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Sep 27, 2017buriedevil posted a message on Who is the Raven Man?My, I'm very impressed with this! A lot of research effort was put in! Who else could it be but Lim-Dûl? There were a lot of cards where he was referenced during the early days of Magic and yet we only see one card with his appearance. Talk about being a master manipulator behind the shadows.Posted in: Articles
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I will play this deck on the weekend and keep you people posted.
I do understand taking out the combo elements on your deck vs DS, Jund and Abzan but is taking out Chord optimal? I mean, you want to get your silver bullets right?
For the Jund and Abzan match-ups:
Out: 3x Elvish Visionary, 1x Throne of the God-Pharaoh and 1x Llanowar Elves
In: 3x Shaper's Sanctuary and 2x Scavenging Ooze
Summary
RD 1 vs Burn (Boros) [2-1]
RD 2 vs Merfolk (Mono U) [2-1]
RD 3 vs Jund [0-2]
RD 4 vs Abzan [0-2]
RD 5 vs Amulet Titan [2-1]
RD 6 vs Titanshift [2-1]
Good for 12th place and packs. Was frustrated playing the BGx match ups and I was not expecting Jund. Will continue to get more reps.
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/visual/874535
This build was aimed at Tron/big mana decks, Storm, aggro and graveyard based strategies like Dredge, excluding Snapcaster Mage decks.
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/visual/867554
Obliterate is a house against Control. For now I have settled on a Mono White build with Entreat the Angels and Sigil of the Empty Throne as win cons.
Any basic tips you can give in playing GB? TIA!
It's fine as I'll have more time to complete my missing pieces and there's a saving grace as there is a Modern event tomorrow.
I do not treat him as a creature foremost but just a land destruction spell. If I play him when the opponent has more than one land then that means I've run out of land destruction spells or in need of a blocker.
@VampireChild85 - Thanks for the heads up on the GDD. If I do add them they'd be a couple and I'd think hard which cards need to go.
I don't know about the lands to be honest as it seemed it hits the spot for me, I might go up to 19 and cut the Roiling Terrain if I do increase my land count. I actually told my friend that Roiling Terrain was cute but he did manage to kill an opponent with it(!). I wouldn't cut the Vines (this should have been Creeping Mold) as they've saved me a lot of times with their flexibility.
I know the BOPs are useless in essence of attacking the opponent unless you have a Kessig Wolf Run but doesn't it add to a guaranteed T2 land destruction if it is in your opening hand?
I thought of adding a Goblin Dark-Dwellers but I can't find any copy so we were stuck on the original list.
In defense of Acidic Slime I'd agree that it's just a 2/2 along with Avalanche Riders but it's usually a slow beater once it comes down, as when it usually comes down the opponent is out of lands and no creatures. The only removal spell that can remove it is Path to Exile. You can argue Lightning Bolt as well but that's on the decline. But how many one mana removal spell does an opponent have? 6-8 would be ideal if they are in Esper, Dimir, Jeskai and Boros colors and based on experience these two (Acidic Slime and Avalanche Riders) have already taken their fair share of opponent damage when they are the only creature aside from the dorks on the board. There were even times when my friend played that he is beating the opponent with the Arbor Elves. I also value its Deathtouch ability as Death's Shadow decks can play a creature for one mana and AS stops them and it can't by hit by Fatal Push.
Grove of the Burnwillows is just a borrowed strategy against Death's Shadow decks since I don't run Beast Within. I might remove because I might run Blood Moon in the side.
I lent him the deck to which he tweaked for his play style. His record was 3-2-1 but he could've gone 4-1-1 and possibly dominate the Top 8 and winning the tournament but due to confusion on the tournament prize structure he decided to have a concession with his last round opponent. I am part to blame as I did not brief him on the stakes and I left during round 5 as he thought after the swiss rounds that the tourney is over and the top 8 players are the winners. FYI, this is only his second Modern tournament (he rarely plays Modern as he plays Pauper) and was not familiar on how the tournament works.
We had a Draw for Round 1 as we were paired with another late competitor so I am left wondering of the possibilities had we arrived on time.
This was the decklist:
2x Acidic Slime
4x Arbor Elf
4x Avalanche Riders
2x Birds of Paradise
2x Inferno Titan
Enchantments (4)
4x Utopia Sprawl
Instants (4)
4x Lightning Bolt
1x Crumble to Dust
3x Mizzium Mortars
4x Molten Rain
4x Mwonvuli Acid-Moss
2x Reclaiming Vines
1x Roiling Terrain
4x Stone Rain
1x Chandra, Pyromaster
Lands
1x Cinder Glade
4x Forest
1x Grove of the Burnwillows
2x Mountain
3x Stomping Ground
4x Windswept Heath
3x Wooded Foothills
Apologies as I don't have the sideboard as he made the list on the fly. We initially talked about adding Blood Moon at the sideboard before the event but I guess he forgot and was pressured listing the deck and adjusting the sideboard.
I watched a couple of his games and I can tell that he can pilot the deck better had he had reps from it. This was the first time he used the deck by the way.
Acidic Slime - Was added because of the 2-in-1 effect without the drawback of Avalanche Riders. It was a great card against Death's Shadow due to Deathtouch.
Chandra, Pyromaster - This would have been Chandra, Torch of Defiance but due to budgetary reasons I had to settle with this.
Cinder Glade - This could've been the 4th Stompy Ground but I don't have it. I'd rather change it to a Forest as it is bad in an opening hand.
Windswept Heath - This was supposed to be 3 only and Wooded Foothills should be 4 instead.
I plan to play this weekend with an updated list:
2x Acidic Slime
4x Arbor Elf
4x Avalanche Riders
2x Birds of Paradise
2x Inferno Titan
Enchantments (4)
4x Utopia Sprawl
Instants (4)
4x Lightning Bolt
1x Crumble to Dust
3x Mizzium Mortars
4x Molten Rain
4x Mwonvuli Acid-Moss
2x Reclaiming Vines
1x Roiling Terrain
4x Stone Rain
1x Chandra, Torch of Defiance
Lands (18)
5x Forest
1x Grove of the Burnwillows
2x Mountain
3x Stomping Ground
3x Windswept Heath
4x Wooded Foothills
I'm going to give this a try as we both feel the normal land destruction count on accepted Ponza lists are not enough. I'll see if I can borrow a Chandra, TOD but if not then I'll stick with the Pyromaster. The sideboard is a work in progress and there's a big chance that it will include Blood Moons.
I might go to 4 Acidic Slimes and cut the 2 Reclaiming Vines.
I like Abrade as it can hit an artifact because Affinity is slightly favored against us. If I'm able to get a set before the weekend, then the Lightning Bolts will be replaced.