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Grixis Splinter Twin! I have always loved playing Grixis decks so I decided to try Grixis Splinter Twin. It is pretty much the standard UR version with some things converted to black . I really wanted to still play Blood Moon because it's one of the best cards Twin has access to, so I decided to just splash black. If I wanted to remove the Blood Moons, I could add stuff like Liliana and more black cards.Splinter Twin decks also tend to be somewhat of a control deck at times and adding black also helps the the Splinter Twin disguise as a control deck better than UR Twin with the added benefit of going "oops I win!" Black adds hand disruption to control your opponent or protect the combo and better removal.Affinity is pretty much nonexistent at my local meta but if I went to a GP or something I would have 2 Kolaghan's Command and 1 Rakdos Charm in the sideboard.Any suggestions or feedback would be appreciated!Overall record in sanctioned events:37-18-2 (matches) or 83-53-2 (individual games)**Thursday Modern Event - Aug 14, 2014 (3-1/6-3)**Game 1 vs Junk: 0-2Game 2 vs RUG Delver: 2-1Game 3 vs RG Tron: 2-0Game 4 vs Monored: 2-0**Thursday Modern Event - Aug 21, 2014 (2-1/5-2)**Game 1 vs RBG Burn: 1-2Game 2 vs RG Zoo: 2-0Game 3 vs BUG Infect: 2-0**Thursday Modern Event - Aug 28, 2014 (1-2/3-4)**Game 1 vs BYEGame 2 vs Jund: 1-2Game 3 vs Amulet Combo: 2-0Game 4 vs Bant Tempo: 0-2**Thursday Modern Event - Sept 11, 2014 (3-1/7-4)**Game 1 vs Bogles: 2-1Game 2 vs BW Tokens: 2-0Game 3 vs BG Midrange: 1-2Game 4 vs Melira Pod: 2-1**Thursday Modern Event - Sept 25, 2014 (1-2/2-5)**Game 1 vs BYEGame 2 vs Blue Moon: 0-2Game 3 vs BR Midrange: 0-2Game 4 vs Merfolk: 2-1**Thursday Modern Event - Dec 18, 2014 (2-2/5-4)Game 1 vs Abzan: 1-2Game 2 vs Elves: 2-0Game 3 vs UR Delver: 2-0Game 4 vs Melira Pod: 0-2**Thursday Modern Event - Jan 8, 2015 (3-1/6-4)**Game 1 vs RW Burn: 0-2Game 2 vs Delver: 2-1Game 3 vs Seismic Loam: 2-1Game 4 vs Kiln Fiend: 2-0**Thursday Modern Event - Jan 15, 2015 (3-1/6-5)**Game 1 vs Tribal Flame Zoo: 2-1Game 2 vs Pod: 0-2Game 3 vs Infect: 2-1Game 4 vs Grixis Death's Shadow: 2-1**Thursday Modern Event - Feb 26, 2015 (2-2/4-5)**Game 1 vs UWR Control: 2-0Game 2 vs 5 Colour Zoo: 2-1Game 3 vs 4 Colour Zoo: 0-2Game 4 vs UR Twin: 0-2**Thurs Modern Event - Mar 5, 2015 (2-1-1/6-3-1)**Game 1 vs 4 Color Control: 2-0Game 2 vs BW Tokens: 1-1-1Game 3 vs Merfolk: 2-0Game 4 vs Merfolk: 1-2**Thurs Modern Event - Mar 12, 2015 (3-0-1/7-3-1)**Game 1 vs Amulet Bloom: 2-0Game 2 vs Merfolk: 2-1Game 3 vs Jeskai Kiki: 1-1-1Game 4 vs Amulet Bloom: 2-1**Thurs Modern Event - Mar 19, 2015 (3-1/6-3)**Game 1 vs Infect: 2-1Game 2 vs Twin Faeries: 2-0Game 3 vs Jeskai Twin: 0-2Game 4 vs Grixis Goryo's Vengeance: 2-0**Thurs Modern Event - Mar 26, 2015 (3-1/6-3)**Game 1 vs 4c Zoo: 2-1Game 2 vs Twin: 2-0Game 3 vs 4c Delver Zoo: 0-2Game 4 vs 4c Zoo: 2-0**Thurs Modern Event - Apr 2, 2015 (3-1/7-3)**Game 1 vs Grixis Twin: 2-0Game 2 vs Delver Zoo: 1-2Game 3 vs Zoo: 2-1Game 4 vs Infect: 2-0**Thurs Modern Event - Apr 9, 2015 (3-1/7-2)**Game 1 vs BW Tokens: 1-2Game 2 vs Amulet: 2-0Game 3 vs BW Tokens: 2-0Game 4 vs Zoo: 2-0
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Glen Elandra Archmage would also work really good for this idea.
