The sphinx on the box art for the gamesday top 8 deckbox is almost 100% Azor - hell the sigil on ixalans binding is so darn Azorious it'd be hard not to be him.
Ajani will be there, he'll emergency-walk to Jace to save him trying to recreate the power rangers for a trip to Dominaria to stop Bolas once and for all.
Angrath will be rakdos no doubt, as his story article has both colour tendencies.
The pack art may have been "mock ups" - however people said the same things for the other ones and they became the ixalan boosters...it's pretty much confirmed until it's proven not at this point.
Trying to put together a reasonably semi-competitive (ie not T3-4 win but will hold its own against the majority of decks out there) Mirri, Weatherlight Duelist EDH deck but unsure what I could be improving on...to be honest I've run out of ideas!
Need to swap something out for Parallel Lives is issue #1. MAYBE Gids AOZ too?
Would LOVE to add doubling season however I would like to retain my kidneys.
Highland lake is terrible, never felt good drawing one...I'm currently on 6 islands, 6 mountain, 4 ramunap and 4 spirebluffs, have 4-1'd a couple of leagues on modo so far
Just ported over from Bant and have been having a blast with Tron, would love to get some deck advice heading into a team tourney this weekend though, teams of 3, not unified modern.
Currently on my phone so unable to post list but running 2 relic/3 chalice/2 mind stone/1 wurmcoil and the usual shell MB.
What do you guys think would be the best list for a fairly open meta? The general consensus is most teams will be running 2 t1 decks with the 3rd being sweet jank to get people off guard...
So quick Tourney report (will update with more later)
Team comp is Wilted Abzan, Blue Jund and Eldrazi Tron.
R1 - Blue moon
G1: On the draw, mull to 6 - natural tron in hand, expo map, tks and smasher.
Opponent gets to live the dream with t3 moon, I crack the map for a wastes, I land a chalice for 1, he taps out to let me resolve a t5 smasher, he couldn't deal with it from there.
G2: Mull to 6, T3 moon again. T2 TKS gets remanded, I then played this same TKS 4 times...then drew into my last 3 TKS to strip his hand and proceed with the beats.
Teammates all get up. 1-0
R2 - Scapeshift
G1: On the draw, t3 TKS, strip a scapeshift, he topdecks another to win on 4hp.
(Here we bring in crucible and wails)
G2: Loooong drawn out game, kept a TKS hand with tron and a Karn, begin to strip his hand, he draws into 3 valakaults and a titan to kill Karn and the TKS. I draw All is Dust, blowing up his titan, play a smasher, get him to 3, he rips a search for tomorrow and a mountain off the top to seal the game.
One teammate bricks and gets mana screwed in 2 games.
1-1
R3 - Won the die roll.
G1: Mill to 6, hand is natural tron with expo map and 2 smashers with Karn on top.
Then I found out I was vsing MONO LAND DESTRUCTION. Never got above 2 lands the whole game.
G2: T2 TKS in hand, with a map and Crucible. Get the TKS down, strip a piece of LD, manage to land the crucible and run away with the game.
G3: On the draw, never saw more than 1 land on table the whole game.
Teammates both get up thankfully. 2-1
R4 - On the draw
This round we're actually paired up against some of our good mates so I knew my opp was on Affinity.
G1: Kept a 2 chalice hand with a TKS, unfortunately drew nothing but lands afterwards.
Side in ratchets, wails, OStone, pitching needles and a contortion.
G2: Opp proceeded with the ink moth route to get around an early Reshaper, land pitching naming inkmoth, opponent draws a Cranial plating to take the game.
1 teammate rushed a choice, instead of nuking a DS with Chandra decided to + and reveal (he's never been able to kill DS with her before so was instinct), proceeded to reveal a land making the shadow bigger, battlerage got there.
2-2
R5 (final round) - won the die roll
Vs Jund
G1: T2 TKS, t3 reshaper, he managed to get rid of the TKS and then Lili the reshaper...which enabled tron, next turn was all is dust (making him sac lili and chandra) followed by a smasher to run away with it.
G2: T2 TKS stripping Lili, T3,4 smashers for the fastest game of the day.
