Cool list. Last few days have come with a wave of hype for Kaya and Ive been thnking of trying a WB variant, but my take was a little bit token oriented with Sorin from Khans. Sweet seeing more lists. It's a fair deck and it does well against fair decks
Modern Horizons shouldn't break the format. The power level of the new cards introduced aren't breathtaking. And they have plenty of slots. With that being said, is there something old that we could take advantage of? or Maybe some new allies. It would be interesting since BFZ block introduced only overwealming allies. 3 playables, one being SB card and the other a savannah lion.
it would be nice if the product raised the power level of fringe decks instead of estabilished ones
Based on maro posts on his tumblr about how the storm scale is only appied to standard legal sets I'm officially scared this will change the format deeply.
am I wrong in thinking Drana is too good not to be played here? with access to up to 12 5 color lands and possibly Harabaz Druid I don't see why she isnt played. as a two off or something.
Cutting bolts and possibly firemantle mage. Is something I wanna do and I don't think Expedition Envoy is the answer...
I see something going foward for me with only Path and CoCo as non creature spells removing the need for a red source.
Drana has two problems that I see
She has a BB casting cost. Black has some cool utility allies but tends to lack sheer power in a lot of the ally options. Kalastria Healer and Bojuka Brigand are sort of the other two maybe playable black allies and they mostly suffer from being weaker than other allies that you could play. Hagra Diabolist is cheaky too but ultimately so expensive that he is at best maybe a sideboard splash. I did test black quite a bit and overall I feel that Kalastria Healer might be the best option as it can get past some things like Ensnaring Bridge locks but ultimately it felt very weak against the faster decks of modern which often pushed me to sideboard them if I was running them at all. My point here is that BB is a rough casting cost when black is otherwise mostly not used so its harder to justify lands other than the ones that tap for any color for allies to play her.
She has almost zero immediate impact. Sure she is an ally and triggers allies to do their thing. That said the allies that most people are playing that would cost three do things like giving evasion to the current creatures in play. Modern is a brutal fast format where you might be dead before you get a turn three and she is a three drop that has no immediate impact. It means that it takes until turn 4 for her to do anything and she dies to like everything and all of her upside relies on her super slowly hitting play, sticking, and being able to swing. In my mind it means that she maybe is ok against fair decks which is already the type of deck allies do extremely well against.
In a nutshell, if she is at all decent, its because you are already up against a favorable matchup. She is winmore and black is a color that is hard to justify being invested in for a BB casting cost given that it tends to be the 4th or 5th color already for allies given that Naya colors tend to have better options.
We have up to 12 5 collor lands. I havent had a problem casting her and she has been awesome in long lasting games. If every game would end on t3 we wouldnt run CoCo. Yeah she sure isnt very good when we are getting comboed, but tbh many things aren't. She won't pump the Champion imediatily but against other creature decks she has been performed well imho. I just can't see myself playing Envoy but I suppose thats the way.
What are we setting up to beat? what MUs should we win?
Im staying loyal to the sisters build. and I think MB Blood moon is the way to go. what dou you all think? all go in either 3 or 4.
I think theres something to be done in mardu in a aristocrats build. with the stuff @Shogun1987 was posting about but I couldnt brew something, but abusing myr tokens for damage could be something.
am I wrong in thinking Drana is too good not to be played here? with access to up to 12 5 color lands and possibly Harabaz Druid I don't see why she isnt played. as a two off or something.
Cutting bolts and possibly firemantle mage. Is something I wanna do and I don't think Expedition Envoy is the answer...
I see something going foward for me with only Path and CoCo as non creature spells removing the need for a red source.
What does the WB list looks like?
it would be nice if the product raised the power level of fringe decks instead of estabilished ones
We have up to 12 5 collor lands. I havent had a problem casting her and she has been awesome in long lasting games. If every game would end on t3 we wouldnt run CoCo. Yeah she sure isnt very good when we are getting comboed, but tbh many things aren't. She won't pump the Champion imediatily but against other creature decks she has been performed well imho. I just can't see myself playing Envoy but I suppose thats the way.
What are we setting up to beat? what MUs should we win?
I think theres something to be done in mardu in a aristocrats build. with the stuff @Shogun1987 was posting about but I couldnt brew something, but abusing myr tokens for damage could be something.
Cutting bolts and possibly firemantle mage. Is something I wanna do and I don't think Expedition Envoy is the answer...
I see something going foward for me with only Path and CoCo as non creature spells removing the need for a red source.