@24:40 Boros Garrison showing its best side again. I have abandoned it, like God has abandoned us. 🤣 Old school vibes coming up, but these days with Hanweir Battlements are just better. I totally fell in love with Oran-Rief / Kessig Wolf Run as a substitute. A recent trend is to just run one Tolaria, which I am also trying right now. I wonder how this will turn out, I haven't missed the second one so far, it is very slow - probably to slow for modern to justify more than two copies, maybe even to slow to justify one.
I LOVE Tolaria West, but it feels to me that it is a necessary cut the 2nd TWest for Mirrorpool, seeing as both are essentially extra Titan copies, but Mirrorpool enables the combo kill with Hanweir and Oran/Kessig. I would love to have room for 2nd TWest, but with Mirrorpool replacing it, it's not strictly necessary.
The single tolaria i find can leave you without resources if your titans keep getting solitudes, often giving haste in first titan is not the best move unless your hand is stacked with backup threats, plus helps pay for ottawara, plus is great against merfolk's blue magus cause you can get forest relativley quickly. I can manage a single valakut but only one tolaria is not enough in my experience
@@kowabonga1263 In many situations where the single TWest would not be enough, especially against Solitude decks, it's usually better to go for Colossus instead so that you have backup threats in case things don't work. I agree though, it feels bad at times to only play a single TWest for sure. Everything is a tradeoff in the manabase. What you cut for 2nd TWest is equally as important as having access to the 2nd copy!
Crazy how a year ago it was considered unconventional NOT to play Slayers'/Sunhome, and now we've collectively decided Hanweir is better (with Mirrorpool and either Oran Rief or Kessig for the kill). Exactly what is it that makes everyone so sure Hanweir is better now?
@@redfacedmenaceI completely agree with @redfacedmenace. When I started seeing people try this new tech with mirror pool I just shake my head. Swinging for 20 damage is enough to win in my mind. No need to complicate it with win more tech. Mirror pool makes the deck more reliant on dryad Valakut for the win in my opinion.
@@toddchristensen6399 I mean that's great when you're able to kill your opponent immediately, but that's not always the case. Still, I've heard that if blockers are a concern, a Khalni in the Hanweir lists is always an option. It works especially well with Oran Rief as well.
@24:40 Boros Garrison showing its best side again. I have abandoned it, like God has abandoned us. 🤣
Old school vibes coming up, but these days with Hanweir Battlements are just better. I totally fell in love with Oran-Rief / Kessig Wolf Run as a substitute. A recent trend is to just run one Tolaria, which I am also trying right now. I wonder how this will turn out, I haven't missed the second one so far, it is very slow - probably to slow for modern to justify more than two copies, maybe even to slow to justify one.
I LOVE Tolaria West, but it feels to me that it is a necessary cut the 2nd TWest for Mirrorpool, seeing as both are essentially extra Titan copies, but Mirrorpool enables the combo kill with Hanweir and Oran/Kessig. I would love to have room for 2nd TWest, but with Mirrorpool replacing it, it's not strictly necessary.
The single tolaria i find can leave you without resources if your titans keep getting solitudes, often giving haste in first titan is not the best move unless your hand is stacked with backup threats, plus helps pay for ottawara, plus is great against merfolk's blue magus cause you can get forest relativley quickly.
I can manage a single valakut but only one tolaria is not enough in my experience
@@kowabonga1263 In many situations where the single TWest would not be enough, especially against Solitude decks, it's usually better to go for Colossus instead so that you have backup threats in case things don't work. I agree though, it feels bad at times to only play a single TWest for sure. Everything is a tradeoff in the manabase. What you cut for 2nd TWest is equally as important as having access to the 2nd copy!
If you absolutely HAD to run 4x Explore in the main, what cuts would you make?
It’d have to be the 2 Spelunking, which I might then fit into the sideboard instead
@@redfacedmenace right right, I meant which sideboard cuts would you make
@@WalkThePlanes Probably 1 Endurance and the O Stone
This package is not it. If you need the blocker, play Khalni Garden!
Crazy how a year ago it was considered unconventional NOT to play Slayers'/Sunhome, and now we've collectively decided Hanweir is better (with Mirrorpool and either Oran Rief or Kessig for the kill).
Exactly what is it that makes everyone so sure Hanweir is better now?
@@redfacedmenaceI completely agree with @redfacedmenace. When I started seeing people try this new tech with mirror pool I just shake my head. Swinging for 20 damage is enough to win in my mind. No need to complicate it with win more tech. Mirror pool makes the deck more reliant on dryad Valakut for the win in my opinion.
Also the reason to play slayers combo package is not because of the vigilance. That is dumb. No need to block when opp is dead
@@toddchristensen6399 I mean that's great when you're able to kill your opponent immediately, but that's not always the case. Still, I've heard that if blockers are a concern, a Khalni in the Hanweir lists is always an option. It works especially well with Oran Rief as well.