bannings, unbannings, and the new state of modern
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Posted on Feb. 5, 2014, 2:36 p.m. by Khanye
so with the recent unbanning of Wild Nacatl , naya zoo seems to be en route to being a top tiered deck again. The chance of this deck exploding is near impossible to beat. very easily can a person have a christmas land outcome:
T1: Experiment One T2: Burning-Tree Emissary > Wild Nacatl > Kird Ape .
that has an opponent staring down a 3/3, 2/2, 3/3, 2/3 on turn 2.
usually, we used to run Pyroclasm mainboard or even sideboard to fight against similar puking of the hands...but now that will be rendered just about useless.
does Anger of the Gods suddenly become a more prevelant choice? atleast in the sideboard?
Granted it is sorcery speed, and does come in a whole turn later, but is it essential now to stop these blitzes from landing lethal?
i ask simply because my Grisel Cannon Deck used to be able to land a Pyroclasm and survive an extra turn or two to setup the finishing combo.
would it be wise to replace Pyroclasm with Anger of the Gods or should i sideboard the latter?
please chime in
Magiclover318 says... #3
I would replace Pyroclasm with Anger of the Gods . Another good option is Mizzium Mortars , but that is more of a late game bomb. It also can't target your creatures which is a bonus.
February 5, 2014 3 p.m.
Magiclover318 says... #5
I like that card, but anger is better because it exiles. So it wrecks graveyard manipulation decks, and gets rid of indestructible creatures
February 5, 2014 3:33 p.m.
gnarlicide says... #6
AotG is something that I have considered running in Modern Jund to combat the likely chance that Naya Zoo will be a thing. I am sure it will work out just fine. I know that against tokens I am going to run Electrickery in my SB, so it would be an easy swap.
February 5, 2014 3:34 p.m.
infinitemana says... #7
The thing is with DRS gone, there isn't nearly as much maindeck graveyard hate, so I think that Slagstorm s aility to go to the dome is much more useful than the exile from Anger of the Gods . There is still Scavenging Ooze , but only time will tell if the ooze is popular in modern.
February 5, 2014 3:40 p.m.
Magiclover318 no on indestructible. "If it would die this turn, exile instead" is the key phrase. It's a replacement effect for when the card goes to the graveyard. Indestructible do not die from damage. You would need to have it get enough -1/-1 counters and damage from anger to exile it with AotG. If it said 'exile all creatures' then it would work as you expect.
February 5, 2014 3:42 p.m.
Magiclover318 says... #9
oh dang. Well then I guess all the guys at my lgs are playing it wrong. Haha thanks, I had no clue about that but now that I see it, it makes total sense.
This is what happens when you skim over text ;)
Thanks gufymike!
February 5, 2014 3:45 p.m.
I was just thinking that it might be worth running Volcanic Fallout if faeries become a big thing because it cannot be countered and wipes the Bitterblossom tokens. Instant speed is a nice bonus too.
I'm really interested to see how popular these two decks become, and what end up being the best answers to them.
February 5, 2014 4:14 p.m.
Bigbadbear88 says... #11
Keep in mind that Wild Nacatl won't have a plains to make it a 3/3 on turn 2, as you had a Forest to drop the Experiment One and a mountain to drop the Burning-Tree Emissary , so the cat will only get +1/+1.
February 5, 2014 4:17 p.m.
Sacred Foundry , Stomping Ground and Temple Garden .
Just two of these makes it a 3/3. Any two in fact.
February 5, 2014 4:19 p.m.
how is Ratchet Bomb effective? maybe against tokens, yes. Against anything else, i think it is just way too slow to play...play on turn 2, tap it to add counter. they have a turn to get rid of it, or you will spend next turn popping it to get rid of their 1 drops...I think Anger of the Gods , Pyroclasm , Slagstorm , Volcanic Fallout , and even Electrickery are better options than Ratchet Bomb
kriskurse says... #2
51st thread about this.
February 5, 2014 2:59 p.m.