
Fortunately, that’s the much more important part. Now she only has that first part of the game plan, putting a bunch of resilient power into play on turns 2-4. The Trolls also provided a way to handily win through one of the most common hate cards, 《Grafdigger's Cage》. What made Dredge the best deck in Modern last year is that it could transition from an amazing early game of putting a bunch of resilient power into play on turns 2-4, to a great mid-/late game of hard casting huge 《Golgari Grave-Troll》s. She doesn’t really have the energy and perseverance to grind through a longer game. One of the biggest differences between now and pre-ban is that nowadays she gets tired more easily. She still suffers some splash damage from people playing graveyard hate for Storm and 《Death's Shadow》, but overall the amount of hate seems to be decreasing and good matchups are becoming more popular. She might not be the supreme queen of the format anymore, but make no mistake, she’s definitely still a force to be reckoned with. But as I started taking her new shortcomings into consideration, I found ways to mitigate them significantly. I had to adjust my expectations of her abilities quite a bit, as she couldn’t do all the stuff she used to be capable of. I’m not going to lie, the beginning was hard.
