I feel like we lack early game interaction. Most of the listed builds for straight GB are basically gloried stompy lists and a Sultai build has interaction, but lacks the staying mana power to really do anything with it.
Don't forget Moment of Anguish and blossoming defense. We have hand interaction in the sideboard.
I'm surprised more people aren't at least sideboarding moment of anguish (or maybe some people are and I missed it.) I think this is going to be a very good card against merfolk, and it's already amazing against Not-ramunap red. With all of the tribes out there, I expect we are going to want to kill of some small creatures very quickly.
i haven't played snek in a while so this will be interesting.
I mean, did you really build this or did you just take it card for card off of the mtgo results page? I’m not judging, just a timely coincidence?
i didn't look at any mtgo lists. i don't even know where to look for that. i had a different list and my friend suggested some other cards. maybe he did but i'm not sure.
a buddy of mine has been helping me out the past few days with this list. i'd rather play sultai but i really don't think that is an option to start. dispossess i feel is better than lost legacy. god pharoah's gift is tough for us and being able to get rid of them all before they can get them out on the field is nuts.
You know what's fun? Playing against a RB Goryo's Vengeance/Through the Breach deck where they turn 2 Magus of the Moon on you. Watching them get stuck on 3 lands for 8 turns while you are able to get an active Karn and Wurmcoil out. He needed black mana so I just never let Magus die. Then I got him to 8. Top decked collected brutality and had enough to make sure he had nothing in his hand, kill his magus and drain him for 2. He really wanted me to kill his magus lol i just kept exiling his fetches.
so not many people seem to post here that much. i have an event on saturday that i'm thinking about going to. this is the list i'm thinking of running.
do you think the sideboard is good for going into a completely unknown meta? i've never been to this store before and have no idea what to expect from the place. i've been playing standard lately so i haven't really been following what's going on with modern. but this event is pretty tasty (first is $400 and a SCG IQ invite).
i've been testing on mtgo and it seems pretty decent. i think the issue i have is sideboarding.
I honestly really like it. Seems very good. Definitely wanted the mainboard hate against storm and GDS. I can see the 3/2 split between relics/push. Not having brutality in the main seems so weird but if you want to win game 1 against storm and death shadow, i can see putting them in the side for better interaction.
of note: 2 other tron decks were top 8 but both were just mono green. i'm not scared of a ban because there were other big mana decks top 8 as well (jeskai breach and scapeshift, who wound up winning the event). i fear that ponza is going to start getting more popular to try and put a stop to big mana.
I am planning to dive into Modern right now. Never played Modern before - i only followed some streams here and there. But my deck of choice will be Tron.
When i check several lists and tournament results, i see different kind of Tron Builds but i can't really figure out what's the best version as a starting point. I don't know my local meta yet, so i would like to be well suited for all kind of decks (i know thats not possible :)).
Do you have any advice which kind of list is a good starting point in general?
the easiest would probably be mono green. it has everything the GW and GB lists run. there's a decent list that top 4'd the GP that was this weekend you should check out.
i like GB a lot. fatal pushes and collective brutalities are a lot of fun. i am, however, thinking of going to mono green mainly for consistency but i'm not really sure. i'm really liking GB tron.
but for a first timer, go with mono green. it'll give you the feel of how tron should run and then decide if you want to go white or black or just stay with green. i'm sure others will probably disagree with me.
I would love it if you updated the primer. It looks pretty dated. I'm planning to run this deck at this weekend's RPTQ and could use any help I can get. I think the biggest questions I have are around sideboarding.
Can anyone share or link me to good sideboarding info for GB Tron?
watch jeff hoogland on youtube. he's got a few videos from the last month of him playing gb tron on mtgo.
If you can stand Jeff... I cant!
i get it. he is very hard to handle. i disagree with certain things but he is one of the few who plays GB tron online so i just usually suffer through it.
ANYWAY! today was fnm. i was gonna play standard but a buddy of mine convinced me to play modern. luckily, i had my tron deck on me. here's what i was playing.
I finished 2-0-1 and tied for first. my store gives out a card and packs for winning so i got a gifts ungiven and 2 packs of ixalan (pulled a foil vraska!) so here are my matchups.
R1: Scapeshift. Won in 2. This should be a tough matchup (at least personally, not sure if it is for the deck itself). Game 1, I assembled tron on turn 3 and was able to just exile his lands like crazy. he eventually scapeshifted (dealing 3 to my karn and 9 to me) but i was at 20. so it only brought me to 11. i was able to karn next turn and get his valakut and win. Game 2 was very similar but he was stuck on 3 lands for a few turns. Ugin and Karn won.
R2: GB Zombies. Won in 3. G1 he was only on 2 lands so I just kept exiling them. Easy. Game 2 I drew my opener (2 tron pieces, 2 karns, 1 wurmcoil, 1 ugin and 2 other cards) but mulled. Mistake. I would have had tron turn 3 and probably won. Game 3 I got an Ugin out and just was exiling their stuff.
