Well, Crackling Doom doesn't do much when he also had access to 2/2 tokens via Gideon and Sorin. However, I can probably just chalk it up to being unlucky. I'm running 4 Impulse. I'll post my list once I get home tonight.
Love the deck idea, but am I missing something? What's the blue for? Is Shivan Reef strictly to add colorless and red? You mentioned grixis so I wasn't sure if there was supposed to be blue or not.
Played this deck at MNM; went 1-2, which was a tad disappointing.
Beat 1B Eldrazi round 1 2-0. Crackling Doom is very good against Reality Smasher.
Lost to the same deck 0-2 round 2, although he had Ghostfire Blade and no Smasher. Fliers were an issue, and partly why I dislike Roast.
Lost 1-2 to BW Control round 3. Game 1 I won via Gideon emblem and Chandra tokens. Game 2 I lost a close one to Gideon and Vent. Game 3 I stumbled on 2 land for a while and then never got a 4th. My hand was stacked but I lost to double Vent. Wish Hero's Downfall was still legal. I may need to up the Cuts because Vent is a bit of a problem.
Just went 0-3 with this deck at Game Day, losing to mono-red Goblins, Atarka Red and Devoid aggro. I kinda drew like crap but nonetheless quick aggro decks with lots of tokens are an issue.
I was playing a similar deck to pretty good success before Oath. I like the looks of this with new Chandra. Has anyone thought of new Linvala? She seems good in a control-esque shell like this.
Both games he was basically 1 turn ahead of me comboing off. Couldn't really do anything differently.
0-2, 0-1
Round 2 vs Abzan
This was pretty easy. Game 1 I won via Geist. Game 2 I won via combo.
2-0, 1-1
Round 3 vs Lantern
Won both games fairly easily. Birds getting in under Ensnaring Bridge with Kessig pumps ftw. Fracturing Gust and Stony Silence were awesome, obviously.
2-0, 2-1
Round 4 vs Lantern
This one was a little more grindy. Lost game 1 to lock. Won game 2 via Birds + Kessig. Won game 3 via combo.
2-1, 3-1
Round 5 vs Melira Chord combo
I had the combo both games but he had Spellskite out to steal the Kessig activation. He gained infinite life both games.
0-2, 3-2
Round 6 vs Infect
He wins game 1 on turn 2 via Elf + Might + Might + Growth. I had a land in play. Nothing to be done there. Game 2 I had the Path in hand but Spellskite ruined my day again. I feel the day would've gone much differently had I had better/quicker answers to Spellskite. Maybe Twisted Image?
0-2, 3-3
Dropped at that point. Deck seems good but Voice wasn't that great here.
Played this deck at Regionals to a disappointing 3-3 drop. Started off 3-1 then got some unlucky matchups. Spellskite was an issue in rounds 5 and 6. If anyone wants decklist/more details let me know.
Wow, thanks for the thorough response! I think Sisters better suits my play style, and I really like the list you posted above. How does the deck fare competitively? Obviously it's great against Burn. I'll view the primer on the first page as well. Thanks again!
So I've always been a fan of BW Tokens (played it when it was Standard legal during Morningtide era), but I don't play much Modern. I want to play this deck for Regionals this upcoming weekend, but everyone tells me it folds to Tron (which must be prevalent in my area). Is that the case?
Beat 1B Eldrazi round 1 2-0. Crackling Doom is very good against Reality Smasher.
Lost to the same deck 0-2 round 2, although he had Ghostfire Blade and no Smasher. Fliers were an issue, and partly why I dislike Roast.
Lost 1-2 to BW Control round 3. Game 1 I won via Gideon emblem and Chandra tokens. Game 2 I lost a close one to Gideon and Vent. Game 3 I stumbled on 2 land for a while and then never got a 4th. My hand was stacked but I lost to double Vent. Wish Hero's Downfall was still legal. I may need to up the Cuts because Vent is a bit of a problem.
4 Bloodstained Mire
1 Canopy Vista
2 Mountain
4 Nomad Outpost
1 Plains
4 Shambling Vent
2 Smoldering Marsh
2 Swamp
4 Wooded Foothills
3 Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
3 Goblin Dark-Dwellers
4 Hangarback Walker
1 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
2 Pia and Kiran Nalaar
3 Soulfire Grand Master
4 Crackling Doom
3 Fiery Impulse
3 Kolaghan's Command
2 Murderous Cut
2 Read the Bones
2 Roast
1 Wild Slash
1 Chandra, Flamecaller
Looks pretty good to me. Ayli is an interesting addition.
2 Birds of Paradise
3 Voice of Resurgence
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Knight of the Reliquary
3 Geist of Saint Traft
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Nissa, Vastwood Seer
1 Eternal Witness
1 Sun Titan
3 Collected Company
4 Path to Exile
4 Retreat to Coralhelm
2 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
4 Misty Rainforest
4 Windswept Heath
1 Flooded Strand
4 Forest
1 Plains
4 Canopy Vista
1 Temple Garden
1 Breeding Pool
1 Stomping Ground
1 Soaring Seacliff
1 Kessig Wolf Run
Round 1 vs Scapeshift
Both games he was basically 1 turn ahead of me comboing off. Couldn't really do anything differently.
0-2, 0-1
Round 2 vs Abzan
This was pretty easy. Game 1 I won via Geist. Game 2 I won via combo.
2-0, 1-1
Round 3 vs Lantern
Won both games fairly easily. Birds getting in under Ensnaring Bridge with Kessig pumps ftw. Fracturing Gust and Stony Silence were awesome, obviously.
2-0, 2-1
Round 4 vs Lantern
This one was a little more grindy. Lost game 1 to lock. Won game 2 via Birds + Kessig. Won game 3 via combo.
2-1, 3-1
Round 5 vs Melira Chord combo
I had the combo both games but he had Spellskite out to steal the Kessig activation. He gained infinite life both games.
0-2, 3-2
Round 6 vs Infect
He wins game 1 on turn 2 via Elf + Might + Might + Growth. I had a land in play. Nothing to be done there. Game 2 I had the Path in hand but Spellskite ruined my day again. I feel the day would've gone much differently had I had better/quicker answers to Spellskite. Maybe Twisted Image?
0-2, 3-3
Dropped at that point. Deck seems good but Voice wasn't that great here.
Also, what's Josh Cho's build look like?
http://mtgtop8.com/event?e=11241&d=263872&f=MO
1 Kozilek, the Great Distortion
1 Conduit of Ruin
4 Hangarback Walker
2 Thought-Knot Seer
4 Sylvan Advocate
2 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
2 Chandra, Flamecaller
2 Sylvan Scrying
2 Kozilek's Return
4 Explosive Vegetation
3 Map the Wastes
2 Hedron Archive
4 Nissa's Pilgrimage
7 Forest
2 Mountain
3 Cinder Glade
3 Sanctum of Ugin
4 Shrine of the Forsaken Gods
4 Wooded Foothills
1 Sea Gate Wreckage
1 Crumbling Vestige
1 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
1 Void Winnower
2 Thought-Knot Seer
2 Conduit of Ruin
2 Kozilek's Return
3 Whisperwood Elemental
2 World Breaker