8 Rack
Modern
SCORE: 10 | 20 COMMENTS | 1987 VIEWS | IN 3 FOLDERS
Modern 20 People Tournament —Oct. 9, 2017
R1 BYE I dont like byes, i dont get to play much so i like to play. but free win.
R2 Vs Affinity 1-2 Couldn't keep up with the damage that he put out. Bricked game 3
R3 Vs 8 Rack 2-0 Was able to put play him game one. Game 2 Ratchet Bombs and Nyxathid Won me it.
R4 Vs Jund 0-2 I just bricked both games and got beat down. should be an easy match but ended up not drawing what i needed.
R5 Vs Elves 2-1 Game one is pretty much unwinnable. Game 2 and 3 just saved my AoEs for the most value and bled him out.
3-2 over all. 2-2 in actual matches. Not bad but wish i did better. Missed top 8 by a place.
zephyr_chang says... #4
Most lists run 4 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth and they have fewer lands that produce colorless mana than you do (you have 6 from the 2 additional Ghost Quarter). So, no, I don't think 3 is too many; in fact, I think it may be too few. Plus you can always pitch excess Urborgs to Liliana of the Veil or Raven's Crime.
As for the sideboard, I'm not sure if you need even more spot removal. 5(+2) mainboard removal, another 4 from Liliana and 4 from Smallpox is plenty. I'm not sure which matchups the additional removal come in. Elves? Zoo? Affinity? I think you might be better served with 1 or 2 more boardwipes (maybe Flaying Tendrils is a good option, against green decks that run Kitchen Finks, Voice of Resurgence, Scavenging Ooze, or Dredge decks). You can also try Delirium Skeins against Control matchups, Tom Ross recently included it in his most recent list. This deck gets itself down to an empty hand quite easily so it's usually a one sided discard 3 effect.
October 4, 2017 11:04 a.m.
Titilanious says... #5
@zephyr_chang Honestly I just dont have another Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth, the 2 Ghost Quarters are a lgs call to combat tron.
The side is pretty much tuned to local meta as well, I used to run flaying but didnt really like it all that much.
I haven't had a chance to try out Delirium Skeins yet, it seems like it would be easy to side in on certain matchups.
October 4, 2017 11:17 a.m.
What happens if the have leyline of sanctity in the opening hand and nevermore your ratchet bomb?
October 6, 2017 9:29 a.m.
Titilanious says... #7
@Bloodweb well if that the case, you would likely scoop that game and proceed to game 3. While it is still possible to win with non targeted discard like Lilly and smallpox it will definitely become more difficult. In that case you would most likly side out your targeted discard and hope for the best, having leyline in the opening hand for them is a blessing and a curse, as they will be 2 cards down then.
October 6, 2017 9:39 a.m.
I was gonna say I run a mono white hate deck that is built not so much to win as it is just to shut down every modern meta titan. And I run both the leyline and nevermore main board
sliversftw says... #1
Plus it can be useful if they spreading seas one of your lands
September 28, 2017 7:17 p.m.