For a while now I have been working on this Xira Arien Control list and felt really happy with recent testing. I'm finally comfort in sharing the list with you guys and hopefully get some good discussion going on about the viability of Jund Control strategies in the format.
I feel like being able to play Pernicious Deed and Gaze of Granite puts Jund in great position to work towards a more controlling strategy, specially since we can do some crazy ramping and warp up the game really well. There are so many X spells in this combination that offers us so much value in terms of card advantage, that I feel it's the place you want to be if you're into control strategies.
Yep, you're right, totally forgot about Ezuri. None of my friends are currently playing with him, but he's definitely a menace. Have to include Black Sun's Zenith and Toxic Deluge somewhere in the 60.
I feel like being able to play Pernicious Deed and Gaze of Granite puts Jund in great position to work towards a more controlling strategy, specially since we can do some crazy ramping and warp up the game really well. There are so many X spells in this combination that offers us so much value in terms of card advantage, that I feel it's the place you want to be if you're into control strategies.
1 Xira Arien
Land (20)
1 Badlands
1 Bayou
1 Blood Crypt
1 Command Tower
1 Dragonskull Summit
1 Fire-Lit Thicket
2 Forest
2 Mountain
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Rootbound Crag
1 Stensia Bloodhall
1 Stomping Ground
2 Swamp
1 Taiga
1 Twilight Mire
1 Urza's Factory
1 Woodland Cemetery
1 Courser of Kruphix
1 Farhaven Elf
1 Maga, Traitor to Mortals
1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
1 Wall of Blossoms
1 Wall of Mulch
1 Wood Elves
1 Yavimaya Dryad
Enchantment (1)
1 Pernicious Deed
Artifact (2)
1 Oblivion Stone
1 Orochi Hatchery
Instant (4)
1 Abrupt Decay
1 Lightning Bolt
1 Smother
1 Terminate
1 Anger of the Gods
1 Clan Defiance
1 Devil's Play
1 Explore
1 Farseek
1 Firespout
1 Gaze of Granite
1 Gelatinous Genesis
1 Lavalanche
1 Maelstrom Pulse
1 Mizzium Mortars
1 Nature's Lore
1 Profane Command
1 Rampant Growth
I am very happy with how it feels playing the deck and hopefully you guys have some insights as well.
1 City of Solitude
1 Eyes of the Wisent
1 Bow of Nylea
1 Defense Grid
1 Ratchet Bomb
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Combust
1 Chainer's Edict
1 Innocent Blood
1 Virtue's Ruin
Considering:
Pyroclasm
Whipflare
Slagstorm
Compost