Amonkhet Minotaurs

Modern Argy

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New Sideboard Notes for Zombies + Marvel —May 25, 2017

I've tried a new tack against 1-black-zombies and yuuya-wantanabes-temur-marvel-2-pt-akh, which is just to try to outrace them.

It seems to be working, on a lot of occasions.

Check out the updated Sideboard Notes to see how I achieve this.

TheRedCzar says... #1

Just an update. I ended up building this deck, and got stomped pretty handily by Mono-Black Zombies and Mardu-Vehicles. The games usually ended in a 1-2, I could usually take a single game, but almost always lost the series, unless they had very bad draws.

I found that I ran out of steam pretty quickly. After turn 4 or 5, I was always top-decking and hoping for what I needed, or was pretty much doomed if they were very active on their removal. If your going up against a deck with a lot of removal, you will struggle. I had quite a few bad draws as well, but I found I just could not stand up to Zombies or Mardu Vehicles. Thankfully, I did not run into any marvel decks (I really despise that deck, PT Amonkhet was very boring because of it).

I side-boarded in Insult / Injury, and that ended up winning me a couple games as long as I had Neheb, the Worthy on the field, and his ability was active. Though this did not work as well against mono-b zombies.

I was missing Transgress the Mind in my sideboard (it had not come in yet), so I am not sure how much that would have improved my chances. I will say that By Force is a must, it helped me out quite a bit, and I think I will end up adding a board-wipe, like Yahenni's Expertise to help out a bit more against and zombie floods.

I will report back again if I make any progress!

May 24, 2017 9:57 a.m.

Argy says... #2

barneystinson22 I only wanted one Creature in the 4 drop spot and prefer Ondu Champion, but you can easily substitute Merciless Javelineer.

You'd maybe want some card draw, because you will be churning through them.

Of course Zulaport Cutthroat is then not very useful, so you should take that out as well. Maybe put Painful Lesson in its place.


TheRedCzar if you go with Yahenni's Expertise you might think about Gravedigger instead of Minotaur Sureshot.

Between that and Supernatural Stamina you can save a couple of Minotaurs after you boardwipe.

May 24, 2017 2:15 p.m.

Argy says... #3

This is not the deck to play if you want to beat Temur Marvel.

I've been saying that for a while.

It's not a good match up.

You know what IS a good match up?

Angelic High

That deck beat Temur Marvel 2-0 tonight.

Cast a Shadow is also good against it.


Temur Marvel will either Counter Harsh Mentor, destroy it, or play around it.

Not gonna slow that Control shell down very much.

May 24, 2017 4:56 p.m. Edited.

you could side board a Magma Spray

May 24, 2017 6:20 p.m.

Argy says... #5

I'll tell you right now, Calispotato, that they won't ban Aetherworks Marvel.

Wizards like this kind of interaction. It's very similar to Collected Company, so they knew what they were doing when they designed Aetherworks Marvel.

Marvel CAN be beaten. My partner beat it down tonight, going 2-0 with Angelic High.

I totally agree that it isn't a fun deck to play against.

Mostly due to this.

May 24, 2017 7:08 p.m.