[deck title= Jeskai Splinter Twin by Max Ansbro] [Creatures] *3 Deciever Exarch *3 Pestermite *2 Snapcaster Mage *2 Vendilion Clique A reliable combo deck that is fairly easy to draft and fit within a broad and established shell. This is not even to mention other builds of Twin like TarmoTwin and W/U/R Twin! The protection package looks a bit rough around the edges. Birthing Pod is gone, but B/W Tokens, Soul Sisters, and Affinity still exist! In the next upkeep your Deceiver Exarch taps their only land, and on your fourth turn you kill them. Splinter-Twin. If you can’t beat Abzan, however, I recommend looking elsewhere. Back then it might have been there mostly to keep Jund players under control. These are all the Splinter Twin and Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker infinite combos I know of. 6/15/2010 If the enchanted creature is copying something else when the ability resolves (for example, if it’s a Renegade Doppelganger), then the token enters the battlefield as a copy of whatever the enchanted creature is copying, plus it has haste. Jund should be even lower on Abrupt Decays because Lightning Bolt also matches up poorly against Siege Rhino and Tasigur. It means knowing your own deck well enough that you can handle the unexpected. 1x Midnight Guard. This is because you just need 1 Pestermite, 1 Splinter Twin, 2 Mountain, 1 Island and any other fourth land in your opening hand to guarantee lethal on turn 4. While Patrick Dickmann is often credited with designing Tempo Twin, two of these decks at GP KC were obviously built with a non-combo win firmly in mind. Which brings us to Antonio del Moral Leon’s sideboard, which features an odd assortment of cards. Twin won the first big Modern tournament, Pro Tour Philadelphia, and has been a pillar of the format ever since. The Japanese pros Mihara, Kaji, and Nakajima included Thirst for Knowledge and multiple Spellskites. There are many, many more decks to discuss in Modern. Leagues last for roughly a month. From my experience, the most challenging part of playing against Splinter Twin is that you never quite know how they’re going to sideboard. The removal package keeps the combo in check, and Restoration Angel is one of the most annoying cards for combo decks. Splinter Twin from Modern Masters 2015 for . However, playing in a completely unknown format, it might have helped to keep opponents off balance. Finally a couple of days ago LSV played a Daily with a version of Twin that was mainly supposed to be a joke at Efro’s expense. As many of your removal spells as possible should be able to kill Tasigur, the Golden Fang, which can otherwise dominate the mirror match in a stall. Duel … (Jund also lacks the life gain of Siege Rhino). I wouldn’t know what to do with this in Modern right now, but this card certainly has a powerful effect, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see it again some time. McLaren’s deck might be the most similar current deck, but I suppose it plays quite differently, being focused much more on playing spot removal and winning a very long game with Sphinx’s Revelation instead of Jace. Pyromancer Ascension with Twin morph plan They served him well. Consequentially Anger of the Gods was not as strong in Tempotwin as in Tarmotwin. Baker Neenan - 02.12.2020. ... Every deck can run away with a game, but midrange decks are more prone to scraping across the finish line, while decks with a two-card combo can lean on that power level to win while sitting on several dead cards. Next time I’ll cover some more of the most important ones, but remember that Modern is about choosing a balanced deck and being prepared for everything. Twin decks like this were in vogue for a short time. Latest Sets. It’s not completely out of the question to play them both in the same deck (my own suggested Jund deck list contains four Confidants and one Tasigur), but it’s not ideal either. In some matchups having Boomerang on the play is devestating. Kitchen Finks is great at preventing this. Three Abzan decks made the Top 8 of Pro Tour Fate Reforged. What did take me by surprise however was seeing a Splinter Twin deck, not just in the event, but in the top 8! Test against it, and have it in mind throughout any Modern tournaments you play. As if that weren’t good enough, Tarmogoyf as a blocker is one of the most powerful plays against aggressive decks. This balance is exactly the right way to play Splinter Twin. From there, he quickly trumped Hall of Famer Jelger Wiegersma in the semifinal mirror match pitting Splinter Twin against Splinter Twin. I’ve talked at length about the different flavors of B/G that might be out there, and some recommended card choices for anyone considering playing the archetype. Deathrite Shaman is banned, and Jund thus more susceptible to mana disruption, the plan makes Tron a bye, and UWR control has a hard time winning without its manlands. By comparison, the core of Affiinity is probably something like 50 