Imperial Taxation
Modern*
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v2.2.0 - And now we March away from the colors —June 5, 2022
+4 March of Otherworldly Light back in. I do love this card. It was removed for not hitting planeswalkers. This is still an issue, but it is mitigated a bit. We now have Mishra's Factory and Unlicensed Hearse, which are a bit more difficult to remove and can strike out against planeswalkers. The sideboard also gets +2 Fateful Absence for some planeswalker removal in case it gets out of hand.
To trade with the marches, we go -4 Prismatic Ending. Shifting way from wanting 5 colors, we can take out all the off-color Shock Lands. Since march wants cards to exile, combined with less life loss of not needing the shocks, the deck once again moves +2 Emeria, Shattered Skyclave Flip to a total of 4, and 1 extra Plains to fill up the board.
Giant Killer is not only surprise removal (who doesn't like surprise removal), but also tapping down a creature every turn can be super useful
Remorseful Cleric I had in the sideboard for a while but it didn't really offer enough value. Clearing the yard once is fine but (though they are not creatures) Rest in Peace and now Unlicensed Hearse provide much more value and permanence. And the fetching there is a minimal issue since in a lot of situations where GY matters you almost need to it in your opening hand. For example, fetch and cast is going to be too slow vs Living End.
Nathanael97 says... #1
I have to say, I really love the idea of this deck. If Solitude wasn't so horrendously expensive I might actually buy into it. This deck is generally quite outside of my wheelhouse, so I'd have to buy pretty much every card in the deck. Maybe someday :)
Two more things: I don't quite understand the reasoning behind the Giant Killer. I get that it's a tutorable removal spell, but isn't that the reason for running Skyclave Apparition?
Also, have you considered Remorseful Cleric? It's tutorable yard hate, which seems extremely relevant in the current meta (not to mention that a 2 CMC 2 power flyer is probably fine anyway).
June 3, 2022 7:38 p.m.