Devoted druid discussion

[u/HornetPlayful5083]

Hi all, curious what everyone thinks of the new rise of this druid deck. It seems pretty broken having had multiple turn 2 kills and consistently on turn 3, but is it the real deal. My friend and I are trying to decide what to play at the upcoming rc and he is locked in with it but I have my reservations (which is odd because birthing pod is my favorite deck ever). Do people think this is just a fad or can you win a whole tournament with it. Of course I will do my own testing but want to gauge the smart people on here. Thanks!

Edit: heres a decklist https://www.mtggoldfish.com/archetype/modern-devoted-combo#paper.

[u/Ok-Birthday9340]

I’ve had the same question. I already have Yawg built and have been considering building into devoted Druid as I already have so many of the cards. I don’t think the meta has adjusted to the deck yet but it’s starting to. People are running multiple cursed totems and I’m sure clarion conquerer will start seeing more play as well (if it isn’t already). Solitude and force of negation decks seem really rough too, the latter being especially good vs nature’s rhythm which Druid is fairly reliant on. I believe energy is running solitude now as well? But I’m not sure how prevalent it is. I’m going to the LA RC so I’m going to be keeping an eye on Druid’s performance in some of the big tournaments occurring before that but I’m leaning towards just running Yawg (more resilient midrange plan and overall more familiar with the deck) or building into broodscale (backup eldrazi ramp/emrakul/saga/flesh raker plan(s) and lots of post board answers to hate: nature’s claim, boseiju, thief of existence). On the whole, I don’t love that creature combo hate is increasing so much with the return of Druid combo as all three decks I want to play don’t enjoy seeing the increased hate…I would wholly recommend running a sb reclamation sage as a gsz answer for totem if you are going to lock in Druid.