cards. After the appearance of Deceiver Exarch in New Phyrexia Twin decks became a thing in Standard, too. Yet this entire time, a very functional replacement for Splinter Twin has been readily available. Meanwhile Dickmann was brewing up a new take on his singature deck, Tarmotwin. Like Jesse Hampton, the top-finishing Splinter Twin player was piloting a relatively stock version of the archetype. The other reason why this is interesting is that. However, the Modern format hadn’t found an equilibrium state between deck representation and adequate sideboard hate back then. The token is exiled at the beginning of the next end step regardless of who controls it at that time, or whether Splinter Twin or the enchanted creature is still on the battlefield at that time. 1x Sunstrike Legionnaire. Against other decks, that don’t impact the board early on –like other Twin decks and Scapeshift– bouncing their land might be solid even on the draw as the amount of lands in play restricts when they can go off. (Worlds decklists). The Splinter Twin deck has a devoted core of followers. In contrast to Tarmotwin these didn’t really have a way to force Pod into a large board presence. The slower combo plan should make this deck quite weak against dedicated combo decks like Ad Nauseam, Storm, or Scapeshift. By. Thoughtseize is the best way to achieve this goal, but other ways include cheap, instant-speed removal spells like Path to Exile, Dismember, and Slaughter Pact, or flash creatures like Vendilion Clique and Restoration Angel. At the 2012 Modern Pro Tour Return to Ravnica, just one year after Estratti’s triumph, and only one and a half years from now, Twin was basically off the radar. The idea is a bit older, and I know for a fact that Grixis Twin existed at GP Torino that I mentioned previously. To clarify: For Goblin Sharpshooter + Splinter Twin to work, you need 1 other X/1 in play on either side (I'd recommend running 2 Forbidden Orchard):. Playing 27 lands seems excessive to me, and I am not sure that the three Mistbind Clique are adequately supported, but nevertheless this is very clearly the first Tempo Twin deck on Pro Tour level. This deck is not as focused on the combo itself. On the other hand it might be a very good choice in a metagame full of other combo decks. In Part 1 of the Splinter Twin Modern Deck Primer, we discussed the basics of how these decks operate, how they want to win the game, and how they sideboard. For the uninitiated, Splinter Twin is in reference to an infinite combo deck that originated in Standard all the way back in Rise of the Eldrazi/New Phyrexia. 2 Pyroclasm: 2 Unc. With Inferno Titan Tempo Twin might now have a powerful way to punish Pod for not going wide. Living the dream! Splinter Twin from Rise of the Eldrazi for . Affinity represents the aggro part of the format, Rock decks are pure midrange, Pod is midrange with a combo element, and Twin decks have evolved from a combo deck to a tempo deck with a combo element. 7 decks containing both Omnath and Uro (1 copycat, 6 standard) 4 decks containing Uro and not Omnath (1 Rec, 1 control, 1 midrange, 1 Titan) 7 Titan (4 GW, 3 Amulet) 6 Tron (3 Mono-G, 2 Eldrazi, 1 Mono-U) 5 Scourge (4 RB, 1 Jund) 4 Prowess (3 Mono-R, 1 UR) 4 Taxes (3 … Aim for a well balanced sideboard that gives you reasonable game against aggro, combo, midrange, and control. Both of these decks are interesting, but two other decks –the ones that made it to the Top 8– had even more ingenious alterations. The reason why Splinter Twin Combo isn't played in Legacy is because the heavy amount of removal doesn't make it such a solid choice vs. Modern. You’ll win a majority of games where your opponent Paths your turn 2 Dark Confidant. Pro Tour Philadelphia Deck Tech: Splinter Twin with Josh Hakakian - Duration: 9:52. 2 Spellskite, 2 Dispel, 2 Pact of Negation and 1 Disrupting Shoal main plus 1 Deprive and 2 Spellskite doesn’t look like it can be the best configuration in the vacuum. This Faerie/Twin Hybrid is particularly interesting as Mistbind Clique has a bunch of powerful applications in Twin. Magic: The Gathering 22,353 views. Dark Confidant and Tasigur don’t go great together, because of Tasigur’s high converted mana cost. Overtesting against one build can lead you into dangerous habits and subtract from your ability to expect the unexpected. Twin decks like this were in vogue for a short time. Exile that token at the beginning of the next end step." Share. Successful decks run four of these, but tempo pilots keep looking for excuses to run fewer. When we’re talking about a deck whose main weakness is being slow, paying 4 life on turn one against an aggro deck isn’t an appealing option. Patrick Dickmann discusses the Splinter Twin archetype in Modern. To make a long story short, I miss Lightning Bolt! The full set of Snapcaster Mage and Lightning Bolt is another essential part to that strategy. Unfortunately, Abzan and Jund are notorious for being well-balanced decks without