I feel like between Thunder Junction and Bloomburrow WOTC's design has been on a massive win streak. There's real innovation, there's real power level, there's finesse and nothing just insanely broken.
Huskburster is nice in making it less bad to get in a Grief package in a mill kind of deck, and works really well with Necrodominance. Necrodominance to draw your deck. Discard up to 7 creatures. Then play up to four 6/6 menace deathtouch for 1 mana each ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ might be fun. Also if you’re exiling for Soul Spike or March of Wretched Sorrow
45:47 i do want to note that it's not entirely true that you need a ton of extra cards to pull off the phimage loop, you can have phimage enter as a copy of jackdaw and then either sac it or target it and the original jackdaw will trigger and allow you to return the phimage again
Eddymurk Crab isn’t getting enough credit. I definitely can view it as an upgrade in certain decks. Shadow needs beefy, low costed threats, and the interaction is so much more relevant in a deck basically revolved around 1 for 1s. Shadow isn’t popular. I’m part of a small cult of enthusiasts. But being able to give your shadow a form of evasion, at instant speed, plays into the archetype extremely well. I think more so than murktide.
Glad that that Thundertrap Trainer is getting a mention in a Modern video. And, yes while the fact it is a Creature is the biggest factor here because of Flare of Denial. This card will also see a lot of play because of the card itself (specially in Standard) since, when cast normally, it's basically another copy of Impulse (which got Reprinted in Dominaria United and, thus, will remain Standard Legal after Bloomburrow releases) or Experimental Augury (that does not Proliferate). But, if you cast it with the Offspring, you basically replicating the the Flashback of Memory Deluge (costing 1 mana less and allowing you to look a 1 more card) while also giving you 2 Creatures to work with to Shoo off Planeswalkers like Liliana and Eternal Wanderer So it can work as a good "Look into Deck" card for both early (along with Impulse and Experimental Augury) and late game (alongside Farsight Ritual (specially when Bargained)). Which is the kind of card most want to use in (specially Non-Black) Control Decks in Standard because of Sheoldred the Apocalypse
Re Fountainport, for the Asmo decks you've played that can afford a couple colourless utility land which one do you lean towards? Field+Citadel, Fomori Vault, Geier Reach or just more on-colour utility lands like Den
Looking at Three Tree City, the first thing that comes to mind is Humans or Goblins. Both are decks that slam a lot to the board while also having good outlets to dump all the mana in to during the late game. While obviously they aren't meta right now, it's something to keep in mind should they be.
The only place I can see Fountainport potentially doing any work in Modern is if there is a deck that generates lots of Food Tokens and can support sneaking in a one-of colorless utility land.
I don't think "Three Tree City" is that good, but I do think it may work as the one of utility land in Colorless or mono green Eldrazi. With Kozeliks command making a bunch of scion tokens, think can give you just a little bit of extra mana if needed to maybe even double spell two haymakers. Plus it is an untapped colorless source that can tap for a color later on. It might be worth a shot!
It is a commander card. He talks about all these cards like they are commander cards or he has some really unrealistic expectations of magical fairy christmas land in modern.
I love Spike's idea of using Mockingbird in White-Blue Energy Aggro to copy Guide of Souls, Ocelot Pride, and Ranger-Captain of Eos. The biggest advantage of playing Energy Aggro without red is you can sideboard Sanctifier en-Vec against all of the Phlage decks. (See summon_legend's top-8 with White-Black Energy Aggro.) But I'm not sure if White-Blue Aggro has the right interaction for this format. I'll be interested in seeing Jeskai Energy Aggro with just a light splash for Mockingbird, because the card seems fantastic as extra copies of the aforementioned creatures.
Oh hell yeah Parting Gust, I thought I was the only one kinda thinking this looked hot also the thunderclap trainer is kinda like Fallaji Archaeologist with better typing
@@thomgizziz "Little to nothing to do with reality or modern" ? 🤔 If we are going to be literal, the entire video was about a selection of cards from Bloomburrow and how they could fit into the modern format... But if you are talking more about relevance, I thought Spike made many good points about the cards he selected & I think his commentary was tempered in regards to how much he thinks these cards will affect modern, and how playable they are. Snapcaster/Flame of Anor is a thing, and a playable 1U wizard otter could slot into a deck with that strategy. He showcased several new, interesting prowess cards while at the same time noting they might not be better than current lists. 🤷 Not sure what you were looking for out of this video. Bloomburrow is a standard set so we shouldn't expect it to, nor should it, have an enormous impact on modern. Exploring & looking for potential candidates for new playables is what I think this video is about. Also, if you were looking for commentary on current top tier decks I don't think that is the point here either.
