![]() ![]() I mean, plays like Turn 1 Black Lotus into Nahiri, the Harbinger would be pretty hard to beat, and no one wants to see RW Vehicles dropping a bunch of one-drops and then slamming the door closed on a comeback with Winter Orb or Armageddon. It's pretty clear than many cards from Alpha would simply be too powerful for current Standards or Modern, or even Legacy. Let’s get those brewing minds going, and I look forward to seeing what new and exciting decks the future brings.Of course, I'm not here to argue that all of these cards are good for the game. This new frontier of cards is still waiting to be further explored. The meta is far from settled, with a broad spectrum of playable and viable decks to explore. MH2 single-handedly brought tier almost-dead and actually-dead decks like Delver, Affinity, Merfolk, Lantern Control, and Hardened Scales back into the format, while also giving us new engines, like Asmo and Shardless Agent, to play with. ![]() While this set and its impact do have detractors, I’d argue that now is probably the most open that Modern has ever been to brewing. Innovating new decks is the lifeblood of Modern. What’s the point of playing if you don’t enjoy yourself? Mana reduction is a very powerful effect, and this dino is no joke. ![]() I’ve seen Thrasta played in Squirrel Storm and 8-Whack-adjacent builds (I even found a spicy Thrasta Affinity deck) and while it might ultimately just be a cheesy meme I still think it merits exploration. Coming down as early as turn 2, dodging the most common removal currently in the format, and having trample with some massive stats-there’s a lot here that’s appealing. Is there a Mono-Red Hollow Phoenix or Karn Prison deck that wants Asmo? What would a Boros Asmo deck look like? Does Jeskai or Bant bring anything to the table? What about Abzan or Naya? Is there a 4-color/5-color Asmo value pile hiding out there somewhere? Which Kitchen is the best? Only time will tell.Ĭall this a pipe dream, but I truly feel that Thrasta has a home in Modern. And we had a spicy Jund variant top 8 the most recent Saturday Modern Challenge.Īt this point, it’s almost better to ask which color variants haven’t tried to play Asmo. Just the other day I saw a tweet from d00mwake about three other Asmo variants he was going to play on stream: Jund, Gruul, and Golgari. In addition to these variants, I’ve liked both Asmo Reanimator and HollowVine, decks that can easily abuse the free discard outlet of The Underworld Cookbook. The mere presence of Orzhov, Esper, and Rakdos Asmo decks in the 5-0 dumps (and a Challenge) speaks to the fact that we’re far from done figuring out all the “restaurant chains” Asmo can run. With the popularity of Urza’s and Hell’s Kitchen, it may sound strange to put Asmo on this list, but I think she deserves a spot because I’m not convinced Urza is necessarily the best shell for her. I do also think Persist can also be leveraged as a pure value card, like how some black decks play a one-of Unearth, but we haven’t really seen a lot of experimentation along those lines yet. We’re a long way from a fully-optimized Reanimator build, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see even drastic changes from that list to whatever the “stock” variant becomes. While one Reanimator pilot took 6th with this list in the most recent Sunday Modern Challenge, this only demonstrates that the archetype has the power to spike a tournament. I’m still interested in keeping an eye on the Reanimator archetype, and as Modern shifts and new cards get added we might see a shift that allows a dedicated Persist deck to shine. Decks like Esper Reanimator Control and BW Griefblade have looked to leverage the card as an aspect of their strategy instead of the core, and they’ve had more success. In the weeks since MH2’s release, all-in Reanimator has occasionally made the league dumps, but overall the strategy doesn’t seem to be resilient enough to have long-term staying power. I’ve wanted Reanimator to be both good and ‘a thing’ ever since this card was spoiled. ![]()
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