i’m sorry, but modern isn’t really that diver, sure much more diverse than standard, but the top decks have been the top decks since the bannings, and it doesn’t seem like anything else is cracking the meta.
true this doesn’t mean we cant talk about tier 2 decks, but i think it could be more productive to talk about them.

i did enjoy trevors article

Hi there !

First of all, thank you to Jason for the article 🙂

On satyr wayfinder, that’s indeed his role, fill the grave and find tools with witness. It is good in certain MUs but is a liability against tarmogoyf ‘s deck or deck with gravehate. I already replaced him with a gavony township (growing creatures is something I missed at the tournament).

With eldritch evolution, I do not know how this list will evolve. I am quite reluctant to move from my ramp package but including eldritch on top of it would probably lower the creature count too much…

The other piece of spicy sideboard tech I noticed there is Fiery Justice. Given that the deck is going deep on the combo strategy (so the lifegain clause doesn’t matter much), I’m surprised we don’t see more of it. 5 damage distributed as you choose can easily be a 2-for-1, and sometimes even a 3-for-1.

If being worse than a tiered deck is all it takes for a deck to not be worth discussing, then we’ve got to stop calling Modern a diverse format.

Long life to Modernexus

As someone else who’s been jamming Fauna Shaman for over a year now, I’ve always been surprised how little play the card sees. She can often operate as the green Dark Confidant.. If you don’t deal with her, you’re often just losing with the right toolbox.

Can’t wait to see what Eldritch Evolution does to the archetype.

Some thoughts/suggestions: they run a similar article every day on SCG which often analyses Modern decks. What you guys have here is unrivalled knowledge of the Modern format and metagame. I dunno how much time you have available but would love to hear how the weekly deck fares against established modern decks (alternatively the author could give their opinion), advice on changes to make and what metagames the deck could succede in.

The arbor elf/utopia sprawl split is pretty genius. Sprawl isnt even boltable!

Satyr Wayfinder seems suspect, though maybe he is a selection tool with all of the whitnesses?

I like the new format, and I would love to see new takes on old decks more in the future!

So it sounds like you’d be more interested in a spotlight on the tiered decks? Or perhaps something like Trevor’s Jeskai primer last week?