Of note with festival of embers in ruby storm, it does exile ANYTHING that goes to the yard, not just stuff cast from the yard, which can be really rough. Still a v cool card tho!!
This is probably still wrong, but maybe Three Tree City could have a home in an eldrazi deck with Glaring Fleshraker? Ive seen some decks use it to generate mana to cast cards from Mystic Forge and The One Ring and the downside of being colorless is lessened there
I would imagine Mockingbird may be a pretty good option when you're behind, too since it can copy your opponents thing. In the mirror that could be all the difference.
Some point regarding Dour Port-Mage. It only triggers for other creatures, not himself, which i think is a big downside if you put it alongside phelia for example, you cant trigger it. And it also gives you draws on your creatures being exiled via solitude and Static Field, Leyline binding etc.
Obviously the idea is to use solemnity with wishing well to cast rhinos and ancestral recall and such. Can't believe Spike missed such a clear modern staple interaction smh my head.
I think that probably wouldn't even work because wishing well says: "When you do, then..." so you have to put a counter on it to even be able to cast something for free. Sadge
The village lands definitely have some small eldrazi synergy, probably being better than the mono color pain desert cycle, but I don’t really think the deck has any need for them now that 3 different cavern of souls type lands exist.
If Nadu isn't banned Iridescent Vinelasher will go into Nadu Also, Ragavan is still a good card, only problem is that, Wizards made Cat and a bunch of cards that fuck over Ragavan, making x/1 harder to play in modern. Making Soul a better DRC
Vinelasher in an Abzan landfall deck with Nantuko, Six, Wight of the Reliquary, and Necrobloom. Throw some Bloodghast and Vengevine in there. Make it happen!
Sunspine linx art is so fucking cool too. I wonder if it will be good against control in the late game just doming them for like 8. Probably too niche of a situation, but I am art biased
What about three tree city in goblins with stuff like gleeful demo and other goblin generators? I think you are right that elves does not need the mana engine, but goblins could love this as an addition where you don't have to sac goblins to make mana.
kozilek's command and all is dust are both kindred... the math should work out for portent of calamity because of that. The other thing is that kozilek's command can stack the top to guarantee the hit
Iridescent vinelasher in black burn maybe? I mean probably just straight worse than necrodominance combo but also itd be really cool. Its like 1 mana deal 4+ damage which seems awfully good in some burn list. Maybe just unplayable as long as phlage exists though
the only application i could think of for three tree city was a turbo ocelot deck. go super hard with ocelot + ajani + mocking bird + nantuko and maybe you make 100000 billion cats with infinite mana (would at least be fun).
10:30 Copy Ajani and flip doesn't work because the Ajani flip exiles, right? So it would just reenter as a Mockingbird and need to copy a creature again.
One thing you mentioned with Sunspine Lynx getting its damage through even if its removed, but if its removed while the trigger is on the stack, The Ring protection will still prevent the damage, I think I still prefer questing beast in Rhinos
@@sashajelten I’m just saying removal isn’t a good argument to play Lynx over Questing Beast, but in this case Lynx would still damage you even if it’s removed
@@alexwilder806 Got it, ya, the self infliction could definitely be a thing, though I feel like the ring deck usually isn't the aggressor. I like that the Lynx allows non-combat damage through as well as turning off lifegain
Hi Spike, if I am not wrong you can copy your secong spell with Kitsa (and with mox amber maybe u can play a double double mode flame turn 3 by going land land kitsa land mox flame) Wait nvm I can't math but still u get the point
I completely missed that Mockingbird is at mana parity for cloning. I did not realize that it can copy Ocelot or other good 1 drops for 1 mana. Sheesh.
