- UWR Control - 1st place, 13th place
- BWGR Rites - 2nd place
- Jund Midrange - 3rd place, 5th place
- Rakdos Aggro - 4th place, 12th place
- Jund Zombies - 6th place, 16th place
- GW Aggro - 7th place
- GB Zombies - 8th place
- Bant Control - 9th place, 10th place
- GWB Rites - 11th place
- Bant Beatdown - 14th place
- UW Aggro - 15th place
as expected, the metagame is still unsolved. very large variety of archetypes, different versions within each archetype, kinda weird looking mana bases and sideboards.
i think we can make at least a couple of predictions from this though
1) UWx control is a real archetype. Whether UWR or UWG turns out to be the better version is undetermined. There may even be room for both.
2) Jund is a real archetype. Basic mix of efficient removal spells and value creatures. Its a rock deck. It works in this format.
3) Zombies is a real archetype (duh). Still unknown whether RB (a la rakdos aggro), GB, or GRB is the right way to build this deck. in my opinion, unlike the UWx control decks, it is unlikely there is room for more than one version of the base-black aggro archetype.
4) Unburial Rites based decks are real. 4-color vs. GWB is undetermined.
5) there remains alot of room for deck experimentation. the only thing we can be sure of at this point is that the metagame appears to contain Aggro decks, Midrange Rock type decks, tap-out Control type decks, and Unburial Rites reanimator/combo type decks.
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Saying that the Wolf token invalidates removal is kinda ambitious, same goes for saying that you can flip the Huntmaster at your leisure - people sometimes play instants, you know?
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I hope you have the endurance to go through 9 rounds, then.
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Domri Rade is a solid Planeswalker. Domri Naya (played by Brian Kibler some while ago) is a strong contender and uses it very effectively. Other than that, shipitholla (Michael hetrick) played 1 copy in his sideboard of Living End. It's also a good card in Kiki Pod.
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1. They cast Balance
2. Float 3 Mana
3. Balance resolves
4. Cast Violent Outburst
5. Cascade into Living End
6. Cast Living End
7. ?????
8. PROFIT!
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Also, no love for the red splash?
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Basically, this is a small Fact or Fiction for 3 mana.
It's instant speed.
It fuels the GY.
Problem is, it gives your opponent the choice. You will always get the 2 worse cards from the top of your deck.
On the other hand, it still draws 2 cards at instant speed.
I have little experience playing Control in Modern, but I haven't seen this card discussed yet and the options for CA spells are quite... limited.
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Because TfK restricts deckbuilding and, if you run it with a low artifact density, can lead to you simply cycling it.
MfB always nets you 1 extra card.
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Careful Consideration cycles at instant speed and draws an extra card at sorcery speed. Plus, it costs 4.
I doubt these 2 cards can be compared.
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I have a raging hard-on for this card and I can't help it.
If there is a format where it's remotely good, it has to be Modern.
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First off, to get this out of the way: I have no idea why you get so incredibly defensive here. I am here to discuss cardchoices and you start *****ing around. This shows me that this post will be for nought, but for God's sake, one may try to discuss stuff, right?
I do not have to know someone's list to know what they are playing. If you can't deduct what your opponent's rough list looks like by their first plays, you might want to inform yourself about the format a bit more. Chances are, that an opponent who plays Hallowed Fountain + Sunpetal Grove and Farseek has Thragtusk in his deck, possibly Angel of Serenity, Entreat the Angels, Tamiyo and Jace AoT.
So if you are playing against said person and you know the single most problematic card for your deck will be a big Entreat, then for God's sake, go for it and name it.
I will repeat what I said before, this is based on the assumption that you have problems with cards, not whole decks (read: decent matchups across the field with a few single cards making MUs hard to win if they show up).
If that assumption makes you assume I'm stupid, feel free to add me to your ignore list, so we don't have to lead this discussion any further.
Saying an effect like Slaughter Games is strictly a SB card is incredibly close-minded. Were you around during Ravnica-CoK T2? No? Guess what, Gifts lists played Cranial Extraction. Mainboard.
Anyways, I'm out of this. Do as you please.