FNM 4/5/13

Zedes1, 12 years ago

My first match was against boros midrange. Not too hard, he was unable to beat my thragtusks and monks. Any time a Garruk came out, he paid dearly. 2-0 My second match was against a really cool dimir mill deck with increasing confusion, consuming aberration, Lazav, Undead Alchemist. His board state was almost always much weaker than mine, since his spells went towards milling me. Towards the end of each of the games, he was desperately milling me to try and hit a creature for the Undead Alchemist trigger. Luckily, my 13 creatures were elusive and game 1 ended fast. Game 2 he got Ludevic's Test Subject flipped and a 16/16 Consuming aberration. Dual selesnya charms finished game 2. 2-0 The third match was against a red deck wins. Both games he had me down below 5 hp when I got out Trostani. He was then unable to attack profitably, and he couldn't keep up with my lifegain. 2-0 The finals was against another undefeated deck: Grull Blitz. Both games he ran me over turn 4. Sadness. 0-2

Major Renovations, Back to Creaturless

omegashift, 12 years ago

I took the creatures out; made it super grindy and controlly. I am not sure as of yet if it'll survive the current meta. but it's certainly worth a shot. 8 Planeswalkers, 6 sweepers(5 main, one side), 15 removal spells (11 main, 4 side), 11 cards that counter or slow opponent down (8 main, 3 side) and 7 cards in the side that shuts down various strategies. I think it's enough contol to manage these aggro decks, and maybe these midrange decks too.

Update.

WaFfLeZ10, 12 years ago

Replacements:

Ratchet Bomb --------> Sensei's Divining Top

Bloodchief Ascension --------> No Mercy

Aether Vial ----------> Lotus Petal

Firemane Avenger ---------->Twilight Shepherd

Linvala, Keeper of Silence -----------> Mikaeus, the Unhallowed

Flagstones of Trokair ----------> Spinerock Knoll

Making cheaper options. Thinking about: Chrome MoxGC and Volrath's Stronghold. Thoughts?

Quick Change

Enratic, 12 years ago

I want to remove something and squeeze in Izzet Charm as well as Rolling Temblor.
Any suggestions are helpful.

Land Confusion

dmmartin90, 12 years ago

Thinking about taking one swamp out and adding another mountain. I know this will effect mutilate, but with 11 sources of red it seems like I can NEVER draw one on my opening hand and its very frustrating. Any ideas would be appreciated.

APBeta, 12 years ago

This deck has seen a total transformation with the help of panamimed on PDCMagic.com special thanks! This deck is meant to burn the opponents deck while protecting yourself from the onslaught. The sideboard is a total transformation. When Milling does not work the idea is to use the entire sideboard in place of the milling cards to create an entirely new deck that will be unexpected after a sideboard break between games.

RTR Block Broken -Rework!

Taytora, 12 years ago

Alright, so staying to the RTR block has more or less been broken. I will say that I probably will not be using Boros Reckoner or Falkenrath Aristocrat. Boros because I don't have enough trading power for him right now, and Falkenrath because I think I can get by without.
Changes:
- Sign in Blood
- Splatter Thug
- Rakdos's Return
- Rakdos, Lord of Riots
- Dead Reveler
- Vampire Nighthawk
- Mugging
- Tragic Slip

Added in the following:
Hellrider
Stromkirk Noble
Lightning Mauler
Rakdos Shred-Freak
Skinbrand Goblin (essentially just for the 1 mana, instant bloodrush effect)
Slaughter Games
Brimstone Volley

On to main phase 2 of rework -Revised suggestions and thoughts please (and thank you)!

WMCQ Update after the event.

Turtleman, 12 years ago

Made some changes I am going to be testing in the coming weeks to the deck after playing at the WMCQ. I feel like the WMCQ went ok. I finished in the middle of the pack and had a great time playing the deck. Everyone loved it and enjoyed getting blown out by immortal. It did have some mana problems though and I'd often have to throw back hands with only 1 land or the wrong sort of land. More testing will be required to know if I need to go up to 24. Notable adds are the Divine and Blood throne. Cartel just was not doing anything compared to what it should be. It's a good card but I'm not sure if its as good as blood throne vs my deck who favors board wipes instead of targeted removal. Divine was just amazing all day. Half of the field was Naya blitz. I would just stall to turn 4, Divine then bring everything back next turn. They don't have the fuel to recover and divine is nice with undying ( I was using lotleth troll during the WMCQ for the regeneration but I feel like Giest is a better fit over all with the high priest) Mentor has been cut down to 3 again. Half of the time he was drawing 4+ cards, the other he was killed on sight. It depended on how skilled the other player was and felt like as I moved up the standings he was getting killed more and more.

