In today’s Throne of Eldraine card preview, I will be featuring a card that I expected to be another hose card in the Modern format. While we expect random cards in the set to do as such, we should also check its effectivity in the metagame of the format. Check out Deafening Silence.

One mana enchantment is very suited for a deck like Hatebears in Modern to be able to fully utilize this card. It won’t affect their curve as usually they only have Aether Vial as the other one-drop in the deck. They can get past one mana counterspell if playing first, and it not vulnerable to creature spot removals. Any Storm decks will surely slow down with this card in the battlefield.

As for the Standard use, if the Kethis combo would still exist after rotation then this might be the card that will keep it in check. As of this posting, I do not see any combo decks that will emerge in the meta that will force players to sideboard this card. This might handle the Izzet Phoenix decks if the archetype becomes relevant.

We shall see how the card will get its actual use once the Throne of Eldraine set becomes legal to play. That is a wrap, until the next blog post.