I will definitely be playing Urza again at SCG Dallas after the upcoming banning so make sure to join the Team Nova patreon to get my up to date list and sideboard guide for Urza in the new format! Sign up for the Hipsters Newsletter for weekly updates. I think the initial reasoning that leads people to play Karn is the feeling that they need an instant win after they combo, which just isn’t the case in almost all Game 1 situations, and post-board you have cards like Thoughtseize and Assassin’s Trophy, which make the combo deterministic in the vast majority of games. Contact | This site © 2020 TappedOut.net, LLC But with the ban of Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis looming I don’t want to spend too much mental energy on a dead format. Complete Comment Tutorial! Deck Overview- Modern Grixis Thopter Sword June 14, 2016 by Ryan Overturf Leave a Comment When Ancestral Vision and Sword of the Meek were unbanned in Modern, many of us thought that these cards were just great, and it wouldn’t be long before they were both widely played. So basically for every mana you spend you get a 1/1 flyer and gain a life. Terms of Use | Articles and comments are user-submitted and do not represent official endorsements of this site. Every time you sacrifice the Sword to the Foundry you get a 1/1 which triggers the Sword to return again. Sword of the Meek was recently unbanned in Modern alongside Ancestral Vision (which we covered yesterday! The interaction of Thopter Foundry with Sword of the Meek with Urza, Lord High Artificer enjoyed major tournament success in Modern even before the bannings, and now that Hogaak and Faithless Looting are gone, the future of the archetype looks brighter still. This will require TappedOut.js included in your blog. Team Modern Super League 2 Week 7 Decklists. Couple the shaky logic for including another four-drop in my already clunky Modern deck with the fact that I also lose three to five sideboard slots and you have a card I want absolutely nothing to do with. This is a deck that can kill on Turn 3—it doesn’t need to be more powerful and these cards only make the deck better when you draw the best card in your deck. Introduction. You are regularly boarding these cards in against grindy decks where the games are expected to go long, but these threats are best on Turn 3 and lose a lot of value as the games go longer as you don’t have your cheap artifacts to help in triggering them reliably in the late game. But with the ban of Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis looming I don’t want to spend too much mental energy on a dead format. Channel PMayne – Modern Thopter/Sword By Pascal Maynard / April 5, 2016 October 10, 2019 Get a glimpse into the new format as Pascal Maynard takes on Caleb Durward with a … Let’s start with the card I’ve been asked the most about it’s exclusion from my most recent list, Teferi, Time Raveler. All hail the Sword of Combo Kills. This site is unaffiliated. Magic: The Gathering Net Decks, Metagame analysis, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Standard, Extended and Block Decks, Deckcheck, RSS-Feed and more I would much rather stick to my trusty Goblin Engineers that may only find the Sword of the Meek half of the combo, but offers a layer of insulation when you’re trying to lock and opponent out with your prison effects or just keeps Thopter Foundry in play to keep grinding. Thopter/Sword creates a near endless stream of chump blockers and gains a significant amount of life in the process. If you had 8 copies of Tarmogoyf This annoying message will go away once you do. Teferi offers a powerful effect, locking out cards like Force of Vigor and Force of Negation if the opponent doesn’t cast them in response to the three-mana Planeswalker. Magic the Gathering, FNM is TM and copyright Wizards of the Coast, Inc, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. All rights reserved. ), which means Thopter Foundry is ready to churn out bodies again. “Well I’ll just hold my cheap artifacts,” you might say.