Additions and subtractions

dominoid, 12 years ago

Took a few cards out after finding I kept getting Vampire Nighthawk stuck in hand. It's nice, but the two black mana needed without using one and two black drops is a bit restrictive. Replaced it with Dreg Mangler and replaced two of the Dreadbore with Abrupt Decay Decided that Chandra just doesn't fit the aggro archetype as much as I like the card so put it into the sideboard as I have an option of adjusting to midrange if I need to. Added one Hellrider from the sideboard to main as there's seldom a time that I'm not pleased to see the fella and he dies to removal a lot so I figure best to have a spare as often as possible.

Still not certain on Thundermaw Hellkite as he might be a little big for this deck and also not sure about Rakdos's Return - this is a nice finisher to have but I've found myself using it less than I thought I would and I keep ending up with it in hand at the beginning and sitting there unused while I win with creatures or get stomped without enough mana to make it worthwhile casting it. Also, do I really need Lightning Mauler as much as I thought I would? I have so many haste creatures in this deck already I'm tempted to swap it out for a couple more Ash Zealot or Flinthoof Boar

Slight Rearrangement 1

Cyrrus, 12 years ago

-1 Diabolic Tutor
+1 Swamp

Changes

onthestack, 12 years ago

Took out of the 3 Pit Fights. I found a turn 4 win, using the Cryptborn Horror and I think adding 3 more creatures would help significantly. Options are the Gravecrawler, Nightshade Peddler, or Dreg Mangler.

-3 Pit Fight
+3 Nightshade Peddler

RESET COMMENTS

CRUSHnKILL, 12 years ago

Wow it has been amazing to see other people make and edit this deck (and go 4-1), i love how much this idea has been appreciated. THX for the support and assistance

Routine Update

mrbloo1848, 12 years ago

Going to try the following change in sideboard:

-2 Oblivion Ring

+2 Appetite for Brains

-1 Abrupt Decay

+1 Selesnya Charm

I don't ever get to side in Oblivion Ring against anyone (though it is a good spell) and I completely forgot that Appetite for Brains EXILES the card, which is huge against graveyard tech and flashbacks. Going to try these against control/midrange/rites. Also trying a second Selesnya Charm for more consistent draws against big creatures (also rites). I don't think I need the fourth Abrupt Decay anyway.

Also,

-1 Thragtusk

+1 Angel of Serenity

I am going to try adding another angel to give me better chance of drawing into her. She wins games and I have other cards to help me offset the life gain I will lose from the fourth Thragtusk.

Tournament Results

Eskimole, 12 years ago

As a side note, I was only running 2 Olivia Voldarens as a friend of mine was borrowing the other. I replaced it with an Evil Twin. It performed with varied results. Against Aggro, I was very happy to copy a Boros Reckoner, and kill it. However, in every other situation, Olivia Voldaren would have been better.

3 Rounds. Went 1-2.

Round 1 - B/R/W Aggro: 2-0

The opponent's deck was Red Deck Wins splashing for Boros Charm and Falkenrath Aristocrat. Was fairly easy to stabilize and then take over with card advantage. The lowest my life got to was around 9 or 10 both games,

Round 2 - Grixis Control: 0-2

Was very excited going into this round facing off against another Grixis Control player! His deck was actually quite similar to mine, except that it leaned towards more heavily on counterspells, had a bigger top end, and won with Nephalia Drownyard. He didn't run Olivia Voldaren or Liliana of the Veil, and he ran Nicol Bolas in the main, but part from that the decks were very similar. Both games, he was able to mill me out with nephlia drownyard. I'm not sure how his deck would perform against one of the hyper-aggressive decks (especially since he had Slaughter Games mainboard...). However, this has taught me to put at least one copy of Nephalia Drownyard in the main for the control matchups!

