modern horizons

Top lists were from prerelease. lists below are from Grand Prix.

Modern Horizons Pool AJ

White (12) 1 On Thin Ice 1 Recruit the Worthy 1 Segovian Angel 1 Trustworthy Scout 1 Soul-Strike Technique 1 Impostor of the Sixth Pride 1 Answered Prayers 1 Wing Shards 2 Irregular Cohort 1 Rhox Veteran 1 Knight of Old Benalia Blue (13) 1 Faerie Seer 1 String of Disappearances 1 Everdream 1 Iceberg Cancrix 1 Scour All Possibilities 1 Winter’s Rest 1 Smoke Shroud 1 Prohibit 1 Phantom Ninja 1 Phantasmal Form 1 Rain of Revelation 1 Pondering Mage 1 Windcaller Aven Black (15) 1 Unearth 1 Diabolic Edict 1 Gluttonous Slug 1 Return from Extinction 1 Ransack the Lab 1 Warteye Witch 1 Throatseeker 1 Venomous Changeling 1 Headless Specter 1 Graveshifter 1 Rank Officer 1 Sling-Gang Lieutenant 1 Azra Smokeshaper 1 Mob 1 Silumgar Scavenger Red (14) 1 Lava Dart 1 Fists of Flame 1 Vengeful Devil 1 Goblin Oriflamme 1 Volatile Claws 1 Goatnap 1 Seasoned Pyromancer 1 Geomancer’s Gambit 1 Viashino Sandsprinter 1 Spinehorn Minotaur 1 Hollowhead Sliver 1 Cleaving Sliver 1 Magmatic Sinkhole 1 Igneous Elemental Green (15) 1 Elvish Fury 1 Nimble Mongoose 1 Spore Frog 1 Rime Tender 1 Winding Way 1 Treetop Ambusher 1 Thornado 1 Ayula’s Influence 1 Treefolk Umbra 1 Tempered Sliver 1 Nantuko Cultivator 1 Excavating Anurid 1 Webweaver Changeling 1 Murasa Behemoth 1 Krosan Tusker Multi (5) 1 Unsettled Mariner 1 Cloudshredder Sliver 1 Soulherder 1 Thundering Djinn 1 Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis Colorless (7) 1 Universal Automaton 2 Amorphous Axe 1 Talisman of Curiosity 1 Fountain of Ichor 1 Birthing Boughs 1 Farmstead Gleaner Lands (9) 1 Cave of Temptation 1 Lonely Sandbar 1 Barren Moor 1 Snow-Covered Plains 2 Snow-Covered Swamp 1 Snow-Covered Mountain 2 Snow-Covered Forest

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Decklist

Creatures (14) 1 Cloudshredder Sliver 1 Vengeful Devil 1 Seasoned Pyromancer 1 Farmstead Gleaner 1 Soulherder 1 Spinehorn Minotaur 1 Hollowhead Sliver 1 Cleaving Sliver 2 Irregular Cohort 1 Rhox Veteran 1 Graveshifter 1 Thundering Djinn 1 Igneous Elemental Other spells (9) 1 On Thin Ice 1 Recruit the Worthy 1 Geomancer’s Gambit 1 Fountain of Ichor 1 Birthing Boughs 1 Answered Prayers 1 Wing Shards 1 Mob 1 Magmatic Sinkhole Lands (17) 1 Cave of Temptation 1 Snow-Covered Plains 1 Snow-Covered Swamp 1 Snow-Covered Mountain 6 Plains 1 Island 6 Mountain Relevant Sideboard (4) 1 Lava Dart 1 Winter’s Rest 1 Trustworthy Scout 1 Impostor of the Sixth Pride

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Modern Horizons Grand Prix Pool AJ

White (14) 1 Recruit the Worthy 1 Segovian Angel 1 Enduring Sliver 1 Reprobation 1 Shelter 1 Trustworthy Scout 1 Vesperlark 1 Sisay, Weatherlight Captain 1 Astral Drift 1 Irregular Cohort 1 Rhox Veteran 1 Wall of One Thousand Cuts 1 Settle Beyond Reality 1 Valiant Changeling Blue (13) 1 Faerie Seer 1 Stream of Thought 1 Smoke Shroud 1 Iceberg Cancrix 1 Scour All Possibilities 1 Rebuild 1 Exclude 2 Spell Snuff 1 Choking Tethers 1 Moonblade Shinobi 1 Rain of Revelation 1 Pondering Mage Black (16) 2 Defile 1 Dregscape Sliver 1 Gluttonous Slug 1 Undead Augur 1 Return from Extinction 1 Umezawa’s Charm 1 Ransack the Lab 1 Shatter Assumptions 1 Dead of Winter 1 Warteye Witch 1 Crypt Rats 1 Smiting Helix 1 Graveshifter 1 Ninja of the New Moon 1 First-Sphere Gargantua Red (13) 1 Reckless Charge 1 Goblin Champion 1 Bladeback Sliver 1 Orcish Hellraiser 1 Fists of Flame 1 Tectonic Reformation 1 Vengeful Devil 2 Bogardan Dragonheart 1 Geomancer’s Gambit 1 Viashino Sandsprinter 1 Magmatic Sinkhole 1 Igneous Elemental Green (17) 1 Spore Frog 2 Nimble Mongoose 1 Savage Swipe 2 Weather the Storm 1 Winding Way 1 Treetop Ambusher 1 Wall of Blossoms 1 Frostwalla 2 Tempered Sliver 1 Thornado 1 Twin-silk Spider 1 Springbloom Druid 1 Bellowing Elk 1 Excavating Anurid Multi (7) 1 Nature’s Chant 1 Cloudshredder Sliver 1 Ruination Rioter 1 Lavabelly Sliver 1 Soulherder 1 Abominable Treefolk 1 Fallen Shinobi Colorless (2) 1 Arcum’s Astrolabe 1 Fountain of Ichor Lands (9) 2 Cave of Temptation 1 Lonely Sandbar 1 Snow-Covered Plains 3 Snow-Covered Swamp 1 Snow-Covered Mountain 1 Snow-Covered Island

