Choking on fear

by JensDagon on 16 July 2014

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Deck Tags

  • Modern
  • Control
  • Experimental
  • Pox

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Card Legality

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

Deck discussion for Choking on fear

Oh goodness. I can see a few absolutely silly turns with this deck, and not all of them involve Waste Not (though, admittedly, a good number do). Any reason you chose Wrench Mind over Hymn?

This also makes me seriously realize I need to find a spot for Waste Not in my Stabwhiskers EDH...Halp?

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Posted 16 July 2014 at 20:13

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The test games for this build have had turns that are absolutely absurd because of Waste Not, and while not all of the best have involved it, most of them have. I went with Wrench Mind over Hymn because this is my main Modern deck, just tweaked to have Waste Not when it becomes legal.

And I will have to see if I can help you think of something, I remember it being a bit tight as it was... But Waste Not would be so perfect for it that I can't help but think it /needs/ to be there.

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Posted 16 July 2014 at 23:21

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Ah right...Hymn isn't modern legal. Boy is that a freakin shame =/

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Posted 16 July 2014 at 23:29

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This is really awesome. I feel like you want more Ensnaring Bridges though. That's one of the main reason why 8-Rack is so decent in Modern. Almost every deck is trying to win by swinging with creatures. Have you thought about nixing the creature plan and just going with a Rack/ Shrieking Affliction approach?

Though i know you are a sucker for some Bloodghast! :p and he is so sweet with Smallpox so there's that too..

I just think with all this discard; more Bridges, and Racks as a win condition just makes you more controlling, and less interactive.

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Posted 26 July 2014 at 20:29

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I've actually been sitting here for a week trying to figure out what to take out for at least second Bridge. I've been heavily considering Smother no. 3, but no matter what I think of I just don't feel comfortable. :| I have considered going the usual route of 8-rack, but I want to explore the recursive option more really. There are people playing 8-rack far better than I do, but there's very few who are trying creatures for it.

Would you believe I used to hate him? It wasn't until I started playing Pox that he became one of my favorite creatures. The interactions he has within the deck are why I always feel sketchy about going to the 8-rack style.

I can't agree with more Bridges enough, though Racks on Racks just feels meh to me. I can play heavy hand disruption well enough, but it gets a bit draining to win exclusively through it to me. I have doodled up a list to use if it comes to the point that I won't be able to manage with this, but I would start to hate consecutive games.

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Posted 26 July 2014 at 23:53

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Man, I keep coming back to this deck...

So far all I've done with Waste Not is put it in a handful of my EDH decks. This keeps making me really want to do something with it outside of the scope of EDH.

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Posted 27 July 2014 at 06:18

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