I was wondering about using Suppression Field in my bogled deck
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Posted on Dec. 3, 2013, 1:57 a.m. by VegetaWins_015
How does it work and what will it stop?
vampirelazarus says... #3
It stops things that tap to activate an effect, unless the effect produces mana, or it stops things that someone pays mana for.
Actually, saying stop is bad, it adds a price to it.
For example, Birthing Pod would cost 3G to activate its ability, as opposed to 1G
December 3, 2013 2:23 a.m.
It's not something you want to MB, but it functions as a bit of a catch-all out of the sideboard.
Leyline of Sanctity is still the go to solution for most problems, but the advantage of Suppression Field is that it can answer, or at least slow down, a number of problematic cards for decks that are attacking your plan from multiple angles.
The most common thing I board it against is Spellskite which is not always in a deck that would warrant bringing in Stony Silence . This means you can still keep Path to Exile as an hard answer, but Suppression Field provides a soft enough response that you've usually assembled a big enough voltron to win by then.
December 3, 2013 2:36 a.m.
It does stop Splinter Twin . It also makes planeswalkers have to pay 2 to activate their abilities.
December 3, 2013 3:32 a.m.
VegetaWins_015 says... #7
ok great info thanks @Slycne Birthing Pod and Spellskite can be problematic. lets say I was in a match up against affinity or living dead when would that card come into play? I have Stony Silence which seems like a good card for a artifact match up but unsure
December 3, 2013 3:47 a.m.
VegetaWins_015 says... #8
I have also heard a rumor that Suppression Field slows down fetch lands but how cuz you pay life to activate ?
December 3, 2013 3:57 a.m.
Against Affinity, you side in Stony Silence because it does the same job as Suppression Field , only better. It shuts down their Darksteel Citadel s and prevents them from equipping Cranial Plating on Inkmoth Nexus to steal wins.
Suppression Field is great against Living End because they have to pay extra mana to cycle creatures. Street Wraith is really bad when you have to pay two mana and two life just to draw a card.
December 3, 2013 4:09 a.m.
Tradeylouish says... #10
Fetchlands (like Arid Mesa for reference) do indeed have an activated ability, and Suppression Field will make that ability cost 2 more to activate.
Against Affinity Suppression Field taxes Blinkmoth Nexus , Inkmoth Nexus , Steel Overseer , Arcbound Ravager and Cranial Plating . Stony Silence also shuts down all of these barring the two lands (as they aren't artifacts in their default state).
Against Living End, Suppression Field taxes every card with Cycling (like Street Wraith and Twisted Abomination ), Fulminator Mage , Faerie Macabre , Verdant Catacombs and Kessig Wolf Run .
December 3, 2013 4:09 a.m.
Awsumcrewchief Usually how most lists pan out is that Suppression Field ends up being a 1 or 2 of in the sideboard that's brought into the match along with your main sideboard card for it.
So like affinity might be something like 2-3 Stony Silence
and 1-2 Suppression Field
and Living End is 2-3 Rest in Peace
and 1-2 Suppression Field
. You do want to avoid over sideboarding though, especially in any match-up you might also bring Path of Exile or in Leyline of Sanctity
. You still need to be able to build a threat.
Currently my bogle sideboard looks something like -
2x Divine Reckoning 4x Leyline of Sanctity 2x Path to Exile 2x Rest in Peace 1x Spirit Link 2x Stony Silence 2x Suppression Field
Though that's tuned to address the decks I see in my area. Modern is a little too diverse to put a stamp on any 15 cards in the sideboard.
TurboFagoot says... #2
..Activated abilities that are not mana abilities.
???
December 3, 2013 2:15 a.m.