specific holes that can be attacked. Your top priority for beating Splinter Twin should be to make sure you don’t fold to Blood Moon. Dickmann is a true master with Twin, and in his hands this deck is very powerful, but if you haven’t played a thousand games with Twin yet, then you will probably make mistakes, and this deck is not very forgiving to your own mistakes. In some matchups having. While Mark has done well so far with this deck, rogue approaches always benefit to some extent from the opponent not knowing what is going on. In a format where most players damage themselves with their lands the sequence of end of turn Bolt, Snapcaster, flashback Bolt, untap attack with Snapcaster often means that opponents lose half their life out of the blue. - Splinter Twin by Samuele Estratti. ChannelFireball - Magic: The Gathering Strategy, Singles, Cards, Decks. Four months later Patrick Dickmann won Grand Prix Antwerp with the most tempo-oriented approach to Twin till then. So we all know that Splinter Twin is banned, and this thread wasn't created to talk about Twin at all. Such a deck should propser in a metagame that has a lot of regular and/or Tarmotwin decks. The next innovation to Twin happened about half a year later at Grand Prix Kansas City. The fewer Splinter Twins in the deck, the more likely you are to have relevant cards to win the fair way - yet your opponent still has to play like you could have a Twin at any time. His teammate, Alessandro Portaro also Top 8’d with Twin. Tasigur, the Golden Fang is also quite good. For the evolved Twin decks I will try to explain what makes them special and under which circumstances they might thrive again. On the other hand turn 4 Shatterstorm on the draw might just not be good enough, especially in a time when Affinity players often had 4 Galvanic Blast and 3 Shrapnel Blast. I am not sure how competitive Swartz’s deck really was, but Bitterblossom surely helps if you want to play Faeries in some fashion. Set: Rise of the Eldrazi Mana Cost: Card Type: Enchantment - Aura Description: ... Theme Deck Set Planechase Planechase 2012 Welcome Deck 2016 Welcome Deck 2017 Battlebond Legendary Cube Prize Packs Treasure Chest Jumpstart Game Night 2019. Having maindeck answers to cards like, is certainly useful, but this was only a side effect. In addition to Lightning Bolt, red offers Thundermaw Hellkite. More interesting are the three Spreading Seas. The application that might not be quite as obvious is as a buffer against Liliana of the Veil. If you know more please post them in the comments. Where Thoughtseize is nearly uncastable against Burn, Inquisition of Kozilek and Duress are some of the best cards you can have! Good luck! I’ll grant that it matches up poorly against Burn, but it remains excellent against combo decks, control decks, and the mirror match. Del Moral Leon’s deck featured a few controlling elements like Cryptic Commands and Electrolyzes, but for the most part it was rather dedicated to winning with the combo. Finally we come to the greatest question of our generation: Tasigur or Dark Confidant? Finally Wall of Omens and Lightning Helix make racing this deck very hard, even with Tarmogoyfs. If the opponent brings enchantment hate for Pyromancer Ascension or leaves in creature removal for Tarmogoyf then the plan falls apart. Although Twin’s results were bad overall, a lot of innovation between PT Philly and Worlds took place. So, I think the best thing to do is to test the obvious things we would see if Twin … Finally Estratti had three Blood Moons in the sideboard. Splinter Twin; Splinter Twin. I am not giving you a deck list because the conclusion from this deck challenge is that to use Splinter Twin on a creature once per turn just does not work right now. I must admit I am not quite sure if Twin is the main plan or the backup plan here. It’s generally one of the cards you’re happiest to see in your opening hand. 6/15/2010 Finally, you can play a creature deck that simply does something more powerful than Abzan. It might also have been a bit of a hedge in the unknown metagame. Patrick Dickmann (1st at 2013 Grand Prix Antwerp). - Fling Affinity by Chikara Nakajima. Three Twin decks made it to the top eight, Carsten Linden with Tarmotwin, Stefan Schütz with a regular Tempotwin version, and Patrick Dickmann with his take on a Spreadings Seas Twin deck. At only three mana, it’s more difficult for Burn to set up Skullcrack, and it’s less devastating when they do. We immediately notice that the Splinter Twin deck has 7 and 6 card hands that will always win on turn 4. At least in spirit this is a predecessor to the Kiki-Jiki deck that Shaun McLaren recently Top 8’d a Grand Prix with. I absolutely love Kitchen Finks right now. Instead it plays the control role reasonably well with Wall of Omens and twelve removal spells. Splinter Twin - The cheapest of the duplication effects. Sang Mun Bang (24th at 2011 GP Singapore, Standard). Splinter Twin would get to enjoy