Hi,
because of the crazy power creep with MH2 my win rate went down to 50%.
But last week I found a sweet combo and implemented it in my deck.
Tested it on MTGO and was very pleased so I bought it in paper too.
Here's what I'll take to FNM tomorrow:
As soon as Magistrate and Mask are both in play, if the opponent has no answer in hand, the game is over.
I am still testing if the Humans synergy with Lieutenant is powerful enough. If so I can sell my SFM package and put a few hundred USD more in crypto
Basically I have to decide between
SFM package (light): 3x SFM, 1x Batterskull, 1x Kaldra
or
SFM package (full): 4x SFM, 1x Maul or SoF&I, 1x Batterskull, 1x Kaldra
or
Humans package: 4x Thalia's Lieutenant, 4th Champion of the Parish, 1x Thalia, Heretic Cathar
So I've tested with the new cards and ended up with this:
Cut down on the SFM package in favor of more creatures (31), especially more Humans (19).
So far I am very pleased with this new version.
Yesterday I won against the new Enchantress deck, today against the new Urza's Saga Affinity deck.
This seems like the best new addition for my deck so far.
But what should I take out? Maybe switch the Champions of the Parish for these?
Or go all in on Humans again with this and Champion of the Parish and add Thalia's Lieutenant again?
Much testing needs to be done
I am still playing this deck but since STX came out my win rate is not at 75% anymore.
Here are a few upadates:
- tested Spellbinder but I am not that happy with him
- added my beloved Elspeth back main instead of Sun Titan
- switched one Path for an Ephemerate which is good with quite a few creatures in the deck
- added Linvala to the SB because I hate these Heliod decks
- since I had a Vista I added it for deck thinning
Here's the current version:
Today I won a nice match against Jund and I uploaded games 2 here and game 3 here for your viewing pleasure.
A few days ago I lost a match against Jund DS utilizing this new card: Tend the Pests
Love it! Sacking a Shadow in response to Path to get like nine Pest tokens...brilliant
Btw, STX has not been good for my deck so far.
Take the Dredge match-up for example:
Before Strixhaven
2-0 vs Dredge
2-0 vs Dredge
2-1 vs Dredge
After they added Thrilling Discovery
0-2 vs Dredge
0-2 vs Dredge
Ouch!
Now I really need to add RiP to my SB.
I have also lost my last two matches against Heliod Combo. Maybe I'll add Deicide to my SB as well
sweet deck stevo. noticed it on mtggoldfish. great results.
Hi WickedApp, yeah, I asked Seth to add it to the FishTank
Have you found a good Jeskai build for the current Modern meta? Even though I am on mono white now it's sad to see that the Jeskai Tempo primer is dead.
Played a few more matches:
2-1 vs Mono Green Devotion
0-2 vs UG Tron
2-0 vs Urza Thopter Sword
1-0 vs UW Control
2-0 vs Mono Green Devotion
2-0 vs UB Rogues
2-0 vs GW Bogles
After the Tron game I added 1 copy of the new Elite Spellbinder for a Ranger-Captain main.
And since I bought a card on Cardhoarder I used the opportunity to finally add a 2nd Cavern of Souls to the deck.
The Spellbinder actually won me a game against the Urza deck.
76-22 - two more matches to go but I made it to 75% again!
New results since the last ones I posted:
2-0 vs Goblins
2-1 vs Vizier Druid Combo
0-2 vs G Tron
2-1 vs Orzhov Stoneblade
0-2 vs GB Elves
1-2 vs Hardened Scales
2-0 vs Yawgmoth Toolbox
2-0 vs Hardened Scales (opponent had two unlucky mulligans)
Three more losses but still on track.
So now I am 70-21, nine more matches until I reach 100 and I need to win five to achieve my goal: a 75% win rate in a total of 100 matches (just like with the Vial version).
It's interesting that I am doing really well against other Stoneblade decks. So far I played:
2-0 vs Bant Stoneblade
2-0 vs UW Stoneblade
1-2 vs Squirrel Stoneblade
2-0 vs Abzan Stoneblade
2-1 vs Mardu Stoneblade
and now
2-1 vs Orzhov Stoneblade
That's also something I like about playing in MTGO tournament practice: there are so many different decks!
When you check MtgTop8 you can see that all Legacy DnT decks that did well over the last months had 1 or 2 copies main and even more in the SB.
I think 1 or 2 copies would be a good addition main since you'll know what your opponent is playing until turn 3.
