Thanks for the advice.

I run into it online sometimes. It’s really rough Game 1 but manageable after siding. They struggle if we stick a flier. Abrade is important post-board. Clique and Crackling are MVP.

Sure.

Open 7 with Powder: exile hand, take 7
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Open 7 without Powder: put hand back, shuffle, draw 7, put one card back, THEN decide whether to Powder
If yes: exile hand, take 6
To mulligan this hand: shuffle it in, draw 7, put two back, THEN decide whether to Powder
etc.

The London, besides increasing the odds of hitting Temple through normal mulligans (which then scale up accordingly as we remove cards from the library with Powder), allows us to “set up” the hands we exile with Powder. In the example above, for instance, we can choose to bottom important cards like Dismember, TKS, or even lands before exiling our hand. Then there’s a chance of re-drawing those cards during future mulligans or if opponents make us shuffle

It definitely does. I used to play Ratchets in large part because of Bridge, but have cut them for a few reasons:
– current Bridge decks protect it with Needle/Jar
– almost nobody is playing Bridge right now, making it supremely easy to dodge
– Contortion is better against existing aggro decks than Bomb

Good to know! The way Wizards describes 7-7-7 in the featured quote (using the past tense rather than the conditional “would be”) implies that it was tested, which is why I didn’t dig deeper for confirmation.

I have never been a fan of Metamorph. We rarely want to copy enemy permanents since ours are so good, and that removes a lot of its utility. I think it’s mostly win-more since we need a nice target on the board already and generally prefer high-utility cards that do the same thing every time. Definitely think the last two Shapers and 2nd Copter are flex though and encourage customization in this slots, so whatever works for you!

I picked up the Stompy deck last fall as my first Modern deck and have been loving it. When I heard about the mulligan rule last night at my local shop for Modern I immediately thought this deck improves from it. I hadn’t thought about how it improves hosers or that Stompy is somewhat immune to hate. Your insight has helped my game and strategy once again.

My local meta has lots of Path and Trophy so I’ve added one more Wastes in lieu of a Scavenger Grounds and I’m experimenting with copy 5 of Seer and Smasher in the form of Phyrexian Metamorph. I’ve tried it in place of one Shaper or one Copter. What do you think?

Cheers!