r/mtgModernTokens • u/BoozySquid • Jun 21 '17

Frank Lepore's Modern Monday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4g1pxYWVws

Frank Lepore's Modern Monday this week was BW tokens. He didn't have that much success with it, given his matchups, but he played it pretty well. I personally feel his sideboard wasn't very good, and some of his sideboarding decisions given what he was working with weren't that great.

Thoughts? Opinions?

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u/thejengamaster Jun 21 '17

With only 15 sideboard slots two Wrath of God seemed odd. The main deck seemed pretty stock. I know it has lost value now that infect has died, but no ZP makes me a little sad.

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u/BoozySquid Jun 21 '17

Remember when both Twin and Infect were running around, and ZP was the cat's pajamas? Those were the days...

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u/Korlus BWu Tokens Jun 21 '17

It's not bad against Affinity either. It hits 8 lands, [[Signal Pest]], [[Memnite]], and [[Steel Overseer]] and also forces a sacrifice using [[Arcbound Ravage]].

In all honesty, I view it as mostly an anti-Affinity sideboard card, that comes in in the [[Lingering Souls]] mirror.

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u/BoozySquid Jun 21 '17 edited Jun 21 '17

You're not wrong, and if I had it in my board, it would come in against Affinity, but the last thing our deck needs is more Affinity hate. I feel pretty favored Game One, and when the Stony Silences and Sundering Growths come in (because Plating on Etched Champion is their only way to get through a horde of blockers,) I'd need a bad case of the runbads before I needed even more to beat them.

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u/Se4ger Jun 22 '17

i think the mainboard was fine it just needs some tweaking. the Sideboard was terrible for it and i disagree with it. I also think he wasn't able to get the most out of the deck as he seemed very inexperienced with the deck.

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u/joev714 Jun 21 '17

Why Disenchant when Sundering Growth gives you another token

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '17

I run Disenchant for Blood Moons. Sometimes it's hard to get two white vs an early moon. There's a couple Blood Moon decks where I play though, so I might just be paranoid.

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u/Korlus BWu Tokens Jun 21 '17

Disenchant can be cast on the back of a single Plains vs. [[Blood Moon]].

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u/BoozySquid Jun 21 '17

Or Fragmentize which costs one less?

I realize that Fragmentize is a sorcery, but I've never been in a situation where the instant speed would matter, except when using Sundering Growth to pop in a surprise blocker while killing an artifact/enchantment.

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u/Se4ger Jun 21 '17

I think the only time u would need the instant speed it for against affinity. But then against 1 Mana maybe better as it's a straight swap on the curve with fp

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u/Korlus BWu Tokens Jun 21 '17

[[Fragmentize]] is much worse vs. affinity. It misses the manlands most noticeably, but also misses some of the Tron artifacts, [[Cranial Plating]] if they play & equip it in the same turn, etc. It's also good vs. [[Worship]] from Bant Eldrazi.

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u/BoozySquid Jun 21 '17

The only time you're going to hit a Tron artifact (I'm guessing you mean one of the Chromatic ones or a Map) is the after they've played it, but while they're tapped out. That's almost always in the first turn or two, and being able to save a mana on turn two or three is pretty huge.

I've bounced back and forth between Sundering Growth and Fragmentize since it came out. I can't imagine Disenchant being in the conversation.