So if your just tapping 2 to get a splash of color this really is a miss. You cannot select colorless as a option when activating. And there are way better lands even excluding Ugins and Temple. Bars just too high for Slightly less good Nykthos #5-8. Upcoming standard could be interesting with offspring monoblack though. Or Pioneer would probably like having this too.
Compare 3 tree city to nykthos. Elves never played nykthos and that's definitely better in the deck since not every creature is an elf (wirewood) & some give 2 green devotion. If elves wouldn't play nykthos, they wouldn't play this either
Three tree city feels to me like a “worth trying but likely not good enough” in kindred decks that *don’t* have any mana engines. Elves seems like one of the worst possible homes for it, even before considering what you mentioned about how rough a colorless land is for them.
Yeah. It really worries me how many different cards just aren't even worth considering with a lot of Wrath of the Skies in the format - its just so incredibly backbreaking if you play mostly low cost cards, essentially a generic Meltdown that hits most permanent types rather than just one.
No vinelasher isn't kinda like that. You have to have a land... you don't want a lot of those in modern, usually. Card is bad and it isnt a 1 drop, you are placing it as a 3 drop and it is terrible. Stop it with the magical christmas land BS, your whole video is full of it. You should have just called it a commander review instead of the nonsense clickbait.
can't believe spike was hyping up a card then called it a thundercrap trainer
He clearly said thunderclap trainer. My boy is a certified WoW gamer.
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I have mispronounced it the same way.
you try saying thundertrap trainer threee times fast :P
4:47 sorry, was referring to this one
I feel like between Thunder Junction and Bloomburrow WOTC's design has been on a massive win streak. There's real innovation, there's real power level, there's finesse and nothing just insanely broken.
I agree! Brand new ideas that feel great to play with, in multiple formats
Weird isn't innovation. Real power level? You mean power creep, pull your head out, man.
@@thomgizzizu right, wotc should've stuck to bears and hill giants for 30 years
Yeah I like sets that need to simmer a little bit before the brokenness comes out
@11:39 I didn't know I needed to see a dinosaur holding a machine gun, but I did.
These videos are the highpoint for each new set release. Thank you so much for making them
Huskburster is nice in making it less bad to get in a Grief package in a mill kind of deck, and works really well with Necrodominance. Necrodominance to draw your deck. Discard up to 7 creatures. Then play up to four 6/6 menace deathtouch for 1 mana each ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ might be fun. Also if you’re exiling for Soul Spike or March of Wretched Sorrow
Esper Satoru with dour port-mage 😍
45:47 i do want to note that it's not entirely true that you need a ton of extra cards to pull off the phimage loop, you can have phimage enter as a copy of jackdaw and then either sac it or target it and the original jackdaw will trigger and allow you to return the phimage again
spike is the only thing standing between modern being playable and spoiler fatigue completely ruining the format
Eddymurk Crab isn’t getting enough credit. I definitely can view it as an upgrade in certain decks. Shadow needs beefy, low costed threats, and the interaction is so much more relevant in a deck basically revolved around 1 for 1s. Shadow isn’t popular. I’m part of a small cult of enthusiasts. But being able to give your shadow a form of evasion, at instant speed, plays into the archetype extremely well. I think more so than murktide.
Aspiring "Simply Put" Spike
LETS GOOO
WOODLAND ANIMALS
Not the fursona thumbnail😭
Mockingbird’s flavor text is perfect 🤙
If Portent of Calamity were an instant, I think it would be real as hell. As it is, I think it's a cool toy for deckbuilders more than anything else
Glad that that Thundertrap Trainer is getting a mention in a Modern video. And, yes while the fact it is a Creature is the biggest factor here because of Flare of Denial. This card will also see a lot of play because of the card itself (specially in Standard) since, when cast normally, it's basically another copy of Impulse (which got Reprinted in Dominaria United and, thus, will remain Standard Legal after Bloomburrow releases) or Experimental Augury (that does not Proliferate). But, if you cast it with the Offspring, you basically replicating the the Flashback of Memory Deluge (costing 1 mana less and allowing you to look a 1 more card) while also giving you 2 Creatures to work with to Shoo off Planeswalkers like Liliana and Eternal Wanderer
So it can work as a good "Look into Deck" card for both early (along with Impulse and Experimental Augury) and late game (alongside Farsight Ritual (specially when Bargained)). Which is the kind of card most want to use in (specially Non-Black) Control Decks in Standard because of Sheoldred the Apocalypse
Indirecent Vinelasher: Oh man, Sultai/4C Nadu Combo (in Modern and Legacy) and Sultai/4C Landfall Combo (in Pioneer) are getting another tool
Re Fountainport, for the Asmo decks you've played that can afford a couple colourless utility land which one do you lean towards? Field+Citadel, Fomori Vault, Geier Reach or just more on-colour utility lands like Den
Intro background is amazing
Looking at Three Tree City, the first thing that comes to mind is Humans or Goblins. Both are decks that slam a lot to the board while also having good outlets to dump all the mana in to during the late game. While obviously they aren't meta right now, it's something to keep in mind should they be.
