Magic The Gathering Thread XXIII: Modern is Dead, Long Live Modern

[Androgeus]

Why is Soul-Scar too Bolas and not Earthshaker? Earthshaker has an explicitly Bolas-related ability, Soul-Scar is just some Amonkheti dude.

A one-off conditional 'can't block' isn't worth much on its own. You're unlikely to get to the point where you can Eternalise it and still be in with a shot at winning. Renegade Tactics at least cantrips and has some synergy with Adeliz and Lavarunner. Your best weapon against blockers is probably bluffing combat tricks, or a burn spell when you have Warlord's Fury up. I've mostly found standard to be a fairly blocking-light format at the moment, although that may change in Dominaria.

I have to disagree with you. Yes, target “can’t block this turn” is not worth a card, and eternalise is pretty much ignorable for this deck. You seem to be ignoring the fact that it’s on a 2 power hastey dude. Creating a pemernat threat makes all the difference.

Fair enough. I might bend my no-Kaladesh restriction for Renegade Tactics.

Don’t. Renegade Tactics actually isn’t worth the mana to cast. With an aggro deck you don’t really want any cards that don’t create an on board threat, or deals direct damage to your opponent’s creatures. Renegade tactics does not do this.

Edit: I’d actually probably put Tactics ahead of Crash Through. I think there’s more sitiuations where getting rid of their best blocker is better than trampling over for like an extra 2 damage. If you want trample I’d maybe look into something like Invigorated Rampage (although that is Kaladeshian) or maybe Brute strength.