Quote Originally Posted by apple713 View Post
what are pox's three best / worst matchups? I'm looking to meta game this deck for something.
From both building the deck and fighting against certain archetypes, I've found this to be true. This only applies to the 'control' mono-B version. When I did Golgari Pox, I failed quite hard.

Pox is a bye vs:
1. Threshold - It tries to play with as few resources as possible and free counter spells. We hit all resources at once.
2. Combo using the stack - Storm Combo, etc. Any deck that doesn't play permanents or very few threats on the battlefield.
3. Low land-count decks. If you're running Sinkholes/Wastelands and they don't have Aether Vial, low land counts auto-lose.

Pox has a very hard time with:
1. Burn - Syphon Life and Sun Droplet may or may not help. Gotta draw them.
2. Graveyard Strategies - It could be Dredge, it could be Death Rite Shaman, or Grim Lavamancer, Re-animator, Life from the Loam, Crucible, etc.
3. Traditional Control / Counter-top Control: very long games means your opponent can recover from your disruption. Control normally gets stronger the further the game gets.

Using the Rock Paper Scissors analogy:

Control > Pox > Combo
Aggro decks should lose but if it can play 2 or more threats per turn, your sideboard should dig you out of that hole.