Wonderful video and you look great sir
surprised you didn't even briefly mention cruelclaw's heist, but aside from that I love the vid :D
The only place I can see Fountainport potentially doing any work in Modern is if there is a deck that generates lots of Food Tokens and can support sneaking in a one-of colorless utility land.
The whole reason for this video was clickbait.
I don't think "Three Tree City" is that good, but I do think it may work as the one of utility land in Colorless or mono green Eldrazi. With Kozeliks command making a bunch of scion tokens, think can give you just a little bit of extra mana if needed to maybe even double spell two haymakers. Plus it is an untapped colorless source that can tap for a color later on. It might be worth a shot!
It is a commander card. He talks about all these cards like they are commander cards or he has some really unrealistic expectations of magical fairy christmas land in modern.
I love Spike's idea of using Mockingbird in White-Blue Energy Aggro to copy Guide of Souls, Ocelot Pride, and Ranger-Captain of Eos. The biggest advantage of playing Energy Aggro without red is you can sideboard Sanctifier en-Vec against all of the Phlage decks. (See summon_legend's top-8 with White-Black Energy Aggro.) But I'm not sure if White-Blue Aggro has the right interaction for this format. I'll be interested in seeing Jeskai Energy Aggro with just a light splash for Mockingbird, because the card seems fantastic as extra copies of the aforementioned creatures.
Oh hell yeah Parting Gust, I thought I was the only one kinda thinking this looked hot
also the thunderclap trainer is kinda like Fallaji Archaeologist with better typing
killed it; keep up the good work Spike
Killed what? His whole premise.... that was nonsense and had little to nothing to do with reality or modern.
@@thomgizziz
"Little to nothing to do with reality or modern" ? 🤔 If we are going to be literal, the entire video was about a selection of cards from Bloomburrow and how they could fit into the modern format...
But if you are talking more about relevance, I thought Spike made many good points about the cards he selected & I think his commentary was tempered in regards to how much he thinks these cards will affect modern, and how playable they are.
Snapcaster/Flame of Anor is a thing, and a playable 1U wizard otter could slot into a deck with that strategy. He showcased several new, interesting prowess cards while at the same time noting they might not be better than current lists. 🤷
Not sure what you were looking for out of this video. Bloomburrow is a standard set so we shouldn't expect it to, nor should it, have an enormous impact on modern. Exploring & looking for potential candidates for new playables is what I think this video is about.
Also, if you were looking for commentary on current top tier decks I don't think that is the point here either.
Portent of Calamity will be crazy in legacy/vintage with Brainstorm and Show and Tell deck
Of note with festival of embers in ruby storm, it does exile ANYTHING that goes to the yard, not just stuff cast from the yard, which can be really rough. Still a v cool card tho!!
4 helga, 4 ephemerate, 4 mulldrifter, 4 solitude, 4 subtlety, omnath, all cmc 4+. draw engine.
This is probably still wrong, but maybe Three Tree City could have a home in an eldrazi deck with Glaring Fleshraker? Ive seen some decks use it to generate mana to cast cards from Mystic Forge and The One Ring and the downside of being colorless is lessened there
These powerpoint`s are awesome 👍👍👍
great content as always!
Mockingbird first choice for me.
Surprised glarb wasn’t mentioned, seems decent along with Helga in the 5 color domain lists that have leyline scion
I would imagine Mockingbird may be a pretty good option when you're behind, too since it can copy your opponents thing. In the mirror that could be all the difference.
