Abrupt decay was my mvp in almost every match, I'm glad I added these as I feel it gives the deck a lot more game against several decks. And the townsip is useful, I did use it a couple times throught the night it is like an extra anthem on crack and gives you a mana dump in games where flooding a bit could be doom, except now your flyers grow every turn.
so do you think abrupt decay and green splash is worth the cut of windbrisk heights? and how was Smallpox performing? isn't liliana just better in this slot? (or the white edict that sacrifices an attacking creature - as BB might be sometimes a problem without at least 2-3 filterlands).
I'm not the biggest advocate of Heights, I have always felt to cost of it coming into play tapped when you really needed an untapped land outweighed the times when it was great since half those times or more it was a win more cards for me, but yes it also can do some great things for the deck, That being said I have found the utility of AD and Township to just be way more consistently useful with almost no drawback ever. As far as smallpox that is an experiment in the sideboard I just tried this week to help against bloom titan and Tron mostly, however it happen to also serve a purpose against boggles, is lily a stronger card overall no question yes, but against those 2 decks I want Land D that can hurt them fairly quickly disrupt there hand a bit as well however it is possible this is a bad idea but would like to try it in those matches before just discarding the idea. Also with 9 fetches 4 shrines 2 chapels and a filter land, it's pretty rare I don't have BB on t2 if I want it. Another not in general by the way this deck is no more vulnerable to Blood Moon than the regular BW versions since I don't run heights, but Spreading seas was a big pain in my but in game 1 against merfolk as well but can be played around with the proper draws.
I ran my Tokens deck splashing green again at a local modern tourney went 4-0 1st place, small sample size so far but since splashing green fro decays and a township I am 7-1 in matches with this deck, with the 1 loss to Bloom titan which I think is a bad match up for this deck. Anyway a brief summary of the tourney
Round 1 Vs Bogles (2-0) (1-0)
He punted hard game 1, game 2 believe it or not sideboarding 2 smallpoxes was huge against his rancored, armored dude, drop tokens and sorin, virtue gg
Round 2 Restore balance thing (2-0)(2-0)
He mulled to 4 game 1, gg
game 2 I was able to seize him, decay 2 boderposts, while he did balnce away my tokens, holding a lingering souls still, with virtue in play was enough to recover for the win
Round 3 Merfolk (2-1) (3-0)
Game 1 he goes first gets me wit shadow of doubt vials double lord, into lord into master I get crushed
game 2 I decay his t1 vial, virtue out and honor he tries to attack with double cursecatcher,with lord out, I have 5 lands secure the wastes for 2, block blow him out after that as I path lord as well
Game 3 I Abrupt decay a lord at the right time, he wants to counter but can't gets me the win
Round 4 Elves (2-1) (4-0)
Game 1 I mull into a good hand vurtue into spectral, souls, virtue flash, he had a lot of mana dorks and druid, but never hit ezuri or company before I got him
Game 2, he steamrolls me double CC, shrine ezuri
Game 3 I IOK his Ezuri, abrupt the second, persecution several dorks, timley and spectral with virtue wins it.
Abrupt decay was my mvp in almost every match, I'm glad I added these as I feel it gives the deck a lot more game against several decks. And the townsip is useful, I did use it a couple times throught the night it is like an extra anthem on crack and gives you a mana dump in games where flooding a bit could be doom, except now your flyers grow every turn.
I posted a list, and I ave found them very useful, and don't really miss things like dismember and such, plus there are so many matchups they help in such as Twin, Bogels, Affinity, Anything running Blood Moon, The various B/Gx Decks, Tron a little as well. I personally like the decays alot.
I have been splashing green now for a while , toggling between 3-4 abrupt decays and 1 gavony township, and all I can say is that it has been very positive and something I think people should consider.
Played B/W tokens last week at our local GS weekly Modern, splashing green for Abrupt Decays and a Gavony Township
Round 1 Beat Boggles 2-0, Decays were mvps in game 1, Game 2 wasn't close I crushed him, Sorin also saved me G1
Round 2 Grixis Delver 2-0, Game 1 I rolled him, Game 2 took a while I was stuck on 2 lands a bit, but did get in a t2 Rest in Peace which hurts that deck quite a bit, drew my third and fourth lands to get rolling.