Round 3 - 4 Colour Nightshade Pingers: 0-2

This was an incredibly tough matchup. The main problem was that the deck was able to generate an endless stream of creatures with Tracker's Instincts. Also, when my opponent brought back a bunch of guys with Angel of Glory's Rise, it nullifies the removal I already used and gives him an insane amount of value. Olivia Voldaren would have been amazing if I saw her, as the game went long enough to get a lot of mana and many of his deck's creatures are threats, but I didn't see her at all. :(

Overall, I'm still fairly happy with the deck. The aggro matchup remains the best, but I have to look at ways of equalling or going over the midrange decks. And I'm putting a Nephalia Drownyard in the main.

Deck List

ryry636, 12 years ago

Deck list will be updated as I get cards I need. Please suggest some if you would.

boaring

NoMemory13, 12 years ago

Added Brindle Shoat to help pad the CMC2 slot and give more token generation

more artifacts, more lands

NoMemory13, 12 years ago

Added Ancient Den and Great Furnace to give Kuldotha Rebirth more chances of doing its thing. Added Steppe Lynx to fit with the landfall thing that seems to be happening whenever I play test.

Extended Sideboard

Xindlepete, 12 years ago

A buddy of mine is hosting an extended tourney soon, so I thought I would try out the gobbys there. Since the deck is Modern as it stands, everything in the sideboard is a swap-in for extended. Here are the match-ups:

3x Bloodmark Mentor for 3x Goblin Bushwhacker: equal CMC at 2, and bushwhacker adds bonus power in conjunction with Legion Loyalist.

3x Mogg War Marshal for 3x Krenko's Command: equal CMC at 2, both provide token production.

4x Raging Goblin for 4x Goblin Arsonist: equal CMC at 1, best current goblin alternative, though I'm really gonna miss my little rager!

3x Boggart Shenanigans for 3x Fervor: equal CMC at 3, helps guarantee that hasty Krenko, Mob Boss turn 4.

APBeta, 12 years ago

Removed 3x Cancel (sideboarded) replaced with 3x Psychic Strike.

CoolStuffGames Modern Tourny — April 6, 2013

Virlym, 12 years ago

~Placed 3rd~

Lost match 1 game 1 against infinite damage from a Murderous Redcap, got a faster start and won game 2, game 3 he had a board wipe, leaving me off mana which made it impossible to come back from, Orzhov Pontiff was the winner of game 3.

Bye second round. Round 3 was against infect, game 1 won with Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas, game 2 won because I had a starting hand with 2 Spellskites when he used Inquisition of Kozilek.

Rounds 4 and 5 were against the same person. First match, I won game one with Fling using a Master of Etherium and a Cranial Plating (24 damage). Game 2 I won with Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas. Match 5 didn't go as well. I won game 1 with a quick start. Game 2 he top decked stoney silence his turn 3 right after I played a Steel Overseer on my turn 2. Game 3 just kept drawing lands, when I finally drew some creatures, he had Olivia Voldaren out.

Overall standing was 3rd. Paid $10 entry, won an Arid Mesa. Not too bad for a 9 player tourney.

matches:
1. Loss(+0) Jeannin, Jules (Melira, Sylvok Outcast / Birthingpod)
2. Bye(+3)
3. Win(+3) Remy, Javier (BUG Infect)
4. Win(+3) Kohrs, Brandon (Jund walkers w/ white)
5. Loss(+0) Kohrs, Brandon (Jund walkers w/ white)

Decklist:

Creature (23)
2x Arcbound Ravager 2x Etched Champion 2x Master of Etherium 2x Memnite 4x Ornithopter 4x Signal Pest 3x Steel Overseer 4x Vault Skirge

Instant (1)
1x Fling

Sorcery (4)
4x Thoughtcast

Planeswalker (2)
2x Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas

Land (17)
3x Blinkmoth Nexus 4x Darksteel Citadel 4x Glimmervoid 4x Inkmoth Nexus 1x Island 1x Swamp

Artifact (13)
4x Cranial Plating 3x Mox Opal 4x Springleaf Drum 2x Welding Jar

Sideboard (15)
2x Ancient Grudge 1x Etched Champion 1x Master of Etherium 3x Spellskite 2x Ray of Revelation 2x Relic of Progenitus 2x Torpor Orb 2x Whipflare

Old comments

Wabbbit, 12 years ago

Just old comments.

Edits

Planeswalker_Momo, 12 years ago

As per suggestions: Moved Entreat the Angels and Odric, Master Tactician to Sideboard, I intend on adding Burning-Tree Emissary to Mainboard, as well as any Flinthoof Boar if I can obtain it.