R3: Merfolk. We decided to split before the game since we were both the only 2 undefeated. He didn't care about what he got so we just played anyway. Game 1, I ran away with Karn and Wurmcoil Engine. Game 2 I cast Emrakul.
Overall, this deck was the nutterbutters. I loved it. I'm really excited to play again. I might go next week and try it out again.
I would love it if you updated the primer. It looks pretty dated. I'm planning to run this deck at this weekend's RPTQ and could use any help I can get. I think the biggest questions I have are around sideboarding.
Can anyone share or link me to good sideboarding info for GB Tron?
watch jeff hoogland on youtube. he's got a few videos from the last month of him playing gb tron on mtgo.
Finally bit the bullet, sold my Groves, and built GB Tron. Couldn't be happier. Hopeful for tomorrow's local tourney and crossing my fingers for some good matchups.
good on you! i honestly love gb tron. i'm still playing some standard until after christmas since i've been doing well with it but come january, i'll be back in the tron drivers seat. got 2 gps in my area in 2018 and they are both modern (hartford and providence) and i'm going to be tronning it up there.
what list are you running? i'm on hoogland's current one. sideboard is not the same but other than that, i love it.
what is moment of anguish? do you mean moment of craving?
i didn't look at any mtgo lists. i don't even know where to look for that. i had a different list and my friend suggested some other cards. maybe he did but i'm not sure.
4 Blooming Marsh
2 Blossoming Defense
4 Fatal Push
6 Forest
4 Glint-Sleeve Siphoner
2 Hashep Oasis
2 Ifnir Deadlands
4 Jadelight Ranger
4 Merfolk Branchwalker
1 Ravenous Chupacabra
2 Ripjaw Raptor
2 Rishkar, Peema Renegade
6 Swamp
2 Verdurous Gearhulk
3 Vraska's Contempt
4 Walking Ballista
4 Winding Constrictor
3 Duress
2 Gonti, Lord of Luxury
1 Lifecrafter's Bestiary
2 Lost Legacy
2 Naturalize
1 Path of Discovery
2 Vraska, Relic Seeker
i haven't played snek in a while so this will be interesting.
NOTE: I have Jadelight Rangers and Chupacabras coming in the mail. So maybe an updated version would include those.
4 Aether Hub
4 Blooming Marsh
6 Forest
2 Hashep Oasis
2 Ifnir Deadlands
6 Swamp
CREATURES
4 Glint-Sleeve Siphoner
4 Longtusk Cub
3 Ripjaw Raptor
3 Rishkar, Peema Renegade
3 Verdurous Gearhulk
1 Ravenous Chupacabra
4 Walking Ballista
4 Winding Constrictor
3 Blossoming Defense
4 Fatal Push
3 Vraska's Contempt
3 deathgorge Scavenger
2 vraska, relic seeker
3 duress
2 appetite for the unnatural
2 disposses
2 shapers' sanctuary
1 nissa vital force
a buddy of mine has been helping me out the past few days with this list. i'd rather play sultai but i really don't think that is an option to start. dispossess i feel is better than lost legacy. god pharoah's gift is tough for us and being able to get rid of them all before they can get them out on the field is nuts.
what are your thoughts?
i love this deck.
1 Blooming Marsh
2 Forest
3 Llanowar Wastes
1 Sanctum of Ugin
4 Urza's Mine
4 Urza's Power Plant
4 Urza's Tower
6 CREATURES
1 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
1 Walking Ballista
1 World Breaker
3 Wurmcoil Engine
4 Ancient Stirrings
3 Fatal Push
4 Sylvan Scrying
24 OTHER SPELLS
4 Chromatic Sphere
4 Chromatic Star
4 Expedition Map
4 Karn Liberated
3 Oblivion Stone
3 Relic of Progenitus
2 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
4 Collective Brutality
1 Ghost Quarter
2 Nature's Claim
2 Seal of Primordium
1 Swamp
2 Thoughtseize
3 Thragtusk
do you think the sideboard is good for going into a completely unknown meta? i've never been to this store before and have no idea what to expect from the place. i've been playing standard lately so i haven't really been following what's going on with modern. but this event is pretty tasty (first is $400 and a SCG IQ invite).
i've been testing on mtgo and it seems pretty decent. i think the issue i have is sideboarding.
