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Eh... As much as I hate the color combination, maybe this is what I need. Basically, I need to be able to beat jund, and valakut, and little swarm decks, which I feel esper can probably do the best... ew.
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Hey, there's nothing wrong with Esper man, it's my three favourite colors all in the same spot. You've got the best removal, disruption, and counters! This looks pretty slick man, and Shadow of Doubt is quite possibly the most rage inducing way to deal with Valakut, I've been on the receiving end of that stick all to often since the ban lift...
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The combination is just... iunno, boring. This deck is so sweet though. After a few games, i've fallen in love <3 It has everything to beat both valakut and jund, and I feel it does so quite nicely. :)
Oh, it is boring, but it's pretty much the most logical choice in my book(probably adding to the boring aspect with that, but oh well). I'm going to be trying Valakut in Modern actually, probably in a Wargate style like I ran for Extended, but this time around I have better counters :D Going against Shadow of Doubt is a big deterrent though, but the deck is a good mix of autopilot, and actual play. Jund is something I hate. I can't stress how much I hate having to play red and green, if I could have a black 'goyf, or a decent blue pinger, I'd never play them >_<
ohmygod can you imagine if goyf were black.... the card would look 10x better hahahaha. but yeah, this deck is basically "survive aggro, beat jund and valakut."
Sorry for late replies, I'm still going through tournament results this week... Between that, guitar, and helping a friend move I've been seeing the comments, but not having the energy to reply. If "goyf had been black, I think 10x is a little low. I think almost every card I'd play in such a world would be of the Esper colors. So it's kind of a good thing they didn't make it black. It definitely manages man, I've tested a friends Jund list against it, and my Wargate Valakut against it, and while the results hadn't been as brutal as I'd expected, it was still hectic. If you haven't figured out a SB, the first thing I'd suggest is being able to go up to at least four disruption spells post board. And because I'm paranoid, I'd also put in some Pithing Needles, but that's probably more of a meta choice. It's always nice to shut down Pod, the remnants of Kiki-Jiki decks, ect.
You actually made this deck and tested it? :D That's such a huge compliment! I hope it did you well :) And yeah, while it's not the "end-all answer" to valakut and jund, I think it has a 60-40 percentage in its favor against two of the hardest decks to hate out in the format, which is really all you can ask for. It's actually ridiculously resilient against a lot of the more aggressive decks, too. Overall, I feel this might be the list (or some variation of it) I take to Toronto with me, for the GP. The sb will definitely have a few disruption spells, but I'm still testing the main, seeing what it's weak against, you know? Mainly, I'm scared to death of slaughter games.. ew. It definitely needs some Disfigures, the 4th Shadow of doubt, another spell pierce, board wipe of some sort, possibly the 4th spreading seas, maybe zealous persecution, and definitely a phantasmal image. also probably a 3rd kitchen finks. damnit, I hate jund so much.
"damnit, I hate jund so much." A quote that resonates with almost every mtg player. I'd probably take Fish with Shadow of Doubt in the SB if I was going to go to a GP event any time soon, but this would be amongst my worst nightmare MU's. Something else I'm considering is an Isochron Scepter build, but without some of the things I've come to rely on it'd be difficult. And now I'm definitely intrigued by what your SB will wind up looking like.
I think I've lost more to this in testing since changing my Wargate Valakut into a Modern legal state. Even being the powerhouse it is, Jund isn't as much of a headache.
it's changed drastically :O Just trying out a few things! This version is much harder to play, but it has a lot of other really cool lines my previous version did not.
Deck is undergoing major changes. Will update tomorrow.