Armageddon & Taxes
Modern
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Zendikar Rising Updates! —Oct. 3, 2020
MB:
-1 Oust, -1 Fiend Hunter; +2 Skyclave Apparition
-1 Thalia, Heretic Cathar; +1 Archon of Emeria
-1 Giver of Runes; +1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
SB:
-1 Collector Ouphe, +1 Phyrexian Revoker
-1 Mirran Crusader, +1 Gaddock Teeg
-1 Containment Priest, +1 Veil of Summer
-1 Eidolon of Rhetoric, +1 Archon of Emeria
This deck gained a couple new tools from Zendikar Rising: Skyclave Apparition and Archon of Emeria. Skyclave Apparition is the better of the two. Not only does it answer planeswalkers (one of this deck's biggest problem threats), it also exiles them permanently unlike cards like Oblivion Ring or Fiend Hunter which is very relevant. Archon of Emeria has potential to be decent; it dies to Bolt, but is a maindeckable hedge against combo decks (Charbelcher, for example) and helps stall in the multicolor pile matchups (Uro, Omnath). I'm not sure if it replaces Eidolon of Rhetoric in the board, but I'm willing to try it out.
In other news, I've tuned the sideboard a bit more for the current metagame. Containment Priest has been replaced by an extra Veil of Summer since blue decks are popular. I cut Collector Ouphe since Affinity/Whirza have dropped off the face of the earth and replaced it with Phyrexian Revoker, which has the same function but is more general-use (can hit planeswalkers, creatures, etc). Jund is less present overall because of the rise of 4-Color lands-matter decks, so I cut the Mirran Crusader for Gaddock Teeg. Both Revoker and Teeg also hurt the Charbelcher deck, which is something I value highly given this deck's bad combo matchup.
Also, a note: I plan on switching the Rest in Peaces with Wheel of Sun and Moon or a single Gaea's Blessing should mill become really popular, since that deck is in the same vein as Burn as far as matchups go. We'll see.