4 Attune with Aether
4 Blooming Marsh
4 Botanical Sanctum
3 Bristling Hydra
1 Confiscation Coup
2 Drowned Catacomb
2 Essence Scatter
4 Fatal Push
2 Fetid Pools
4 Forest
4 Glint-Sleeve Siphoner
2 Vizier of Many Faces
1 Island
4 Rogue Refiner
4 Servant of the Conduit
1 Supreme Will
2 Swamp
3 The Scarab God
1 Torrential Gearhulk
3 Vraska's Contempt
1 Vraska, Relic Seeker
3 Duress
3 Essence Extraction
3 Negate
3 Deathgorge Scavenger
1 River's Rebuke
Thoughts? I'm going to store champs today with this same list.
the other one is original black bordered, old school frame art.
but who knows. if this deck ever gets banned, it might not matter lol
4 Karn Liberated
2 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
1 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
1 Walking Ballista
1 World Breaker
3 Wurmcoil Engine
4 Ancient Stirrings
4 Sylvan Scrying
2 Fatal Push
4 Chromatic Sphere
4 Chromatic Star
4 Expedition Map
4 Oblivion Stone
3 Relic of Progenitus
2 Forest
1 Ghost Quarter
2 Llanowar Wastes
1 Sanctum of Ugin
4 Urza's Mine
4 Urza's Power Plant
4 Urza's Tower
4 Collective Brutality
3 Nature's Claim
2 Ravenous Trap
2 Thoughtseize
3 Thragtusk
1 Warping Wail
I honestly really like it. Seems very good. Definitely wanted the mainboard hate against storm and GDS. I can see the 3/2 split between relics/push. Not having brutality in the main seems so weird but if you want to win game 1 against storm and death shadow, i can see putting them in the side for better interaction.
of note: 2 other tron decks were top 8 but both were just mono green. i'm not scared of a ban because there were other big mana decks top 8 as well (jeskai breach and scapeshift, who wound up winning the event). i fear that ponza is going to start getting more popular to try and put a stop to big mana.
the easiest would probably be mono green. it has everything the GW and GB lists run. there's a decent list that top 4'd the GP that was this weekend you should check out.
i like GB a lot. fatal pushes and collective brutalities are a lot of fun. i am, however, thinking of going to mono green mainly for consistency but i'm not really sure. i'm really liking GB tron.
but for a first timer, go with mono green. it'll give you the feel of how tron should run and then decide if you want to go white or black or just stay with green. i'm sure others will probably disagree with me.
here's the mono green list: https://edit.magic.wizards.com/en/node/1236436/current-revision#christian_haucks_urzatron_team__seat_b
i get it. he is very hard to handle. i disagree with certain things but he is one of the few who plays GB tron online so i just usually suffer through it.
ANYWAY! today was fnm. i was gonna play standard but a buddy of mine convinced me to play modern. luckily, i had my tron deck on me. here's what i was playing.
3 Wurmcoil Engine
4 Chromatic Sphere
3 Collective Brutality
4 Expedition Map
1 Blooming Marsh
4 Karn Liberated
4 Urza's Mine
1 Forest
4 Sylvan Scrying
1 Sanctum of Ugin
1 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
1 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
1 World Breaker
4 Urza's Tower
4 Chromatic Star
1 Walking Ballista
4 Urza's Power Plant
3 Fatal Push
1 Emrakul, the Promised End
1 Swamp
3 Llanowar Wastes
3 Oblivion Stone
3 Nature's Claim
2 Orbs of Warding
1 Collective Brutality
3 Thoughtseize
2 Relic of Progenitus
3 Thragtusk
1 Oblivion Stone
I finished 2-0-1 and tied for first. my store gives out a card and packs for winning so i got a gifts ungiven and 2 packs of ixalan (pulled a foil vraska!) so here are my matchups.
R1: Scapeshift. Won in 2. This should be a tough matchup (at least personally, not sure if it is for the deck itself). Game 1, I assembled tron on turn 3 and was able to just exile his lands like crazy. he eventually scapeshifted (dealing 3 to my karn and 9 to me) but i was at 20. so it only brought me to 11. i was able to karn next turn and get his valakut and win. Game 2 was very similar but he was stuck on 3 lands for a few turns. Ugin and Karn won.
R2: GB Zombies. Won in 3. G1 he was only on 2 lands so I just kept exiling them. Easy. Game 2 I drew my opener (2 tron pieces, 2 karns, 1 wurmcoil, 1 ugin and 2 other cards) but mulled. Mistake. I would have had tron turn 3 and probably won. Game 3 I got an Ugin out and just was exiling their stuff.
R3: Merfolk. We decided to split before the game since we were both the only 2 undefeated. He didn't care about what he got so we just played anyway. Game 1, I ran away with Karn and Wurmcoil Engine. Game 2 I cast Emrakul.
Overall, this deck was the nutterbutters. I loved it. I'm really excited to play again. I might go next week and try it out again.
watch jeff hoogland on youtube. he's got a few videos from the last month of him playing gb tron on mtgo.
good on you! i honestly love gb tron. i'm still playing some standard until after christmas since i've been doing well with it but come january, i'll be back in the tron drivers seat. got 2 gps in my area in 2018 and they are both modern (hartford and providence) and i'm going to be tronning it up there.
what list are you running? i'm on hoogland's current one. sideboard is not the same but other than that, i love it.