Grixis Control, Hour of Bolas
Standard*
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Week 2 Day 1 FNM 0-3 but felt good —July 23, 2017
Match 1: Bant Hour of Promise 1-2: This is a brew by the same guy who was playing the U/G Eldrazi ramp deck. This one splashes white for removal and tamiyo. The match up came down to in game 3 Tamiyo tapped blockers allowing him to win by 1 point of damage after kalitas lifesteal.. I had lethal if this attack wasn't lethal
Match 2: Temur Monsters 1-2 despite being temur he had a 1 of Bolas in his sideboard otherwise this was a mostly stock list from the one that was played at SCG Cin. I didnt have the negate/disallow to counter bolas and the mind rot ability took over the game in game 3, game 2 I lost to Scaled behemoth of all things which is a 2 of in the stock temur monster sideboard (one of in his version to make room for the 1 bolas), i won game 1 with my own bolas and gearhulks.
Match 3: Esper Control 1-2 Didnt have the have a counter for Sorin in Game 3, and my planeswalker removal got countered. Also stumbled on mana but I was slowly mounting a comeback. Game 2 I lost to an Ob Ult by not actually drawing the removal or the counters. flooded pretty hard but had lethal with fumaroles had ob not been in ult range since fumaroles had eaten his thing in the ices the turn before attacking his ob. Game 1 I won with Bolas and Chandra.
Despite what the matches say they all felt like very winnable match ups that came down to variance. Every card felt good and as if they had earned their place. I may go up more planeswalker removal due to that being a weakness in the list but time is running out to test things as the GP is a week from this coming friday.
psychosmurf96 says... #2
lords2001 Yea I'm posting an updated list to what I'm testing this week and some of the changes mentioned after addressed specifically big lili and Pushes. I was starting to feel the same way about fatal push and going over the 2 grixis lists that top 64ed at SCG Cin I decided to remove them all together. I'm personally avoiding the energy package all together due to choice and having been burned by it too much in the past. Main changes in the build I'm trying this week: different removal, counterspell, and planeswalker package main deck and a sideboard turning me more into a midrange Grixis deck with more creatures, have a few more sweepers, or fevered visions for control.
July 18, 2017 5:55 p.m.
psychosmurf96 Easy. I like this much better - Ob Nix is so solid as a kill spell and hand filler.
Abrade is a great choice as well.
I think the rest is personal choice - I've been running Thing in the Ice mainboard, mainly so my opponent knows he can't sideboard out his removal game 2 - it seems to work for me. I still think Chandra Flamecaller should be in the 60 - I can't see a plainswalker I would hate resolving on an open board more, and I'm including Bolas here.
July 19, 2017 10:40 a.m.
psychosmurf96 says... #5
Ghosty with the amount of filtering with 4 supreme will and 2 anticipate as well as gearhulks, we get a ton of card selection to find our 1 of answers and our 1 ofs function like 2 of ls with the gearhulks. Eternal formats are perfect for showcasing this concept. We don't want the one ofs all the time but when we do want them we can find them
lords2001 says... #1
I've been running a similar deck for a while now.
I find fatal push to be very situational in a lot of matchups - it is hard to get Revolt going some games, so it can be limited. I would try to maybe try out a combination of 2x more unlicensed disintegration and 2x Harnessed Lighting. This would also mean turning to Glimmer of Genius as well over Hieroglyphic Illumination.
I think that big Liliana is better removed, by replacing with Chandra, Flamecaller as it is much more of a finisher- often the board is clear and if you can resolve Chandra, most players just can't recover.
I would also suggest a couple more copies of Disallow as you are light on hard counters, though I know it hurts the mana base.
I like your card draw angles too - plenty of options there.
July 18, 2017 11:24 a.m.