The last event I played in about a month ago I did just that. It was a small 5 rounder before cutting to the Top 8. I went undefeated - so that's 8 in a row against a field some people would say is not "Jund friendly".
How did you sideboard against storm? I noticed that in the semifinals you kept Huntmaster in after the sideboard which seems a little interesting to me. Did you cut some creature removal then?
The new Jund deck feels awful against burn, I don't think I'm the only one to feel that way. The burn player helixed and seared my 2x Rabblemasters and I just had no pressure game 1 from that. Burn is also a bad meta call, but the deck will always be overrepresented due to it's price and ease of play.
Why do you think so? I think your 75 is perfectly fine for beating Burn. Of course it can be unwinnable if they have the nuts and you dont draw early IoK/CB + Tarmogoyf to block their dudes.
Last night I played with x4 Evil Presence in my sideboard and I was actually impressed how it was able to make big mana decks stumble enough so that I could win. Obviously need more testing but it felt much better than Fulminator.
Has this card been forgotten somehow? It definitely looks much better than Fulminator against big mana decks, being relevant also on the draw.
Also Raging Ravine activation costs 4 mana, whereas Abzan's manlands costs 2 or 3 mana. It is important to have enough lands to be able to activate Ravine.
Although it seems that many are going down to 23 lands also in Jund nowadays.
Went 4-0-1 at tonights FNM, finishing at second place.
Games:
2-0 against RW Prison
Nice result! How do you handle RW Prison? I am currently 0-4 in games against it (though played with Abzan). I am a bit torn on whether keep discard in or not..
So, they are nowadays using mainphasemtg tier system, instead of their own(?).
Anyways, those tier systems are based on deck popularity and tournament success. Naturally, if majority of Jund midrange players are playing DS Jund nowadays, Jund midrange's popularity and success will go down. So, dropping to "developing competitive" does not necessarily mean that the deck is not competetive, it is just not played us much.
Grixis Death's Shadow deck fills the GY so ridiculously fast that I dare to say that it could be a viable deck even without the Death's Shadow.
Grixis player dropping a turn 2 Gurmag Angler makes me wanna cry with Fatal Push or Lightning bolt in hand.
There are many top tier decks currently where the Leyline of the Void damages the game plan a lot: Grixis DS, Dredge, Living End, Storm. Maybe also the Traverse builds?
I will also try next event with 3-4 Leylines in the sideboard.
EDIT: Just got a turn 0 scoop from Grixis DS opponent after putting Leyline of the Void onto table in G2.
How do we sideboard against Grixis Delver? I kinda felt that I wanted to leave discard in to steal their counters/snapcasters/kommands, but did not really feel like siding any creature removal or threats out because they can build quite a pressure with delvers, young pyros and tasigur.
Are we not worried about swarm decks anymore, because many seem to be cutting board sweepers totally? Lavamancer and Olivia are enough to keep those in check?
With just 2 fulminators in the side it is a soft list against big mana decks, but they are next to unwinnable anyways so...
After watching Reid Duke playing against the Amulet Titan list, I think I am going to replace fulminators with blood moons again in the side. I feel that Blood Moon can stall the big mana decks so much more.
The Jund Master's latest list. Nice to see Reid pilot Jund again.
Yes indeed! Lets hope he recorded his tournament, would be interesting to hear about some card choises.
Why 2 x Chandra, when based on his sideboard he was expecting lots of affinity?
Why 2 x Leyline of the Void? Against what matchup are you willing to mulligan hard to find one of those anyways?
Zero board sweepers feels also risky to me, but I guess he was planning to stop Collected Company with Cages.
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Congrats on the great result!
How did you sideboard against storm? I noticed that in the semifinals you kept Huntmaster in after the sideboard which seems a little interesting to me. Did you cut some creature removal then?
Why do you think so? I think your 75 is perfectly fine for beating Burn. Of course it can be unwinnable if they have the nuts and you dont draw early IoK/CB + Tarmogoyf to block their dudes.
Seems he has gone 5-0 in two leagues lately.
Quite solid looking list, although to me that looks a little soft against burn.
Has this card been forgotten somehow? It definitely looks much better than Fulminator against big mana decks, being relevant also on the draw.
I ordered a playset of these, have to try em out.
Although it seems that many are going down to 23 lands also in Jund nowadays.
Nice result! How do you handle RW Prison? I am currently 0-4 in games against it (though played with Abzan). I am a bit torn on whether keep discard in or not..
What does your land base look like with 23 lands?
I feel Mama&Papa would be great against CoCo since you can instantly shock off their combo pieces if needed.
Also great chump blockers against DS, answer to lingering souls and multiple bodies for control matches.
I dislike Grim Lavamancer since it relies so much on GY and is a nonbo with Tarmo and Ooze. Olivia is otherwise fantastic, but she is only one body.
One: Eldrazi Tron.
The rest can be easily taken down with Jund, so in my opinion Jund is now "under the radar" as they say.
So, they are nowadays using mainphasemtg tier system, instead of their own(?).
Anyways, those tier systems are based on deck popularity and tournament success. Naturally, if majority of Jund midrange players are playing DS Jund nowadays, Jund midrange's popularity and success will go down. So, dropping to "developing competitive" does not necessarily mean that the deck is not competetive, it is just not played us much.
Grixis player dropping a turn 2 Gurmag Angler makes me wanna cry with Fatal Push or Lightning bolt in hand.
There are many top tier decks currently where the Leyline of the Void damages the game plan a lot: Grixis DS, Dredge, Living End, Storm. Maybe also the Traverse builds?
I will also try next event with 3-4 Leylines in the sideboard.
EDIT: Just got a turn 0 scoop from Grixis DS opponent after putting Leyline of the Void onto table in G2.
With just 2 fulminators in the side it is a soft list against big mana decks, but they are next to unwinnable anyways so...
After watching Reid Duke playing against the Amulet Titan list, I think I am going to replace fulminators with blood moons again in the side. I feel that Blood Moon can stall the big mana decks so much more.
SCG streams will end up to youtube also eventually: https://www.youtube.com/user/starcitygamesvideo
They will be nicely splitted by each round, so you don't have to skim through all the DS matches..
Yes indeed! Lets hope he recorded his tournament, would be interesting to hear about some card choises.
Why 2 x Chandra, when based on his sideboard he was expecting lots of affinity?
Why 2 x Leyline of the Void? Against what matchup are you willing to mulligan hard to find one of those anyways?
Zero board sweepers feels also risky to me, but I guess he was planning to stop Collected Company with Cages.