Quick Update on Grixis Delver
Since my last post I’ve played in 2 small Modern Events. Here’s my list for refeence.
// Lands 1 Blood Crypt 3 Bloodstained Mire 1 Darkslick Shores 1 Flooded Strand 2 Island 1 Mountain 4 Polluted Delta 2 Steam Vents 1 Sulfur Falls 1 Swamp 1 Watery Grave
// Creatures 4 Delver of Secrets 2 Gurmag Angler 4 Snapcaster Mage 2 Tasigur, the Golden Fang 2 Young Pyromancer
// Spells 1 Dismember 1 Forked Bolt 3 Gitaxian Probe 2 Kolaghan's Command 4 Lightning Bolt 2 Mana Leak 2 Remand 4 Serum Visions 1 Spell Pierce 2 Spell Snare 2 Terminate 4 Thought Scour
// Sideboard 1 Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver 1 Chandra, Pyromaster 2 Crumble to Dust 1 Dispel 1 Izzet Staticaster 1 Negate 1 Rakdos Charm 1 Rough // Tumble 2 Thoughtseize 1 Threads of Disloyalty 2 Vampiric Link 1 Vandalblast
Basic rundowns were like this.
First event I went 3-1
Round 1 VS Bant Midrange/Blink Value (0-2) A local good player with a brew I wasn't prepared for. Both games were basically, path your threat, Blade Splicer/Finks, Resto, Thragtusk. If I attacked his life he built up a huge board, if I tried to slow his board presence he gained a ton of life. I grinded it out the best I could but never felt close. Round 2 VS UR Storm (2-0) Game 1 I stuck a Delver on the play, flipped it, killed his electromancer, and then held up Snares and Leaks for anything relevant. Game 2 I did the same but with 2 Delvers through a Blood Moon. Round 3 VS GR Tron (2-0) Game 1 I stuck a turn 2 Tasigur on the play and countered his turn 4/5 Karn/Ugin and finished him with a couple bolts. Game 2 I stuck a Delver, countered his Turn 4 Karn, then Crumbled his Towers. He never built up enough to cast anything again before getting burned out. Round 4 Vs Abzan (2-1) Game one was super grindy and involved trading a lot of threats and removal. He eventually went to Inquisition me late game when I had 2 Bolts and a Shores in hand and he had a Bob in play while at 14 life. I opted to double bolt his face in response to the Inquisition and hope the Bob killed him. Over the next couple turns Bob did 5 to him and I topdecked a bolt for the win on my last possible turn. Game 2 he Abrupt decayed my turn 1 Delver then Maelstorm Pulsed my 2 Delvers I played on Turn 2. He then played and flashbacked a few Lingering Souls and killed me. Game 3 Was pretty back and forth, I had done everything I could, but was stuck on 3 lands (2 Steam Vents and a Swamp) on something like the 9th turn. I knew it was my last turn, I was at 5 and him at 8, my board was Snapcaster, he had 5 Lingering Souls and a Liliana with 3 counters. My hand was Serum Visions, Pyromancer, Bolt. I cast the Visions drawing a Probe and bottoming 2 cards. I assumed I was dead so Probed for life going to 3 and drew a Rakdos Charm that I had brought in due to the Souls slaughter last game. I laughed at my luck, knowing that if I had 1 more land the Bolt and Charm would be lethal. I started to Bolt myself for laughs, but passed the turn to make him kill me. My opponent tanked hard, Liliana Edicted my Snapcaster, and decided to go all out in an attempt to play around removal. He played a shock going to 6 to activate both his manlands and attack with 7 creatures. I Rakdos Charmed for lethal. The crowd watching exploded.
Second Event I went 1-2
Round 1 VS UW Control (0-2) I don’t remember a lot about this round other than my opponent had a lot of Paths and I wasn’t able to counter any of them
Round 2 VS Kiki Chord (2-1) Game 1 I flipped and early Delver and backed it up with a wall of counter magic and burn. Game 2 my opponent played a couple Voice of Resurgence, which made my Game 1 plan sketchy at best. Eventually he buried me with his mound of creatures. Game 3 was pretty interesting I stuck a Turn 3 Ashiok on the play and and kept milling my opponent and protecting the planeswalker. Eventually Ashiok was at 11 counters with a Village Bell Ringer and Kiki-Jiki under it. I played the Bell Ringer, and managed to survive the next turn to play the Kiki-Jiki and kill my opponent with his own combo.
Round 3 VS Infect (0-2) Honestly, I feel I played terribly and got caught off guard by a Tarmogoyf game 2 after keeping a hand full of just land and bolts. This round was over quickly.
So, a couple events later I still really like the deck and don’t have much to change. I would like to try playing just straight Grixis Control, but I really don’t feel like buying Jaces right now.