Against Tron I'd name 7 I guess, against Karn and All is Dust.
Against Control: 4 - against Cryptic, Jace and Supreme Verdict
Against Combo: 0 - to prevent Living End or Summoner's Pact
Against Jund I'd name 2, since it stops Wrenn and Six, Eliminate, Assassin's Trophy/Abrupt Decay, or 3 if they already have W6 to stop Lily and K-Command
Against Burn and UR Prowess naming 1 can buy enough time to get to Batterskull, and naming 2 in game 2 stops artefact hate (Smash to Smithereens, Wear, Abrade)
Against Dredge: 2 - to stop Cathartic Reunion and Life from the Loam
Against Eldrazi Tron naming 4 stops pesky Karn, the Great Creator
And don't forget that my deck runs 29 creatures. If they use removal turn 1 and/or 2 they might not have an answer to this card right away...
I'd actually recommend changing 1 Plains to 1 Cavern. I just don't want to pay that much money for a 2nd copy of Cavern on MTGO.
You can name Human with one copy and Kor with the other.
Played a few more matches:
2-1 vs Dredge
1-2 vs Dimir Inverter
2-0 vs Hammertime
2-0 vs G Tron
2-1 vs Mono Red Obosh Aggro
2-1 vs Amulet Titan
2-1 vs Sultai Vengevine
2-1 vs Death and Taxes
2-0 vs UR Gifts Storm
2-0 vs Mono Red Prowess
0-2 vs Hammertime
2-0 vs Fish
2-0 vs Mono Green Stompy
2-0 vs Affinity
65-18 now with the deck! (14-2 since I switched back to 2x Mirran Crusader main)
After more than 80 matches with this version (without Aether Vials) I am still having a blast, even though I am not playing any other decks.
I wish I could play this at a GP or at least at an FNM.
because of the crazy power creep with MH2 my win rate went down to 50%.
But last week I found a sweet combo and implemented it in my deck.
Tested it on MTGO and was very pleased so I bought it in paper too.
Here's what I'll take to FNM tomorrow:
As soon as Magistrate and Mask are both in play, if the opponent has no answer in hand, the game is over.
I am still testing if the Humans synergy with Lieutenant is powerful enough. If so I can sell my SFM package and put a few hundred USD more in crypto
Basically I have to decide between
SFM package (light): 3x SFM, 1x Batterskull, 1x Kaldra
or
SFM package (full): 4x SFM, 1x Maul or SoF&I, 1x Batterskull, 1x Kaldra
or
Humans package: 4x Thalia's Lieutenant, 4th Champion of the Parish, 1x Thalia, Heretic Cathar
Cut down on the SFM package in favor of more creatures (31), especially more Humans (19).
So far I am very pleased with this new version.
Yesterday I won against the new Enchantress deck, today against the new Urza's Saga Affinity deck.
Now the good stuff is coming! Another auto-include
This seems like the best new addition for my deck so far.
But what should I take out? Maybe switch the Champions of the Parish for these?
Or go all in on Humans again with this and Champion of the Parish and add Thalia's Lieutenant again?
Much testing needs to be done
I am still playing this deck but since STX came out my win rate is not at 75% anymore.
Here are a few upadates:
- tested Spellbinder but I am not that happy with him
- added my beloved Elspeth back main instead of Sun Titan
- switched one Path for an Ephemerate which is good with quite a few creatures in the deck
- added Linvala to the SB because I hate these Heliod decks
- since I had a Vista I added it for deck thinning
Here's the current version:
Today I won a nice match against Jund and I uploaded games 2 here and game 3 here for your viewing pleasure.
A few days ago I lost a match against Jund DS utilizing this new card: Tend the Pests
Love it! Sacking a Shadow in response to Path to get like nine Pest tokens...brilliant
Btw, STX has not been good for my deck so far.
Take the Dredge match-up for example:
Before Strixhaven
2-0 vs Dredge
2-0 vs Dredge
2-1 vs Dredge
After they added Thrilling Discovery
0-2 vs Dredge
0-2 vs Dredge
Ouch!
Now I really need to add RiP to my SB.
I have also lost my last two matches against Heliod Combo. Maybe I'll add Deicide to my SB as well
Hi WickedApp, yeah, I asked Seth to add it to the FishTank
Have you found a good Jeskai build for the current Modern meta? Even though I am on mono white now it's sad to see that the Jeskai Tempo primer is dead.