their opponent playing slower while they continued to make full aggro/tempo plays, but our hypothetical Cannonade deck can't do the same thing. Not unlike Tarmotwin today, the main deck has four Tarmogoyf. When players are forced to leave Abrupt Decay mana open every turn for the entire game, it’s easy to wear them down with Cryptic Commands and Snapcaster Mages. Previous incarnations of the deck—Jund with either Bloodbraid Elf or Deathrite Shaman—played tons of close games, but always won the majority of them. The rest of the deck follows quite naturally then. After that, he overcame Pro Tour first-timer Justin Cohen's devastating Amulet Bloom deck in the finals, securing the trophy, $40,000 USD, Platinum Pro status, and an invitation to the 2015 World Championship. Of all the innovative Twin decks, Noah Swartz’s take stands out. Although this is ambitious it is not completely implausible either. Imagine your opponent starts with a tapped land or something like Serum Visions, and you Boomerang their one land on your second turn. Your main deck should have four Inquisition of Kozilek and your sideboard should have one or two copies of Duress. That’s not even to mention the activated ability, which comes up more than you might expect, especially when the B/G mirror is prone to dragging on for so long. Nevertheless this is the first real finish for the deck. At Grand Prix Minneapolis Shain McLaren made Top 8 with a deck that doesn’t have any Splinter Twins. We also looked at a sample deck list from Pro Tour: Born of the Gods called “Tempo Twin”. It's been some time since the card was banned, and we have had a lot of cards printed since. (I was a bit startled to realize that it has actually been banned longer than it was ever legal.) Hellkite, while it might not be objectively as good as Siege Rhino, is also an appealing curve-topper in a format in which Lingering Souls is one of the defining cards. A few things are worth noting about Estratti’s deck. I detest Path to Exile in Abzan. Asatas on WOMBO COMBO!!! The last thing you want is to overload on hate cards like Spellskite and Torpor Orb only to lose to a player who brought in Keranos, God of Storms and Batterskull. It’s a bad feeling to be eliminated from a tournament because you fetched the wrong land on turn 1. And we’ve only scratched the surface. Against all three of them, I will take out as much combo, as possible and play a tempo / control game since most of the time Splinter Twin will be the worst card in your deck. He loves control decks, but the decks he builds are always very clunky and never seem to work for anybody else, yet he is regularly successful with them. Of course with 20% of this Standard deck being on the Modern banned list, there is no easy port for this deck. Florian Koch started playing Magic in 1994, but first saw major success with a win at GP Lyon in 2010. Brian Eleyet played one of the most streamlined combo-Twin decks ever, and splashed Village Bell-Ringer to give his combopieces maximal resilience. Except, of course, for the times when it’s suddenly turned completely on it’s head! The two main versions of Twin are UR Tempo Twin and RUG Tarmotwin, both of which are tempo decks. Asatas on WOMBO COMBO!!! However, I’d like to point out these Dragonmaster Outcasts in the sideboard. Replacing Ponder and Preordain with Serum Visions and Sleight of Hand is a downgrade, but it might not render the deck unplayable. Vendilion Clique, Grim Lavamancer, and Molten Rain also help with this strategy. Nevertheless KC suddenly had four Twin decks in the top 16. [deck title= Jeskai Splinter Twin by Max Ansbro] [Creatures] *3 Deciever Exarch *3 Pestermite *2 Snapcaster Mage *2 Vendilion Clique No Seriously, It's Splinter Twin. SHOP. Like so many G/B Modern players before him, he focused on discard spells, spot removal, and single threats capable of winning the game on their own. Path is an abysmal answer to a quick Wild Nacatl, Goblin Guide, or Dark Confidant. It doesn’t really seem natural to splash green just for the flashback of Ancient Grudge, but Grudge fits the game plan so much better than Shatterstorm. Set: Rise of the Eldrazi Type: Enchantment — Aura Rare Cost: {2}{R}{R} Enchant creature Enchanted creature has "{T}: Create a token that's a copy of this creature, except it has haste. - Counter-Cat by Josh Utter-Leyton. That plan may have better chances to succeed these days, though. Posted on June 29, 2020. The mana and time spent creating a token Wurmcoil Engine is far better spent casting two Wurmcoil Engines. Jund has a hard time executing its own game plan while being a land down and under the constant threat of being combo’d out. For Glenn Jones' last episode as Co-Host, Ben Batemen joins the show to discuss four of the most important Modern Tournaments in it's history and how each one shaped the face of the format. Another thing that I find interesting is that Estratti realized even back then that Ancient Grudge is just better in the matchup against Affinity than Shatterstorm. Temur Twin - Tempo twin with Goyf and Oko for when Tempo twin is good but needs more midrange sticking power if the format slows down. Having at least one proactive early play is helpful, and I do recommend this approach if Abzan is your deck of choice. For the most part David’s deck is just a generic all-in combo version of Twin. Throughout Modern’s history it has remained a small, but noticeable—and often quite successful—portion of the field. 