Red answer to Blood Moon?
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Posted on Nov. 22, 2014, 1:26 p.m. by Jay
In Modern, I'm maining Manifest Dredge and my brother is playing a Big Red/Skred Red deck that mainboards Blood Moon. My deck has very few basics, so if he lands it usually I'm stuck Faithless Looting desperately while his Stormbreath Dragons eat my face. What I'm wondering is if there is a card in Red that can deal with BMoon. I have access to 
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in my deck, but the amount of basics is seriously low, and for the deck to work it pretty much has to stay that way.
Is there something more effective than just hoping I draw into a Swamp and a Forest so I can Abrupt Decay?
Currently I just fetch basics out when I can and try and pick his hand apart early, but it's really oppressive and I don't wanna devote too much sideboard space to it.
Thanks!
-Jay
CommanderOfBolas says... #3
Red doesn't deal with enchantments well at all. The only card that comes to mind is Chaos Warp, but you cant use that. I think the best you are going to do is Abrupt Decay or some sort of Disenchant effect that white offers
November 22, 2014 1:38 p.m.
Well, at the moment I don't run any basic Plains so I can't really use White answers. Relying on Abrupt Decay seems the most realistic at the moment unfortunately... Do you know of any colorless answers? Only Ratchet Bomb comes to mind, but sitting quietly for 3 turns seems less than ideal.
November 22, 2014 1:41 p.m.
Unforgivn_II says... #5
Why not just throw in a plains? Nature's Claim is something you could use that's green. And you should be able to easily hit 3 charge counters on Engineered Explosives in a 4C deck
November 22, 2014 1:55 p.m.
I'm really confused... you have W,G,B, aaaand R in the deck, but you need access to red enchantment hate specifically? Those other colors are better at that than R. And really it's just a bad match up for you. He is going to be really fast and efficient in mono red, while your going to spend most of your time mana fixing, while he just kills you. Peak Eruption would be funny. I'd say run a playset of Chromatic Lantern instead of all the dual lands, throw in more basics, and sideboard enchantment hate where you can. Maybe some Blind Obedience for Stormbreath Dragon.
November 22, 2014 3:02 p.m.
DarkHero I think the idea is that he'd have that red answer to it in the event that none of his lands are basic, because red is all he'd have.
Having enough basics for your enchantment hate is really all that you can do what with red not having anything for enchantments, of course.
November 22, 2014 3:15 p.m.
xcn yeah your right that makes sense. I just feel like Chromatic Lantern makes Blood Moon redundant.
November 22, 2014 3:25 p.m.
Just leave some open fetches for when he plays it so you can get your basics, and you can add in whatever.
November 22, 2014 3:34 p.m.
I'm thinking Engineered Explosives is the best idea right now. If I'm on the play I can drop it t3 before BMoon lands and then pop it when it comes down.
Thanks for the help. Speed isn't really an issue, usually I stabilize pretty quickly and I have plenty of removal options.
November 22, 2014 4:10 p.m.
GlistenerAgent says... #11
Engineered Explosives is not worth sideboarding if you just need to deal with Blood Moon. Your best option by far if you're worried is to sideboard Nature's Claim. Note that you can also side in more Abrupt Decay, and float the mana for it in response to Blood Moon to destroy it immediately afterwards.
November 22, 2014 4:32 p.m.
Well, you just need something, that can get rid of Enchantments. When he plays BMoon, you just need to respond by tapping all your mana.
November 22, 2014 6:28 p.m.
Explosives wouldn't be for BMoon exclusively though, I can think of a few other decks in my meta it would hurt.
I'll be testing a few strategies I think.
November 22, 2014 6:54 p.m.
APPLE01DOJ says... #15
I'd switch that Marsh Flats to a Verdant Catacombs (or 2 and SB 2x Ghost Quarter) and just run Naturalize or Nature's Claim or Back to Nature on the SB.
November 22, 2014 8:29 p.m.
APPLE01DOJ says... #17
I'd say ur best bet is just floating mana for Abrupt Decay then.
Stronger white splash is within reason.
Unforgivn_II says... #2
0 red cards deal with Blood Moon. Although Wear / Tear is usually pretty good in modern
November 22, 2014 1:37 p.m.