![]() ![]() ![]() But it's a good idea to keep it in mind for possible future use. Standard players don't have a reason to worry … yet.Īt this point, it's nearly impossible to say if any deck can reliably unleash the possibilities Breach offers. If they don't, the card will end up a janky buildaround for the people so inclined. This further means that the card might break both Legacy and Modern if Breach decks prove consistent enough. I dare say it's more powerful than Yawgmoth's Will in some situations, although it does require a very specific set-up, meaning one either has to build one's whole deck around it or play it in exactly ANT in Legacy. Underworld Breach is undeniably a dangerous card with great potential and a lookalike that's banned in Legacy for a reason. Also, since ANT generally runs many cantrips, setting up a turn two kill is much more likely regardless. These will most likely prevent turn one kills, especially if you're on the draw, but they require an exceptional starting hand anyway. Still, it's hard to say if going all in on Breach like that will work in a format where Force of Will and Daze are legal.Īt they very least, it seems to me that ANT could use the new addition to unlock additional angles of attack, making it more resistant to both counters and discard spells. Underworld Breach even allows you to fetch a missing piece with Entomb. Since you're using Lion's Eye Diamond to generate blue mana anyway, you can also kill via Laboratory Maniac or Jace, Wielder of Mysteries, in case your opponent flips over Emrakul, the Aeons Torn. With Lion's Eye Diamond instead of Petal it gets far easier. ![]() This is enough to recast the Petal two additional times as well as to recast Brain Freeze. Then you mill yourself for twelve, recast Diamond and Freeze, repeat, and eventually point a lethal Brain Freeze at your opponent.Īs long as you have Breach and Freeze, you only need one copy of either of the two artifacts to enable a turn two kill: two fetch lands and any cantrip put three cards into your graveyard, so on turn two you could play Underworld Breach, cast the same Lotus Petal twice, and Brain Freeze for twelve. If you get all four in your opening hand, you even have a shot at a turn one kill: land and Petal pay for Breach, Lion's Eye Diamond nets three blue mana and should leave you with enough cards in your graveyard to cast Brain Freeze via escape. They rely on the key pieces of Underworld Breach, Brain Freeze, Lion's Eye Diamond and/or Lotus Petal. There are also alternatives that go all in on Breach. On the other hand, building a whole new deck around it might work … I don't think there's an existing deck in Modern that would benefit from Underworld Breach. It also has Past in Flames, which is an entirely different card and poses a big conflict. But Storm already has its own, completely different, gameplan, with a tight decklist and a lot of cards that need to stay in the graveyard. Modern doesn't really have a deck that depends on a single card besides, in part, Blue-Red Storm with Gifts Ungiven. I am willing to try Underworld Breach out in some of my combo decks that don't rely on the graveyard to try and fight counter spells, but I'm not overly optimistic about this approach. It merely means that everyone will experiment with it, but we've yet to see if anyone ends up with decent enough results. Although Underworld Breach might, at first glance, look like a dangerous card that should bring graveyard hate back onto the map, it doesn't mean that that's going to happen. Since the Faithless Looting ban in Modern, decks that rely heavily on a player's graveyard have largely disappeared. For now, I see Underworld Breach as a janky sideboard way for slamming big creatures that do additional stuff. There are a few promising ones, but I think we'll have to see more for escape-oriented decks to rise. Possibilities exist, but it all depends on whether or not we'll get further powerful cards with escape and easy ways to fill the graveyard. I believe that Underworld Breach might see some Standard play, at least upon the release of the new set. ![]()
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