Comments on: Five Cards You Should Be Playing In Modern

By: Seneca

Seneca — Sun, 13 Dec 2015 14:39:21 +0000

Dismember seems to be the better choice than gut shot sure you lose two more and it cost 1 more mana but remember taking out a creature played on turn 3 or 4 drops is a lot better than killing off a creature played on turn 1.

By: quillypen

quillypen — Tue, 17 Nov 2015 15:16:47 +0000

Speaking as a Delver player, I would describe Finks as “incredibly annoying”, but not quite to the level of wrecking me. (That would be Tusk) When I’ve played against it, it usually blocks Tasigur/Angler twice, meaning its something like a gain 14 life spell for 3. Very very good, but not unbeatable. This is splitting hairs, of course, it should definitely see more play.

By: Art C. Fartsy

Art C. Fartsy — Sun, 15 Nov 2015 06:01:09 +0000

I took your suggestion on Worship and ran it as a fun-of in my deck today, during a five round tournament. It helped me finish second! Thanks for helping my game!

By: Roland F. Rivera Santiago

Roland F. Rivera Santiago — Sat, 14 Nov 2015 15:22:46 +0000

Great article, Trevor. I think you went 5/5 in your list of underrated cards. I’ve heavily considered Gut Shot as a way to attempt to hose Affinity and Elves (my worst matchups as a Merfolk player), and several people have considered UW Merfolk with Worship.

I don’t know how Dispel and Kitchen Finks still manage to be under the radar, given how consistently good they’ve been (and how consistently they show up in good decks). I think another underrated card that could have been tossed in the pile is Voice of Resurgence, but maybe we’ll see those in another article.

By: Matt Osman

Matt Osman — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 16:03:17 +0000

I have play tested worship in UW merfolk decks and it has been surprisingly solid. Yes it is a 4 drop and that hurts a bit, however considering master of waves is a 4 drop and is played in almost every top merfolk deck. While Worship cannot be put on the battlefield using aether vial, it still offers an insane amount of value! The benefit of worship is that, like you said, most decks do not feature a lot of enchantment removal. Because of this if you can protect your initial play of Worship you don’t even need to worry about losing a battle amongst fair decks, and some unfair decks as well. In order to win alll you have to do is make sure they have an island and that they haven’t killed your 4 master of pearl tridents lol

By: Jordan Boisvert

Jordan Boisvert — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 15:34:17 +0000

Agreed on all counts! A+++

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 10:19:25 +0000

the first 2 cards are actually played 🙂 dispel i meet very often, most of the delver and twin decks are bringing this in against my Paths.

finks are amazing, they are played, but should be played more 🙂 the thing is that 2 green mana is sometimes hard to get, if you’re playing Jund. for abzan decks it should be an auto include in the 75.

slaughter pact is cool suprise kill spell, i played it before and i liked it a lot. but sometimes, it is hard to find a slot for one… too many good removal spells to compete with pact. (and it can’t kill Tas, Rhino…)

worship is awesome ^_^ some decks can’t simply get rid of it and i like to bring it in very often.

however gut shot just doesn’t seem good enough for me. for a meta full of delvers yes, but it just can’t kill a flipped delver… except for mono-blue and mono-green aggro decks, each color has a better removal. and merflolks have Vapor Snag, mono-green has a Dismemer. i’d rather pick that one.

anyway, thanks for a good article, even if i disagree it was good to read it!

By: Gero

Gero — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 08:48:48 +0000

I keep thinking Mana Tithe and Restoration Angel are underplayed. I would have said KOTR before, but she’s gaining traction.

By: Tanner Chase

Tanner Chase — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 05:39:56 +0000

Worship is one of those cards that make 8th and 9th edition not seem right in Modern. I had it in my Abzan sideboard before but too many decks have surprising outs to it

By: DNLK

DNLK — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 17:43:53 +0000

Gut Shot is actually a card I consider to play in some my decks, like for example in Blistering Rage build and Young Pyromancer ones to get bits of value. Don’t think it can actually shoot lots of things in my local meta, but as a sideboard option to fight infect it’s very nice.