Skred and Tron
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Posted on April 16, 2016, 10:06 a.m. by buildingadeck
Anyone who follows the Modern Discussion thread knows full and well that I play Mono-U Tron and have recently picked up Skred Red. I have also been doing a lot of recording recently, and I'm going to post those recordings both to illustrate how the decks play out and to get feedback on my play and builds.
So here goes: Skred Matches
The deck lists can be found on my profile. Enjoy!
buildingadeck says... #3
ducttapedeckbox: First, thank you for watching. I love getting feedback on gameplay. If I start getting more serious about the channel, I'll probably get more video tech going.
I think he was testing GDD for the Ancestral Vision interaction. I feel like Skred's matchup against control decks is fairly strong.
April 16, 2016 2:19 p.m.
ducttapedeckbox says... #4
No problem! I've enjoyed your U-Tron videos in the past so I figured I'd check out your Skred videos. The fact that it was a Blue Moon matchup was just a plus.
I agree. Blue Moon would have a very bad time dealing with Skred. Grixis control could be a little harder, depending on if/when you land a Moon.
I'd be happy to play a few games (not for recording or anything) to get some more testing going. I have a few changes I'd like to try out with Blue Moon, and I've also been brewing something with JWiley that I could try out.
April 16, 2016 7:16 p.m.
buildingadeck says... #5
Yeah, sure, man. Hit me up tomorrow around like 9pm CST.
I've only played Grixis once, and I won a tight, fun game, 2-1.
April 16, 2016 7:26 p.m.
ducttapedeckbox says... #6
I won't have much time to do anything after tonight until Wednesday, but after that things slow down a bit.
I can imagine. Skred seems to naturally be resilient against control. What have your worst matches been?
April 16, 2016 7:29 p.m.
buildingadeck says... #7
It's worst matches are big mana decks and combos are hard to beat if you don't have Relic/enough pressure.
ducttapedeckbox says... #2
I enjoyed the Blue Moon match. Decks like Skred are really awkward for Blue Moon because one of their main advantages is useless.
The list you faced was a little odd with Goblin Dark-Dwellers (or at least I haven't seen that before, though I think it's worth exploring), but the Burst Lightning was pretty standard for the old Eldrazi meta. I didn't really like it, but it was used as a 1- or 2-of.
It seemed like he was drawing his Ancestral Visions wayyy too late in the game for them to do anything. I wonder what his full list looked like, I think Vedalken Shackles could have helped there, though it's a tough match to win regardless.
April 16, 2016 1:52 p.m.