Comments on: Insider: Now or Never – My Final Modern Specs Before the Pro Tour

By: Adam Yurchick

Adam Yurchick — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 17:07:37 +0000

Thanks for the great comments everyone.

@Gervaise: I agree with the lands-especially because I don’t see the price ever falling.

@Chris Bring to Light is great in Modern, and it only gets better as time goes on and more cards are printed. I’d like to start picking them up after players stop drafting BFZ.

@James I noticed Mirrodin’s core too- It’s probably just under the power level needed for Modern, but as far as I know it’s a great casual card.

@John You are right, it actually doesn’t do anything against Infect specifically. Against normal damage, it essentially Fogs them on the turn they would otherwise kill you, no matter how much damage they are dealing, you won’t lose the game that turn. They have to destroy Phyrexian Unlife, or wait until the next turn and deal 10 damage-in some cases it’s even better, a Fog plus 10 life.

I might be too optimistic on Cavern of Souls, and it’s certainly risky. I don’t necessarily suggest going out and putting your bankroll into it, just don’t be surprised if every Eldrazi deck at the PT has 4 and the price skyrockets.

I agree that Prismatic Omen is better than ever because people are actually cutting Abrupt Decay in Jund/Junk decks. Also there were two copies in the deck that made the finals of the Modern SCG Classic on Sunday.

By: Gervaise Pechler

Gervaise Pechler — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 09:51:18 +0000

I like the lands if you are risk-averse in terms of speculating 🙂

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 01 Feb 2016 19:00:23 +0000

The one big spec I think you’re missing here that fits with several of the deck themes you’ve covered is Bring to Light. It has so much synergy with Scapeshift that I wouldn’t be surprised to see a 2/3 of in most of those decks. Furthermore, it interacts with the Kiki combo as a “pseudo Chord” replacement. I know it is from a hugely opened set but it rests under $1 right now in some cases. I think that changes as people continue to experiment with it and see its strengths.

By: James

James — Mon, 01 Feb 2016 17:18:23 +0000

With the rise in price of tendo ice bridge, what do you think of Mirrodin’s Core as a cheap replacement. I picked up 20 foils for $33 just in case it sees any play.

By: John Cleaver

John Cleaver — Mon, 01 Feb 2016 15:21:40 +0000

> Phyrexian Unlife act as fogs against creature decks like Infect

I don’t think that will work out quite like fog.

Cavern of Souls seems pretty risky. Even if it does crest over $100, there’s a huge buy in cost for it. With so many other cards likely to rise, I can’t help but think think that that capital would be better off in more diversified cards. Granted, it might not be bad to pick up a playset if you need them to play.

> Prismatic Omen

If the number of abrupt decays falls, this does seem like a really good pickup for scapeshift. Going for a more all-in gameplan instead of a controlling one might be the way to fight through all of the aggro that we have seen so far.