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Weekly Metagame: the impact of Modern Horizons II - week 2
On today's article, I take a closer look into the Challenges' Top 32 and the growing impact of Modern Horizons II in the competitive formats!
By Humberto, 06/16/21, translated by Humberto - 0 comments
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as they're calling it, bets on a good old Control plan, using Ragavan mostly to get value with the ability to Dash while responding to what the opponent proposes to do. Kaldra Compleat is another MH2 addition that has received a lot of popularity on the Stoneforge Mystic decks and, unlike many players expected, is not necessarily competing with Batterskull. Instead, it's being played alongside the classic artifact that defined Stoneblade as one of Magic's main archetypes for the past decade. The Izzet Tempo lists essentially seeks to reproduce the Legacy Izzet Delver strategy, with its limitations, since the format does not have Daze, Force of Will or good cantrips. The best cantrip of the format, however, is Mishra's Bauble, which in addition to being free to play, enables Delirium for Dragon's Rage Channeler and can be constantly reused with Lurrus of the Dream-Den. The new version of Rakdos Midrange has decreased its mana curve and included some interesting new cards in addition to Ragavan. First, the deck has a clear โplaying the opponent's stuffโ strategy by including a Rogues sub-theme with Thieves' Guild Enforcer, Dauthi Voidwalker and Robber of the Rich, creating a creature engine that is not only very efficient at proactively playing with discard and removals, but also creates a variety of ways to produce 2-for-1 effects. Lurrus of the Dream-Den has finally gained space with the departure of Seasoned Pyromancer, and it becomes impossible not to enable it with the well-known Mishraโs Bauble. Deathโs Shadow was another archetype that took advantage of the albino monkey this weekend. And also Dragon's Rage Channeler as a more aggressive drop than the other one-drops the deck used to play. Another nice addition to the archetype, which has some ease with splashing colors, was Prismatic Ending which deals with permanents that are naturally problematic for the archetype such as Auriok Champion, Heliod, Sun-Crowned, among others. However, it wasn't just the Ragavan decks that stood out this weekend. Let's start with Boros Stoneblade:Ad
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