I figured that in AFT builds you would play some number of mission briefing to fill a flashback roll that snap gives but also synergize with the suspend spells. Seems like a powerful 1 of.
Congrats on the recent 5-0! I like that you tested out the Chalice in the SB. How was it for you and when siding them in how many of your own 1 drops did you cut when doing so?
Good luck at the GP next weekend (I think I recall you saying you will be there). I will be taking turns in Calgary next month.
Congrats to you both! I was hesitant to play this deck with all the burn hype without chalice. But I thought chalice would disrupt the bolt strat to much (Mat proved me wrong!).
While I never like to "meta game" modern I was expecting burn in high numbers. Modern being as it is maybe I should have just ran it out there (with chalice).
I think that yes the both can and should be played together! While I was playing UW I ran 3 TITI and 4 Terminus (in the 75). Against aggressive decks you need to slow them down so if Thing absorbs any damage while you work towards terminus than it pulled its weight.
Since its low cost you can often rebuild after terminus with another thing and start going off now that you're stabilized.
Hey Zach, since you have access to white mana cards like RIP and Stony will do a lot of work against KCI (and a ton of meta). Keep in mind that they can get through it with their explosives but this slows them down a ton which gives you the time needed to go off.
I only got to SB the outcast in vs Grixis control. The intention is that I can play him and timewarp in a single turn which lets me generate a super fast clock postboard rather then tapping out for a drake and hoping to untap with him. Thing is we are pretty favored against control and midrange decks so he may be unneeded. I wanted chalice in a lot of matchups but theres more tension now with 4 lightning bolt than mono blue/uw lists.
Blood moon was great every time. It can be awkward with your gigadrowse and mikikoro but it puts the opp way behind.
Good luck at the GP next weekend (I think I recall you saying you will be there). I will be taking turns in Calgary next month.
While I never like to "meta game" modern I was expecting burn in high numbers. Modern being as it is maybe I should have just ran it out there (with chalice).
If I can make Calgary I will take turns.
Since its low cost you can often rebuild after terminus with another thing and start going off now that you're stabilized.
I'm certainly for both.
Blood moon was great every time. It can be awkward with your gigadrowse and mikikoro but it puts the opp way behind.
My match-ups were:
Swiss Matches
4c deaths shadow 2-0
Grixis control 2-0
Evolution 2-1
Bant spirits 0-2
Tron 2-1
4-1 into the top 8
Played burn and won 2-1
Infect lost 0-2 had me dead on t2
http://blog.magicstronghold.com/stronghold-modern-open-1k-top-8-decklists-december-15th-2018/