Artifact hate combined with non-basic land hate will shut them out. Board out Delver completely and go control. Get their Aether Vials first, then get their Caverns and Mutavaults. GG.
Aether vial and cavern of souls completely enable out counterspell, kira and master of waves are very hard to handle, islandwalk is always activated. I have never felt that it was a 45-55 matchup
Kolaghan's Command, Vandalblast, Smash to Smithereens, Rakdos Charm, Crumble to Dust, Molten Rain, Engineered Explosives, Surgical Extraction... You gotta know where to hit them.
Basically, artifact titans. I guess they could be fun if you ran something similar to an older Grixis Titan Control deck. I don't see it working unless you are going for the long control game, and not the more midrange feel the current Grixis Control decks do (with Kalitas, Dark Dwellers, etc).
WB fast land not necessary for my Soul Sisters brew as I don't need black mana that early. All my black cards are W/B multicolored, for max Martyr synergy. Black lands I run are 4x Marsh Flats, 2x Godless Shrine, 2x Isolated Chapel, 1x Temple of Silence and 1x Swamp. Think I'm covered.
Enemy colored fast lands in Kaladesh... Which means we get a UR fast land! You know they are gonna see play in Modern, but how much does it help UR Delver? Whats the call here? I'm probably going to run two in my list to start with.
Really depends on whether you run 19 or 20 lands and how much you care about fetchlands to fuel Tasigur/Angler. Exciting to finally have access to enemy-colored fast lands. Wait and see on the result.
I wonder if anyone else has been trying out YP in their decks?
Ryan Overtuf has posted an article on Modern Nexus about Reveler. Basically he says what we have already discussed here, Reveler does not really belong in our reactive shell. However, he could see him as a sideboard 1-of against decks were we board out most of our counters for removal.
I used to run YP in Grixis but it seemed too vulnerable and took a turn or two to take off. Also, since I don't run Probes in Grixis, that makes YP less of a fit.
Bedlam Reveler would be a good option if Tasigur and Angler weren't around. I think Reveler is a better fit in a U/R Devler build.
Looks like shadow_PT has picked up the GP winning Grixis Delver list and run with it. Consecutive days with 5-0 MTGO league results. Anyone know who this is? I recognize them as a Soul Sisters player (my other Modern deck), so I am curious.
Funny that Grixis Delver is considered Tier 2, but that's only because of % of the meta playing it well. Yet, in the last few months, it wins a SCG Open and a Grand Prix. LOL! Keep doing your thing, my fellow Delverers!
And i agree that counterspells are not that great right now, at least not maindeck. Remand seems like the most obvious card to cut for me, sticking with just 3 Snares and 3 Leaks to make room for some more removal spells. But you still need to protect your guys or counter relevant spells.
What is your preferred counter of choice out of the board? Dispel, Squall or still a split between those 2? I guess i would prefer dispel in the current meta.
I feel like it's about being patient and countering relevant spells. I run 3 Leak, 2 Snare and 2 Remand in the main and 2 Dispel, 1 Countersquall in the board. I don't like to run Pierce or Squall in the maindeck because those only target non-creature spells and the meta is creature-heavy aggro right now.
I also like his choice of kill spells. Seems like everyone is running 3 Terminate and 1 Dreadbore right now. To run a Murderous Cut in lieu of one of the Terminates may have been a really smart play. Though, I am hesitant to run Cut because I want to save my graveyard to fuel Tasigur, Snapcaster, and Kommand.
has anyone tried lilly, last hope as a singleton in the board...
looking to get a little bit of data on this one...
Seeing Grixis Control decks starting to use new Lili with decent results. Limited data still as Grixis Delver or Control are not Tier 1 archetypes currently.
So two Grixis Control lists just went 5-0 in the recent MTGO leagues. Both were playing 4 Jace, Vryns Prodigy along with discard. No counter magic in the main. No Ancestral Vision anywhere in the 75.
The new Liliana may be better than I thought. I'm going to test this list extensively when I get home.
Liliana, the Last Hope is good. She works well in a creature-heavy, aggro meta. Some Grixis decks want to disrupt and be more midrangey, and that is where Liliana of the Veil shines. But, I feel that the current meta allows for new Lili to be just as strong a card when focusing more on counterspells and removal.
The other card that jumped out at me in those lists you linked... Collective Brutality. Modal casting and discard to escalate. You can Duress, Disfigure, and Syphon Life with one spell and feed three cards to your graveyard to fuel Tasigur/Angler delving, Snapcaster flashback, or something to grab back with Liliana, the Last Hope's second ability or Kolaghan's Command.
Main deck
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cs0rjC-WAAAazrM.jpg
Sideboard
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cs0ssLxWYAEgGSG.jpg
Kolaghan's Command, Vandalblast, Smash to Smithereens, Rakdos Charm, Crumble to Dust, Molten Rain, Engineered Explosives, Surgical Extraction... You gotta know where to hit them.
http://modernnexus.com/grixis-delver-sideboard-guide/
Gilt-Leaf Palace is strictly better in an Elves deck. I see the GB fast land being better for Abzan Company.
I used to run YP in Grixis but it seemed too vulnerable and took a turn or two to take off. Also, since I don't run Probes in Grixis, that makes YP less of a fit.
Bedlam Reveler would be a good option if Tasigur and Angler weren't around. I think Reveler is a better fit in a U/R Devler build.
I feel like it's about being patient and countering relevant spells. I run 3 Leak, 2 Snare and 2 Remand in the main and 2 Dispel, 1 Countersquall in the board. I don't like to run Pierce or Squall in the maindeck because those only target non-creature spells and the meta is creature-heavy aggro right now.
I also like his choice of kill spells. Seems like everyone is running 3 Terminate and 1 Dreadbore right now. To run a Murderous Cut in lieu of one of the Terminates may have been a really smart play. Though, I am hesitant to run Cut because I want to save my graveyard to fuel Tasigur, Snapcaster, and Kommand.
Seeing Grixis Control decks starting to use new Lili with decent results. Limited data still as Grixis Delver or Control are not Tier 1 archetypes currently.
Liliana, the Last Hope is good. She works well in a creature-heavy, aggro meta. Some Grixis decks want to disrupt and be more midrangey, and that is where Liliana of the Veil shines. But, I feel that the current meta allows for new Lili to be just as strong a card when focusing more on counterspells and removal.
The other card that jumped out at me in those lists you linked... Collective Brutality. Modal casting and discard to escalate. You can Duress, Disfigure, and Syphon Life with one spell and feed three cards to your graveyard to fuel Tasigur/Angler delving, Snapcaster flashback, or something to grab back with Liliana, the Last Hope's second ability or Kolaghan's Command.
He did not place in the Top 32, so no decklist laying around anywhere. But, I did find the video of his Round 7 feature match. https://www.twitch.tv/scglive/v/83380672?t=7h7m20s