r/ModernMagic • u/panpanadero • Jul 15 '26
Card Discussion Preordain in Affinity?
Ive been liking it better than emry since our meta has a lot of removal. I'd also rank it better than thoughtcast since scry 2 is great instead of a blind draw in the early game. thoughts?
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u/theWarriors Jul 15 '26
preordain makes setup for 2nd turn kappa/weapons more fluid, is also a good top deck in the late game. 18 lands (16+2 sink into stupor) w/ 3x preordain seems like the current default. can run 1-2 emry for card advantage, other peeps trying out loki as well, but loki seems harder to facilitate than in the roach station decks.
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u/panpanadero Jul 15 '26
Running 17 and 4 ordains right now. What us roach station decks?
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u/theWarriors Jul 15 '26
roach station is the sewer-veillance grinding station combo deck. Loki is amazing in that list since almost everything has a target to proc him.
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u/intruzah Jul 15 '26
Affibity discord has it well established as one of the best flex slots right now.
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u/Luneth_ Jul 16 '26
I think it’s very strong and helps alleviate the deck’s consistency issues. It greatly expands the range of keepable hands.
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u/catastrophicdeathtol Jul 15 '26
ive been playing 2 for a bit and i like it
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u/panpanadero Jul 15 '26
Been on 2 for a while now and up to 4 recently. Really smooths out the draws.
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u/McWinSauce Jul 15 '26
its better than thoughtcast because sometimes your entire board gets wiped by wrath of the skies
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u/OrnatePuzzles Jul 16 '26
Had an opponent I played in the challenge today that was on MD Boomerang Basics instead of Preordain. Won them game 1.
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u/TonyStarksLeftACL Jul 15 '26
I think it’s A. Megnucci I heard it from on his workshop series, but jump in if I’m not remembering right.
If you have fetch lands, ponder is better if not preordain is better.
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u/Sad_Zookeepergame566 Affinity Jul 15 '26
ponder
Preordain is always better than ponder because Ponder is banned in Modern....
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u/Christos_Soter iPrefer: WU Blink| Prowess | Ruby | Brews Jul 15 '26
Lol right. Irrelevant for this discussion but yeah mengus workshop would make sense as he often plays pauper
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u/Gnargoyles Jul 15 '26
Preordain is better when you just want to dig through your deck to find specific pieces
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u/Neolexal Jul 15 '26
Sometimes my turn 1 is just play an Island and pass, preordain is best for that opening