This section need work due to changes in the metagame.
Control- Control is the best matchup for this deck,
Raven's Crime
is an all star here, being able to strip your opponent's hand of all cards and get your cards back each turn with life from the loam is card advantage control struggles to beat, and even
Terminus
won't stop a
Worm Harvest
in your graveyard,
Crucible of Worlds
is a card you need to look out for here though.
Humans- This is one of the matchups where
Molten Vortex
really shines, if you can get
Molten Vortex
and
Life from the Loam
you can effectively "lock them out of the game" with it. Their "topdeck mode" is a lot worse than ours, so
Raven's Crime
is also very good here,
Smallpox
is also an all star in this matchup.
Spirits- This is quite a similar story as with humans,
Collected Company
makes it slightly worse however, but still a good matchup.
Midrange (Jund, Pyromancer etc.)- Most midrange matchups are good matchups, hand hate can't take our key card:
Life from the Loam
.
Molten Vortex
kills their planeswalkers and a few buybacks of
Worm Harvest
and the game is ours, their removal is also quite bad verse this deck as there aren't many targets.
Scavenging Ooze
is the main card to watch out for however, as it can eat our graveyard.
Storm- This is still a favourable matchup, but not by much, it is mostly who has the best hand, and whether or not you have
Raven's Crime
in your opening hand, if so then you are greatly favoured in that game, or if you can find
Scavenging Ooze
in time.
Affinty (all variants)-
Molten Vortex
is really good if you can get one early before their creatures are too big to deal with.
Smallpox
is an allstar in this matchup as well.
Cranial Plating
is a card to watch out for, instant speed equipping can be an issue.
Tron- Tron is a 50/50 mathcup, it really depends on if you can find ghost quarter or if you can abrupt decay their map. If they assemble tron it is really hard to win, but not impossible. If tron is big in your meta, consider replacing abrupt decay for assassin's trophy.
Smallpox
can slow them down as well.
Death's Shadow- This is a fine matchup, it is quite hard to beat
Temur Battle Rage
, and a lot of their creatures don't die to
Molten Vortex
, that said, hand hate and removal are very ineffective against us most of the time.
Smallpox
is also a great card for dealing with one-of big creatures, save it until they play a
Death's Shadow
,
Gurmag Angler
etc.
Bridgevine- Like most aggro decks, this is a bad matchup for this deck, even with a
Molten Vortex
it is can be hard to control some of the more aggressive starts, smallopx will often give them a 2/2 zombie, or allow them to sacrifice
Stitcher's Supplier
and get more gas in their graveyard.
Hollow one- Another aggro deck, this is another bad matchup. Whilst
Burning Inquiry
can be alright for us, most of their aggressive starts are hard to beat even with
Molten Vortex
, and many of their creatures are too big to kill with it anyway. Most of their smaller creatures are recursive and can simply be sacrificed to a
Smallpox
only to return the next turn.
Boggles- Your main hope to beat this deck is to have thoughtsieze in your opener on the play and for them to not have
Leyline of Sanctity
, or to have
Smallpox
and for them to not have an umbra. Other than that, it is quite hard to beat boggles.
Burn- Burn is our absolute worst matchup, for a slow deck that has no way of countering burn spells to the face, a match win against burn is hard to achieve, though not impossible.
Mina and Denn, Wildborn
plus
Radiant Fountain
is your best hope pre-sideboard, (burn is the reason I run
Mina and Denn, Wildborn
over
Azusa, Lost but Seeking
,) and post sideboard
Pulse of Murasa
plus
Eternal Witness
(wich can be found off a
Traverse the Ulvenwald
) usually gets the job done.
In short: Longer, more controlling matchups are better than fast, aggressive matchups, with combo being around the middle.
If there are any matchups I haven't mentioned here that you would like to know about, feel free to ask in the comments and I will do my best to provide some information on them.