Some point regarding Dour Port-Mage. It only triggers for other creatures, not himself, which i think is a big downside if you put it alongside phelia for example, you cant trigger it. And it also gives you draws on your creatures being exiled via solitude and Static Field, Leyline binding etc.
Should work with rest in peace as well
Obviously the idea is to use solemnity with wishing well to cast rhinos and ancestral recall and such. Can't believe Spike missed such a clear modern staple interaction smh my head.
I think that probably wouldn't even work because wishing well says: "When you do, then..." so you have to put a counter on it to even be able to cast something for free. Sadge
@@XandrolFair point. That said, it's equally modern viable either way. 😅
@@mememe628 Ye for sure
Think we're going to be hearing "[New Card] might be cool if not for [MH3 Boros Card]" a lot over the next few years
The village lands definitely have some small eldrazi synergy, probably being better than the mono color pain desert cycle, but I don’t really think the deck has any need for them now that 3 different cavern of souls type lands exist.
If Nadu isn't banned Iridescent Vinelasher will go into Nadu
Also, Ragavan is still a good card, only problem is that, Wizards made Cat and a bunch of cards that fuck over Ragavan, making x/1 harder to play in modern. Making Soul a better DRC
Mockingbird lets Mill players have 12 CRABS. LETS GOOO
Don’t forget Bandit’s Talent in 8-Rack! Now 12-Rack I guess
No squirrels were exulted this day 😢. Ive only been waiting for squirrels to be even marginally viable in a competitive format for 20 years.
Eddymurk Crab is like pioneer murktide
06:00 this seems like it would be good with Fury. Do you think they will unban it this August? Or do you think we might see more banned cards then?
How did I know when Portent of Calamity appeared on screen that the first card Spike would name was Omniscience.
My bet was Atraxa, so you're smarter than me.
Rest in Peace also allows creatures "dying" to trigger Dour Port Mage. Might be an interesting thing to consider main deck grave hate too.
Vinelasher seems sweet with Wight of the Reliquary
Vinelasher in an Abzan landfall deck with Nantuko, Six, Wight of the Reliquary, and Necrobloom. Throw some Bloodghast and Vengevine in there. Make it happen!
Fountainport reclamation is gunna be sick
Sunspine linx art is so fucking cool too. I wonder if it will be good against control in the late game just doming them for like 8. Probably too niche of a situation, but I am art biased
UW Tempo seems like it would be an amazing deck with Mockingbird
Dour port draws off dying if you have rest in peace in play
What about three tree city in goblins with stuff like gleeful demo and other goblin generators? I think you are right that elves does not need the mana engine, but goblins could love this as an addition where you don't have to sac goblins to make mana.
kozilek's command and all is dust are both kindred... the math should work out for portent of calamity because of that. The other thing is that kozilek's command can stack the top to guarantee the hit
Iridescent vinelasher in black burn maybe? I mean probably just straight worse than necrodominance combo but also itd be really cool. Its like 1 mana deal 4+ damage which seems awfully good in some burn list. Maybe just unplayable as long as phlage exists though
What are your thoughts about vinelasher in a golgari lookout deck with its target ability?
I’ve been thinking of making an augur flare of denial deck
the only application i could think of for three tree city was a turbo ocelot deck. go super hard with ocelot + ajani + mocking bird + nantuko and maybe you make 100000 billion cats with infinite mana (would at least be fun).
huckbuster swarm works both ways with grist since it also counts grist as a creature card
10:30 Copy Ajani and flip doesn't work because the Ajani flip exiles, right? So it would just reenter as a Mockingbird and need to copy a creature again.
You kill the bird and exile the original Ajani.
Looking forward to kitsa wizards and mocking bird shadow
Hey Spike,
could you do a new take on your Surveil Miracles deck with new MH3 cards like Brainsurge ? c:
One thing you mentioned with Sunspine Lynx getting its damage through even if its removed, but if its removed while the trigger is on the stack, The Ring protection will still prevent the damage, I think I still prefer questing beast in Rhinos
How would someone be able to remove Sunspine Lynx but not Questing Beast? Or is your preference not related to your comment?
