I can't take modern seriously anymore....
Modern forum
Posted on Nov. 7, 2014, 5:03 p.m. by ChiefBell
This won an open.
I can't stop laughing. It's fantastic. Look at it. It's amazing and awful and everything, all at the same time.
Great meta call against aggro though.
smash10101 says... #4
I really don't understand why it was playing Nameless Inversion. Why is that better than something like Doom Blade or Dismember?
November 7, 2014 5:10 p.m.
So basically it's Treefolk/Shaman tribal with some Birds of Paradise thrown in for acceleration.
I don't know much about modern but i know enough that i'm confused as hell as to how this pulled out not only a win but won a freaking open. I get it. There is synergy but damn.
November 7, 2014 5:16 p.m.
smash10101, I assume because Nameless Inversion is tutorable with Treefolk Harbinger.
November 7, 2014 5:33 p.m.
That makes a lot of sense Lame_Duck, I was wondering that myself actually.
November 7, 2014 5:36 p.m.
CanadianShinobi says... #11
Was everyone drunk on a Treasure Cruise, or should we just stare in awe?
November 7, 2014 5:55 p.m.
oh my god i wanna build it so bad because its so funny ahahaha
November 7, 2014 5:58 p.m.
I don't know, but I was bored stiff. I just feel like this deck is barking up the wrong tree. Do you guys think this deck can root itself as a Modern staple? :p
November 7, 2014 6:04 p.m.
I...I really don't really know how to react to this. What is life anymore?
November 7, 2014 6:06 p.m.
this makes me so happy for the format. take any deck you love, tweak it to the meta, playtest it until you can pilot it well, and you might have a shot.
Nameless Inversion is tutorable with Treefolk Harbinger, castable for free off of Leaf-Crowned Elder, and combos with Doran, the Siege Tower to kill any giant creature in combat. sweet 6/1 goyf you have there. block it with doran? profit?
slivers also just took 4th in an SCG legacy open. life is good.
November 7, 2014 6:08 p.m.
VampireArmy says... #16
Just wait until mardu midrange becomes a thing you fucks :D
November 7, 2014 6:11 p.m.
i won't be impressed unless it's mardu midrange minotaurs.
November 7, 2014 6:12 p.m.
smash10101 Not only can Nameless Inversion be tutored up by Treefolk Harbinger, If it is on top of your deck, you can play it for free from the kinship from Leaf-Crowned Elder. (Nameless Inversion IS a Treefolk and even a Shaman).
November 7, 2014 6:14 p.m.
JexInfinite says... #19
I'd rather play against janky Treefolk than a Cruise deck. Sounds way more fun.
November 7, 2014 6:45 p.m.
Programmer_112 says... #20
Dude. This deck is so legit. I want Doran to become a legit strategy so that my copies from trying to build a $30 Doran deck will become valuable staples.
November 7, 2014 6:51 p.m.
Hallowed_Titan says... #21
This. Is. Treefolk!!! Er.. I meant awesome. ; )
November 7, 2014 6:57 p.m.
Programmer_112 says... #22
If I were to ever play this deck in a tournament, I would just say "I am Groot" the whole time and feel super awesome and probably make some people laugh and then lose horribly.
November 7, 2014 7:02 p.m.
Metroid_Hybrid says... #24
Pretty much what shuflw said..
This is actually why I still like modern. Dispite all of the "proven" $1000-$3000 tier-1 archetypes floating around, every so often a well built rogue deck like this can still come in and annihilate..
Maybe there's still hope for creativity in the format.. :)
November 7, 2014 8:58 p.m.
Treebeard is not impressed by these shenanigans. Rofl. This deck doe.
November 7, 2014 9:44 p.m.
It's actually really tough to play against. They keep pumping out creatures and if you don't have removal or an answer at the right time, they give their guys bonuses and indestructible through the one tutor. It's preeeettty rediculous synergy, and I'm surprised it's not more popular. Dungrove Elder is beast in a deck that runs pretty much only forests, because you need mass removal or he's coming through killing your guys every turn after usually turn 2.
November 7, 2014 10:02 p.m.
JakeHarlow says... #27
Um. What the heck? This is astounding. I mean...how did it beat Affinity? Or Twin? I just can't even. I know that Treefolk Harbinger is really strong for its tribe, but Treefolk tribal winning a Modern event?
I can't fathom.
I will note that I just purchased Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012 for my XBOX 360, and one of the best decks (I believe it's DLC) is a mono-green Treefolk tribal deck. It has startling similarities with the list we just looked at.
Have the Ents been overlooked?
November 7, 2014 10:11 p.m.
jandrobard says... #28
Modern is silly. Plain and simple. Some people take it on as a challenge, but (smart) bystanders like me take it out of context and laugh at the ridiculous things going on. The modern pro tour is comedic. The banlist makes people laugh out loud. The modern FNM is a laughingstock. Except for infect. You are serious as @#$%. Anyway, the format is a funny version of legacy, complete with self-hate and dumb shit. They should ban goyf.
November 7, 2014 11:26 p.m.
JakeHarlow says... #29
...huh? Perhaps I am not a (smart) bystander, jandrobard, but the greater comedic value of Modern as opposed to, say, Legacy, escapes me. Please explain?