6/15/2010: If the ability is activated during a turn’s end step, the token will be exiled at the beginning of the following turn’s end step. Teachings Twin For example if Estratti had played against Sam Black’s Blazing Shoal deck those Dispels sure would have come in handy although Pact is better as combo protection. Instead he is on the regular UWR control plan, and uses Kiki-Jiki as a miser’s chance to catch opponents off guard to win on the spot. This deck is certainly not for every metagame, but if you like Twin you might want to remember this version. Tempo Twin Nonetheless, Kitchen Finks can be a fine consideration in small numbers for Abzan as well, especially with Burn being among the top decks right now. Shortly thereafter the last World Championship as we knew it was held in San Francisco. Yet others will be trying to steal games away from you with Blood Moon. Abzan seemed to also be playing a ton of close games, but now losing the majority of them! What I want to talk about is what a Twin shell might look like today. Inferno Twin For this reason I have two important recommendations. Thing is, recent SCM-Exarch-Twin lists have given me the idea to put Splinter Twin combo inside either a Burn shell or Blue Sligh shell. In 2015 — when Twin was arguably at its best — there were seven non-Splinter Twin decks still holding 5% or more of the top-8 meta for the year. has since returned to Modern. His deck is among the successful decks of the tournament (6-4 or better) although David went 5-5. Splinter Twin is a blue/red combo deck for the Modern format (as of Jan 18th 2016, Splinter Twin has been banned in Modern format, rendering this deck unplayable). Rock and Pod have some flexibility in deck construction at least in theory, but somehow large parts of the deck lists always seem to be the same. We also looked at a sample deck list from Pro Tour: Born of the Gods called “Tempo Twin”. Luis Scott-Vargas (3-1 in Modern Daily Event). Splinter Twin. If you've ever played the old Splinter Twin decks before it was banned, you'll be right in your element playing Jeskai Saheeli. The other innovative list from KC is the first real UWR Twin by Casey Swanson. That said, I am definitely experimenting with a more token-heavy take on this, using an instant-speed token generator on turn three (Warping Wail rocks here) to set up a turn four Polymorph. Mark Tobiasch (7-2 for Top 16 at the 2014 Bazaar of Moxen). Previously almost all Twin decks had four Deceiver Exarchs and only a few Pestermites. The Modern format is slow to change. For many players, Splinter Twin was the face of the Modern format, and successfully piloting a Splinter Twin deck to victory was seen as a great display of skill. Turn 2 Grudge, turn 3 Deceiver Exarch plus Grudge into turn 4 Twin is almost unbeatable for Affinity. After ten games or so, either quit and move on to a new matchup, or search the web for a new deck list of Splinter Twin to copy and play against. Rarity, #: R, 129 Card Type: Enchantment Description: Enchant Creature Enchated creature has "T: Put a token that's a copy of this creature onto the battlefield. - Monoblue Infect by Samuel Black. Choose Printing (2 Total) Sign up to add this card to your Inventory, Wishlist or Tradelist, and to start creating decks with it. Patrick Dickmann discusses the Splinter Twin archetype in Modern. The token is exiled at the beginning of the next end step regardless of who controls it at that time, or whether Splinter Twin or the enchanted creature is still on the battlefield at that time. The pure combo versions are nearly extinct as of now although there is no reason why we should not see a resurgence of that approach at some point. Splinter Twin: 4 Rare Lands (23) 1 Cavern of Souls: 1 Rare 2 Desolate Lighthouse: 2 Rare 4 Island: 4 Misty Rainforest: 4 Rare 1 Mountain: 4 Scalding Tarn: 4 Rare 3 Steam Vents: 3 Rare 1 Stomping Ground: 1 Rare 3 Sulfur Falls: 3 Rare Sideboard (15) 1 Grim Lavamancer: 1 Rare 1 Rending Volley: 1 Unc. Here we have a Teachings control deck, that makes use of the best combokill in the format. You can beat Abzan by being very fast, as in the case of Burn or Infect. "I know just the person for that job." Siege Rhino is a fantastic card, but Lightning Bolt plays a critical role in the archetype where Rhino is a little more replaceable. We also looked at a sample deck list from Pro Tour: Born of the Gods called “Tempo Twin”. They never had access to more than a single mana apiece. It might have been a reasonable plan back then anyway, but I wouldn’t try it in the age of Tarmotwin. The tier 1 deck I want to look at this week is Splinter Twin. It usually won’t come down until turn 4 or so, but the fact that you can cast it and a second spell in the same turn make it miles better than just an Erhnam Djinn. The deck is very much about making your opponent play guessing games, and finding the best way to win under any circumstances. 