I was actually considering Liege as well when I was flipping through my binder. It definitely helps in the games we want to be more aggressive, especially when the graveyard hate comes in.
Good point on the Sigarda. I feel like our Jund match up is good enough with Lingering Souls and that we don't really need the extra insurance.
No Finks and Thragtusk in the sideboard as I'm running 2 Finks and 1 Thragdaddy in the main. I like the Explosives and Ghostly Prison for aggro decks, and Blessed Alliance definitely does work against Burn (I've been on the opposite side) and Infect. And both Lost Legacy and Stony Silence work against Tron and Affinity. Still thinking on what I would want to take out for a wrath.
I'm running Reclamation Sage and Sigarda, Host of Herons in my sideboard and I was definitely happy to have them. Especially with the presence of blood moon and all these enchantments that just ruin our value plan. Was even thinking of running 1 Qasali Pridemage in the main.
Blessed Alliance is definitely worth considering, especially against the faster creature combo decks in the format now. Especially since we're pretty light on removal and get off the ground pretty slow, at least from my experience.
I could see a wrath or two being good since I think one of our worst match ups would probably be decks that go wide and fast.
I'm liking that Gaddock Teeg in the board actually. What do you think of Eidolon of Rhetoric in the sideboard? It helps our control match up and we can also grab it off Grisly Salvage and Grapple, as well as tutor for it with Traverse with Delirium.
How did you find the Traverses in your list? I figure the Sprawls help turn Delirium on, but I'm worried about devoting 8 slots to Arbor Elf and Utopia Sprawl as I think the way to build it is more like a value shell with a really good reanimation payoff that can take it home.
I ran a very suboptimal list today and went 2-2 at my LGS today.
Beat Jund (winning through turn 0 Leyline of the Void games 2 and 3) and Blood Moon Jund because Lingering Souls is a house and Rhino into Rhino is always great. I Resto'ed a Rhino for lethal in my last match to win. Lost to B/W Eldrazi Taxes and Bant Company.
I found myself hoping for more removal quite a bit and that was already packing 3 forms and 7 cards of maindeck removal. Might cut 1 Angel of Serenity for another Collective Brutality, as I found myself stuck with an uncastable fatty way too many times or having Angel of Serenity with the nonbo of only having spirit tokens in play. And almost all of the games I lost, could have been salvaged with a more aggressive curve or a way to interact. I had 4 Grapple with the Past in place of the Satyr Wayfinders and I really liked them. They helped me smooth my mana out quite a bit when getting fetches back from earlier turns or grabbing back Eternal Witness. Or just keeping up pressure and grabbing a Rhino. Works as good as a tutor in the long game.
I was also running 3 Traverse the Ulvenwald which were MVP's against Blood Moon Jund but seemed underwhelming without more ways to turn on delirium. Did a good job ramping me out though, especially with Birds always eating a bolt or path.
This is the list I was running:
4 Birds of Paradise
2 Kitchen Finks
1 Eternal Witness
3 Siege Rhino
1 Restoration Angel
1 Thragtusk
2 Angel of Serenity
1 Iona Shield of Emeria
1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
4 Path to Exile
4 Grapple with the Past
3 Traverse the Ulvenwald
3 Grisly Salvage
3 Lingering Souls
2 Abrupt Decay
1 Collective Brutality
2 Unburial Rites
Good point on the Sigarda. I feel like our Jund match up is good enough with Lingering Souls and that we don't really need the extra insurance.
2 Stony Silence
2 Lost Legacy
2 Ravenous Trap
1 Anafenza the Foremost
2 Blessed Alliance
1 Gaddock Teeg
1 Surgical Extraction
1 Reclamation Sage
1 Ghostly Prison
1 Sigarda, Host of Herons
1 Engineered Explosives
No Finks and Thragtusk in the sideboard as I'm running 2 Finks and 1 Thragdaddy in the main. I like the Explosives and Ghostly Prison for aggro decks, and Blessed Alliance definitely does work against Burn (I've been on the opposite side) and Infect. And both Lost Legacy and Stony Silence work against Tron and Affinity. Still thinking on what I would want to take out for a wrath.
Blessed Alliance is definitely worth considering, especially against the faster creature combo decks in the format now. Especially since we're pretty light on removal and get off the ground pretty slow, at least from my experience.
I could see a wrath or two being good since I think one of our worst match ups would probably be decks that go wide and fast.
I ran a very suboptimal list today and went 2-2 at my LGS today.
Beat Jund (winning through turn 0 Leyline of the Void games 2 and 3) and Blood Moon Jund because Lingering Souls is a house and Rhino into Rhino is always great. I Resto'ed a Rhino for lethal in my last match to win. Lost to B/W Eldrazi Taxes and Bant Company.
I found myself hoping for more removal quite a bit and that was already packing 3 forms and 7 cards of maindeck removal. Might cut 1 Angel of Serenity for another Collective Brutality, as I found myself stuck with an uncastable fatty way too many times or having Angel of Serenity with the nonbo of only having spirit tokens in play. And almost all of the games I lost, could have been salvaged with a more aggressive curve or a way to interact. I had 4 Grapple with the Past in place of the Satyr Wayfinders and I really liked them. They helped me smooth my mana out quite a bit when getting fetches back from earlier turns or grabbing back Eternal Witness. Or just keeping up pressure and grabbing a Rhino. Works as good as a tutor in the long game.
I was also running 3 Traverse the Ulvenwald which were MVP's against Blood Moon Jund but seemed underwhelming without more ways to turn on delirium. Did a good job ramping me out though, especially with Birds always eating a bolt or path.
This is the list I was running:
4 Birds of Paradise
2 Kitchen Finks
1 Eternal Witness
3 Siege Rhino
1 Restoration Angel
1 Thragtusk
2 Angel of Serenity
1 Iona Shield of Emeria
1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
4 Path to Exile
4 Grapple with the Past
3 Traverse the Ulvenwald
3 Grisly Salvage
3 Lingering Souls
2 Abrupt Decay
1 Collective Brutality
2 Unburial Rites
2 Liliana of the Veil
4 Windswept Heath
4 Polluted Delta
2 Overgrown Tomb
2 Temple Garden
1 Godless Shrine
1 Gavony Township
1 Razorverge Thicket
3 Forest
1 Swamp
1 Plains