November 7, 2014 11:30 p.m.
jandrobard says... #30
I find the card choices made by everyone amusing. for example: pod. all those 1-ofs in the main, those odd card choices, the finicky land base, it may just be me, but it just on paper looks like crap, but does well, and I sort of philosophize, and yeah. Funny. Another example is the pro tour. When I first started watching the modern pro tour, I looked at the hand shuffling, the excessive "wait, do I do this or that? and I thought; "finals sure takes a lot out of people." and then "caffeine much?". It all just looks sad to me. Legacy, on the other hand, is no joke. Concepts like "build-around" and "conserve card advantage" and even "fairness" are gone. Goblins, elves and merfolk are back at the top where they're supposed to be, storm is not ubernerfed, Stoneforge Mystic makes her rounds, and business around the table is sober. It's the difference between college and a job.
November 7, 2014 11:46 p.m.
The other people at the open need to step up their damn game haha. Looking at the deck, strangeness aside, I feel like the numbers aren't right. It doesn't look consistent enough at all.
November 8, 2014 12:34 a.m.
JakeHarlow says... #33
I really can't dispute your claims, jandrobard. The competitive Modern scene is really quite absurd, now that you've made me scrutinize it.
November 8, 2014 2:31 a.m.
Anyone that complains about 1-ofs in pod must not really understand what the deck does. And anyone that things that goblins, elves and merfolk SHOULD be at the top is...... misguided. Theres this thing called Anger of the Gods.........
November 8, 2014 4:53 a.m.
By the time Anger of the Gods comes around, elves should have won already, comboing into Craterhoof, Merfolk, either Force it, or True-Name Nemesis. And well goblins just suck. Maybe they got you down to 10 by now.
November 8, 2014 8:33 a.m.
Anger of the Gods exist yet Delver dominates Legacy and Vintage, which both have all the removal ever printed except Chaos Orb and Falling Star.
November 8, 2014 8:41 a.m.
Doran in EDH is capable of T4 kill and/or 1HKO. I imagine Modern would be an easier table with more than 1 copy of vital cards
November 8, 2014 10:12 a.m.
TehCoopeh - Lucky I wasn't talking about legacy and vintage then. I was replying to the guy that thought that modern goblins and modern merfolk should be top tier. Which made me lol. Also the guy that questioned the 1-ofs in pod. Again - lol.
November 8, 2014 11:20 a.m.
JakeHarlow says... #40
He was definitely wrong about Pod being bad, and the tribes being on top of any format. But the satirical comments on table play were very amusing nonetheless.
November 8, 2014 11:24 a.m.
jandrobard says... #43
- Everyone
"Wrong on paper". pod is a consistent and respectable modern deck with much versatility and consistent top8s. did i really say goblins? @#$% @#$% @#$% me. I was writing late at night. Legacy merfolk does well against many decks, maybe not winning, but a force to be reckoned with due to it's resilience against combo and it's ability to go aggro or midrange. When I said that tribal should be top tier, that was an opinion. Thank you all for trusting that I am not a troll (I'm not, I believe everything I said).
November 8, 2014 2:01 p.m.
Uhhh yeh but tribal doesn't work in modern in general. Tribal weenies in modern doesn't work because most decks can't win until after t3 board clears. In legacy and vintage its different.
Also you criticised modern events for all the thinking and the seriousness of the play and then commented that you liked legacy/vintage because of how serious the play was. I just didn't even know how to respond.
November 8, 2014 2:19 p.m.
Just a lot of gibberish, false and offensive statements, and then contradictions within sentences. Weird.
November 8, 2014 2:25 p.m.
jandrobard says... #46
I never said I liked legacy, It's a no-holds barred. I'm not overly fond of the pro level either. I play standard because the card pool is unique. I would say It caps the power level, but T3 win by combo is not "capped". I also play casual with my friends. Anyway, ChiefBell, I'm very sorry for derailing your thread. I made a complete fool out of myself in the process though, so karma kicked in. The discussion was interesting though wasn't it? I will stay true to my beliefs and I am still not a troll.
November 8, 2014 2:33 p.m.
Uhh i guess it was interesting.
Accept the things I cannot change.
November 8, 2014 2:36 p.m.
JakeHarlow says... #48
This whole thing makes me chuckle. The above exchange in part, but mostly that a deck called "Doran" won a Modern event. It's just astounding, and also gives me hope for home brews on the competitive scene.
Was this list known anywhere else before this event?
November 8, 2014 2:49 p.m.
Programmer_112 says... #49
Actually, I think there have been like 3-4 Doran lists in the past 2-3 months.
November 8, 2014 4 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #50
This deck shits on a lot of current modern staples. The creatures are all pro-Abrupt Decay, pro-Tarmogoyf and pro-Lightning Bolt. Hell, even pro-Dismember at times. The deck doesn't actively put stuff in the graveyard, so those Tarmogoyfs aren't as effective unless paired with discard. Heartwood Storyteller warms my heart, as it is a wonderful anti-tempo and anti-control card, giving card advantage just by being there. Birds of Paradise helps keep the tempo to the same levels as aggro, and the really high toughness puts the first few turns of aggro in a standstill. All those right there, means resiliency against a tonne of decks.
fluffybunnypants says... #2
Love that Nameless Inversion deck.
November 7, 2014 5:08 p.m.