Recently, in modern metagames, there’re a ton of 3 or more color decks. Many players use nonbasic land without consideration.
Think you set Blood Moon against a junk deck, your opponent being not careful about it. The pitiful pray will do nothing but draw card and set "Mountains".
Isn't that sweet?
In fact, this archetype is really good against this metagame, including Junk and UWR Control.
Introduction
This archetype was originally supposed by Kenji Tsumura, a Japanese Pro player.
God I would hate playing against this so much. This looks fantastic. My best Modern deck is probably Bant Gifts, and this deck would basically walk all over that. I have a mono green defender ramp deck that would probably beat this in the first match up, but you'd side in Bribery and win by casting one of my Eldrazi or Blighsteel. Mono Black infect could be difficult for you, but Blood Moon stops Inkmoth Nexus, I must say I'm very impressed and it's a bummer this deck is so expensive, because I'd love to play with something similar.
Have you tested this, what are the good and bad match ups?
How would this do against powerful mono colored decks like Soul Sisters? I do see that Leyline of Sanctity totally shuts down stuff like RDW by the way.
The idea of running a base-blue list with Shackles and Blue Moon is not new - I think Reid Duke and a few others ran something like this in GP San Diego earlier this year, except it was RUG. The Tezzerator archetype is similar in spirit as well.
The idea of running a base-blue list with Shackles and Blue Moon is not new - I think Reid Duke and a few others ran something like this in GP San Diego earlier this year, except it was RUG. The Tezzerator archetype is similar in spirit as well.
The idea is older than that, try pro tour return to ravnica
Good: UWR control, Junks, Scapeshift, Pod
Not Bad: Tron, Soul Sisters, Affinity, Storm, SplinterTwins
Bad: Auras
UWR control and Junks are easy marks. They use many many nonbasic lands. Of course Pod,too. Moon is really effective against Valakut, because of Moon.(In addition, we can cast Counterflux.)
Surprisingly, match up with Tron isn't easy. Most of their copies are artifacts, so they can cast spells under Blood Moon. But we have Bribery and Stony Silence, so we'll win 2nd and 3rd games.
Soul sisters and Affinity are tolerant to Blood Moon, but not to Shackles.
Yea its ooooh kay the thing is Moon and shackles just dont do much vs a lot of other decks, they are more like sb cards you are hoping to mize people with.
I'm very exciting to hear some of MTG Mint Card guys bring this archetype to Valencia! They're running it with Spreading Seas and Master of Waves. I can't wait the deck list open.
This deck looks so good! Wonder ho it will perform in the top 8 tomorrow, really seeing this deck win.
As long as it doesn't get paired against Affinity, he has a really good chance at winning it. I think that he is playing against Zoo in the quarterfinals.
I tried reverse engineering the Blue Moon list (from Wizards's description) before Wizards made the Deck Tech, tried it on Cockatrice (against myself), and found that Master of Waves + Batterskull is just nutty. MoW makes enough tokens that Batterskull is not only immune to Liliana/Edicts, every single Elemental token can put the Batterskull on, wreak havoc, and not die if the Master is taken out. The Master itself not dying to Bolt in response to getting equipped is good, too (and so is finally being able to attack with the Master).
I didn't reverse engineer the list correctly (too many lands, no Serum Visions, too many Spreading Seas, too many MoWs, too few Tiagos, Vendilion Clique maindeck, no Vapor Snag), and at least Team MTGMintCard's version does fix some of the weaknesses of my build (the intrinsic inconsistency of maindecking Threads of Disloyalty, then maindecking Moon and Seas and running into UR Twin/Storm).
Also, Vapor Snag is insane with Moon out. Watch your opponent be unable to re-cast what you bounced. Remand gets pretty insane with Moon out, too, as it will Time Walk more consistently.
Recently, in modern metagames, there’re a ton of 3 or more color decks. Many players use nonbasic land without consideration.
Think you set Blood Moon against a junk deck, your opponent being not careful about it. The pitiful pray will do nothing but draw card and set "Mountains".
Isn't that sweet?
In fact, this archetype is really good against this metagame, including Junk and UWR Control.
Introduction
This archetype was originally supposed by Kenji Tsumura, a Japanese Pro player.
Sample deck list
9 Island
1 Mountain
2 Steam Vents
3 Sclading Tarn
3 Misty Rainforest
1 Plains
1 Sacred Foundry
2 Arid Mesa
Creatures (6)
3 Snapcaster Mage
3 Vendilion Clique
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Spell Snare
3 Vedalken Shackles
4 Blood Moon
2 Cryptic Command
3 Batterskull
4 Mana Leak
4 Serum Visions
4 Izzet Charm
4 Leyline of Sanctity
3 Bribery
2 Pyroclasm
3 Counteflux
3 Stony Silence
Pyroclasm is in the board for Geist of Saint Taft and tokens I assume? Is storm a big enough problem where Counteflux is necessary in the board.
Have you tested this, what are the good and bad match ups?