4 Splinter Twin. 4 Splinter Twin Land (24) 4 Misty Rainforest 4 Scalding Tarn 4 Sulfur Falls 1 Stomping Ground 3 Steam Vents 1 Desolate Lighthouse 1 Tectonic Edge 1 Mountain 5 Island These are all the Splinter Twin and Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker infinite combos I know of. This leads to a deck that has two solid game plans, and thus makes Tarmotwin the most robust Twin version to date. For a deck whose best early plays are answer cards, trying to keep up with two dozen different decks—many of which are brutally explosive—all at the same time is just too tall an order. As a result, Twin players usually couldn’t blindly jam the combo – they had to try and manoeuvre into a better position over several turns. The combo forces opponents to be careful, which raises your chances of getting into the late game where you will be a huge favorite. Suppression Field, Negate, Dismember, Combust, Nature’s Claim, and Torpor Orb (just to name a card in each color) all do the trick. It’s valuable to have a 1-mana removal spell against Infect and Splinter Twin, but for grindy matchups like the mirror, giving your opponent a free land is a huge liability. Such a deck could definitely be strong, but it lacks the surprise value of Twin and thus the major tempo advantage that made Twin so good. He has three Pro Tour Top 8s, a runner-up finish at the 2013 World Championships, and five Grand Prix wins to his name. Splinter Twin All-in Twin - Saheeli combo and Splinter Twin combo, for when you really need to win on T4. Sticking Teferi means, that the opponent can only interact with the combo on-board, and especially for Kiki-Jiki plus Exarch there are just very few ways to do that. Keranos, God of Storms, Threads of Disloyalty, Anger of the Gods, Blood Moon, and Jace, Architect of Thought give him the option to move partially away from his combo toward a more normal U/R Control deck. However, the deck has other qualities that give it quite a lot of game in the matchup. In Part 1 of the Splinter Twin Modern Deck Primer, we discussed the basics of how these decks operate, how they want to win the game, and how they sideboard. And it’s not that figuring out if you want to play Noble Hierarch over Birds of Paradise in Pod or Terminate over Abrupt Decay in Jund doesn’t have its merits, yet Twin has displayed a higher versatility so far, going beyond exchanging cards in a specific role on a one for one basis. There’s still nothing like turn 1 Inquisition of Kozilek into turn 2 Dark Confidant! Set: Modern Masters 2015 Type: Enchantment Rarity: Rare Cost: {2}{R}{R} Enchant creature Enchanted creature has "{T}: Create a token that's a copy of this creature, except it has haste. Another GP Top 8 in Madrid in 2012 soon followed, where he brought the Legacy Omniscience deck to the forefront of the format. Max Ansbro piloted a Blue Red Splinter Twin list splashing white all the way to the elimination rounds. There are several possible builds of twin varying from the first “all in” twin list that Samuele Estratti used to win Pro Tour Philadelphia in 2011, to the recent “Tarmo-Twin” list … For everyone else, it’s about knowing public enemy number one, and finding the best way to beat them. The deck has a reasonable beatdown plan as we saw, but having the ability to tap six lands and win the game no matter what the board state looks like is very impressive. It can generate extra value with (excess) Splinter Twin by using it on Wall of Omens. Fortunately, the corollary to that is that most decks will have at least decent game against them. The other reason why this is interesting is that Bitterblossom has since returned to Modern. A bad matchup against Infect or Urzatron is a small strike against a deck, but not necessarily a dealbreaker. Do not leave home without four Inquisition of Kozilek in your main deck. With Dreadship Reef Mark’s deck is well equipped to fight a counterwar over Teferi. Twinning Mistbind Clique itself can result in a soft lock if enough Faeries are around, and Mistbinding them at the end of their turn can protect the combo. The first Twin decks here are mostly of historical interest. Event: MTGO Standard Premier #2 - 7/10/11 0. This Faerie/Twin Hybrid is particularly interesting as Mistbind Clique has a bunch of powerful applications in Twin. (Philly Top8 decklists). Of course, not having a banned list also beefs up Twin combo by allowing access to actual Splinter Twin (still banned at the time of this writing), alongside Kiki-Jiki, Deceiver Exarch, and Pestermite. By Jim