True . But to be honest I ' ve never used a shield . I just have a general distaste for them cause they annoy me when I fight them . I should prolly just equip a shotel and git gud . <| sep |> I went to Catholic school in the US , even they don ' t even teach creationism as science . Its the evangelical and baptist nutters in the south that want to inject religion into public education . <| sep |> I ' m ready to go , send me a trade when you ' re ready . <| sep |> How should you play the deck ? The deck is best put as a combo aggro deck , with elements of tempo given that your opponent has to play around your game plan and respect it . If they ever tap out they could very well be dead , similar to Splinter Twin decks of old . That being said , don ' t ever force plays with the deck unless you absolutely must . Wait for the window to present itself it ' s very possible to kill someone all in one attack with this deck . Don ' t try to kill on turn 3 unless you know you can for sure playing around blowouts is the most important thing the deck can do . Lastly , if you can ' t play around a certain card , then don ' t . If you have to hope your opponent doesn ' t have a Blessed Alliance type effect out of the sideboard , then that ' s what you must do don ' t be scared to make a play and give your opponent a chance to establish a footing in the game . Matchups Against many matchups such as Tron , Ad Nauseam , Scapeshift , and Lantern Control your opponent will have fewer ways to interact with you so you can generally be more aggressive with your pump spells . Against something like Jund or Burn you really have to try and play it safe until you can protect your threat , meaning don ' t deploy them until you can protect them from at least one kill spell unless it is something like Inkmoth Nexus . Remember you can kill someone all in one attack with this deck quite easily . Is it worth it to purchase ? I would say it is completely rational to buy the deck , especially with the discount you are getting . It is up for debate as being the best deck in Modern at the moment , and you can make a few upgrades to the deck and have a Legacy viable deck when you are ready to get into Legacy . I will mention that three of the cards are on the metaphorical chopping block as far as bans go . Those cards are Become Immese , Gitaxian Probe , and Mutagenic Growth , with Become Immense and GProbe taking most of the flak . I personally think Become Immense will be the one that gets banned if anything , but good arguments for no bans have also been made which I ' m sure you can find yourself . If any card does get banned , the deck will absolutely still exist and still be incredibly poweful , so don ' t worry about losing any money . Hope this answered everything . Let me know if you have any more questions !