How would this do against powerful mono colored decks like Soul Sisters? I do see that Leyline of Sanctity totally shuts down stuff like RDW by the way.
UBRKess, Dissident MageUBR - Controlling Dissidents
GRhonas the IndomitableG - Indomitable Four Drops
WUBOloro, Ageless AsceticWUB - Loot & Renanimate
With Blood Moon cast, you could use it for Mana Leak or even better, Izzet Charm
GWR Naya Zoo RWG
WUBRG Tribal Zoo GRBUW
Legacy:
RUG RUG Delver GUR
Commander / EDH:
G Ezuri, Renegade Leader G
RUG Animar, Soul of Elements GUR
UBRKess, Dissident MageUBR - Controlling Dissidents
GRhonas the IndomitableG - Indomitable Four Drops
WUBOloro, Ageless AsceticWUB - Loot & Renanimate
Sig by DNC/HotP Studios
The idea is older than that, try pro tour return to ravnica
https://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/ptrtr12/topmoderndecks
Ken Yukuhiro
Pro Tour Return to Ravnica - Modern
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11 Island
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Mountain
4 Scalding Tarn
3 Steam Vents
Creatures 5
3 Snapcaster Mage
2 Vendilion Clique
Spells 32
2 Batterskull
4 Blood Moon
2 Cryptic Command
4 Izzet Charm
4 Lightning Bolt
3 Mana Leak
3 Remand
3 Sleight of Hand
4 Spell Snare
3 Vedalken Shackles
1 Mindbreak Trap
3 Pyroclasm
3 Relic of Progenitus
3 Sowing Salt
2 Threads of Disloyalty
2 Vandalblast
1 Vendilion Clique
Reid Duke's wrote an article on his RUG version
http://www.starcitygames.com/magic/standard/26030-Modern-Moving-Forward.html
First,I talk about match ups.
Good: UWR control, Junks, Scapeshift, Pod
Not Bad: Tron, Soul Sisters, Affinity, Storm, SplinterTwins
Bad: Auras
UWR control and Junks are easy marks. They use many many nonbasic lands. Of course Pod,too. Moon is really effective against Valakut, because of Moon.(In addition, we can cast Counterflux.)
Surprisingly, match up with Tron isn't easy. Most of their copies are artifacts, so they can cast spells under Blood Moon. But we have Bribery and Stony Silence, so we'll win 2nd and 3rd games.
Soul sisters and Affinity are tolerant to Blood Moon, but not to Shackles.
Aura maybe our natural enemy.
UBRKess, Dissident MageUBR - Controlling Dissidents
GRhonas the IndomitableG - Indomitable Four Drops
WUBOloro, Ageless AsceticWUB - Loot & Renanimate
What about running Gitaxian Probe/Peek over Serum Visions for information.
Can Jund beat this deck in game 1? Is this a good or bad match up for Blue Fish? What about Soul Sisters?
UBRKess, Dissident MageUBR - Controlling Dissidents
GRhonas the IndomitableG - Indomitable Four Drops
WUBOloro, Ageless AsceticWUB - Loot & Renanimate
2 Batterskull
2 Master of Waves
4 Blood Moon
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Serum Visions
4 Spell Snare
3 Remand
2 Cryptic Command
2 Mana Leak
2 Spreading Seas
2 Threads of Disloyalty
2 Vapor Snag
2 Vedalken Shackles
4 Misty Rainforest
4 Scalding Tarn
3 Steam Vents
1 Mountain
3 Anger of the Gods
3 Vendilion Clique
2 Spreading Seas
2 Vandalblast
1 Combust
1 Counterflux
1 Flame Slash
1 Negate
1 Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
I believe he was playing 1 Combust, 1 Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir and 2 Spreading Seas in his sideboard. I forgot what else was in there though.
Storm Crow is strictly worse than Seacoast Drake.
2 Spreading Seas
1 Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
1 Negate
2 Vandalblast
3 Vendilion Clique
1 Flame Slash
3 Anger of the Gods
1 Counterflux
1 Combust
Went to a new shop from a friend's recommendation, DQ'ed for willful violation of CR 100.6b.
Have played duals? I have PucaPoints for them!
(Credit to DarkNightCavalier)
$tandard: Too poor.
Modern:
- GW Birthing Pod(?)
Legacy:
- UWR Delver
As long as it doesn't get paired against Affinity, he has a really good chance at winning it. I think that he is playing against Zoo in the quarterfinals.
Storm Crow is strictly worse than Seacoast Drake.
I didn't reverse engineer the list correctly (too many lands, no Serum Visions, too many Spreading Seas, too many MoWs, too few Tiagos, Vendilion Clique maindeck, no Vapor Snag), and at least Team MTGMintCard's version does fix some of the weaknesses of my build (the intrinsic inconsistency of maindecking Threads of Disloyalty, then maindecking Moon and Seas and running into UR Twin/Storm).
Also, Vapor Snag is insane with Moon out. Watch your opponent be unable to re-cast what you bounced. Remand gets pretty insane with Moon out, too, as it will Time Walk more consistently.