@@sashajelten I’m just saying removal isn’t a good argument to play Lynx over Questing Beast, but in this case Lynx would still damage you even if it’s removed
@@alexwilder806 Got it, ya, the self infliction could definitely be a thing, though I feel like the ring deck usually isn't the aggressor. I like that the Lynx allows non-combat damage through as well as turning off lifegain
Hi Spike, if I am not wrong you can copy your secong spell with Kitsa (and with mox amber maybe u can play a double double mode flame turn 3 by going land land kitsa land mox flame)
Wait nvm I can't math but still u get the point
Parting gust getting slept on so hard. Who gives a fuck they get a 1/1 fish
Is it prudent to copy tokens or shifting woodland with mockingbird? Potential busto?
I completely missed that Mockingbird is at mana parity for cloning. I did not realize that it can copy Ocelot or other good 1 drops for 1 mana. Sheesh.
Dewdrop cure clearly needed to be a two drop, no matter what text they put on the card. Major fail as expected of modern wizards.
Kitsa Grixis Legends with Unearth and a singleton Marchesa in the board to just go off in certain matchups.
Probably still a miss, but Three Tree City for eldrazi with the tiny benefit of added color fixing was my first thought.
So if your just tapping 2 to get a splash of color this really is a miss. You cannot select colorless as a option when activating. And there are way better lands even excluding Ugins and Temple. Bars just too high for Slightly less good Nykthos #5-8. Upcoming standard could be interesting with offspring monoblack though. Or Pioneer would probably like having this too.
I can already see the flickerwisp spam in twitch chat
i feel like huskburster swarm could be solid with phlage and kroxa decks that want to aggressively escape them
Do you really need to put another card in your deck to make escaping a Phlage or Kroxa good?
@@anosmianAcrimonyhaving another 6/6 you can play after you’ve exiled your whole graveyard is nice
I like Kitsa, but Blue with Vigilance is just weird.
Three Tree City is Nykthos for tribal token decks? The downside to token creatures is they don't add to your devotion.
No mention of cruelclaw in an emrakrul/madness brew? Lol
Dour port-mage borin combo
Mockingbird+Death's Shadow?
10:30 if you copied Ajani with mockingbird, I don’t think flipping it works, right? It would be mockingbird in exile and unable to return?
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I had completely different assessments of these cards.
I believe lumra is playable in amulet titan with melevalant rumble
Compare 3 tree city to nykthos. Elves never played nykthos and that's definitely better in the deck since not every creature is an elf (wirewood) & some give 2 green devotion. If elves wouldn't play nykthos, they wouldn't play this either
What about Cruelclaw?!
Not modern playable.
lilypad village + ledger shredder?
My man is calling Ragavan a bad top deck.
Did you know that card has Dash? :D
Yeah but it gets blocked by like
Everything
And even if you do hit with dashed ragavan the reward isn't great
ragavan cope will always be strong
If you're topdecking, then your opponent is more than likely ahead of you on board. So Ragavan is just about as useful as a land at that point
Farewell and now Wrath of the Skies proves that efficient "destroy all nonlands" is too good of an effect for a healthy format
That is standard not modern... and it will go away.
Parting Gust is interesting in scam
I like trainer over archaeologist in goryo's
Apostle's Blessing exists for the provess baral
Three tree city feels to me like a “worth trying but likely not good enough” in kindred decks that *don’t* have any mana engines. Elves seems like one of the worst possible homes for it, even before considering what you mentioned about how rough a colorless land is for them.
Yeah. It really worries me how many different cards just aren't even worth considering with a lot of Wrath of the Skies in the format - its just so incredibly backbreaking if you play mostly low cost cards, essentially a generic Meltdown that hits most permanent types rather than just one.
I'm betting vinelasher would be good with magda and freestrider lookout, and that can even all be played in standard!
Do you know what modern is??? It isn't commander because you are talking about it like it is commander.
No vinelasher isn't kinda like that. You have to have a land... you don't want a lot of those in modern, usually. Card is bad and it isnt a 1 drop, you are placing it as a 3 drop and it is terrible. Stop it with the magical christmas land BS, your whole video is full of it. You should have just called it a commander review instead of the nonsense clickbait.