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Idk, even UR Splinter Twin doesnt play that
Twin is probably better.
Really? You think? Why?
I would say that twin is just really strong right now even with the hate flying around. The cruel control list doesn't seem as good as an American control even though you get to pretend to be Nicol Bolas and bitch-slap people around. The black splash seems to be primarily for disruption, which helps against the UR mirror as well as the wider field so I don't have a problem with that as long as you can reliably combo.
I agree Cruel Control probably isn't as good as UWR Control but I think hand disruption is really cool in Splinter Twin
What changed in this deck since I last looked at it? I feel like something's different.
Yes, I actually tested it once so far and learnt some things and got some suggestions from an opponentMainboard: +1 Cryptic Command instead of Kiki, most 3 colour Twin decks dont run Kiki. 1 Liliana in the main and side, trying to take advantage of the fact that there is black in the deck. Went from 3 IoK 2 Thoughtseize, to 2 IoK 3 Thoughtseize, Thoughtseize is so much better.Sideboard: Added Keranos and 1 Anger of the Gods instead of 1 Rakdos Charm
I would love to play against this, it seems really interesting.
It's a really fun deck, I wasnt sure if I would be happy not playing control but with Twin you are sometimes playing control with the chance to go "oops I win" and with black in the deck it makes at immitating a control, especially after board.
Personally I like Dismember over Terminate. Reasons being that Dismember can deal with God's, Phyrexian Obliterators and other nasty creatures with similar abilities. Not to mention it can be paid for a singular black in a pinch. As for the deck really nice but I noticed you virtually no artifact hate when one of the biggest threats to Splinter Twin is Torpor Orb. That will really shut you down and the only way you have to deal with it is Cryptic/Thoughtsieze. Just spitting out ideas and these are just my opinions, something to consider. Happy casting :)
Thanks for all the feedback, I'll definetly consider all the suggestions you have given, my local meta doesn't seem to gave a lot of artifacts or Affinity in general, that is why I am not packing the hate
I see, it is smart to play according to your meta. Just letting you know that it will shut you down. Imagine play testing against it. :)
OK, I will thanks, Torpor Orb is indeed very very good against this deck
So how have you been feeling about the black splash? Is it worth to add a 3rd color for 2 discard spells, a Lili, and Darkblast? I'v seen a few Grixis Twin builds, and i admit they look pretty fun. I just can;t figure out if i think that black splash is actually worth it. Right now in this Treasure Cruise heavy meta, discard is at it's worst. As far as Terminate vs Dismember, that's a hard call. I think I would personally play Terminate, just to have a way to kill something outside of Burn range.All in all the deck looks pretty sweet though.Could you take a look at a modern deck i'v been working on for a while?http://www.mtgvault.com/alleywayjack/decks/modern-assault-gifts/
yeah, ill take a look atyour deck.And i really like the black splash. Previously I was playing a more black version and it wasnt totally working. this version is just taking a normal UR Twin list and converting some cards to black. I converted Peek to Thoughtseize, Flame Slash to Lili, and Forked Bolt to Darkblast.I think a version like this is really good, really the only downside is that Blood Moon is harder to play but you still can play it and also that Lili is kinda pushing it with the double black in thre cost. Other than that, the mana base isnt any worse than UR Twin, i would say this version is better for the most part
black splash is cool. i like dismember MB. id rather darkblast be SB, its just situational in my experience. maybe dark confidant would be good here? thoughtseize is great, helps you stay alive against other combo decks rather than just relying on counterspells
Thanks! Dark Confidant isn't as great in a deck with all these 3-4 drops and especially with Dig Through Time.I just thought of Darkblast because a lot of UR Splinter Twin decks run Forked Bolt in the main board, I just thought Darkblast is an upgrade on that.