Darker Side of Land Hate

by DedWards on 14 June 2017

Main Deck (60 cards)

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Deck Description

cbelzer89 posted a RB land hate deck:
http://www.mtgvault.com/cbelzer89/decks/rb-land-hate/

And while I suggested he (she?) take a look at Ponza, I decided to have a crack at BR land hate myself.

How to Play

Basic idea is to use Blood Moon and land destruction to destabilise the opponent while you build up to a threat or two.

Ideally you want to use Simian Spirit Guide to help get Blood Moon out on turn two, but a turn two Molten Rain; Stone Rain; or Rain of Tears is still good.

Anger of the Gods is to clear up the board if the opponent goes too wide too quickly.

Goblin Dark-Dwellers replays all the land destruction and kill spells.

The Walkers supply card advantage.

Stormbreath Dragon is just a resilient beat stick. It costs 5, so Abrupt Decay and Fatal Push can't target it. It has protection from white, so Path to Exile can't target it. And it has 4 base toughness, meaning it takes 2 bolts to kill it before becoming monstrous.

Deck Tags

  • Modern
  • Experimental
  • Land Destruction
  • Rakdos

Deck at a Glance

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Mana Curve

Mana Symbol Occurrence

0010520

Deck Format


Modern

NOTE: Set by owner when deck was made.

Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Not Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for Darker Side of Land Hate

Looks good :)

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Posted 14 June 2017 at 11:57

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I might be mistaken, but didn't you play ponza at a time and later tried to build a "dubious challenge" deck?

Someones built a hybrid (I think we discussed a hybrid build as a possibility) so I wondered if you were having a hand in it?

It's called "Challenge Breach", by John Middlebrook and went 15th, SCG Charlotte.

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Posted 19 June 2017 at 11:23

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Ooooo, a Through the Breach build of Challenge sounds like fun. Will need to look into it.

I still play Ponza. Looking at getting a pair of Trinisphere to test in the sideboard as most of Ponza's cards cost 3+ anyway, the exception being the mana dorks and the odd sideboard card. Hoping Trinisphere helps against spell heavy decks like Storm and anything that runs Snappy.

I only designed a Dubious Challenge deck. A friend actually bought all the cards for it. Can't wait for our next Modern FNM to see how it works in real life (my XMage games with it have been iffy).

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Posted 19 June 2017 at 11:28

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It looks very much like a hybrid between both!

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Posted 20 June 2017 at 11:04

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Love a good land destruction deck. Looks solid. ??

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Posted 05 July 2017 at 06:05

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If you like this, Ponza might interest you too.

My current Ponza list:
http://www.mtgvault.com/dedwards/decks/ponza-mana-denied/

A good Primer for Ponza:
http://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/the-game/modern/developing-competitive-modern/220790-rg-ponza-modern-land-destruction

Brian DeMars (ChannelFireball) recently did an article on Ponza:
https://www.channelfireball.com/articles/i-see-blood-moon-rising-rg-ponza-in-modern/

What I like about Ponza is how customisable it is.

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Posted 05 July 2017 at 06:40

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547 players in roanoke:
1st place ponza.
http://tcdecks.net/deck.php?id=23902&iddeck=186786

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Posted 05 July 2017 at 10:39

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Nice. The only thing I don't like in that list is the Fracturing Gust in my sideboard as it kills Blood Moon and Utopia Sprawl. Blood Moon can be worked around with the Magus of the Moon in sideboard, but losing Utopia Sprawl hurts a lot.

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Posted 05 July 2017 at 11:17

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Fascinating article. I admit I have never played at anything more than standard or draft, and never more than a local level, so my exposure to modern and eternal format decks is very limited. That being said I am a fan of Ponza, but wouldn't know how to build or play it properly.

That being said I did design a modern deck recently, buy I have no idea if it's good or not. I think so but, as I said, I have no experience playing that format.

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Posted 05 July 2017 at 14:55

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I absolutely love Modern. Most of my collection is Modern legal :P

Ponza isn't easy to pilot, but it's not the most difficult either. A word of warning though, people really dislike not being able to play their cards, which probably why Wizards have started reducing the number of LD cards they print in favour of printing cards that tap down lands for a turn (like the Rubble half of Reduce // Rubble). Personally, I don't feel like there's much difference between what Ponza does and what a counter heavy control deck or a prison deck does. All three strategies try to hamper the opponent's plays to buy time until they can win through one of their big threats.

I would gladly take a look at your attempt at a Modern deck to give advice.

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Posted 05 July 2017 at 15:26

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Yeah, people like playing magic when they play magic, or so I have gathered. :)
Prison is nasty, and control is super annoying when done right. Nothing is worse than having your spells countered and your turn ruined.

Any advice you could give be great.

I actually have a couple that I would like some feedback on.
An enchanted evening deck.
http://www.mtgvault.com/kazzong/decks/enchanted-scorn/

And a modified version of my defender deck.
http://www.mtgvault.com/kazzong/decks/modern-legal-defender-deck/

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Posted 05 July 2017 at 15:43

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I'll take a look at them in a few hours. Night time for me at the moment, so I'll probably only get to it tomorrow.

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Posted 05 July 2017 at 17:00

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Ah. Cool. It is morning here. Sleep is good.

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Posted 05 July 2017 at 17:30

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It appears I've commented on the defender deck before. I made Modern legal suggestions for the Enchanted Evening deck.

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Posted 06 July 2017 at 05:44

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Thanks. :)
I will take a look.

Was hoping you might look at other enchanted evening deck as well actually. That one is currently modern legal.
http://www.mtgvault.com/kazzong/decks/wg-evening/
Feel silly actually as this is the one I meant to post the link to, but didn't notice until it was too late... Meh. No worries though.

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Posted 06 July 2017 at 13:43

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Ahem! Reread what dedwards wrote, kazzonq. He has commented on both :D

Sleep is a necessity :P

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Posted 07 July 2017 at 11:03

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He did after I posted the link to the 3rd deck, yes. I only posted two originally but not the two I thought. I thought I posted my white green enchanted evening deck, by I posted my white blue one instead. Then posted my white green one afterwards.

And I am grateful for all the advice he gave. Helped my decks out a lot.

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Posted 07 July 2017 at 13:31

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