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Grand Prix Decklist

Creatures (16) 1 Cloudshredder Sliver 1 Gluttonous Slug 1 Enduring Sliver 1 Dregscape Sliver 1 Crypt Rats 1 Soulherder 1 Lavabelly Sliver 1 Warteye Witch 1 Vesperlark 1 Graveshifter 1 Rhox Veteran 1 Irregular Cohort 1 Fallen Shinobi 1 Wall of One Thousand Cuts 1 First-Sphere Gargantua 1 Valiant Changeling Other spells (7) 2 Defile 1 Shelter 1 Fountain of Ichor 1 Smiting Helix 1 Settle Beyond Reality 1 Magmatic Sinkhole Lands (17) 1 Cave of Temptation 1 Mountain 1 Snow-Covered Mountain 1 Snow-Covered Island 1 Snow-Covered Plains 5 Plains 3 Snow-Covered Swamp 4 Swamp Relevant Sideboard (6) 1 Cave of Temptation 1 Nature’s Chant 1 Segovian Angel 1 Dead of Winter 1 Recruit the Worthy 1 Reprobation

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Every game I boarded in a second Cave of Temptation for the Mountain. I boarded Nature’s Chant against a guy who drew his goddamned Squirrel Nest all three games. I boarded in Dead of Winter a couple times, but as I mentioned, it seemed bad. Recruit the Worthy I boarded in once against a guy with a lot of one toughness guys, but I didn’t see it that game. (I did Crypt Rats his guys, though, and Shelter the Rats.) Reprobation didn’t seem good because all my opponents had sac effects, ninjas, or blink effects that would’ve made it super-suck. I never boarded in Segovian Angel because I never really wanted a 20-turn clock on the board.

Transformational sideboard deck for Game 3 on the play

Creatures (15) 1 Goblin Champion 1 Cloudshredder Sliver 1 Enduring Sliver 1 Bladeback Sliver 1 Orcish Hellraiser 2 Bogardan Dragonheart 1 Lavabelly Sliver 1 Vesperlark 1 Viashino Sandsprinter 1 Rhox Veteran 1 Irregular Cohort 1 Wall of One Thousand Cuts 1 Igneous Elemental 1 Valiant Changeling Other spells (8) 1 Recruit the Worthy 1 Shelter 1 Tectonic Reformation 1 Reprobation 1 Fountain of Ichor 1 Astral Drift 1 Settle Beyond Reality 1 Magmatic Sinkhole Lands (17) 1 Cave of Temptation 7 Mountain 1 Snow-Covered Mountain 1 Snow-Covered Plains 7 Plains

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Grand Prix Decklist I probably should have played AJ

Creatures (13) 1 Faerie Seer 1 Dregscape Sliver 1 Gluttonous Slug 1 Undead Augur 1 Soulherder 1 Warteye Witch 1 Crypt Rats 1 Moonblade Shinobi 1 Graveshifter 1 Pondering Mage 1 Fallen Shinobi 1 First-Sphere Gargantua 1 Ninja of the New Moon Other spells (10) 2 Defile 1 Return from Extinction 1 Exclude 1 Spell Snuff 1 Fountain of Ichor 1 Smiting Helix 1 Rain of Revelation 1 Choking Tethers 1 Settle Beyond Reality Lands (17) 2 Cave of Temptation 1 Snow-Covered Island 1 Lonely Sandbar 1 Snow-Covered Plains 3 Snow-Covered Swamp 5 Island 4 Swamp Relevant Sideboard (4) 1 Scour All Possibilities 1 Umezawa’s Charm 1 Dead of Winter 1 Spell Snuff

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Blue doesn’t seem as bad as I remember. This would’ve been so much more consistent, but also it just doesn’t look as powerful.