My LGS owner won a pretty large local event (6-7 rounds + top 8) with BTL Scapeshift. Turn 3 Slaughter Games, turn 4 Snapcaster Slaughter Games shuts down Ad Nauseam pretty hard it turns out.
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Sebastian James
Blake Thomas
Why are so many people still running galv blast in affinity?
Splinter Twin has been banned for a while now, isn't Thoughtcast just better in the current metagame?
Michael Rodriguez
user I'm pretty sure we've established that unless you kill your opponent quickly, they'll hit Tron.
Jaxson Carter
It's not just a removal spell. 4 damage to the face is pretty great right when your opponent thinks they've stabilized.
Jayden Moore
>Why are people running a card that's better than Bolt in the deck?
Gee I don't fucking know.
Xavier Foster
Well, the main reason people started running Galv Blast over Thoughtcast was the rise of Splintertwin, since that is the only way for affinity to beat them.
Now, since Splintertwin has been banned for a while, some lists, but not all, switched back to the Thoughtcasts.
Tron has pretty much dropped in popularity since the banning of Eye + the new rise of Jund.
Jason Adams
Tron historically has a great matchup against Jund though.
Parker Howard
Has it?
I always figured severe handdisruption + a decent clock, as well as access to Fulminator Mage and Ancient Grudge should favour Jund severely, since Tron isn't great at topdecking.
Luis Brown
Kills Kalitas and sometimes even Tarmogoyf, either Liliana on a +1, Reveler, Ojutai, Colonnade, Wildwood, Spellskite,Thought-Knot Seer, Anafenza, Loxodon Smiter, Wilt-Leaf Liege, and Restoration Angel.
Justin Richardson
They need to draw those specific cards in order to have a chance though, and they need more than one.