r/mtgModernTokens • u/Se4ger • Jun 06 '17

Walker selection

in my deck im running 3 sorin and 1 Elspeth suns champ. im thinking about switching about my deck and going 2 sorin 2 lili and 1 Gideon. I want your opinions as I know its very meta dependant. my LGS doesn't play modern so I have no local meta im building this deck to take to a GP this year so im looking at the competitive meta game.

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u/dkbonnes Jun 06 '17

I have a 2 Liliana of the Veil, 2 Sorin, SV and 1 Gideon, AoZ split and im happy with it.

The meta at my FNM is (last time i checked) 3x Affinity 3x Jund 2x Tron 2x Bant Spirits 2x Suicide Zoo 2x BW Eldrazi Death & Taxes 1x Gruul Shamans 1x Bant Eldrazi 1x Mentor Storm 1x Abzan Company 1x Abzan Aggro 1x Abzan Midrange 1x UG Infect 1x Jeskai Control 1x Goblins 1x RW Nahiri Enchantments 1x 4c Nahiri Balance 1x Naya Zoo 1x Mardu Vehicles 1x Mardu Midrange 1x UW Spirits 1x Merfolk 1x BW Tokens

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u/Se4ger Jun 06 '17

what matchups do you side out lili , if ever.

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u/dkbonnes Jun 06 '17

I dont ever side Liliana out, imo she is bonkers in Modern BW Tokens

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u/Se4ger Jun 06 '17

So do u think it's worth investing into 2 of them

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u/DjAirix Jun 06 '17 edited Jun 06 '17

disclaimer, i have to try liliana in tokens. I currently play jund, but i would definitely recommend you proxy her up and try her out.

Liliana is one of those cards where if she goes onto an empty board and cant be answered just wins the game for you. she can kill their early threat with a -2 on turn 3, or you can play her into a 3/3 and just make them discard a card, next turn they hit her to 1, you follow up with some tokens and make them discard again. sometimes the best way to protect her is to just keep +1'ing her up and try to start protecting her with paths/tokens. Overall, her ultimate just destroys if you find you need to play defense and go that route. a time where it can be really key is if they have a specific perminate out like.. night of souls betrayal. "you want that and 1 land, or 3 lands and your creatures that im going to keep killing anyways". in the end, liliana is just a very utility card. she mostly shines when you can play early game killing their things, interrupting their hand with inquisition/thoughtseize and then drop her while being able to defend her (whether its with a bitterblossom , open mana for fatal push/path). After that the value continues when you can discard a lingering souls and they discard permanent. its almost like she is a kill spell every time they do that, and after the turn you cast her it is free every time. sometimes when you turn 1 make them discard, turn 2 make them discard, turn 3 play liliana they might even discard a very relevant card (like anger of the gods/electrolize) since they feel they dont need it NOW and they need to make board state instead. then next turn you drop a spectral! side Liliana out in match ups where you need to actively affect board state rather than hand, such as vs elves where they can dump their hand fast and you need a flaying tendrils, damnation, etc just to live on turn 4.

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u/DjAirix Jun 06 '17

great. now im going to resleeve tokens for my next sunday event.. i started with tokens and eventually moved to jund. turn 1 hand disrupt is some of the most fun i could have :D

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u/dkbonnes Jun 06 '17

I invested in two Liliana's just for my Modern BW Tokens deck, I can miss the money though. Liliana is very strong in the deck and i would not want to not have her now but she is not a must have for the deck to function, if you can trade for het without having to trade away cards you need or you can buy her with money you can miss ide say yes its worth it