Round 3 Bloom Titan 0-2, Game 1 he had near god hand t2 titan for 16, no path so I get rolled, Game 2 was a bit longer I think I misplayed a couple times, but he also was able to get an EE in play which obv is bad for us.
Round 4 again Boggles, 2-0 He should have mulled game 1 his hand stunk, and game 2 he mulled to 5 and I had a great hand for beating boggles, decay, sundering growth, virtue, procession.
glad to answer any questions or have any discussion.
I'm up to 3 Bitterblossom online and have been really loving it. It makes for some far less clunky hands. Enabling the deck to play a solid game off of two lands enables you to keep some riskier hands. It enables a lot more nut draws it seems.
So I played this in a local modern Tourney went 3-1
Lost to Bloom Titan, he ripped like a savage severl times in game 3
beat 8 Rack, Abzan, and Abzan Wilt-Leaf
Comments
The main deck Timley's were much better than I thought they would be, and never had them be awkward, could have just been random luck in a small sample size, but will keep them in for now to get more games in.
Sideboard could use some work, I don't have auriok's there becasue I don't have them, if I did they would take Firewalker slot.
The main deck Lily's I only drew one once and it was good when I did.
Never saw Elspeth Tirel.
As long as I keep an anthem in play the Abzan match up is very favorable.
Think I could use a bit more disruption in the board for Bloom Titan.
Any questions or comments would be appreciated, thanks.
I see a lot of lists here with 6 colorless lands, which when I have tried it in the past when playing three drops like lily and brimaz lead to a lot of mulligans and awkward hands, while I understand the power of it when it works I lost many games due to this, I generally just run 2-3 and usually just tech edges, though I have gotten away from rats but with confidant possibly playable again I think that makes rats more appealing again, however I have found much success running a bladsplicer, resoration angel package in my decks, helps affinity match up a lot, and is great in attrition match ups such as Junk. Finks also can help mitigate some of the life loss this deck does to itself. I have also found hero to be great finisher as well. just some ideas I have tried, also I generally either go 4 or 0 on Sculler, lately they have been great before the bannings. However if decks like affinity and Zoo bounce back in a big way these get much worse.
I'm not the biggest advocate of Heights, I have always felt to cost of it coming into play tapped when you really needed an untapped land outweighed the times when it was great since half those times or more it was a win more cards for me, but yes it also can do some great things for the deck, That being said I have found the utility of AD and Township to just be way more consistently useful with almost no drawback ever. As far as smallpox that is an experiment in the sideboard I just tried this week to help against bloom titan and Tron mostly, however it happen to also serve a purpose against boggles, is lily a stronger card overall no question yes, but against those 2 decks I want Land D that can hurt them fairly quickly disrupt there hand a bit as well however it is possible this is a bad idea but would like to try it in those matches before just discarding the idea. Also with 9 fetches 4 shrines 2 chapels and a filter land, it's pretty rare I don't have BB on t2 if I want it. Another not in general by the way this deck is no more vulnerable to Blood Moon than the regular BW versions since I don't run heights, but Spreading seas was a big pain in my but in game 1 against merfolk as well but can be played around with the proper draws.
Round 1 Vs Bogles (2-0) (1-0)
He punted hard game 1, game 2 believe it or not sideboarding 2 smallpoxes was huge against his rancored, armored dude, drop tokens and sorin, virtue gg
Round 2 Restore balance thing (2-0)(2-0)
He mulled to 4 game 1, gg
game 2 I was able to seize him, decay 2 boderposts, while he did balnce away my tokens, holding a lingering souls still, with virtue in play was enough to recover for the win
Round 3 Merfolk (2-1) (3-0)
Game 1 he goes first gets me wit shadow of doubt vials double lord, into lord into master I get crushed
game 2 I decay his t1 vial, virtue out and honor he tries to attack with double cursecatcher,with lord out, I have 5 lands secure the wastes for 2, block blow him out after that as I path lord as well
Game 3 I Abrupt decay a lord at the right time, he wants to counter but can't gets me the win
Round 4 Elves (2-1) (4-0)
Game 1 I mull into a good hand vurtue into spectral, souls, virtue flash, he had a lot of mana dorks and druid, but never hit ezuri or company before I got him
Game 2, he steamrolls me double CC, shrine ezuri
Game 3 I IOK his Ezuri, abrupt the second, persecution several dorks, timley and spectral with virtue wins it.