End result 3-2 for 11th place.
Our matchup at the top tables was actually really good which made the loss due to mana screw for my teammate a bit rough as I wouldn't have come up against the land destruction deck but that's the way the cookie crumbles!
Just ported over from Bant and have been having a blast with Tron, would love to get some deck advice heading into a team tourney this weekend though, teams of 3, not unified modern.
Currently on my phone so unable to post list but running 2 relic/3 chalice/2 mind stone/1 wurmcoil and the usual shell MB.
What do you guys think would be the best list for a fairly open meta? The general consensus is most teams will be running 2 t1 decks with the 3rd being sweet jank to get people off guard...
Lord of Atlantis is an auto 1+ of, Wotc have said they want to give fish players a fixed modern frame but haven't had a place to print him where he would fit
Ajani will be there, he'll emergency-walk to Jace to save him trying to recreate the power rangers for a trip to Dominaria to stop Bolas once and for all.
Angrath will be rakdos no doubt, as his story article has both colour tendencies.
The pack art may have been "mock ups" - however people said the same things for the other ones and they became the ixalan boosters...it's pretty much confirmed until it's proven not at this point.
Re the Abbey...not gonna lie, completely spaced on the colour ID of the flip side haha.
Kitty tribal isn't necessarily a mainstay, just a fun sub theme that seems to do rather well at the moment!
Beast within is definitely finding a spot - Oblation sounds like a solid place
I suppose re SFM etc I'm in that awkward spot where I can't decide on a happy medium between token gen and Mirri buffs.
In all the games so far it really has come down to bluffing with one plan and executing the other for the win
Trying to put together a reasonably semi-competitive (ie not T3-4 win but will hold its own against the majority of decks out there) Mirri, Weatherlight Duelist EDH deck but unsure what I could be improving on...to be honest I've run out of ideas!
Need to swap something out for Parallel Lives is issue #1. MAYBE Gids AOZ too?
Would LOVE to add doubling season however I would like to retain my kidneys.
Decklist:
1x Blossoming Sands
1x Brushland
1x Canopy Vista
1x Command Tower
1x Elfhame Palace
5x Forest
1x Grasslands
1x Graypelt Refuge
1x Holdout Settlement
1x Krosan Verge
1x Misty Rainforest
1x Mosswort Bridge
1x Myriad Landscape
1x Opal Palace
1x Path of Ancestry
4x Plains
1x Rogue's Passage
1x Saltcrusted Steppe
1x Scattered Groves
1x Selesnya Guildgate
1x Selesnya Sanctuary
1x Stirring Wildwood
1x Temple Garden
1x Temple of the False God
1x Tranquil Expanse
1x Vivid Meadow
1x Windswept Heath
Creature (22)
1x Adorned Pouncer
1x Arahbo, Roar of the World
1x Avacyn's Pilgrim
1x Balan, Wandering Knight
1x Fleecemane Lion
1x Hanweir Militia Captain
1x Hungry Lynx
1x Jazal Goldmane
1x Jedit Ojanen of Efrava
1x Kemba, Kha Regent
1x Leonin Arbiter
1x Leonin Shikari
1x Metallic Mimic
1x Nacatl War-Pride
1x Nazahn, Revered Bladesmith
1x Oketra the True
1x Pride Sovereign
1x Qasali Pridemage
1x Qasali Slingers
1x Raksha Golden Cub
1x Regal Caracal
1x Temur Sabertooth
1x Abundance
1x Anointed Procession
1x Legion's Landing
1x Mirari's Wake
1x Parallel Lives
1x Primeval Bounty
1x Reconnaissance
1x Sylvan Library
Instant (10)
1x Condemn
1x Enlightened Tutor
1x Heroic Intervention
1x Kindred Summons
1x Oblation
1x Path to Exile
1x Secure the Wastes
1x Swords to Plowshares
1x White Sun's Zenith
1x Wing Shards
Artifact (17)
1x Behemoth Sledge
1x Bloodforged Battle-Axe
1x Grappling Hook
1x Hammer of Nazahn
1x Hedron Archive
1x Herald's Horn
1x Lifecrafter's Bestiary
1x Lightning Greaves
1x Loxodon Warhammer
1x Oketra's Monument
1x Shield of Kaldra
1x Skullclamp
1x Sol Ring
1x Swiftfoot Boots
1x Sword of Kaldra
1x Throne of the God-Pharaoh
1x Whispersilk Cloak
1x Eldritch Evolution
1x Explosive Vegetation
1x Harmonize
1x Nissa's Pilgrimage
1x Rout
1x Waiting in the Weeds
1x Wrath of God
Any advice/suggestions would be REALLY appreciated
PS insult//injury is an all-star
So quick Tourney report (will update with more later)
Team comp is Wilted Abzan, Blue Jund and Eldrazi Tron.
