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Jul 2019
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I’m happy there’s an oldschool Grixis Shadow list there because I haven’t played Modern for a while and that’s the last deck I had and I was looking at MC Barcelona and I didn’t recognize the landscape at all and no more Grixis Shadows. IDK if I want to spend on the Knight-Captains right now to transition to Esper or Mardu. If I take my old Grixis Shadow list to a local modern tourney, how bad are the matchups with the current meta decks?
Apr 2019
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GDS is an grindy, interactive deck that requires a lot of Modern matchup knowledge (so you know what to thoughtseize, what hands are safe, when to push your life total, how to sequence your fetches and land drops, etc), I wouldn’t have recommended it as a first time Modern deck. You will probably be playing suboptimally until you have quite a few competitive matches under your belt.
On the upside, the deck has been around for a while, so it’s well understood - meaning there’s a ton of resources available for it. One I read recently was https://www.channelfireball.com/articles/grixis-deaths-shadow-guide-first-place-at-grand-prix-toronto/
Oct 2018
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Whoever has more lands in hand is more likely to win, but how many lands you draw off the swans will still matter.
Say I have 5 lands and you have 4.
I target the swans with Seismic Assault, discarding one land. If you let it resolve, I draw two cards and potentially gain even more land in hand advantage. If you try to respond by activating your own Seismic Assault, I can respond by discarding another land. Since I have land advantage, my Seismic Assault will always resolve first, which means I get to draw cards first. Whoever draws cards first, if he draws at least one land, he can activate Seismic Assault again to keep the chain going. There will be an opening if the player with land advantage is unlucky enough to draw enough nonlands to lose his advantage.
Aug 2018
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20% other. I love Modern
Jul 2016
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Posted on r/ModernMagic: Jeskai sideboard choices
Hey, looking for some advice. Here’s the deck I played at the last tournament: http://mtgtop8.com/event?e=12828&d=274476&f=MO
I’m mostly fine with the main deck (except maybe Tamiyo, a bit weak, if I think of something better in that slot I might swap her out). I’m not playing Nahiri because I don’t have time to get them before Saturday, and also because I’m quite used to this build already and in Modern I prefer piloting the deck I already really know
I’m thinking of tweaking the sideboard. No idea the meta to expect for this weekend’s WMCQ so I want to hit as wide a base as possible.
Permission magic:
- Thinking of changing 1 Negate 2 Dispel to 2 Negate 1 Dispel to give better game against Tron
- Counterflux. This slot is really only good vs Storm, is it worth it? I figure vs Storm you just always stop the start of the storm chain instead of the end, so maybe not worth it?
Anti-aggro:
- 2 Supreme Verdict or 1 Anger of the Gods + 1 Supreme Verdict? Or should I free up another slot and have 1 Anger + 2 Verdict?
- is Shatterstorm even good against Affinity or should I have 2 Stony Silence instead? (I don’t have the 2nd Stony yet though…)
GY hate:
- Relic or RIP? RIP turns off GY stuff forever while Relic is a one-off, but RIP is symmetrical so it turns off my own Snaps
Edit: Also, is there some guide somewhere that tells me what’s the optimal number to choose for EE in various matchups? I just got this EE, so I’m not to used to boarding it in.
Any other suggestions? What matchups should I look out for? Thanks!