Abrupt decay was my mvp in almost every match, I'm glad I added these as I feel it gives the deck a lot more game against several decks. And the townsip is useful, I did use it a couple times throught the night it is like an extra anthem on crack and gives you a mana dump in games where flooding a bit could be doom, except now your flyers grow every turn.
4x Spectral Procession
4x Lingering Souls
4x Raise the Alarm
2x Secure the Wastes
3x Thoughtseize
3x Inquistion of Kozilek
4x Path to Exile
4x Abrupt Decay
1x Zealous Persecution
4x Intangible Virtue
1x Honor of the Pure
4x Godless Shrine
2x Temple Garden
4x Marsh Flats
4x Windswept Heat
1x Verdant Catacombs
1x Gavony Township
1x Vault of the Archangel
2x Isolated Chapel
1x Fetid Heath
3x Plains
1x Swamp
2x Rest in Peace
2x Sundering Growth
2x Kor Firewalker
1x Leyline of Sanctity
1x Timley Reinforcements
1x Zealous Persecution
2x Small Pox
2x Spellskite
Round 1 Beat Boggles 2-0, Decays were mvps in game 1, Game 2 wasn't close I crushed him, Sorin also saved me G1
Round 2 Grixis Delver 2-0, Game 1 I rolled him, Game 2 took a while I was stuck on 2 lands a bit, but did get in a t2 Rest in Peace which hurts that deck quite a bit, drew my third and fourth lands to get rolling.
Round 3 Bloom Titan 0-2, Game 1 he had near god hand t2 titan for 16, no path so I get rolled, Game 2 was a bit longer I think I misplayed a couple times, but he also was able to get an EE in play which obv is bad for us.
Round 4 again Boggles, 2-0 He should have mulled game 1 his hand stunk, and game 2 he mulled to 5 and I had a great hand for beating boggles, decay, sundering growth, virtue, procession.
glad to answer any questions or have any discussion.
Can you post you list?
2x Honor of the Pure
4x Godless Shrine 4x Spectral Procession
4x Marsh Flats 4x Lingering Souls
2x Isolated Chapel 2x Timley Reinforcements
2x Windswept Heath 4x Path to Exile
1x Arid Mesa 1x Doom Blade
1x Fetid Heath 1x Dismember
1x Temple Garden 4x Thoughtseize
1x Gavony Township 3x Inquistion of Kozilek
1x Vault of the Archangel Sideboard
1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 3x Kor Firewalker
1x Swamp 2x Stoney Silence
5x Plains 2x Sundering Growth
2x Zealous Persecution
2x Sorin, Solemn Visitor 1x Stain the Mind
1x Elspeth Tirel
2x Liliana of the Veil
So I played this in a local modern Tourney went 3-1
Lost to Bloom Titan, he ripped like a savage severl times in game 3
beat 8 Rack, Abzan, and Abzan Wilt-Leaf
Comments
The main deck Timley's were much better than I thought they would be, and never had them be awkward, could have just been random luck in a small sample size, but will keep them in for now to get more games in.
Sideboard could use some work, I don't have auriok's there becasue I don't have them, if I did they would take Firewalker slot.
The main deck Lily's I only drew one once and it was good when I did.
Never saw Elspeth Tirel.
As long as I keep an anthem in play the Abzan match up is very favorable.
Think I could use a bit more disruption in the board for Bloom Titan.
Any questions or comments would be appreciated, thanks.