R1 - Blue moon
G1: On the draw, mull to 6 - natural tron in hand, expo map, tks and smasher.
Opponent gets to live the dream with t3 moon, I crack the map for a wastes, I land a chalice for 1, he taps out to let me resolve a t5 smasher, he couldn't deal with it from there.
G2: Mull to 6, T3 moon again. T2 TKS gets remanded, I then played this same TKS 4 times...then drew into my last 3 TKS to strip his hand and proceed with the beats.
Teammates all get up. 1-0
R2 - Scapeshift
G1: On the draw, t3 TKS, strip a scapeshift, he topdecks another to win on 4hp.
(Here we bring in crucible and wails)
G2: Loooong drawn out game, kept a TKS hand with tron and a Karn, begin to strip his hand, he draws into 3 valakaults and a titan to kill Karn and the TKS. I draw All is Dust, blowing up his titan, play a smasher, get him to 3, he rips a search for tomorrow and a mountain off the top to seal the game.
One teammate bricks and gets mana screwed in 2 games.
1-1
R3 - Won the die roll.
G1: Mill to 6, hand is natural tron with expo map and 2 smashers with Karn on top.
Then I found out I was vsing MONO LAND DESTRUCTION. Never got above 2 lands the whole game.
G2: T2 TKS in hand, with a map and Crucible. Get the TKS down, strip a piece of LD, manage to land the crucible and run away with the game.
G3: On the draw, never saw more than 1 land on table the whole game.
Teammates both get up thankfully. 2-1
R4 - On the draw
This round we're actually paired up against some of our good mates so I knew my opp was on Affinity.
G1: Kept a 2 chalice hand with a TKS, unfortunately drew nothing but lands afterwards.
Side in ratchets, wails, OStone, pitching needles and a contortion.
G2: Opp proceeded with the ink moth route to get around an early Reshaper, land pitching naming inkmoth, opponent draws a Cranial plating to take the game.
1 teammate rushed a choice, instead of nuking a DS with Chandra decided to + and reveal (he's never been able to kill DS with her before so was instinct), proceeded to reveal a land making the shadow bigger, battlerage got there.
2-2
R5 (final round) - won the die roll
Vs Jund
G1: T2 TKS, t3 reshaper, he managed to get rid of the TKS and then Lili the reshaper...which enabled tron, next turn was all is dust (making him sac lili and chandra) followed by a smasher to run away with it.
G2: T2 TKS stripping Lili, T3,4 smashers for the fastest game of the day.
End result 3-2 for 11th place.
Our matchup at the top tables was actually really good which made the loss due to mana screw for my teammate a bit rough as I wouldn't have come up against the land destruction deck but that's the way the cookie crumbles!
Great day regardless though
Just ported over from Bant and have been having a blast with Tron, would love to get some deck advice heading into a team tourney this weekend though, teams of 3, not unified modern.
Currently on my phone so unable to post list but running 2 relic/3 chalice/2 mind stone/1 wurmcoil and the usual shell MB.
What do you guys think would be the best list for a fairly open meta? The general consensus is most teams will be running 2 t1 decks with the 3rd being sweet jank to get people off guard...
Tidal warriors may become more of a threat now with people rushing to non-blue combo decks in response to the ban
EDIT - that being said tonights Legacy tournament has wrecked my sideboard, Taiga as first prize and now I'm up in the air as to what to put in it ><
There must be some T&C's on MTGS about advertising other sites.