Modern Infect and the fetches
Economics forum
Posted on June 23, 2014, 9:23 a.m. by TheGamer
Note: I'm pretty sure this in the right forum, I knew it was either here or in the modern forum.
Hey guys! You have probably seen a lot of my "infect forum posts", but it's just cuz I want as much help from my favorite people in the world before my first PTQ!!! Yay!!!
Anyway, here's my problem... I'm still in school and don't have a job, yet I'm still trying to obtain fetches. But I also need some other cards for the deck. Every B-Day, I get about $100 in amazon gift cards, and I'm a little torn... I have 2 choices:
1) Use the gift cards to try and get 2-3 fetches.
2) Use the gift cards to obtain the rest of the commons and uncommons also get Inkmoth nexus and sideboard cards...
So really, my question is "does G/U infect HAVE to have fetches for mana fixing reasons or can it run more breeding pools and other cards in replace... Also as a follow up- "would you buy package one of two?"
I know i made that way to confusing... It's just I'm really flustered and nervous... Thx guys in advance!
Servo_Token says... #4
Without fetches, you're going to have a harder time getting blue when you need it, so I would advise going G/b (Green with just a splash of blue), lowering your dependance on blue cards and just using the essentials, then using your basic fixing like Breeding Pool , Hinterland Harbor , and City of Brass -esque cards.
June 23, 2014 10:59 a.m.
Oh... My... Gosh... ThatBlueMage... You just fixed everything! I forgot about City of Brass and Mana Confluence , I could just use those if I don't get fetches! You are a TheGamer saver!
But seriously, thanks everyone who left a comment on here... and especially you ThatBlueMage!
June 23, 2014 11:06 a.m.
MattTheNinja says... #6
I've got a budget G/u Infect deck that you could check out if you feel like that runs 0 fetches and still consistently get top 5 at my LGS. I definitely want fetches and hierarchs but I'm in the same problem you have right now :p I'll definitely be rooting for you in this PTQ so good luck and go spread the Phyrexian blessing to all the other players :)
June 23, 2014 12:12 p.m.
Lol, thanks MattTheNinja! Im glad you are rooting for me. I will certainly check out your deck.
Blind_Guardian says... #2
Be lucky you ain't playing legacy infect, getting 4 trops is much harder than you think. I recommend to get every other piece first before fetches, I did so.
June 23, 2014 9:31 a.m.