Hello everyone!
Even though the billing is paused, I felt it was right to provide a final update for the month especially after the ban.
Here is the decklist:
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/08YlWrzOO0uPiTKTZpeR6A
Here is the SB Guide:
2024-03-20 04:19:40 +0000 UTC
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Playtested against Goryo's and Scam today as well as other matchups like 4cc. I added back Trickbind and Hallowed Moonlight in the sideboard. They are key cards in many matchups and I missed Trickbind against Scam. Dress Down simply doesn't do enough against Goryo's and Trickbind is also pretty good against Goryo's as you can stifle the Atraxa trigger or Griselbrand activated ability (they cann...
2024-03-16 04:41:16 +0000 UTC View PostI think with the Outburst ban, Rhinos will still be a deck and a Tier 1 deck at that.
The decks that return are:
Yawgmoth, Titan, Reanimator, Zoo and Creativity
It's a bit hard to tell how the meta will continue to change but here is the preliminary list.
2024-03-14 17:01:43 +0000 UTC View PostViolent Outburst has been banned.
I can't say I expected it but I am not surprised.
That said, there will be a lot of changes that will have to be made to the list with the new metashift.
I will create a final update to the list sometime this week or next week once I have a greater understanding of how this will impact the meta.
Billing has been paused now though a...
2024-03-11 15:47:07 +0000 UTC View PostSo with a Eureka moment, speaking with James Zhi on the Discord.
Yawgmoth has seen less presence because of Rhinos being a bad matchup.
As a result, Prismatic Ending can be cut for some Fire/Ice and Pick your Poison can be put into the sideboard.
Both are extremely useful and Fire/Ice will also help reduce the likelihood of missing land drops.
Pick your...
2024-02-29 20:12:50 +0000 UTC View PostThe change I can see myself making is replacing DoN with TSB.
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/-LIZgpiQN0i05PlauExtyw
It would make a cleaner manabase and allow you to play windswept heath which is cleaner for blood moon.
TSB is worse against Rhinos but better against Living ...
2024-02-28 23:03:42 +0000 UTC View PostI wanted to still provide some content for Modern players since it wasn't an overwhelming amount of players that wanted just Standard content.
I did a Preliminary today:
2-0 Living End
2-0 Yawgmoth
0-2 UR Breach (Fair)
2-1 Murktide
The games were actually pretty ...
2024-02-28 00:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone!
So I have been playtesting Standard lately and since Modern is kind of out of the competitive scene, I wanted to make a poll. I still play Modern but I've noticed there's actually more people that are interested in Standard right now than Modern, especially with MC Chicago now out of the way.
I am likely going to play and improve this until the next RC: 2024-02-26 04:21:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Either I am slow or this takes a lot more time than I expected.
Did a sample document to get some feedback. Let me know if you want more of this type of thing or if VODs are better.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m3nGByqe2BgTGOJDNaQQrdDlJe--N6-b6Z...
2024-02-24 01:04:00 +0000 UTC View PostHad a eureka moment last night,
The 75 in general seems very promising but I actually really do not like No More Lies.
Might cut it completely and play more Tishana’s/Protocol.
I currently think instant speed answers are better than countermagic especially because of Cavern of Souls. Against aggro decks, it is also very hard to effectively use counterspells.
This is ...
2024-02-23 22:27:58 +0000 UTC View PostYour starting hand is very important in Modern, since the format is so fast. It is not likely you will be able to go through a game without getting pressured in the early turns.
I will be making this week a keep or mull article where I do a lot of sample hands, against unknown matchups or against meta decks as well.
If you want to participate with your own screenshots fo...
2024-02-22 05:20:07 +0000 UTC View PostI have started playing Standard in preparation for the store championships in two weeks where I plan to win as many Dauthi Voidwalkers as possible. I have come across Bant Control as my likely go-to choice.
These decklists are in very much in their early stages so take them a bit more lightly. Use them as inspiration, if anything. I definitely think Up the Beanstalk is one of the br...
2024-02-21 01:09:57 +0000 UTC View PostRecorded my last two matches in the league with live commentary.
This was a pretty lucky match against Yawgmoth:
https://youtu.be/KJVSLBlvhN8
But you can kind of see how favored the matchup is as a whole, even with my very good topdecks.
Lost 1-2 the next match against UR Prowess:
2024-02-20 23:10:01 +0000 UTC
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These are some quick VODs of my parts of my previous modern leagues. I haven't had time to play much but I do want to try to squeeze in a Modern Prelim/Challenge so that I can do a live recording in the near future.
In the meantime, I wanted to at least cover some videos before I do this.
Murktide:
2024-02-19 20:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostI have finished the Matchup guide where I talk about every matchup.
Unfortunately, I came upon the realization that there is only so much I can talk about before it gets a bit redundant.
