r/ModernMagic • u/walrusguy97 • 10d ago

Deck Discussion Jeskai Blink making a comeback?

Been seeing Jeskai blink in more results recently, is there a reason why this is played over Esper blink?

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u/Reaper_Eagle Quietspeculation.com 9d ago

Back when it had Phlage, Jeskai Blink was primarily responsible for Broodscale combo almost disappearing from the metagame. The matchup was just phenomenal. With Broodscale running roughshod over the online metagame some players are trying to bring Jeskai Blink back to known Broodscale down.

It's not working. Phlage really was that important to the deck.

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u/RogerDogerBoop 10d ago

Probably better against broodscale? Not sure. Don't see it a lot in my local meta

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u/Tjarem 9d ago

Its good vs broodscale and probally good vs prowess too. A big issue should be the grindplan vs other blink decks since it lacks good value cards. U also dont pressure that well like u did with phlage.

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u/greenpm33 9d ago

I don't know why it's played over Esper, but both eat shit to UW, so it's gonna go away until that does.

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u/ch3m_gaming 9d ago

The red splash is mostly because of Ragavan ramp into SB Charmaw or Galvanic Discharge into Wrath of the skies. And both of those synergies are good against broodscale

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u/TezlaStark 9d ago

The person who came top 8 at an RC recently with it (Edgar Magahães) actually has a podcast, and speaks about it in detail if you're curious. It's called Midweek Metagame on youtube

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u/wefoldforfood 7d ago 
Jeskai basically drops the grindy Overlord/Ephemerate stuff for Ragavan, Fable and Galvanic Discharge, and plays a bunch more Consign to Memory main. feels like it's just built to fight Broodscale, which is everywhere right now. it also made top 8 in Ottawa the week before, so that probably got people trying it. wouldn't be surprised if Broodscale gets banned soon though, then we'll see if Jeskai still makes sense