Armageddon & Taxes
Modern
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M21 Updates! —July 21, 2020
MB:
-1 Leonin Arbiter, +1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
-1 Scavenging Ooze, +1 Ugin's Conjurant
-1 Razorverge Thicket, +1 Oust
-1 Ghost Quarter, -2 Razorverge Thicket, -1 Temple Garden
; +4 Windswept Heath
SB:
-1 Drannith Magistrate, +1 Containment Priest
-1 Kitchen Finks, +1 Knight of Autumn
After the most recent league I played this deck in (in which I ran into every single bad matchup there is, unfortunately), I decided to focus on the combo more with my card selection: First, I cut the single Arbiter in favor of fetchlands for more consistent mana and Blood Moon protection now that Arcum's Astrolabe is banned. Cat Jesus always performed fairly well whenever I played it, but I think the increased mana and Eladamri's Call consistency will pay off in the long run. Next, I added some more disruptive cards to help bridge the gap between the early turns and the combo: a second small Thalia and a third Oust. I noticed that I was often in tight situations due to the lack of creature removal in the main deck in the last league, so the third Oust should help with that. Thalia is a good card in general that also helps the deck keep the lock on post-Armageddon.
I have also cut the maindeck Scavenging Ooze (which was only there to hedge the Lurrus matchup) because of the Companion nerf. In its place I added the fourth Ugin's Conjurant because I realized it's a bad idea to make a game-defining two card combo any less consistent than it already is.
In the sideboard I cut Drannith Magistrate, which was Companion tech, in favor of the newly added Containment Priest. I also cut the Kitchen Finks for Knight of Autumn because I've realized it's a much more versatile card in general, but with the latest rise of Jund I don't yet know if this was the right choice.
I still have to edit the primer to reflect these changes in the matchup sections, but I'll get to that later.