Needs disruption, I know. I'm thinking of Duress and Memoricide in the sideboard. Or Castigate.
So, what do you guys think of GG in Modern? I'm aware that it loses to Hypergenesis. Everything loses to Hypergenesis. There's no reason to try to get around that. But what about the rest of the field?
edit: Updated my decklist. Might change again soon. Not really feeling Wall of Omens.
I'm wondering where I can fit in a Wurmcoil Engine. Aside from being one of my favorite critters, I feel Lifelink is extremely relevant, and getting tokens after sacrificing it is pretty cool. Also, I think I need to get rid of a color. Probably white. Run just one Yosei, and only Goryo it.
Also, although I shouldn't have, I totally just used Jin to draw twelve cards during my end step. It was sweet.
But, soon, I put it aside. This was before Modern. I played casual and was failing at Legacy. It didn't fit in either.
Then came Modern Magic, and now I think this deck has a place to stay.
So would anyone like to brainstorm on this deck with me?
A few sample decklists:
The Frank Karsten original, for posterity:
60 cards
2 Brushland
4 Forest
1 Island
1 Miren, the Moaning Well
1 Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers
2 Overgrown Tomb
3 Plains
1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
3 Swamp
2 Temple Garden
2 Tendo Ice Bridge
1 Watery Grave
23 lands
1 Kagemaro, First to Suffer
2 Kokusho, the Evening Star
4 Sakura-Tribe Elder
4 Yosei, the Morning Star
11 creatures
3 Gifts Ungiven
3 Goryo's Vengeance
3 Greater Good
4 Kodama's Reach
1 Last Gasp
1 Putrefy
1 Reclaim
1 Recollect
3 Sensei's Divining Top
4 Wrath of God
26 other spells
1 Cranial Extraction
1 Death Denied
4 Defense Grid
1 Dosan the Falling Leaf
1 Hana Kami
1 Hideous Laughter
1 Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
1 Last Gasp
1 Loxodon Hierarch
1 Meloku the Clouded Mirror
1 Rending Vines
1 Soulless Revival
Here's a version piloted by Shaheen Soorani. Took it all the way to second at a tournament in Richmond, VA sometime ago:
3 Sensei's Divining Top
Creatures
4 Sakura-Tribe Elder
Enchantments
4 Greater Good
Instants
2 Gifts Ungiven
4 Goryo's Vengeance
3 Putrefy
1 Reclaim
Legendary Creatures
2 Kokusho, the Evening Star
4 Yosei, the Morning Star
Sorceries
3 Compulsive Research
3 Footsteps of the Goryo
4 Kodama's Reach
1 Recollect
2 Forest
1 Island
2 Plains
2 Swamp
Lands
1 Brushland
1 Caves of Koilos
2 Llanowar Wastes
4 Overgrown Tomb
4 Temple Garden
3 Yavimaya Coast
2 Mindslicer
2 Circle of Protection: Black
2 Circle of Protection: Red
2 Naturalize
1 Dosan the Falling Leaf
3 Meloku the Clouded Mirror
3 Cranial Extraction
And, finally, the horrible bastardization I created:
5 Forest
4 Plains
2 Swamp
1 Island
4 Verdant Catacombs
4 Godless Shrine
3 Gemstone Mine
1 Breeding Pool
1 Hallowed Fountain
1 Overgrown Tomb
Creatures:
4 Sakura-Tribe Elder
4 Wall of Omens
3 Eternal Witness
2 Yosei, the Morning Star
2 Kokusho, the Evening Star
1 Kagemaro, First to Suffer
4 Path to Exile
3 Gifts Ungiven
2 Goryo's Vengeance
1 Go For the Throat
Sorceries:
4 Castigate
1 Recollect
Enchantments:
3 Greater Good
4 Spell Pierce
2 Wrath of God
2 Beast Within
2 Hana Kami
2 Doom Blade
1 Memoride
1 Go For the Throat
1 Mindbreak Trap
Needs disruption, I know. I'm thinking of Duress and Memoricide in the sideboard. Or Castigate.
So, what do you guys think of GG in Modern? I'm aware that it loses to Hypergenesis. Everything loses to Hypergenesis. There's no reason to try to get around that. But what about the rest of the field?
edit: Updated my decklist. Might change again soon. Not really feeling Wall of Omens.
I'm gonna try this:
6 Forest
2 Swamp
2 Plains
2 Island
4 Verdant Catacombs
3 Gemstone Mine
2 Overgrown Tomb
2 Breeding Pool
1 Godless Shrine
1 Hallowed Fountain
Creatures:
4 Sakura-Tribe Elder
3 Eternal Witness
2 Yosei, the Morning Star
2 Kokusho, the Evening Star
1 Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
4 Harrow
4 Path to Exile
3 Gifts Ungiven
3 Goryo's Vengeance
1 Makeshift Mannequin
1 Go For the Throat
Sorceries:
4 Preordain
1 Recollect
Enchantments:
2 Greater Good
4 Spell Pierce
2 Wrath of God
2 Beast Within
2 Hana Kami
2 Doom Blade
1 Memoricide
1 Go For the Throat
1 Kagemaro, First to Suffer
I'm wondering where I can fit in a Wurmcoil Engine. Aside from being one of my favorite critters, I feel Lifelink is extremely relevant, and getting tokens after sacrificing it is pretty cool. Also, I think I need to get rid of a color. Probably white. Run just one Yosei, and only Goryo it.
Also, although I shouldn't have, I totally just used Jin to draw twelve cards during my end step. It was sweet.