Davis. I went into Pro Tour testing wanting badly to play a deck like the one Jesse Hampton settled on. This is an interesting approach that we have not seen since, although the viability might depend in part on Punishing Fire being a good discard for Thirst for Knowledge. Simon Görtzen (2010 PT Amsterdam, Extended). This deck will in all likelihood cast its spells most of the time, however it will have to pay some extra life as the lack of good fetchlands lets you pay more often for shock lands. I am not sure how competitive Swartz’s deck really was, but Bitterblossom surely helps if you want to play Faeries in some fashion. We’re fresh off of a change to the banned list and a major Modern event in Pro Tour Fate Reforged. You play five matches per run. Commander 2019 Singles Sealed Product. First, focus on versatile sideboard cards like Duress and Thoughtseize. Twin started out as an Extended deck. Twin on Sharpshooter, make a Sharpshooter, shoot the other X/1, untap both twins; Make a Sharpshooter, shoot 1 on enemy with the second sharpshooter, have third sharpshooter shoot itself, untap 2 sharpshooters A common belief right now is that Splinter Twin can answer the aggressive combo-style decks overrunning the format like Dredge or Arclight Phoenix decks. 1 Description 2 Deck construction 2.1 Set legality 2.1.1 Modern … ChannelFireball - Magic: The Gathering Strategy, Singles, Cards, Decks. Ironically, Deceiver Exarch plus Splinter Twin is exactly the sort of two-card combo that I recommended avoiding. Shaun McLaren (3rd at Grand Prix Minneapolis). The first time that Splinter Twin was played to some success at a major tournament was at Pro Tour Amsterdam. Three Twin decks made it to the top eight, Carsten Linden with Tarmotwin, Stefan Schütz with a regular Tempotwin version, and Patrick Dickmann with his take on a Spreadings Seas Twin deck. The deck was ultimately deemed too strong for the format, and it died with the ban of Splinter Twin in the first weeks of 2016. A few cards in this deck have changed since the Pro Tour, but the concept is state-of-the-art for Twin decks. 4 years ago. Rarity, #: R, 165 Card Type: Enchantment Aura Description: Enchant creature // Enchanted creature has "T: Put a token which is a … Such a deck could definitely be strong, but it lacks the surprise value of Twin and thus the major tempo advantage that made Twin so good. David Shakarisaz (5-5 at 2012 Pro Tour Return to Ravnica). I won’t linger on this as Pro Tour Philadelphia was just a few weeks away. 2 Ancient Grudge: 2 Comm. Modern is a constructed format that allows expansion sets, core sets, and Modern Horizons; from Eighth Edition forward, save for the Modern ban list.1 The modern format thus encompasses all cards that have been printed in a core or expansion set using the modern card frame (plus some others from Time Spiral). 1x Dross Scorpion. The problem with this deck is that it is exceedingly fragile. Playing 27 lands seems excessive to me, and I am not sure that the three, are adequately supported, but nevertheless this is very clearly the first Tempo Twin deck on Pro Tour level. Throne of Eldraine Singles Sealed Product. For Abzan, I like two copies of Maelstrom Pulse, three copies of Abrupt Decay, and rounding out the rest with a mix of Path to Exile, Dismember, and Victim of Night. Like all Splinter Twin decks, this deck has as its gameplan, an infinite combo. Twin decks only have a comparatively small core of 10-12 combo pieces, which leaves a lot of room to flesh out the rest of the deck. 4 years ago. What makes Twin so dangerous is that it’s largely a normal, well-balanced deck that simply has the threat of winning the game out of nowhere. Mark is not well known outside of Germany yet, but here he has made himself a name for a style that resembles that of Guillaume Wafo-Tapa. Splinter Twin is not the quickest combo, it can pull of a turn four win without any ramp at all but in my experience is much more of a turn six sort of deck. This means both building your deck with some basic lands, but also practicing against the card. Today we’re going to look at another PTBNG deck list that performed quite well. A problem with this approach is that the mana base is not as good as you would like it to be. Jund needs Kitchen Finks more than Abzan because it does not have Lingering Souls to play a similar role as a buffer against Liliana. Jesse had a stellar result, but as is often the case in Magic, different players can have vastly different experiences with the same deck. On the flipside it must be very strong against every deck that tries to win with creatures. 