Forum: Dovin, Hand: in Modern

by dknight27 on 08 October 2019

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The more I look at this card, the more it intrigues me as a sideboard option in modern.

Firstly, it's cheap (cmc and budget), easy to deal with color wise, and splashable in almost any deck because of the color requirement/diversity.

Secondly, it hates on artifacts as well as instants and sorcs. With the rise of Whirza, making 0 and 1 drop artifacts harder to cast will buy you some much needed tempo. As it hates on traditional control mechanics (instant/sorc), it can be subbed in to slow down miracles, grixis control, etc.

Thirdly, it's got an "acceptable" protection mechanic, which doubles as tempo-hate against decks that rely on fast but solitary critters, like goyf, death's shadow, etc.





So, is this a card to consider for sideboard in modern?

The first thing to consider is its rival, Teferi, Time Raveler. Tereri hates on control like nobody's business, and also costs 3. However, it has to be run in decks that run white and blue, so it's less versatile in playability for the majority of decks. It is also an order of magnitude more expensive for the budget, so if that's a concern Teferi is out. Also, most decks that want to run Teferi already have it mainboarded, as it hates on control and has a tempo-material-removal abil.

All that being said, I don't think Teferi's presence actually limits the discussion on Dovin. In most decks where I can mainboard Teferi, I've already done so. Having the option to side in Dovin, that works FANTASTICALLY along side Teferi, still seems worth the consideration to me.

As an added bonus, dovin shuts down storm, so having it as a side option works for 3 decktypes (control, artifact, storm).

In addition, a 5 loyalty planeswalker for 3 that slows things down in general and can semi-protect itself seems like a recipe for card advantage to me. Coming in at 5 means it's not easily burnable, and can survive a decent string of attacks (especially with its stall ability), so all things considered it seems like at least a workable sideboard option.


Please hit me with your thoughts, I haven't made up my mind about it yet, just come to the conclusion that more thought is warranted.


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Modern

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Card Legality

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

Deck discussion for Forum: Dovin, Hand: in Modern

The fastest way to determine this is playtesting. Another thing to consider is if something else would be better in that slot. If you're playing white is this better than stony silence, if playing blue is this better than ceremonious rejection? If you're building a modern budget deck then there are better options instead of control/tempo. Budget control and tempo suffers from being waaaaayyyyy too slow. Just my thoughts.

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Posted 08 October 2019 at 22:21

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It's entirely possible, I'm by no means claiming it is "good" at the things it does, but the reason I want to consider it, at least in a budgetary capacity, is because it has such a wide array of effects (even if those effects are impotent compared to their hyper-specific alternatives). Basically what I'm getting at is that it can possibly save some slot space to keep the sideboard less crowded. I run into the problem all the time of filling out a sideboard and going deck by deck on the matchups and finding at least one that I basically don't have room to side against. And, although I hate to use a fantasy sports term, I think dovin is a candidate for a "flex" spot, that sides against enough hyper-specific matchups to be a consideration.

That's just my thought process, maybe I'm way off base here

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Posted 10 October 2019 at 19:29

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With diversity between slowing down not just your opponents instant and sorcery spells (like control), but also slowing down artifacts (especially when four color whirza and paradoxical outcome are top in the meta) it can be a good sideboard matchup against certain modern decks. I don't think Dovin, Hand of Control can always be sideboarded in your modern deck but it could potentially fit in a midrange and probably in a control sideboard that runs either (or both) of your azorius colors (assuming there is enough space to make the card fit comfortably). Just my thoughts. I agree with Crouch312 however, make sure you test it out first.

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Posted 15 October 2019 at 16:23

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