I have had trouble with Mono Red Prison. My record recently is something like 8-8 vs. it, but with Sneak Show. It's hard for me to beat turns 1 and 2 Karn, the Great Creator with Ensnaring Bridge(s) in their hand. Do I try to mulligan to Arcane Artisan or Sneak Attack , while making sure I can count...

Which list were you running? Do you think you could run Galvanic Blast instead of Magmatic Sinkhole ? I was running mostly Justin Porchas's Grand Prix Top 8 list with a few changes based Bridge from Below being banned. I should have probably also took into consideration Brian Coval's CFB list. Just...

I went 2-2 at a 20 person FNM. Rough day. Round 1 vs. Mono Red Phoenix. He didn't have the 1/2 dudes for at least the first 2 turns of the game each game. This gave me time to get my combo going. He essentially used a bunch of Lava Darts and Gut Shots to stop the Sword of the Meek from attaching to ...

I don't see any twisted words, just a difference of opinion. I like to cheat on resources, it helps alot. But I think zorakkiller is just stating WOTC should push it less. That's a fine opinion. I disagree, I prefer more cheating spells and creatures of all types because I'm a combo player. But tha...

maybe wotc should stop printing or at least stop pushing things that circumvent the games resource systems. they keep making the same mistake over and over At this point, thats the defining feature of Modern. Yep, it's on the white board at the WotC headquarters - name a card that we want to break ...

I don't have the money for fetches. Do I have any chance of being able to play this format? While it's true that there are some options, as ktkenshinx listed, fetch lands are the "life blood" of this format. Several of those decks are just as expensive as decks with fetch lands anyway. Hu...

I think Shadow is fairly well positioned. I think you can win nearly every matchup that is played often, outside of Humans and Dredge (depending on SBed games of course). UW Control and GB Rock are tough in my opinion and from my experience, but some Grixis Shadow players feel that it's 50/50, so t...

Yeah it's interesting to see what cards like Dreadhorde Arcanist and Wrenn and Six have done to Legacy.

I saw the results of a local 34 person Legacy tournament where 4-5 of the top 8 decks ran Dreadhorde Arcanist. That scared me.

I've been playing Skred for 3 years. I love it to death, but as time passes I'm having a harder time actually competing. I don't really care about winning so much as having fun, and I'm not a tournament grinder by any means. I would describe myself as an FNM hero, personally. As such, I need someth...

I agree with this completely. If a card will do hardly anything, why not unban it? By all means, unban SFM, and any other card people think should come off. But if given the choice between unbanning useless (within the context of actually being effective in competitive play) cards, vs a whole 'desi...

I'd rather have a card do nothing than break the format How many times can I "thank you" in this thread, lol? I agree with this completely. If a card will do hardly anything, why not unban it? Sword of the Meek comes to mind. People here told me that it "wouldn't do anything." &...

I consider mono red and UR pheonix to be very close. I built them both and prefer mono red. They are different, but the idea is about the same. Play a bunch of spells, reanimate phenoix, attack. UR has thing in the ice and card draw, mono red has small prowess creatures and burn spells. Again, diff...

@FoodChainGoblins ah, so you were a fish player for a short time too. One of my friends who is a fish player often slogged it out with my affinity. Fish are scary fast, just one or two turns slower than the robots. I often won because he was not able to buy any hurkyl's recall , but my victories we...

My first Modern deck was RG Cloudpost. I heard of the deck with the Loci, Breach, and Emrakul, and I was hooked! But...I didn't actually play it at any tournament. I was busy playing Standard at the time, so the deck got banned before I actually got to jam it. The funny thing is that it didn't actua...

Well, my opinion is that Infect is and always has been the most broken deck because I hardly win against it. ;p

(BGx and Snap Bolt players everywhere cackle at me.)

I'm gonna try my best to help out here. what do people think of devoted druid decks right now? I almost bought into it I don't necessarily think it's well placed, but I usually tend to do well when I play it every once in a while. The GP where UW beat Hogaak in the finals had Devoted Devastation at ...

I'm assuming this is the thread for Devoted Devastation as well? I played in a 34 person Modern Minors today. 5 rounds. Round 1 vs. Burn. Uh oh. This is what I did NOT want to face, as I don't have SB cards for it nor Finks main deck. In the first game, he burned my turn 2 Devoted Druid, but I playe...

Maybe [ Goblin Lackey ] will be in MH2? If we get a MH2 I hope for more reprints and less powerful new cards. My wallet can't handle. I feel you. Spent around $200 already on MH. I still need 3 Force of Negation, play sets of the Horizon lands, 3-4 Wrenn and 6s, and some other odds and ends like Fo...

Hi all. I've been in the modern scene for about 9 months now, and have played 8-whack, Affinity (both traditional and hardened scales), UW spirits, and UW death and taxes. So far, I've only played at the FNM level and just started doing leagues on MTGO. I'd like to start getting a little more serio...

Good video here. https://www.channelfireball.com/videos/bridge-is-banned-now-what-the-ban-wagon/?_ga=2.116268870.1796377046.1562992861-1430578552.1562992861 Several important points they brought up. 1. "Nobody" was really surprised that Faithless Looting did not get banned. As much as peop...

unrelated note: im totally rooting for jund, with the additions to it and other decks from mh1, to become central in the meta cycle. let the seemingly ageless battle between UWx and GBx for fair deck supremacy continue. It's supposed to be URx vs. GBx. :P Nobody really likes the GBx side of the GBx...

My first inclination is to go up to 4 Viscera Seer and 4 Cathartic Reunion , while dropping 4 Bridge from Below and 4 Altar of Dementia. It should give better drawing power for SB wars. The 1 generic mana 1/1 that has haste and exiles the top card of your library; you can use red to discard your han...

An answer for "has this always been a format where people complain about banned and unbanned cards?" Yes, that's why this thread is so long. I complained before when Sword of the Meek was banned, while Rite of Flame was not banned. I had played both cards quite a bit in other formats, name...

Wrenn and Six eclipsed the $70 mark. Pretty silly, even as good as the card is.

I agree with MetalMusic. No changes this time around. It's too early.