This requires cutting back even further on our mana base by replacing Ketria Triome with more basic lands, and based on the games we played with the deck, the inconsistency of the mana base was already the deck's biggest weakness
That makes early tough ink choices a little less stressful when you need to ramp
It provides the perfect toolbox for disrupting opponents and protecting your board state
The good, and also bad news, is that we are just bad at the game
And so, it came to their sideboards
While there have been many cool Birthing Pod decks at various points, the final nail in the coffin was Erik Peterss Grand Prix Omaha 2015 list, one of many big GP finishes for Pod near the end of its Modern Career: Creatures (29) 4 Birds of Paradise 1 Eternal Witness 3 Wall of Roots 1 Orzhov Pontiff 1 Shriekmaw 1 Reveillark 3 Kitchen Finks 1 Murderous Redcap 2 Noble Hierarch 1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence 1 Scavenging Ooze 2 Restoration Angel 1 Sin Collector 3 Voice of Resurgence 1 Reclamation Sage 3 Siege Rhino Lands (23) Spells (8) While some Pod decks focused on assembling intricate combos, this build is a great example of the value approach, primarily focusing on exploiting enters-the-battlefield and death triggers while making extremely good use of the toolbox Birthing Pod enables
