Comments on: Video Series with Ryland: Dredge

By: Ryland Taliaferro

Ryland Taliaferro — Mon, 04 Dec 2017 15:50:18 +0000

In reply to ThewRush. The deck is certainly great but sometimes it just doesn't Dredge well. Tormenting Voices will help somewhat in that regard but I think Darkblast is just too good to cut. Comes up in a lot of matches and won me multiple games nearly by itself at the open this past weekend. I doubt I could find room for Shriekhorn but I understand the desire to do so. Thanks for watching!

By: Ryland Taliaferro

Ryland Taliaferro — Mon, 04 Dec 2017 15:47:37 +0000

In reply to Roland F. Rivera Santiago.

Hey Roland!

Thanks for watching. Now that I’ve played the deck a bit more, I’m pretty happy with the 1 of Driven//Despair in the board. It’s great in combo matchups that can be otherwise tough and it helps in matchups that gum up the ground quite a bit. Multiple times during the Open this past weekend I was unable to get through some efficient blockers until I flipped over Driven//Despair.

More enchantment hate is not unreasonable, but it is hard to find slots. The only enchantment that our Abrupt Decay doesn’t kill is Leyline, and while that is tough to beat, there are not a lot out there. If I was to try playing more enchantment hate, I might be interested in playing a Ray of Revelation.

Thanks again!

By: ThewRush

ThewRush — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 16:32:46 +0000

I have Dredge in Modern as well. I’ve brought it a few times to TNM and I’ll say that sometimes you just don’t get going even after a Cathartic Reunion. I was testing Driven/Despair and Darkblast in the main but replaced those two for Tormenting Voices. The problem I had was hitting big dredgers with my draw spells and those dredges recurring Amalgams and Ghasts. I would get a bunch of red spells in the yard instead which did nothing…

I wonder if Shriekhorn should make its way back in?

By: Roland F. Rivera Santiago

Roland F. Rivera Santiago — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 03:51:54 +0000

Thanks for the videos. I think you got more than a little unlucky, given that I don’t remember seeing a single impressive Cathartic Reunion Dredge in all 5 matches. I was highly unimpressed by the Driven // Despair – you only cast it once, and it didn’t seem to do much. I think you may need a bit more enchantment hate in the form of Nature’s Claims. Overall, though, the list seemed solid, and I was pleasantly surprised by how well the fetchless version performed (most of the dedicated Dredge players I talk to run the version with fetches). If I may put in a vote as to what deck I’d like to see you pilot next, I’d say something like Death & Taxes (mono-white) or perhaps the resurgent Jund (with Goblin Rabblemasters and sideboard Blood Moons) would get the nod.