MTG Salvation

Interesting takes. I've been a 4x Thalia guy for a long time, but I'm certain it's not always right. There are a LOT of creature heavy decks in Modern...

I've never been a fan of so many 1-of in sideboards, especially not in a deck without card draw.
Perhaps in a MD Bugler build, it can find 1 of creatures like Oouphe, Deputy, Teeg, and Staticaster. (I think this guy should be reconsidered, kills everything except Hogaak and Vengevine in that deck, Thopter Sword, okay in the mirror, and is good against so much jank... )

But if you're on the MD Deputy plan, what are the odds you will see the on of SB cards? Even with the new mulligan, we can't pitch good hands.
This is Wyatt's list for this weekends MC: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/2124869#paper
It hurts me to see 15 one of cards. Especially leylines... you're basically saying I can mull to this if I have to and top deck the rest of the game and win? Yikes.

Some great ideas in this thread. I like the Multani... I almost wish we had a way to put stuff in the gy. But I can definitely see it as another recurring threat. The Rythm addition is spicy. I think that would be a great sideboard card to bring in against anything with counterspells or where you're racing. From what I've seen this deck always wants to be sweeping on t3 or t4 against creature decks but against the combo control Wilderness Recl. decks I think we can get a lot out of the uncounterable+haste. Also in case folks haven't thought hard about it, Shimmer of Possibility is legit awesome. This deck needs it's payoffs and runs a lot of lands to sift through to find them. I don't see myself running less than three until I'm seeing real success with other lists.

Fixed. "People have complained this ultimate Masters set."

Yeah, I love a 5/5 haste on turn three as much as the next person but when my opponent goes triple Hollow One on turn one (which happened to me this past FNM and I'm still salty about it) you wonder about your life/deck choices.

I haven't had any issues casting KoA, yet. But to be fair, I have been holding them like a trick most of the time, waiting for a truly impactful moment to deploy it. By that time I usually have a vial and/or Zigg/Noble/Basic in play.

I've been using these little post-it slips. I got some from work but these are the same thing. They fit right in my deckbox, behind a divider.

https://www.staples.com/Staples-Stickies-1-2-Page-Flags-500-Flags-Pack/product_860851?cid=PS:GooglePLAs:860851&ci_src=17588969&ci_sku=860851&KPID=860851&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI2bLM4ISa3gIVVlgNCh2yuAv6EAQYASABEgLRufD_BwE&akamai-feo=off

My guess would be trying to attack with creatures.

There are several 3 power creatures and the mythic demon in the first list above.

This is why I like reducing the number of JTE and increasing the Maus Secrets, You can go get an Trophy if you need to kill a Teferi, or if if the opp has used their likely 1-of Field of Ruin on a Memorial, you can search up the FTE. I don't see a way in BG to make non-creature permanents indestructible now that the green Ajani spell is rotating. So perhaps the Gaea's blessing in the side to save them from your GY is a possible loop, perhaps out of the board? Oooh that reminds me, we still have access to Mastermind's Acquisition! Perhaps we put a JTE in the board to protect it from Unmoored Ego

This list in really intriguing, as is Mausoleum Secrets! I feel like that card should be a 2 of at least (maybe even a 3 of!) then we can cut down on the non-creature cards cards like JTE, Vraska, and non-creature removal, (which, as much as I love Necrotic Wound, do we really need it with access to Plaguecrafter and Chupacabra?)

Other cards I'd consider main or side
Kraul Harpooner: This with 2 creatures in the yard kills a Lyra, kills the Resplendent Angel by itself.
Merfolk Branchwalker: I like this over the Zealot, it can draw you into lands as this deck seems like it would be mana hungry late game with a flipped JTE,
it can bin creatures for undergrowth or recursion and trade up/ block a Steel-Leaf if it gets a counter.

Who is brewing with everyone's favorite Master Thopterist and Mox Amber, for new standard? Are we just on hold until the full-spoilers have been released?

While I'm not crazy enough to believe we will have another combo-kill, I wonder about a UB value/control shell?
I still feel like the inherent combo of Sai and Equipment has been under explored.

Well, someone either shared my thoughts or took my advice!

http://www.starcitygames.com/decks/123423

I wonder how Anafenza played out in the tournament.

Between Vengevine, Hollow One, and Hardened Scales, I think Anafenza the Foremost needs to make a return to the sideboard.

Between Vengevine, Hollow One, and Hardened Scales, I think Anafenza the Foremost needs to make a return to the sideboard.

I've been on the BG version for a little bit, Carnage Tyrants and Vraskas in the main. Bloodfasts and Siphoners in the side for control.
It's been great, alot of 3-1 and 3-0-1 FNM finishes.

I'm a little scared of the Vine Mare decks as all the removal is black/targeted. I could blank the vine mare with a Tyrant... but there's only a few in the deck! This deck hits the City's blessing reliably, I'm thinking about trying out the Twilight Prophet as card advantage and to flip life totals with high mana cost flips. Anyone else experimenting?

Good to point out that Phantasmal Image isn't an ETB effect, I know a lot (A LOT) of players don't often understand how that is exploitable. (ie. laughing at Torpor Orb)