Competitive Modern Testing
Deck Help forum
Posted on Aug. 10, 2013, 8:42 p.m. by xzzane
Could you test out your decks against my deck Swarm and Conquer V 2.0? I'll +1 anyone's deck who does so and records how the duel went,
Goody, Thanks for the feedback! I think I'll sub out 2 Burrenton Forge-Tender for 2 Stony Silence . I think that would help me out in a lot of areas, none the least against Ratchet Bomb . Glad you liked my deck, and it seems like yours is pretty good as well. If you liked Swarm 2.0 would you mind upvoting it? In my experience people are more likely to look at something with more upvotes. Thanks for taking the time to playtest against it!
Goody says... #2
I did some heavy playtesting against my Weird or Bust deck, and I gotta say it helped me out a lot. I lost most of the first few matches due to simply not having enough consistency while comboing off, which showed me that the deck was too diluted; it wasn't holding up against the disruption from Thoughtseize , Inquisition of Kozilek , and Path to Exile . I made a bunch of mainboard changes and it did much better against your deck, up to I'd say about a 50/50 win/loss ratio.
The most recent playtest saw you open with Thoughtseize and Path to Exile in hand, and even with that disruption I was able to combo off turn 5. You don't have any artifact removal so my Paradise Mantle s were never a target of disruption unless you went first with a black source and discard. With one piece of the combo almost always secure, I only had to dig deep enough for the Blistercoil Weird s, which you mostly deal with via Path to Exile , which really helps thin out my deck (running 10 lands) and lets me do more cantrips the next turn for more digging.
Overall I don't know how good the matchup is, but it was definitely fun playtesting, and I can see your deck is pretty sweet. Sorry I didn't do a turn by turn writeup, it would be quite the hassle considering I'm constantly playing different cantrips and such.
August 11, 2013 2:28 p.m.