to dedicate other boardwipes for Eldrazi and BGx.
You keep saying that significant changes can be made yet you have not given any specific examples of such changes. Fastlands save some life but it doesn't solve any inherent issues with the deck. The only way Jeskai can be a top 10 deck of the format is if Wizard prints a proactive card that is both resilient and high-pressure (e.g blue tarmogoyf). Unbanning Jace TMS comes to mind but that is still ultimately a 'fair' 4-drop card and competes in spot with boardwipes and Nahiri. Jeskai (Geist) is one of my favorite decks but that's not going to stop me from looking at it objectively.
The only reason Jeskai Nahiri hasn't seen massive success (it's seen plenty of Tier One level success) is because many top teams and pro players prefer other decks. A lot of the diehard Jeskai players that are keeping the archtype alive don't have 2-3 byes so they are grinding much harder than pros on Bant Eldrazi, Jund, Abzan, etc. who have pilots starting the tournament at 3-0 + amazing tie breakers.
They prefer other decks for a reason. Jeskai Nahiri matches poorly with newcomers Eldrazi and Dredge. It's decent against midrange strategies (not great) but it's a long grind against everything else. This is different from Jund which can often steal games randomly with a nice sequencing of cards. It's a deck that tries to do everything - but considering Modern's diversity, cannot - which is why proactive decks will often have the superior win percentages (if piloted well). Too high variance as your cards have to match well with your opponents (removal against infect, counters against combo, etc.).
That's pretty much false. Nahiri steals games A LOT faster than Jund and is likely more consistant at it to considering the deck is chalk full of answers and not situationally good creatures. The pros are on other decks because there are so many options available and very few spend much time practicing modern anymore since it left the PT. Many moved to Abzan as it's a flexible midrange deck where you don't need to necessarily be fine-tuned as a pilot to do well. In Asia a lot of the Japanese pros are on Infect because it's likely the best deck.
Dredge hasn't done nearly as much as Jeskai. Eldrazi, for the number of pilots running it is also not putting up any amazing results.
1. I don't know any pros that moved to Abzan. Where are you getting this information? Pros played Abzan for the World Championship because they expected plenty of Jund. But Abzan as a midrange deck (not company or elditch evolution) is not good in the meta right now because it lacks efficient answers for hyper linear aggro decks and has a more painful manabase.
2. First of all, I think you are simply ignoring everything I say. Nahiri 'steals' games just like most other 4-drops in Modern. That's not "stealing" a game. Second of all, you say Jund has "situationally good creatures" and totally ignore the fact that Jeskai runs situational answers to a very diverse format (I've given several examples). And besides, situational how? Many decks cannot answer a Tarmogoyf except the reactive decks like Grixis/ Jeskai. Scavenging Ooze has many applications simply because half the decks in the format utilize the graveyard. Grim Flayer is a hit or miss but finds a good home in Abzan. The key difference is that Jund is a better proactive deck. Even if you can answer a Tarmogoyf, the problem is that you have to answer it right away or it steals the game. Answers are always more situational (bolt vs reality smasher, path vs noble hierarch, counterspells vs creature decks).
3. "The pros are on other decks because there are so many options available and very few spend much time practicing modern anymore since it left the PT."
Doesn't even make sense. If you have no time to practice Modern, why bother trying out the newer decks?
4. "Dredge hasn't done nearly as much as Jeskai. Eldrazi, for the number of pilots running it is also not putting up any amazing results."
Proof? I know for a fact that Dredge is not nearly as represented in paper than in MTGO. In fact, I would argue Jeskai is not doing nearly as well considering its level of popularity. But to be fair, a lot of novices pilot Jeskai and it's much better when piloted by a great player.