Showing posts with label Primer. Show all posts
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Wednesday, April 27, 2016

My new tier 1 Modern deck

As I announced last week, I have changed my main deck for Modern.

I am now playing Naya Burn.


Main deck
4 Goblin Guide
2 Grim Lavamancer
4 Monastery Swiftspear
4 Eidolon of the Great Revel
4 Lava Spike
4 Lightning Bolt
1 Shard Volley
4 Boros Charm
1 Lightning Helix
3 Searing Blaze
2 Skullcrack
4 Rift Bolt
4 Bloodstained Mire
3 Sacred Foundry
2 Stomping Ground
4 Wooded Foothills
2 Mountain
4 Windswept Heath
4 Atarka's Command

Sideboard
2 Deflecting Palm
1 Lightning Helix
4 Kor Firewalker
1 Searing Blaze
2 Path to Exile
4 Destructive Revelry
1 Smash to Smithereens

Windswept Heath should really be Scalding Tarn or Arid Mesa but they are just out of my price range (and dangerous investments) right now. Windswept Heath is worse but I figured it is good enough for testing. 

Here is an initial match with the deck



Here are some Naya Burn resources I am using:

Red Deck Winning's guide to Naya Burn: https://reddeckwinning.com/2016/01/18/the-modern-burn-bible/

The mtgsalvation Burn primer and forum discussion: http://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/the-game/modern/tier-1-modern/650623-burn

Now I am going to play 100 practice matches, construct a sideboard plan and then I am ready to rumble!

Sunday, February 22, 2015

The Modern Bible of RG Tron chapter one - Introduction

Welcome to the most extensive walkthrough of a Magic deck ever attempted. In this series we will go deep into Modern strategy, examining the ins and outs of the RG Tron deck every Sunday. When you think we have gone too deep, we will go even deeper. When you can't stand me talking about RG Tron anymore, I will talk some more about RG Tron.

At the end of the series - 35 weeks in the future - you will know more than you have ever wanted about the Tron deck and be capable to pilot the deck confidently.

There will be an accompanying video series about the deck as well, including lots and lots of gameplay.

If this becomes popular, my intention is to make a follow-up series covering another deck and possibly put several series into a book.

This is a living document so I will come back to it and update it. This means that this article will, by the time we are finished in October, include links to all parts of the series.

We will present three different builds of the deck, build several sideboard and sideboard plans, allowing you know exactly what to sideboard out and in of the deck. We will discuss how to adapt to shifting metagames, evaluate new cards and examine every major matchup in detail.



Welcome to the first installment of the Modern Bible.

Red Green Tron in Modern Table of Contents

1: Introduction. You are reading it right now.
2: The lands  http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.se/2015/03/the-modern-bible-of-rg-tron-chapter-two.html
3: The engine http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.se/2015/03/the-modern-bible-of-rg-tron-chapter.html
4: The win conditions http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.se/2015/03/the-modern-bible-of-rg-tron-chapter_15.html
5: The Ulamog deck ("Ulamog") http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.se/2015/03/the-modern-bible-of-rg-tron-chapter_22.html
6: The Sundering Titan deck ("Titan") http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.se/2015/03/the-modern-bible-of-rg-tron-chapter-six.html
7: The Wurmcoils only deck ("Coil") http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.se/2015/04/the-modern-bible-of-rg-tron-chapter.html
8: 20 or 21 lands? http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.se/2015/04/the-modern-bible-of-rg-tron-chapter_12.html
9: Sample videos http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.se/2015/04/the-modern-bible-of-rg-tron-chapter_19.html
10. Mulligans http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.se/2015/04/the-modern-bible-of-rg-tron-chapter-ten.html
11: The principles of the RG Tron sideboard http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.se/2015/05/the-modern-bible-of-rg-tron-chapter.html
12: Sideboard candidate cards part 1 http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.se/2015/05/the-modern-bible-of-rg-tron-chapter_10.html
13. Sideboard candidate cards part 2 http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.se/2015/05/the-modern-bible-of-rg-tron-chapter_17.html
14. Sideboarding: Slaughter Games Targets http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.se/2015/05/the-modern-bible-of-rg-tron-chapter_24.html
15. Sideboarding & Chalice of the Void numbers http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.se/2015/06/the-modern-bible-of-rg-tron-chapter.html
16. Main deck cards you should not play. http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.se/2015/06/the-modern-bible-of-rg-tron-chapter_7.html
17. Ulamog SB plan. http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.se/2015/06/the-modern-bible-of-rg-tron-chapter-17.html
18. Titan SB plan. http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.se/2015/06/the-modern-bible-of-rg-tron-chapter-18.html
19. Coil SB plan. http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.se/2015/06/the-modern-bible-of-rg-tron-chaper-19.html
20. Gameplay videos http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.se/2015/07/the-modern-bible-of-rg-tron-chapter-20.html
21. Doing the right thing with Karn Liberated http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.se/2015/07/the-modern-bible-of-rg-tron-chapter-21.html
22. Tips for playing the deck http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.se/2015/07/modern-bible-of-rg-tron-chapter-22-tips.html
23. Why does this deck ever lose? http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.se/2015/07/the-modern-bible-of-rg-tron-chapter-23.html
24. Cutting Emrakul http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.se/2015/08/the-modern-bible-of-rg-tron-chapter-24.html
25. Tron vs BGx  http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.se/2015/08/modern-bible-of-rg-tron-chapter-25-rg.html
26. Tron vs Splinter Twin http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.se/2015/08/modern-bible-of-rg-tron-chapter-26-rg.html
27, Tron vs Burn http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.se/2015/08/modern-bible-of-rg-tron-chapter-27-rg.html
28. Tron vs Affinity http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.se/2015/08/modern-bible-of-rg-tron-chapter-29-rg.html
29. Tron vs Merfolk http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.se/2015/09/modern-bible-of-rg-tron-chapter-30-rg.html
30. Battle for Zendikar first impressions http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.se/2015/09/modern-bible-of-rg-tron-chapter-31.html
31.Tron vs Scapeshift. http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.se/2015/09/modern-bible-of-rg-tron-chapter-31-rg.html
32. RG Tron vs Mono U Tron. http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.se/2015/09/the-modern-bible-of-rg-tron-chapter-32.html
33. Tron vs Living End. http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.se/2015/10/the-modern-bible-of-rg-tron-chapter-33.html
34. Problem matchup videos http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.se/2015/10/the-modern-bible-of-rg-tron-chapter-34.html
35. How do you beat RG Tron? http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.se/2015/10/the-modern-bible-of-rg-tron-chapter-35.html
36. Summary & wrapup, including a word about playing Mono Blue Tron, final verdict on Ugin, the Spirit Dragon and  the deck list I am currently playing. http://mtgolibrary.blogspot.se/2015/10/the-modern-bible-chapter-36-end-and.html

Please let me know below which specific matchups you want to see covered or that you have questions about.

Be warned. Once you pick up the Oblivion Stones, it is hard to stop using them :)