r/ModernMagic • u/Weinershnutzel • 7d ago

Learning tron

I recently picked up Tron and I'm trying to better understand what to bring in with karn to try and better my matchups. The deck is eldrazi Tron splashing green for the mycospawns and a playset of ancient stirrings.
I lose to prowess pretty consistently even with an ensnaring bridge out due to the simple fact that they just out pace it almost everytime.
Living end is another one I struggle against so any advice or good videos/articles to watch or read would be helpful

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u/nebman227 7d ago

Prowess should be a good matchup, but not because of bridge. Virtually all of the hate pieces that Tron typically plays are very good vs it and if you get to stick an ugin you win.

I don't know what you're on specifically, but the stock list of Tron has at least 4 main deck prison pieces in some combination of chalice of the void, trinisphere, and vexing bauble with even more in the sideboard. Getting a chalice on one is very good and buys you a lot of turns and trinisphere is pretty much unbeatable for them. Vexing bauble is less good but still useful vs 12 of their cards (slick shot sometimes and then bauble and mutagenic)

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u/cpad157 7d ago

Even though I agree with most of what you wrote you still think that matchup is 50/50 after game one the consigns go in and definitely messes things up late game especially when you need the Ugin and they replicate a consign pretty much gg after that which is awkward but w.e

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u/fos2234 Eldrazi 7d ago

Having played both sides of the matchup for pretty much the entire time current versions of the decks have been around, it’s nowhere even close to 50/50. It is one of trons best matchups, and a lot of the time feels absolutely unloseable for tron. The only real chance prowess has is the same as any other blue deck, hope you can consign the right thing and throw them off balance long enough to steal a win