A lot of the play-patterns can be better explained through VODs as well which is something that is coming very soon. I will try to do a Challenge if I have time so that I can live commentate m...
2024-02-17 19:32:31 +0000 UTC View Posthttps://flexslot.gg/article/6d027a71-3696-4a77-a7ad-da737a21195e
This article was meant to be a more simplified version of what is to come and is meant to really just explain the core principles of the deck. The next article will have a lot more emphasis on specific matchups and how to...
2024-02-14 03:22:51 +0000 UTC View PostMore to come this week:
Important interactions and play patterns
Comprehensive explanation of how I view every meta matchup as well as potentially different cards to consider
As promised, here is the sideboard guide.
https://flexslot.gg/sideboards/1801
Decklist:
Hello all patrons! I am excited to be back!
I have unpaused the billing cycle starting today. As most of you old members know, when I unpause, I become very active once again. There was a great interest from many people asking me to release content for Modern after seeing my result in RC Ottawa.
I will strive to push through this content as fast as possible as I know there we...
Hello all! It has been a while. I had unpublished the page since the last update and still have the billing paused.
I know this Patreon is mostly known for Pioneer content which has been kind of dead lately as Pioneer is only really played during competitive seasons.
If you are only interested in Pioneer, I wanted to give you time to cancel before you are charged again. The billing ...
2024-02-12 02:38:13 +0000 UTC View PostHi Everyone! I wish you all Happy Holidays for the next two weeks and Happy New Year!
I have already started my transition to Modern. I wanted to poll whether you wanted me to reactivate my Patreon for January. If I were to work on Modern, I would reactivate it early January and I would have the same type of activity as I did with the Pioneer cycle.
With my new list, I have done 2 ...
2023-12-23 03:17:40 +0000 UTC View PostBilling has been paused and this will serve as my final update for the next month.
Here is the RCQ List I played today, finishing 6-2.
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/75TCzFUbQkaVNPCcPc7HRQ
Sideboard Guide:
2023-12-18 02:45:53 +0000 UTC
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Went 3-4 in the main event. I wasn’t proud of how I piloted the deck today and during my reflection after each match, I didn’t play very well.
Deck stats didn’t do as well as I had hoped either compared to the previous RC last month (55% wr). Of course, one tournament doesn’t represent the deck and UW Lotus Field still has legs.
The current version of the deck felt very st...
2023-12-17 03:10:08 +0000 UTC View PostLists are finalized. I wish everyone attending RC Atlanta good luck. At the end of the day, all we can do is play our best.
Thank you for everyone here that has taken interest in UW Lotus.
Billing will be paused on Sunday until further notice, likely until the next RC or something.
2023-12-16 01:54:36 +0000 UTC View PostWith the meta being more defined, it is now easier and clearer to see what needs to be targetted. For that reason, I am likely going to be off Impulse. There are no changes other than that in the mainboard. I will be taking out Impulse and adding two moonlights and a jwari disruption. The jwari serves as the 28th land now that there is less digging power. There is also one Supreme Verdict being...
2023-12-14 21:20:35 +0000 UTC View PostI have done 4 Leagues with the current list:
16-2 Overall, losing to Rakdos Aggro and Monored Aggro.
That said, a lot of the decks I played against in the leagues are funky and provide barely any use for what to expect in RC Atlanta, so I am still having a bit of a hard time finding good matches that really detail the deck's performance. A lot of my matches were just very one-sided. ...
As most of you know, I will be playing in RC Atlanta, my first time playing a US RC.
I have kept my Twitter activity on the down-low as well as my MTGO leagues because I do not want UW Lotus to grab as much attention as it did before, like for RC Toronto/Japan/South America. I have also intentionally stopped 5-0ing MTGO Leagues as a result, for both my benefit and everyone here plan...
2023-12-07 02:39:53 +0000 UTC View PostSB Guide will be posted next monday after I see how the meta develops this weekend from the MTGO Challenges.
Link to Decklist:
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/8v7IrQpC_ky9QJYcipISYA
I wanted to provide a bit of insight on what is going on in my head when I play with the numbers in the d...
https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/december-4-2023-banned-and-restricted-announcement
Quite a bit to take in from this banning. There will be a lot of updates in the Discord for the cards I will be testing as well as VODs that I will be up...
2023-12-04 17:14:24 +0000 UTC View PostJust wanted to provide an update on what I plan on doing with the list.
With the B&R announcement, Karn TGC and Geological Appraiser are likely getting the axe. This is based on what they said in the livestream.
I looked at the data here:
h...
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qLPNqgz77htdlBgoJci0H1nEK4Kd3c1O0Unm9RA5IRQ/edit?usp=sharing
Explanation of how I built the deck and why I chose each card.
I will also expand this document gradually and add the reasoning behind how I sideboar...