The Mean Modern Scrapper
Modern
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Modern States —Aug. 12, 2014
Took this deck to Modern States and learned a few things.
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This deck has lots of game vs Splinter Twin decks. I felt like I always had an answer to the combo with both Paths and the Pridemage disrupting it, you just need to keep 1 mana open.
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This deck has a bit of trouble with Melira Pod decks. They also run Kitchen Finks which make it tough to get your attacks through, and if you overuse Paths on them, they get enough mana to beatdown with Gavony Township activations every turn. I sided out the shield enchantments, which was a mistake. But ScOoze did real work against them.
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Against decks with heavy removal, I need something. I'm going to add 1-2 Mark of Asylum to the board to help against removal, and another planeswalker could give me a little more reach as well. I'm considering a Thrun, the Last Troll to help against control, but more removal on my side would be nice for the infect matchup too. There just isn't enough SB slots!
GeminiSpartanX says... #2
In an open field, yes I agree since it shuts down other decks like Tron. But he was able to fight through it just using multiple Signal Pest triggers along with lifelink from Vault Skirge to get there (I had Stony Silence in the SB when I faced him). I'm going to try this switch to Kataki to see if it's better to just manage the field then use my Pridemage to destroy what's left until I can draw Creeping Corrosion . I think Kataki can keep him off metalcraft enough so he's unable to have protection given to Etched Champion as well. I know their lists run some burn cards, but it's not much so i'll take the chance with Kataki anyway until I get more testing in.
June 24, 2014 2:42 p.m.
you should throw in a couple Leonin Arbiter to go off of your ghost quarters and path to exiles and make you opponent suffer through losses with no rewards.
June 30, 2014 4:44 p.m.
I play a fairly similar version of your deck at my local shop, but with a few differences you might want to consider:
First I like to run 2xOran-Rief, the Vastwood and 2x Blasting Station in my side as an alternative wincon. The look on someone's face on game 2/3 when you blast them to smithereens out of nowhere is priceless and as you already run Finks in maindeck it shouldn't be too hard to fit them into your side.
Secondly, I think you might want to also look at Bant Sureblade , if you're considering to run Knight of New Alara , that scrawny 2/1 is a lot scarier as a 6/5 First Strike when the knight hits the board :)
June 30, 2014 6:12 p.m.
GeminiSpartanX says... #5
My brother runs a pretty dedicated Knight of New Alara Naya deck that abuses all those 3-color guys that can be played with a combination of naya colors, so I know how rediculous those 'blade' guys can get! The main reason I haven't added the Knight of NA yet is it's giant weakness to Lightning Bolt , plus the fact that I need to lay down the early beats and i can't think of anything I'd take out to add in more 4-drops.
The blasting station idea seems ok, but a little slow for me. I'm normally the aggressor in my matchups, and I can't think of which matchups i'd really want to side in that strategy. Have you had any Modern success with it?
July 1, 2014 8:12 a.m.
WilliamsIan says... #6
YES!! Now i know what to do when my standard deck cycles out! why don't you run Voice of Resurgence
though? just curious. G/W is my favorite color combo and it's kinda funny to see a bunch of standard cards (and modern cards) teaming up to do well in modern. I like it. Selesnya is underrated haha
July 29, 2014 10:18 a.m.
GeminiSpartanX says... #7
The lack of Voice is what I'm asked most about. Firstly, I don't own any (lol), but the real reason is that in this type of aggressive deck, 2 power just for 2 mana just isn't enough. Voice is really good in other types of builds like Melira pod since they get value from saccing him, but modern is so fast I need to be doing as much damage as possible. Like it says in the description, the most common modern sweeper seems to be Anger of the Gods which doesn't give me the token. Some have told me to take out the militants, but they are some of the only tech I have against storm or snapcaster decks. The Fleecemane Lions are surprisingly good against UWR control, as late in the game they have no way to get rid of a monstrous one (kind of like having a Thrun, the Last Troll in play), the same goes for many other slower midrange decks. I just don't see what I can cut for them that will make my deck win faster, as I'm trying to be the aggressor in every matchup I play in. But they're still on my radar in case I find a case where they are the best thing against a certain deck.
July 29, 2014 10:33 a.m.
WilliamsIan says... #8
No, I absolutely understand! I wasn't really even suggesting him, I was just wondering why you didn't want to run him. one thing that might be good though (might, I don't play much modern) would be Bow of Nylea trample deathtouch is a hardcore creature combo for aggro. but really I'm talking out of my ass. I'm just incredibly happy to see the deck that I love doing good in modern too. I mean, this is what I run in standard.
July 29, 2014 10:43 a.m.
GeminiSpartanX says... #9
I understand you completely. I always liked selesnya since the original Ravnica block, and one day I decided I wanted to upgrade my old token selesnya deck into something with all these newer, better RtR cards. But I found that instead of being token/convoke based now, there were some really good beaters along with some token strategies! So I decided that I would make 2 decks. This one is the beatdown deck that is more competitive in modern. The token deck is really rough, but it's here if you want to look at it- Swarming Selesnya
I like this aggressive deck a lot, and given the choice between this and the GW hatebear deck that you see around, I'd take this any time since it represents a very fast clock and for the most part beats out decks that rely on Lightning Bolt or Thoughtseize to survive past turn 5.
OpenFire says... #1
Stony Silence is better than Kataki, War's Wage .
June 24, 2014 1:39 p.m.