MGD in a flying meta
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Posted on Oct. 17, 2014, 3:07 p.m. by IonImplant
The meta seems to be shifting overhead. Mantis Rider and Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker are everywhere. Wingmate Roc & Ashcloud Phoenix are poking their heads out. Oh yeah and Stormbreath Dragon still exists.
So here I sit as an MGD enthusiast looking for answers. Arbor Colossus is the only response until you Chord of Calling your Hornet Queen or someone swings into your Hornet Nest on the ground. (I even see people Lightning Strike their own Goblin Rabblemaster to avoid that. Then there is just monstrous on Polukranos, World Eater to kill the threat or hit your own Hornet Nest
There is some removal opportunity for the sideboard in the form of Plummet , Windstorm and Skyreaping but I would love some more mainboard options. The rest of the reach or flying dudes are lackluster at best and don't really get rid of the threats on their own.
So I see these options
Mainboard flying removal as the meta may fly enough to throw a few things at it. Ornithopter is a thing I guess and Butcher of the Horde and Herald of Torment but I hate to have any dead cards.
Splash a color. Black - for Hero's Downfall , white for Banishing Light . I have done decks with both and MGD is just far more consistent. I could bring in red. It enables some more flying dudes for me. Gives me burn removal and ways to burn my nest for deathtouch dudes. The added benefit is I regain access to Xenagos, the Reveler
Deal with game 1 and side in my only options heavy.
Say goodbye to ramp. (Not gonna happen)
Would love to here others take on this.
You can not hit your own Hornet Nest with Polukranos, World Eater . If you read the card it says, "whenever it becomes monstrous, it deals X damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures YOUR OPPONENTS control".
October 17, 2014 3:19 p.m.
Chandra, Pyromaster is excellent with Hornet Nest , as someone pointed out to me. Bitterblossom , but better (in Standard at least)
October 17, 2014 3:34 p.m.
Yeah tactis works against flyers or other bothersome creats..
October 17, 2014 3:52 p.m.
Yeah but hornet queen is seeing quite large play just for this reason......
October 17, 2014 3:56 p.m.
IonImplant says... #7
Yeah my bad with polu. Never tried it in the game but while typing this up I was trying to think of ways I could hit nest.
Tactics is versatile. I'll main a couple to test and probably make a G/R for variety
October 17, 2014 6:03 p.m.
TheRedDude says... #8
bolting your own rabblemaster... that must be a real serious threat
October 17, 2014 6:13 p.m.
IonImplant says... #9
He couldn't swing with the rabblemaster or many deathtouch tokens so he was just going to keep creating 1 tokens each turn for me. That would have stopped his Mantis Rider that was beating me down with no answer. He then just burned out my mana dorks and I had no answer
October 17, 2014 7:13 p.m.
Quadsimotto says... #10
Hornet Queen is a winner but if you dont want to run her you can always use Plummet or the aforementioned tactics. There are several flying removal cards in green right now so there are sideboard options. I would just run multiple copies of the queen as she a game winner as well as a way to stop those pesky fliers.
Nigeltastic says... #2
Using fight cards such as Setessan Tactics and Savage Punch works, or just be bigger and smash face.
October 17, 2014 3:10 p.m.