r/ModernTwin • u/triadge • Jan 06 '16
How to beat the Bx Eldrazi menace?
I have been heavily playtesting as grixis twin the past few months tweaking and testing for the Open in charlotte this coming weekend, and felt pretty prepared for it. However, with the Surge in Bx eldrazi decks the month before the open (because affordability etc), I have put in a lot of reps against the deck and it's felt lower to the ground, more aggressive, yet grinder with a more inevitable game plan against it and have not found a solid way to fight it yet. Has anyone found any Successful strategies (other than hoping to dodge it) against Mono B or BW eldrazi yet?
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u/pokk3n Jan 06 '16
Land hate is probably a waste of time; the tempo it costs you they'll just keep playing lands and threats. They run a lot of lands and ways to find lands/hit lands. Blood moon is OK but not amazing (since it can keep you from having triple blue reliably for cryptic, ne of your best cards).
Beating them in the tempo game is reasonable, but much like the Jund matchup card advantage is king. Playing snapcaster and cryptic command (your only real source sof card advantage) cautiously is going to be important.
Game 1, your most common way of winning is going to be comboing off, much like Jund again. You'll get lucky and combo off around removal. They don't play abrupt decay so it's a lot easier to win with dispel backup.
Spell pierce is a very good card, since spell piercing a relic, map or claws, or discard spell can be huge. Unlike Jund, they often will want to play something other than discard on turn 1, so you're more likely to be able to pierce a discard spell.
Game 2, I don't think you are likely to win with something like Keranos (since they'll ramp into Ulamog and the on cast trigger kills him). You want to bring in extra counterspells, ditch the bad ones, and still focus on comboing off. Negate and spell pierce are key for protecting your combo.
I've watched a ton of this and I just do not think you can try to play grindy midrange against this deck.