3rd - 4th. I don’t know how well this deck would fare if opponents were prepared, but for the time being this seems like an approach worthwhile of exploration, especially for Control mages looking for a Modern deck. Patrick Dickmann (3rd at Pro Tour Born of the Gods). Exile that token at the beginning of the next end step." The first successful deck that is actually dedicated to winning with Splinter Twin comes from Matt Nass. Set: Rise of the Eldrazi Type: Enchantment Aura Rarity: Rare Cost: {2}{R}{R} Enchant creature Enchanted creature has "{T}: Create a token that's a copy of this creature, except it has haste. Restoration Angel is good with Wall of Omens, and also combos with Kiki-Jiki. I can only guess what the exact reasons were, but I suppose a well prepared field and inexperienced pilots were at least two of the main reasons. I am aware you could nitpick the list ad nauseam and try to give twin perfect Christmas land 3 card combo hands on the play every game, but that isn't the purpose of the list nor is it more realistic than any other top tier deck nut drawing into a … Rarity, #: R, 165 Card Type: Enchantment Aura Description: Enchant creature // Enchanted creature has "T: Put a token which is a … The tier 1 deck I want to look at this week is Splinter Twin. This is a nice simple bog standard list for Splinter Twin. Izzet Charm is new, but so obvious as to be essentially a non-innovation. 1x Goblin Sharpshooter. Three months later Marcel Kachapow made it to the finals of Grand Prix Prague with almost the same deck list. To find a game sign up and then create a game in Constructed, Specialty, Freeform Tournament Practice with "Penny Dreadful League" as … It only takes 30 seconds to sign up. The format was introduced as a non-sanctioned Magic Online format in May 19, 2011 and subsequently officially codified on August 12, 2011, when the format of Pro Tour Philadelphia was changed from Extendedto Modern. So there you have my picks for the most important decks to beat in Modern. Several other Twin decks has a 7-2 result, the most interesting of these by Mark Tobiasch. 1st. In the next couple of months not much happened with Twin. This might not be too surprising considering Twin’s results at Worlds. Grixis Twin 1 Straight U/R Twin, Tarmo Twin and due to recent additions to modern, mainly Grixis Fetchlands, but also Tasigur, the Golden Fang and Kolaghan's Command - Grixis Twin. Creature removal, countermagic, enchantment destruction and Spellskite all shut the combo down. They only get to replay their land, probably still don’t have a play, and discard. Inferno Titan might not be the perfect maindeck card, but it in a field with lots of Pod decks –basically what you would expect at the top tables of an American Grand Prix– having Inferno Titan in the sideboard might be a good choice indeed. Dickmann goes for the set of Pestermite here as they are so much better in the beatdown role. The mana and time spent creating a token Wurmcoil Engine is far better spent casting two Wurmcoil Engines. Rarity, #: R, 129 Card Type: Enchantment Description: Enchant Creature Enchated creature has "T: Put a token that's a copy of this creature onto the battlefield. The current Modern format rests on four pillars, Pod, Affinity, Rock, and Twin. Here's a list I'm testing for reference: One way to fall miserably behind in a B/G mirror is to get a single creature Edicted by Liliana’s -2, leaving you with no way to attack her on the following turn. Sea Twin Boomerang Twin In particular, it doesn’t copy the ability granted to the enchanted creature by Splinter Twin. The sideboard includes four copies of Splinter Twin and Pestermite each. Vito's Revenge: Splinter Twin Returns To Standard! It played a lot of counter magic, and it demanded your opponent to have removal or counter spells of their own or else Splinter Twin’s combo with Deceiver Exarch would go off consistently. Peter Dun (6th at 2012 Grand Prix Lyon). Twinning Mistbind Clique itself can result in a soft lock if enough Faeries are around, and Mistbinding them at the end of their turn can protect the combo. Faerie Twin I find this deck very interesting as it displays some of the characteristics of Tarmotwin long before that deck came to be, and also because it could be ported quite easily to the current Modern format. I am not giving you a deck list because the conclusion from this deck challenge is that to use Splinter Twin on a creature once per turn just does not work right now. Pestermite and Exarch are out here, but Restoration Angel and Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker do the same thing, a mana more expensive but with individually more powerful cards . (I was a bit startled to realize that it has actually been banned longer than it was ever legal.) If you know more please post them in the comments. Second, don’t overtest against any one particular build of Splinter Twin. In fact, I’d say it’s the only deck that you’ll definitely need to beat if you’re looking for a strong finish in a Modern tournament. Whenever possible, I like to streamline and play the cards that I’m happiest to draw in my opening hand. As a side note, there’s no rule that says you have to play four or zero Confidants. Twin you might want to look at another PTBNG deck list ( at. 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