Comments on: Insider: New Modern Contenders for GP Pittsburgh https://www.quietspeculation.com/2015/11/insider-new-modern-contenders-for-gp-pittsburgh/ Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:21:06 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mike Lanigan https://www.quietspeculation.com/2015/11/insider-new-modern-contenders-for-gp-pittsburgh/#comment-1505303 Thu, 19 Nov 2015 19:07:39 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=67591#comment-1505303 In reply to Ian Pinsker.

Interesting suggestions Ian. The list I posted was from a tournament where the list did well. That was the main reason I chose to share it. I do think though that Pia and Kiran would serve you well against infect because it forces them to use a pump spell when you block. I totally agree with adding Melira though. I think more players should be boarding her and coincidentally, infect should have a plan for dealing with her. If you have a bad tron matchup Crumble to Dust is a good idea, but we’ve had Sowing Salt in the format since its inception and no one seemed to ever utilize that tool so from a performance perspective, maybe the Crumble is unnecessary, although it never hurts to hate a deck out like that. Good thoughts. Sounds like you’ve tested with Scapeshift a lot. If you’ll be at the GP, good luck and thanks for sharing!

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By: Ian Pinsker https://www.quietspeculation.com/2015/11/insider-new-modern-contenders-for-gp-pittsburgh/#comment-1504725 Thu, 19 Nov 2015 15:30:48 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=67591#comment-1504725 I have a small gripe about your BTL Scapeshift deck: It ignores the worst matchup the deck can have in Infect. Instead of a 2nd Key and Peele in the board, you should really be running a Melira as they have little to no way to interact with it, and a Crumble to Dust over the 2nd K command. The reason is Tron has gotten infinite good cards to run beyond Karn and Wurmcoil against Scapeshift; Ulamog is a total beating, and Void Winnower makes the game nearly unwinnable.

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