2020-12
2020-12
Friday Dec 18, 2020
40 Cards We'd Like to See in Modern Horizons 2
Friday Dec 18, 2020
Friday Dec 18, 2020
Zendikar Rising, Episode 16: Modern Wish List
The snow is falling, the previews are sizzling, and the holiday spirit is in the air. And what says "holiday spirit" better than a giant wish list of cards we'd like to see printed into our favorite format? Modern Horizons 2 doesn't release until later next year, but that hasn't stopped us from dreaming big. Let's just hope that Modern is on the "Nice" list this year!
Meanwhile on the Flashback, our testing with Heartless Summoning led us down wildly divergent paths, from the clickiest of click-heavy combos, to the fairest of the fair Jund decks, to the greediest of greedy Titan decks. When the dust settled, we'd notched a 24-11 record across seven leagues, and Heartless felt incredibly powerful in every build. Is it possible that the card has been slept on for too long?
Also in this edition: a first look at Kaldheim, Splinter Fin combo, and an unholy alliance of Rogues and Crabs.
Decklists for Episode 85 can be found here: https://faithlessbrewing.com/40-cards-wed-like-to-see-in-modern-horizons-2/
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Friday Dec 11, 2020
Heartless Summoning, The White Whale of Modern
Friday Dec 11, 2020
Friday Dec 11, 2020
Zendikar Rising, Episode 15: Heartless Summoning
Heartless Summoning holds a special fascination for Modern brewers. So much of the card screams “broken”: it’s low cost, splashable, and provides massive cost reduction. The drawback of shrinking your creatures can be a combo enabler in itself. Effects like this are very rare, and very dangerous.
And yet, after 10 years, the ugly truth is that Heartless Summoning has yet to find any tournament success. Many have tried, and many have failed. Just four 5-0s are recorded in the last three years. Most brewers have cut their losses and given up the quest. For a few, the card has become an obsession, such as this modern day Captain Ahab who has uploaded 106(!) Heartless lists to MTGGoldfish in the past six months alone.
So what does the future hold for Heartless Summoning? Modern has changed drastically in the last two years, and new tools are always being added. Is it possible that a broken Heartless deck is just waiting to be discovered? Or are we also doomed to failure as we chase Modern’s white whale? We’ve got five new decklists and a half-dozen more bizarre ideas, so let’s find out!
Decklists for Episode 84 can be found here: https://faithlessbrewing.com/heartless-summoning-the-white-whale-of-modern/
Also in this edition:
* When Should You Play One-Ofs in Modern?* Picks of the Week: Blood Sun Jeskai, Goblins, and Hysterical Emrakul* Testing results with Sea Gate Stormcaller: Grixis Arcanist Shadow, Naban Vial Wizards, and Izzet Drake Whack
Happy brewing!
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Friday Dec 04, 2020
When Snapcasters Go Bad: The Case for Sea Gate Stormcaller
Friday Dec 04, 2020
Friday Dec 04, 2020
Zendikar Rising, Episode 14: Sea Gate Stormcaller
Snapcaster Mage has been with us since 2011. In those ten years, we have learned an important lesson: Accept no substitutes! New printings might aspire to the throne, but no one can topple the King of Snap.
So what does that mean for a card like Sea Gate Stormcaller? The stats are similar, but the play pattern is entirely different: Stormcaller plays at sorcery speed, and only works on small spells that are still in your hand. The upside? You get a very tempo-positive turn, and a copy effect that interacts favorably with additional costs like Neoform or Village Rites. Stormcaller is a challenge to be sure, but a potentially rewarding one if we can crack the code. Time to put on our brewing caps and head to the queues!
Also in this edition: the impact of Lightning Bolt, Big Red in Pioneer, Mardu Smallpox in Modern, testing with Astral Drift, and more.
Decklists for Episode 83 can be found here
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