Bringing 8rack Home
Modern forum
Posted on Feb. 4, 2015, 3:50 a.m. by GoofyFoot
ChiefBell, Ohthenoises, and anyone else that has an interest in this archetype.
I've been scratching my head for the past week and a half, looking at That Lovin' Feeling, and wondering "what's missing here?". Am I the only one who feels like 8rack is just 1 card away from being solid? I can't think of what card would sell the deck home though. I can think of plenty of cards that I would love to see reprinted into modern that would make this deck rock solid (Tangle Wire is a big one, how I would love that in modern!!!), but I just can't think seem to put my finger on the missing piece. What are people's thought's on this?
This isn't intended as a deck help thread, I only put my list on for reference to what I'm currently running. It's meant to be more of an archetype improvement thread.
If I were you, I'd cut the white, I'd run more of your premium removal such as Abrupt Decay and Maelstrom Pulse mainboard, and I would also run a play set of Mutavault, 2 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth, and I would consider including Treetop Village
I would probably also run fewer Shrieking Affliction, because I feel as though keeping your opponent's board clean is more important to you than getting moar damage in.
you probably also want some Damnation in the sideboard.
February 9, 2015 3:46 p.m.
APPLE01DOJ says... #5
fluffybunnypants no salt. I rather enjoyed my rant. :) whose up for another round? Despite what my groupie says I ain't mad about a thing. U seen my IG? If U were me u wouldn't be salty either. xD
February 9, 2015 4:52 p.m.
hmm i tested with red splash and green splash and they are diferent in their own ways...now i am playing with green because well meta choice.i dont own liliana only(out of budget for now) but own all other cards and top of my curve are 3 bridges,2 necrogen mists and 2 phyrexian arena,playing 24 lands and 4 smallpoxsfrom removals well it is meta choice but i rly like abrupt decay and maelstorm pulse main deck(smallpox is also acting like removal) and drown in sorrow in side(rly like it vs affinity and some other machups....
i know that my deck is weird but i adapted it to my meta...and i know that there are many 3 drops but from my testing arena i think that it is slow sometimes and abrupt decay/pulse are not good to face but if i can keep it going i will almost always win...at worst its food for smallpox or pack rat but if sticks they it would almost always win.what do you think about arena or sign in blood?? or something similar?i saw legacy lists that run 1-2 tops but they are not modern legal.i dont know but the BIGGEST problem is that after you destory their hand sometimes you cant win because you keep drawing wrong cards....
fluffybunnypants says... #1
Pick up your 8 Rack deck.
Take the Liliana of the Veils out,
Buy Goyfs and the rest of an Abzan deck.
Put the Lilis in that deck.
Now you cannot lose.
February 9, 2015 9:12 a.m.