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Deck Reviews / [Modern] Hollow One

« on: July 22, 2019, 08:55:12 pm »

Hollow One

Looking at going to my first Modern tournament this Friday [and first tournament period in about 6+ years]  Had started putting this together awhile ago and looking for some feedback.

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General Magic / What cards do most want to use but find you keep cutting?

« on: July 08, 2019, 05:01:04 am »

I decided to start this thread as I'm pulling cards to set aside for a Bruna deck and on top of the stack is Comeuppance.  Its a card that I've put aside quite a few times for other decks before, but even if it found itself in a sleeve initially, that card slot usually went to either Crush Contraband, Return to Dust or something like Day of Judgment instead.  It got me wondering if others here found themselves having cards that they want to use but end up sliding in something more desperately needed/more familiar/EDHREC recommended for that commander/etc. and what everyone may have done to help find that Triple A player a home in the Show somewhere else.

I've been trying to make a more conscious effort to diversify which cards I use [partially to justify even owning them in the first place] but mostly so I don't end up with decks that all look and play alike and Comeuppance might just fit that bill this time....maybe... or perhaps that slot ends up going to Unbreakable Formation which I want to fit into a deck somewhere.  Though it is just a likely that on the first trial run with the deck that I get smoked by an artifact I can't rid of and I rage buy another copy of Return to Dust and stick it in the deck.

Some other cards that seem to share the same fate for me [there are probably many more but these are near the top of a 'to be filed stack by my computer]:

Masterwork of Ingenuity - I like the idea of duping a key piece of equipment but the original doesn't usually last long enough to clone [or is legendary] or isn't really useful enough in multiples.

Thragtusk - Seems to fight with other cards at this CMC.  Have had this in my Meren, Tasigur and Xenagos decks and have pulled it each time [may need to try again with Xenagos though]

Cataclysmic Gearhulk - not nuking lands like its namesake usually gets me to pull it from the deck but I still get it out to see if I can find a place where it works and maybe getting some planeswalkers with it seems like it should be decent.

Grave Betrayal - always seems to clog my hand so gets yanked asap.  Seems like it should do epic things though... sigh.

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Deck Reviews / [EDH / Commander] Grimgrin, Millstone-Born

« on: May 10, 2019, 11:31:19 pm »

Grimgrin, Millstone-Born

Win through mill, zombie horde, or drain out your opponents with Gravecrawler/Phyrexian Altar/Vengeful Dead

Always looking for suggestions to make the deck faster and/or more consistent.

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Deck Reviews / [EDH / Commander] BloodSilverStax

« on: May 05, 2019, 05:58:37 pm »

BloodSilverStax

This deck is looking to win by establishing a base of mana rocks then hindering opponents' board development by playing stax effects like Lodestone Golem, Winter Orb or Quicksilver Fountain.  Primary wins will likely come from using Saheeli's second +1 to jam out a big creature with a backup plan of building up enough locust token creatures from drawing cards with The Locust God in play to swarm down opponents.  Looking for any advice on how to make the deck faster and/or more consistent though suggestions for cards like Mana Crypt don't really help as the odds of me being able to either trade for or buy one are extremely remote.  Thank you!