Unburial Rites + Elesh NornLife from the Loam + Raven's Crime + Tech Edge + Ghost QuarterLife from the loam + Academy Ruins + Engineered Explosives + Wurmcoil Engine/ BatterskullLife from the Loam + Academy Ruins + Engineered Explosives + Ravens CrimeWrath of God + Damnation + Snapcaster Mage + Engineered ExplosivesGo for the Throat + Path to Exile + Abrupt Decay + Sultai CharmSnapcaster Mage + Gifts Ungiven + Lingering Souls + xxxxxxxxSome of the piles can be mixed around. Most of the time it really depends on the situation, and you end up thinking up a pile on the fly. Those are just some examples of piles I would grab.
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You really should run more basics, and run Blood Moon in your board. Moon is storms best chance at beating control. Limiting their blue sources so they can't counter every attempt to play an engine. Also ritualing into a t2 Moon will just outright beat a lot of modern decks. All storm decks are running Blood Moon in the side, and yours should be no exception. I've ran as many as 4 islands maindeck, and as little as 3. You are holding yourself back by not running Moon.
Ah very cool. Basically just a better Wild Guess. Definitely worth testing.
All Bloom Titan decks are running Leyline. They weren't in the past, but we need it against the BGx resurgence. We've also been talking about how UR Storm basically needs Leyline now because Burn with Eidolon is blowing up, and that match is just absolutely terrible for Storm.Either way i didn't mean to come off like such a dick. Leyline is a bitch for this deck, but as you guys have pointed out, against a well constructed deck with a competent pilot it's def not just gg.
I spot remove pack rat, you're tapped out, and can't do anything. People at my local stores, opt for Surgicals. Which is still a bitch, but muuuch easier to deal with. Even on the MTGS thread you don't see a lot of Extirpates being played.
Zaklax, Burn has the possibility of doing that because it runs more threats. 8rack only has Pack Rat and Vaults(most don't even run mutavault, or Rat...), plus they have to consider Bridge, so they can't go the beatdown route very easily.
I'll give you that one. Extirpate is a bitch. Thank the gods no one locally plays that card!
Like i said, Pack Rat is the only hope, and that's if it resolves, and lives. With all your dicard shut off, your ~6 possible outs are going to have a hard time doing anything in the face of disruption. And that's if you draw them.
You don't have anything post board either. I play Ritual Gifts, UR Storm, and Bloom Titan.
You can say whatever you want, but i play this deck every week, and never lose a match it. There's a reason for that.
It's also really funny when that 1 leyline wins you the game. mana screw or not, you're in a much better position than the 8-rack player who has 70% of his deck shut off. Stalling doesn't do anything when i'm drawing live, and you're drawing bricks.
About 90% of the time, with leyline in play, the opponent is stuck with a hand full of dead cards. Playing a lili or pack rat on t3 in the face of disruption isn't winning anything.
You also draw at least 1 card every turn. lili on her own isn't going to win you any games.
My personal favorite is when my opponent just straight scoops to leyline because they aren't running the Rat. Most people actually aren't running Pack Rat, and even when they are there is still no hope. Whether i mull to 5 or not. This deck can't beat leyline.
Lili does nothing, Bridge does nothing, Mutavault is very easy to kill, Pack Rat is the only hope, and even that can be stopped fairly easily if you don't let it get out of control.. This deck folds to Leyline and that's a fact. I crush this deck weekly.
I run into this deck all the time. It usually gets g1, then folds to Leyline of Sanctity g2-3. Other than 3 Pack Rats you have zero game against leyline. I don't think i've lost a match to this deck in a long long time.
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Terrible deck.Miracles will not effectively work without cards like Brainstorm and Top.People on MTGS have been trying to put a Miracles deck together in modern for too long now. It ain't gonna happen.
Arcanis is unnecessary With Azami as the Commander and Consecrated Sphinx is much better for the mana. Surgespanner is a better Coastal Wizard.Sower of Temptation is a better Cytoplast ManipulatorRiptide Director is decent but you don't actually need his draw when it comes down to it.Master of Waves is very good, and could be an alt win, but it's just hard to find space for cards that don't support any combos or synergies.I was playing Fatespinner but it actually just annoys people and makes them attack you more than anything.Serendib Sorcorer, Snapcaster Mage, Teferi, and Venser are definitely worth playing though. I would mostly like to squeeze in a Venser, and possibly a Serindib but space is super tight.... hmmm...Great suggestions though, thanks!
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