Suppression Field vs Stony Silence
Modern forum
Posted on June 3, 2014, 2 p.m. by Bipolarprobe
I was looking over a lot of competitive modern decklists, mostly from last year's worlds and I noticed that Stony Silence was played more often as a sideboard card than Suppression Field but in my experience I've always felt that Suppression Field is better. Is there a reason why it's played this way other than not disrupting your own fetch lands? Is there something that Stony Silence does that much better?
ChiefWannaHacka says... #3
Like Gufy said, Stony Silence needs to be answered, where as Suppression Field can be played around.
June 3, 2014 2:15 p.m.
GoldGhost012 says... #4
As an example, Stony Silence stops Darksteel Citadel and Mox Opal in Affinity, making Affinity able to just race on past Suppression Field .
gufymike says... #2
late game, when there is mana to spare, it shuts down Birthing Pod and Oblivion Stone and affinity stuff. It's more of a meta call. Last worlds a lot of people expected pod and affinity and why they all went u/w/r control for the favored matchups.
Overall, to me Stony Silence against those decks is better than Suppression Field because of the mana late game and it's something the opponents need to answer where Suppression Field is just an annoyance they usually can live with if the activation is important.
June 3, 2014 2:08 p.m.