While those cards were discussed, the real offender always has been the dredge mechanic itself. With the printing of Cathartic Reunion and Prized Amalgam, the deck once again became unhealthy for the format. Why was Golgari Grave-Troll banned in the first place? Here's Wizards's rationale for the ban:ĭredge, the mechanic and the deck, has a negative impact on Modern by pushing the format too far toward a battle of sideboards. The Dredge Effect: 'A Battle of Sideboards' We'll also weigh the respective merits of some of the top tools available to fight Dredge. This article examines Dredge's known effects on Modern and whether they hold true without Golgari Grave-Troll in the picture. So, is Dredge really back to stay? And how can Modern players beat it? David's article from last week met the deck's rise with an optimism I'm no longer sure I can personally espouse: despite the hate, Dredge put three copies into the Top 32 of GP Atlanta and, more recently, twice that many copies in the Top 32 of the latest Modern Challenge. Thanks in advance for your help.Creeping Chill has been sanctioned for a month now, and Dredge is steadily regaining its former status as format boogeyman. So what I'm asking is, from anyone who is currently testing or tuning this Chill version, how consistent has the deck been for you? Do you think maybe I've just had unlucky draws or could there maybe be some ironing out to be done? Do we need 20 lands or is 19 ok? Have you found any more tweaks that increase consistency? Do you think we should be bringing Neonate back, even as a 2-of or something? And how do you feel ] has been performing out the side?įeel free to use this thread as a platform for any other questions or comments on the Creeping Chill version. I'm testing with the most recently-topping list and it just seems like, with whatever the slots removed were, this iteration is powerful, but less consistent. 4 more cards we like to see in our dredges and not our openers. I think this is partially because we now have twice as many ]-type cards, i.e. In my testing/goldfishing with the new deck, Shriekhorn is a really good addition, but in my (limited) experience testing, the deck appears to be mulling more than it used to. The last list I was on had 4 Neonate still and I see that at some point we've moved on to ].

So Creeping Chill brought me back on this deck, and I hadn't played dredge or modern in general for several months.

Creeping chill in legacy dredge