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[SolidSnakeUS]

You should just play Infect if that's what you want. Same idea; only need to hit for 10 instead of 20.

That would mean Grafted Exoskeletons or some other creature with infect, but they don't have the abilities that Silhana/Treetop/Lone Wolf/Thorn have to be able to have a high chance of getting through to the target. Basically making my deck a longer play deck that it should be.

 

[aidan]

Meh, this deck is more about speed than it is about devotion.

Turn 1 - Drop land, play Llanowar.
Turn 2 - Drop land, play Silhana and Rancor on it.
Turn 3 - Drop land, play Blanchwood Armor & Groundswell. Swing for 10.
Turn 4 - Drop land/play Might of Oaks, swing for 10+, done.

That would be an ideal 4 turn kill.

Have fun in Magical Christmasland, good sir.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Have fun in Magical Christmasland, good sir.

You make it sound like it's impossible lol.

And wow, I forgot about that card lol.

I had two big reason for stopping Magic in the past. Cost and the fucking Mirrodin block. Played from Odyssey block to about Kamigawa then nope.

 

[WanderingWind]

That would mean Grafted Exoskeletons or some other creature with infect, but they don't have the abilities that Silhana/Treetop/Lone Wolf/Thorn have to be able to have a high chance of getting through to the target. Basically making my deck a longer play deck that it should be.

Infect often wins on turn 2 or 3. In fact, if you haven't won by then, you're probably going to lose. And it's not magical Christmasland.dec like that other one.

But you shouldn't play it. Nobody should. Because then you'll start skewing the meta and people will board for it and I'll be fucked.

 

[OnPoint]

Those were some dark times.

Yeah man, I'm really glad they're over. That deck's dominance singlehandedly got me to bow out of standard play during that season, and I haven't jumped back in yet.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Infect often wins on turn 2 or 3. In fact, if you haven't won by then, you're probably going to lose. And it's not magical Christmasland.dec like that other one.

But you shouldn't play it. Nobody should. Because then you'll start skewing the meta and people will board for it and I'll be fucked.

Found that $5 infect deck... that's retardedly broken. Just wow... But you'd basically need to have an almost perfect hand.

http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/5-infect/

Switch Vines of Vastwood with Invigorate and holy balls...

Turn 1 - Land, Glistener Elf.
Turn 2 - Land, Rancor, Groundswell, Invigorate. Done (if they don't have a creature).

 

[WanderingWind]

Found that $5 infect deck... that's retardedly broken. Just wow... But you'd basically need to have an almost perfect hand.

http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/5-infect/

Switch Vines of Vastwood with Invigorate and holy balls...

Turn 1 - Land, Glistener Elf.
Turn 2 - Land, Rancor, Groundswell, Invigorate. Done (if they don't have a creature).

Yeah, the deck is turrible. You should play UW control instead. Without Spellskites.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Yeah, the deck is turrible. You should play UW control instead. Without Spellskites.

I had to look it up (not up to snuff with a lot of newer cards). But honestly... I'm only doing these decks for fun, so that cheap infect deck would be fun and probably piss off everyone I know lol.

 

[WanderingWind]

Mothe...

 

["God's Beard!"]

FUUUUUUUUUUCK SPELLSKITE

Wut. Like, it would read "You may cast creature cards from your graveyard?" Geez. Do you just want the world to burn?

Yeah, that was the original ability lol

Would have been so awesome.

 

[MjFrancis]

Meh, this deck is more about speed than it is about devotion.

Turn 1 - Drop land, play Llanowar.
Turn 2 - Drop land, play Silhana and Rancor on it.
Turn 3 - Drop land, play Blanchwood Armor & Groundswell. Swing for 10.
Turn 4 - Drop land/play Might of Oaks, swing for 10+, done.

That would be an ideal 4 turn kill.

There's a mono-green stompy deck in Modern I use that is a "devotion" deck but purely for Aspect of Hydra. It does what Might of Oaks does (more or less) for one-mana.

Here's the list I've stuck with:

http://www.mtgvault.com/francis/decks/monogreen-modern/

Same idea with a lot of shared cards but geared for Modern tournaments. Its wins T4 fairly often. I just goldfished:

T1: Experiment 1
T2: Dryad Militant, Rancor (4 power attacking)
T3: Leatherback Baloth (6 power attacking)
T4: Aspect of Hydra (16 power attacking)

The T4 Aspect is just cast on whoever wasn't blocked, or on the Rancor'd Experiment 1. The deck is all sorts of fun like that.

 

["God's Beard!"]

Why not just play bogles like all the beautiful people? Dryad militant pump strats seem bad when lightning bolt is in every deck.

 

[WanderingWind]

Alright, so we know God's Beard #TeamBogles I'm #InfectYourWorld

What modern decks do the rest of y'all nerds play? First person to say delver had to eat a foil Tibalt.

