Been a while since I shared some good news with Tameshi, but we finally have some! After a few months of bad results and not much going on, we finally have a few 5-0s.

The innovation that seems to have helped the deck is Dryad of the Ilyssian Grove Valakut. Classic modern stuff!

First of all - some housekeeping!

The innovation for this list came from discord user Clokke. You can join him, me and a bunch of others here:

https://discord.gg/gk3Pj7Ce5P

Discord user Ncosgrove (Savior0117 on MTGO) has been a regular contributor to the deck, and he took Clokke's idea, put together a list and 5-0d which is here:

https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/mtgo-standings/modern-league-2022-08-26#savior_-

But 1 5-0 doesn't make a come-back. He has also had some 4-1s and no 2-3s. Very strong.

I tweaked a touch and 5-0d instantly. List didn't post because it was in the same week as Ncosgrove. My list & VOD of it in action is here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSaQVdyoxgg&ab_channel=DaviusMinimus

Angrath (from discord) took his version and 5-0d. All is looking great.

After so much housekeeping, there's actually not much to say. The new list feels great. It can grind a little better. Dryad makes previously average cards like Omnath and Tracker (not actually average, but in this deck, average) much more power. The extra triggers, earlier land drops etc go a long way to making these cards great. In addition to that, Dryad is mana neutral during the combo turn (if you don't understand why that is, its because the additional land drop can be bounced back to make an extra bloom activation). The extra land (valakut) actually does smooth the deck a touch too. I always felt that 24.5 lands was the right number, and so 25 when 1 of them kills the opp isn't a bad place to be!

The MD feels pretty good. People are tinkering with the numbers of T3feri, Omnath, Bloom, Tracker and P-ending in particular, but they're minor tweaks. The SB needs some work still, but most of what we have is good!

A small sidenote here is that GY hate seems to be slightly lower than previous. As a result, the deck feels a little better. Similar to dredge, but this deck will be stronger as GY hate gets weaker!

Please feel free to hit me up, post comments, join discord etc, and I'll be happy to (try and) help!

Happy Gaming

Daviusminimus