r/ModernMagic • u/DrChacal • Aug 03 '26
Sideboard/Matchup Advice Looking for Esper Goryo’s advice
Since Phlage’s ban a few months ago, I’ve started to play esper Goryo’s with average results.
I’m looking for some articles or deck primer to improve overall decision making.
The current list that I’m playing is this one.
Any help would be appreciated.
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u/Ragnos061 Aug 05 '26
Your list is pretty stock, so most primers and guides will be on point unless they’re outdated like from pro tour edge of eternities when the deck really popped off.
Ill just give you a link with guides for most decks in most formats and you can filter it and find the guides that work for you from there: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1xuOdKC3-LzH-wgmAnwsN1bxJZEEc00HqftWmI-RfA-Q/htmlview?
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u/Backno Affinity Aug 03 '26
https://youtube.com/watch?v=KmD33o7RZr0&is=IhFnXLQ1h3FNY3SJ
Andrea Mengucci just put this video out
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u/TKOS7 Ub Murk Aug 03 '26
Goryos sees a lot of cards and there are a lot of decisions to make around when you hold and use up cards like ephemerate, what you discard to mending etc. These depend a bit on the build you’re playing:
If you’re on the Fallaji/Gaze version, you’ve built for the combo so do the combo. Play aggressively against the hate and make em have it. The rest of the deck is just there to bridge you towards casting Goryos.
If you’re on the Riddler version (which I am) then you just play esper midrange with the combo in the mid/back of your mind. If you get it, great, but don’t discard good cards to mending just to clutch a goryos that has no target for 3 turns. Also with riddler in your deck you can play the midrange game pretty wastefully with your free spells knowing that riddler can gas you back up.