2-1 vs Mono Green Devotion
0-2 vs UG Tron
2-0 vs Urza Thopter Sword
1-0 vs UW Control
2-0 vs Mono Green Devotion
2-0 vs UB Rogues
2-0 vs GW Bogles
After the Tron game I added 1 copy of the new Elite Spellbinder for a Ranger-Captain main.
And since I bought a card on Cardhoarder I used the opportunity to finally add a 2nd Cavern of Souls to the deck.
The Spellbinder actually won me a game against the Urza deck.
76-22 - two more matches to go but I made it to 75% again!
2-0 vs Goblins
2-1 vs Vizier Druid Combo
0-2 vs G Tron
2-1 vs Orzhov Stoneblade
0-2 vs GB Elves
1-2 vs Hardened Scales
2-0 vs Yawgmoth Toolbox
2-0 vs Hardened Scales (opponent had two unlucky mulligans)
Three more losses but still on track.
So now I am 70-21, nine more matches until I reach 100 and I need to win five to achieve my goal: a 75% win rate in a total of 100 matches (just like with the Vial version).
It's interesting that I am doing really well against other Stoneblade decks. So far I played:
2-0 vs Bant Stoneblade
2-0 vs UW Stoneblade
1-2 vs Squirrel Stoneblade
2-0 vs Abzan Stoneblade
2-1 vs Mardu Stoneblade
and now
2-1 vs Orzhov Stoneblade
That's also something I like about playing in MTGO tournament practice: there are so many different decks!
I think 1 or 2 copies would be a good addition main since you'll know what your opponent is playing until turn 3.
Against Tron I'd name 7 I guess, against Karn and All is Dust.
Against Control: 4 - against Cryptic, Jace and Supreme Verdict
Against Combo: 0 - to prevent Living End or Summoner's Pact
Against Jund I'd name 2, since it stops Wrenn and Six, Eliminate, Assassin's Trophy/Abrupt Decay, or 3 if they already have W6 to stop Lily and K-Command
Against Burn and UR Prowess naming 1 can buy enough time to get to Batterskull, and naming 2 in game 2 stops artefact hate (Smash to Smithereens, Wear, Abrade)
Against Dredge: 2 - to stop Cathartic Reunion and Life from the Loam
Against Eldrazi Tron naming 4 stops pesky Karn, the Great Creator
And don't forget that my deck runs 29 creatures. If they use removal turn 1 and/or 2 they might not have an answer to this card right away...
is going to be the Buy-a-Box promo!
That's another very good white Human to add to the deck
You can name Human with one copy and Kor with the other.
3x Champion of the Parish
3x Giver of Runes
1x Kytheon, Hero of Akros
2x Auriok Champion
2x Charming Prince
4x Stoneforge Mystic
3x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
2x Mirran Crusader
3x Ranger-Captain of Eos
2x Skyclave Apparition
2x Luminous Broodmoth
1x Sun Titan
1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
2x Castle Ardenvale
1x Cavern of Souls
2x Field of Ruin
1x Ghost Quarter
1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
12x Plains
2x Sunbaked Canyon
3x Windbrisk Heights
Artifact (3)
1x Maul of the Skyclaves
1x Sword of Fire and Ice
1x Batterskull
Instant (3)
3x Path to Exile
Enchantment (1)
1x Legion's Landing
1x Hex Parasite
1x Authority of the Consuls
1x Apostle of Purifying Light
1x Celestial Purge
1x Damping Sphere
1x Disenchant
1x Grand Abolisher
1x Ethersworn Canonist
1x Mark of Asylum
1x Ratchet Bomb
1x Sorcerous Spyglass
1x Aven Mindcensor
1x Nevermore
1x Timely Reinforcements
1x Settle the Wreckage
I don't think I am going to change anything until MH2 comes out.
2-1 vs Dredge
1-2 vs Dimir Inverter
2-0 vs Hammertime
2-0 vs G Tron
2-1 vs Mono Red Obosh Aggro
2-1 vs Amulet Titan
2-1 vs Sultai Vengevine
2-1 vs Death and Taxes
2-0 vs UR Gifts Storm
2-0 vs Mono Red Prowess
0-2 vs Hammertime
2-0 vs Fish
2-0 vs Mono Green Stompy
2-0 vs Affinity
65-18 now with the deck! (14-2 since I switched back to 2x Mirran Crusader main)
After more than 80 matches with this version (without Aether Vials) I am still having a blast, even though I am not playing any other decks.
I wish I could play this at a GP or at least at an FNM.