^ Agreed, but I do like the easier mana cost on Obstructionist (2U), plus the cycling is uncounterable. It doesn't come up a lot but UU can be a hindrance.
Merfolk was my first modern deck and since my main deck (Grixis Shadow) is being hated and despised a lot I've taken a small break to come back to the fish army. It does feel great to drop sea's on greedy manabases as of late.
Has this deck considered Molten-tail Masticore? I'm glad somebody made a blue artifact themed deck. I have this list(Tolarian Academy Reloaded) of cards on tappedout but no decklist or anything. I was headed in the right direction but hadn't looked at the list with new sets that came out since then.
More pushed black cards...I thought they were going to print good cards in other colors with this set? Black is my favorite color but seriously it feels like I'm cheating just playing it.
Black's efficiency at controlling cards in hand and creatures on the board is getting a little ridiculous. Both of which are important aspects of the game. Especially since this game often evolves around winning with creatures and number of cards in hand (to a degree). It fits into their game plan just bit too well...
It just isn't as popular as it once was. Eldrazi & Tron are the matchups Jund players dreaded the most so some went with Jund Shadow. Now that Jund Shadow has teetered it's time to be back on Jund but perhaps a two color Rock version with ability to fight Tron somewhat. https://mtgdecks.net/Modern/b-g-midrange-decklist-by-sol-malka-692080 is worth looking at. I would honestly not feel too bad about the drop in popularity because it will rise again when it needs to. On the other hand if your meta has lots of Eldrazi & Tron it might be a good idea to try the two color version and see how it pans out. The deck is still 100% legit.
Many times I've been tempted to unload my cards and buy into Jund but as you can see I've split my diversity into mulltiple decks(see sig) instead of one or two. I'm sure many others could own Jund cept they are missing only the money bombs (goyf, lily, catacombs, bobs)
Which would lead me to believe some colors need some help still. Every color seems only to "support black" in some way. I'd rather all colors be good on their own as well.
Supreme Will might work ok as a 1 of in U tron. Anticipate didn't feel potent enough. Might be better to stick with Anticipate though . Can't say the same for other strategies however. What will the blue version of Bontu's Last Reckoning look like? UU, Counter target spell, your lands don't untap?
Seems fine as a 1 of in some lists. Impulse is something I have wanted for a while(didn't bother with anticipate). It won't be getting any better than that I don't think.
4 grixis shadow in the t8 of scg Charlotte. 13 made day 2, as the most represented deck. 2nd was dredge with 5.
The rest of the t8 is dredge, living end, 2 eldrazi tron.
When I read this post, I feared that Grixis Shadow had totally dominated the field. But while 4 Grixis Shadow decks made top 8, only one other Grixis Shadow deck is listed in the top ~32 (a few decks are not listed for some reason). Plus, Eldrazi Tron won in the end. In the final interview, the winner mentioned that he lost only a single game to a Grixis Shadow deck all day, stating that he had felt favored against it after adjusting his sideboard.
In addition, Jund Death's Shadow, not long ago considered to be the best deck in Modern, is completely absent from the list of decks. So the number of Death's Shadows equals the number of Thoughtknot Seers this time.
Saying it was the best deck in Modern was a selling point. It drove huge sales to Jund players looking to stay on top. I don't read much into any articles that try to convince me of such. SCG mainly shows and talks up strategies during the entire stream to promote sales during and after events.
And now the showcasing of Grixis is doing the same thing. Convincing all those Grixis variant players to hop on board. Although I fear all the banmania talk circulating the State of Thread might hold some back. Grixis Shadow was a little too represented this last time. But looking at the field, people weren't trying to play against it(UW Control), just play it instead.
Merfolk was my first modern deck and since my main deck (Grixis Shadow) is being hated and despised a lot I've taken a small break to come back to the fish army. It does feel great to drop sea's on greedy manabases as of late.
OMG, it's stifle pigeon!
Black's efficiency at controlling cards in hand and creatures on the board is getting a little ridiculous. Both of which are important aspects of the game. Especially since this game often evolves around winning with creatures and number of cards in hand (to a degree). It fits into their game plan just bit too well...
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Many times I've been tempted to unload my cards and buy into Jund but as you can see I've split my diversity into mulltiple decks(see sig) instead of one or two. I'm sure many others could own Jund cept they are missing only the money bombs (goyf, lily, catacombs, bobs)
Sort of like having Rishadan Port in Modern except Sorcery speed. Does Dredge really want to use 3 mana like that on a turn to keep 3 lands tapped?
Saying it was the best deck in Modern was a selling point. It drove huge sales to Jund players looking to stay on top. I don't read much into any articles that try to convince me of such. SCG mainly shows and talks up strategies during the entire stream to promote sales during and after events.
And now the showcasing of Grixis is doing the same thing. Convincing all those Grixis variant players to hop on board. Although I fear all the banmania talk circulating the State of Thread might hold some back. Grixis Shadow was a little too represented this last time. But looking at the field, people weren't trying to play against it(UW Control), just play it instead.