 

[OnPoint]

The only Modern deck I built is a Polymorph/Tokens deck. It's super fun to pilot. I have yet to play it competitively, but I think I'm going to really soon.

 

[aidan]

Alright, so we know God's Beard #TeamBogles I'm #InfectYourWorld

What modern decks do the rest of y'all nerds play? First person to say delver had to eat a foil Tibalt.

I've got a Melira Pod deck that I've been slowly working on for the past year. Also, Soul Sisters, and an Aristocrats deck that's a ton of fun to play.

 

[ultron87]

Alright, so we know God's Beard #TeamBogles I'm #InfectYourWorld

What modern decks do the rest of y'all nerds play? First person to say delver had to eat a foil Tibalt.

I've got Affinity and a modified Tokens deck from the event deck. Affinity doesn't seem that great these days (though I still need to try out the Chalice of the Void version) so I should build something new. Which works out since I was waiting on Fetches to make anything else anyway.

I'll probably end up putting together the Jeskai staples to try one of those decks since that can play with a lot of different game plans.

 

[Firemind]

I have a mono red skred deck and I can probably build a modern version of pyromancer's ascension if I wanted to. Still have four lying around somewhere.

 

[MjFrancis]

The only Modern deck I built is a Polymorph/Tokens deck. It's super fun to pilot. I have yet to play it competitively, but I think I'm going to really soon.

B/W Tokens with a blue splash and Emrakul? If I had the Emrakuls I would have tried this one already.

 

[OnPoint]

B/W Tokens with a blue splash and Emrakul? If I had the Emrakuls I would have tried this one already.

Yeah, that's exactly what it is. It's really fun.

 

[Angry Grimace]

Yeah man, I'm really glad they're over. That deck's dominance singlehandedly got me to bow out of standard play during that season, and I haven't jumped back in yet.

Everyone missed the pun. You know, dark times. Double mono-black decks?

 

[shrapnelmagnet]

Everyone missed the pun. You know, dark times. Double mono-black decks?

Oh, I didn't miss it. I certainly chose to leave it alone, though

 

[phazedplasma]

Alright, so we know God's Beard #TeamBogles I'm #InfectYourWorld

What modern decks do the rest of y'all nerds play? First person to say delver had to eat a foil Tibalt.

Mono W Death + Taxes. Working towards G/W D+T

 

[blindrocket]

What modern decks do the rest of y'all nerds play? First person to say delver had to eat a foil Tibalt.

I have a lot of Modern decks, it is sort of an addiction. But I mostly play UWR Twin.

I also have Birthing Pod, Living End, Soul Sisters, Norin the weary Modern deck, Jund minus real Tarmogoyfs, 8 Rack, Infect and nearly everything to build Affinity.

 

[Firemind]

Mono W Death + Taxes. Working towards G/W D+T

Huh. How does that work without fast mana, mana denial and stoneforge mystics? I am kind of intrigued in going as the fun police in modern.

 

["God's Beard!"]

At this point I think I'm just waiting on a new injection of cards for standard. I've got a RB aggro/resource denial brew coming along, but it feels like its missing a few pieces.

 

[kirblar]

Accidental WotC spoiler for FRF- looks like spoilers start on Xmas.

 

[keeblerdrow]

Well, I'm happy with that. It can go in a deck.


I'm hoping this is part of a little cycle. Two-mode instants that are useful in opposing ways.

 

[Angry Grimace]

"Choose one," the greatest words on an instant ever.

 

[ultron87]

Fun. That kills a lot of relevant stuff.

A cycle of "alternate future" cards that do two opposite things would be cool. Though I'm not sure the other colors could even pull that off.

 

[kirblar]

Well, I'm happy with that. It can go in a deck.


I'm hoping this is part of a little cycle. Two-mode instants that are useful in opposing ways.

The Black Wrath is a modal spell as well, looks like it's a theme.

 

[Angry Grimace]

Fun. That kills a lot of relevant stuff.

A cycle of "alternate future" cards that do two opposite things would be cool. Though I'm not sure the other colors could even pull that off.

A lot of relevant stuff that isn't Stormbreath Dragon =V

 

[f0rk]

You know what would be cool? Destroy target creature with power less it's toughness.

Kills everything

 

[kirblar]

A lot of relevant stuff that isn't Stormbreath Dragon =V

Yeah, that card is going to be even better in a month. This AND the black wrath have issues with it.

 

[keeblerdrow]

The only thing that could make that card better for an Abzan deck is if it exiled instead of destroying.

And with the black wrath being modal, yep. Cycle.

Blue could be tapfrost & scry1/draw1

Red could be shatter & exile-to-play

Green could be fight & explore

 

[Angry Grimace]

Yeah, that card is going to be even better in a month. This AND the black wrath have issues with it.

Yasova Dragonclaw can't target Stormbreath Dragon either.

 

[Firemind]

Gives rabblemaster an extra life so it can pump out more tokens or it kills rhinos and coursers.

