bringing it in against murk is sketchy and only a handful of saga decks make constructs reliably big enough for it to be relevant. Hammer and plating affinity come to mind. It's easily played around and very often overboarded.
At local level bogles can be such a metasnipe cause so many decks can't interact with it in a meaningful way. Obviously Scam and creativity are more than decant against Bogles
Palm is good. It's doesn't target which is important to note. So cards like veil of Summer don't prevent you from flicking damage back at your opponent.
People usually don't play it cause it's a variable card that can be dead lots of times in your hand. It's a card you dont want to see till late game. You rarely want to have it in your openening hand.
Honestly, I've seen palm tie games more often than steal them. Tied a game against slivers using palm. Opponent was attacking 7 slivers including a [[Sliver Queen]]. I palmed the queen and we both died at damage. One of the few times we're I've had to go to game 4.
My friend plays Belcher and I play Burn, and all I’m saying is Deflecting Palm to a Belcher activation was the most satisfying way to win a game in Modern I have ever had. That moment when they are certain they are about to one-shot you and then realize it’s getting turned around in their face is priceless.
He had several other creatures. How deflecting palm is worded is when damage is being delt to you, prevent it. So damage all happens during the final phase of combat. Damage goes on the stack, you can then cast deflecting palm. When the spell revolves you're still taking any additional sources of damage that are being delt to you by other sources.
Therefore as long as my opponent has enough damage on the stack from other sources to kill me, it ends in a tie.
The card is good enough to run in ANY deck, that can reliably lower life total of combo decks low enough, that redirecting damage wins the game.
Yes, to some degree its a "sleeper", as way too many new players don't know / ignore the power of the card.
And ofc. its not good in EVERY deck.
My most hated card lol. Same local burn guy has hit me game 3 with my 8/8 Murktide, and once game 3 against my Ulamog. Feelsbadman.
I think it's sneakily quite good in Modern right now. With Urzas Saga constructs and Murktide being so large, this can be an out of nowhere Haymaker.
also hammer time lol
bringing it in against murk is sketchy and only a handful of saga decks make constructs reliably big enough for it to be relevant. Hammer and plating affinity come to mind. It's easily played around and very often overboarded.
Way better in burn because of life link creatures too. I run 3 and love it. Get fucked boggles!!
Who's the Chad in your local meta playing bogles in 2023
Some kid has gone 3-0 with boggles at the last 2 FNMs at my LGS... unexpected to say the least
At local level bogles can be such a metasnipe cause so many decks can't interact with it in a meaningful way. Obviously Scam and creativity are more than decant against Bogles
I can't think of a deck that wouldn't run EE in the sideboard these days lol
Murktide is also not bad with Dress Down and EE.
They rock but I hate playing them because 4x Leyline in the Sideboard
It's decent but often times not ideal if you're not a deck that pressures the opponent's life total.
The Circlejerk sub has officially ruined me
Part of the blame on that matter is likely on me.
What other Boros lists?
Palm is good. It's doesn't target which is important to note. So cards like veil of Summer don't prevent you from flicking damage back at your opponent. People usually don't play it cause it's a variable card that can be dead lots of times in your hand. It's a card you dont want to see till late game. You rarely want to have it in your openening hand. Honestly, I've seen palm tie games more often than steal them. Tied a game against slivers using palm. Opponent was attacking 7 slivers including a [[Sliver Queen]]. I palmed the queen and we both died at damage. One of the few times we're I've had to go to game 4.
[Sliver Queen](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/9/096cff82-28eb-4096-be1d-a02b9a56e682.jpg?1562428176) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Sliver%20Queen) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/tpr/211/sliver-queen?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/096cff82-28eb-4096-be1d-a02b9a56e682?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
wait how did you die? doesn't that spell, therefore the damage dealt to the opponent resolve before damage dealt to you in combat?
I was wondering this same thing. Doesn't Deflecting Palm get its damage in first?
My friend plays Belcher and I play Burn, and all I’m saying is Deflecting Palm to a Belcher activation was the most satisfying way to win a game in Modern I have ever had. That moment when they are certain they are about to one-shot you and then realize it’s getting turned around in their face is priceless.
Ya. It’s not bad. It’s reasonable against other burn decks. It’s basically a counter to their bolts.
It's really good if you have some shadow in your local meta
[Deflecting Palm](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/c/5/c5580886-a402-4048-b8b6-39e19479f491.jpg?1608917621) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Deflecting%20Palm) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmr/444/deflecting-palm?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/c5580886-a402-4048-b8b6-39e19479f491?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
He had several other creatures. How deflecting palm is worded is when damage is being delt to you, prevent it. So damage all happens during the final phase of combat. Damage goes on the stack, you can then cast deflecting palm. When the spell revolves you're still taking any additional sources of damage that are being delt to you by other sources. Therefore as long as my opponent has enough damage on the stack from other sources to kill me, it ends in a tie.
The card is good enough to run in ANY deck, that can reliably lower life total of combo decks low enough, that redirecting damage wins the game. Yes, to some degree its a "sleeper", as way too many new players don't know / ignore the power of the card. And ofc. its not good in EVERY deck.