I can dig it.

 

[Angry Grimace]

U/W Heroic might like being able to choose between blowing up Siege Rhinos or enabling Heroic with an invincibility clause. At least as a sideboard option.

 

[Wichu]

The Black Wrath is a modal spell as well, looks like it's a theme.

And Yasova's ability can be paid using either red or blue. It's pretty obvious that binary choices are going to be a major theme of the set.

 

[BlewHedgehog]

Alright, so we know God's Beard #TeamBogles I'm #InfectYourWorld

What modern decks do the rest of y'all nerds play? First person to say delver had to eat a foil Tibalt.

I'm playing Four Swords Adventures. It's a Bant aggro deck with Geist of Saint Traft, Lotus Cobra, Knight of the Reliquary and... swords. Is it good? Not terribly. Hella fun though and it checks the boxes of having a T4 kill in modern and being Phelddagrif colors. =D

 

[SigmasonicX]

Hmm, is it possible that Dragons of Tarkir will have a way to apply entwine to other spells?
... Probably not.

 

[Joe Molotov]

Bought two boosters packs today and got a Temur Ascendancy and a foil Temur Ascendancy. ineveraskedforthis.jpg

 

[Angry Grimace]

And Yasova's ability can be paid using either red or blue. It's pretty obvious that binary choices are going to be a major theme of the set.

Seems like hybrid mana is going to be used to avoid full-on wedges while still giving you an incentive to play wedge cards.

 

["God's Beard!"]

Accidental WotC spoiler for FRF- looks like spoilers start on Xmas.

Stop picking on my hooting mandrills

 

[Hero]

I like how modal is used in this set to show how the choices the characters make change what the present(future) looks like.

Can't wait to see more. Hopefully Ugin is awesome.

 

[Angry Grimace]

FYI: Log into your MTGO account today - get 16 phantom points applicable towards the Holiday Cube releasing tomorrow. You have to log in today to get it.

 

[Firemind]

FYI: Log into your MTGO account today - get 16 phantom points applicable towards the Holiday Cube releasing tomorrow. You have to log in today to get it.

Uh, I didn't receive anything...

 

[divisionbyzorro]

Uh, I didn't receive anything...

http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-online-announcements-december-16-2014#item1

 

[OnPoint]

Hmm, is it possible that Dragons of Tarkir will have a way to apply entwine to other spells?
... Probably not.

Why not? Make it like Fork.

Diverted Reflection (U)(R)

Instant

Copy target instant or sorcery. If that spell asks the caster to choose a mode, select one that isn't already on the stack. You may choose new targets.

 

[ElyrionX]

Alright, so we know God's Beard #TeamBogles I'm #InfectYourWorld

What modern decks do the rest of y'all nerds play? First person to say delver had to eat a foil Tibalt.

Rocking Jeskai Midrange with a playset of Geist. Started with the teamgeist list but I have tweaked it heavily since. I have not been playing much Modern anyway. Been pretty obssessed with EDH in the past few weeks.

 

[charlequin]

Khans is a badass set (getting a bit long in the tooth) but better than Zendikar? I wasn't really around for those days, but isn't Zendikar one of the most beloved sets of all time? Or is that just cause of Emrakul?

I saw a partial poll on this once, although I can't track it down. If you break it down, there's really about five categories for blocks: sublime (Ravnica and Innistrad), good (Invasion, Mirrodin), middling (Alara, Shadowmoor, Theros), marginal (Lorwyn, Odyssey), and bad (Masques, Kamigawa.)

Zendikar is probably pretty firmly in the "good" category; had a bunch of popular strong cards, did some interesting stuff in Standard, and has a bunch of cards that are cross-format staples years later, plus had popular gimmicks like the full-art lands and the "Hidden Treasures." (The big downside is that ZZZ was a seriously mediocre draft environment.)

Given the reaction to date, Khans is probably hovering somewhere between good and sublime. It met a popular fan request, it's driving a Standard environment that people are super happy with after suffering through Theros, it's got a ton of useful and interesting cards that are usable across multiple formats, and it's considered to be quite high on the list of all-time draft formats. Add the fetchlands and it could definitely hit the top category in a few years.

For as much as I hate watching Siege Rhino games, I love watching Whip of Erebos games. I love that card so much; it's by far my favorite thing to come from Theros block.

I stayed up until like four AM watching the Magic World Cup finals and I loved watching the Whip matches -- so much weird, complicated stuff could happen and there were so many interesting shifts in board control. (It helped to have someone as good as Turtenwald playing in the matches, too.)

And with the black wrath being modal, yep. Cycle.

Two cycles or a broader set theme, even; the black wrath is a rare and this is uncommon.

Hmm, is it possible that Dragons of Tarkir will have a way to apply entwine to other spells?
... Probably not.

A legendary artifact that does this is a card design they've probably had sitting in their back pocket for years. If they're ever gonna do it, this would probably be the place.