3-0-1 last night, would of 4-0'd, but I played a friend and split. We played for fun anyway and I crushed him 2-0.
Round 1(B/G Tron)
2-0
Game 1: My opponent had to mulligan to 5 and still only had 1 land. Didn't hit his second land until turn 5 or 6 and I breached in Griselbrand and killed him.
Game 2: I brought in Blood Moon, Shattering Spree and Rakdos Charm. I casted Blood Moon on 2 and we did nothing for the next 4 turns. Turn 6 he played this 6th land, played Wurmcoil, passed. I was looking for a Through the Breach or Goryo's and still hadn't found it. Turn 7, he casted Karn Liberated, exiled Blood Moon, attacked for 6. On my turn I drew the Goryo's, attacked, drew 7, Faithless Looting discarding Emrakul and reanimated him, casted Fury of the Horde to kill him.
Round 2(Jund Loam)
2-1
Game 1: We both went to 6. Turn 1 I cast Thoughtseize and saw Abrupt Decay x2, Zombie Infestation, Go For the Throat, Land, Murderous Cut. Took Go For the Throat and passed. We went back and forth doing nothing other than both casting our draw spells. Eventually I went off killed my Griselbrand, I drew 7 in response and set it up again for next turn and killed him.
Game 2: I brought in Rakdos Charm, Abrupt Decay x2, Shattering Spree, Leyline of Sanctity x3. He got a turn 2 Zombie Infestation down, made a zombie discarding 2 Firemane Angel, played some Bloodghasts while I drew nothing relevant until I was nearly dead. I had to Goryo's in Griselbrand to gain some life and hopefully set up the kill, but missed.
Game 3 I had a decent had minus a reanimation spell. Drew into a Through the Breach, was hit with Smallpox twice, eventually got to 5 land, breached in Emrakul to clear his board, then drew into a Griselbrand combo to kill him a few turns later.
Round 3(R/G Tron)
2-0
Game 1: My opponent keeps a 1 land hand with Relic of Progenitus, gets punished and never draws his next land until I breach in Griselbrand and kill him.
Game 2: Again, turn 1 Relic of Progenitus, but he actually has lands this game. I Blood Moon him on turn 3, he eventually Nature's Claims it. I breach in Emrakul, clear his board, we start over again. He has 2 pieces of Tron, Grove of the Burnwillows and Expedition Map. He plays map, and passes. I have Rakdos Charm in hand, don't destroy the Map because I forget he has the other 2 pieces of tron already. We play draw-go until he has Tron, plays a Karn, +4, I have 3 cards in hand still(Rakdos Charm, Through the Breach, Fury of the Horde) I give him Fury of the Horde. I draw nothing for my turn, he +4's Karn again and gets Rakdos Charm, then plays another Karn for another +4 and gets something irrelevant. I still have my Through the Breach, draw Emrakul for the turn and my friend behind me just starts laughing.
Round 4(Merfolk)
Split, I actually won 2-0 though.
Game 1: I don't really remember. I think I got a Griselbrand in through his double Vapor Snags somehow.
Game 2: I bring in Boseiju, Defense Grid x2, Pyroclasm x2. He plays Aethervial, passes. I play Boseiju, pass. He casts Spreading Seas on Boseiju, passes. I play a Blackcleave and cast Faithless Looting discarding irrelevant stuff and pass, exile Spirit Guide and play Defense Grid. He plays a Silvergil showing Master of the Pearl Trident and misses his third land. I play a land, and can breach in an Emrakul next turn. I breach in Emrakul, clear his board and put him to 5 and pass. He doesn't hit a land and passes. I draw Faithless Looting and draw Simian Spirit Guide and Lightning Bolt and play Spirit Guide. He misses a land again and passes. I attack with Spirit Guide and Lighting Bolt him for the win.
I've been playing this deck on and off since the release of Modern. Played in a PPTQ yesterday went 1-2 drop. Round 2 and 3 I got both my opponents to 1 in game 3 with Emrakul and couldn't find a Lightning Bolt or another combo. Round three was particularly annoying because my hand was 2 Griselbrand, 2 Emrakul, 1 Goryo's with 4 land in play against Burn with an empty board after an Emrakul swing. I was at 2 life from Eidolon and burn since I can't draw Leyline of Sanctity in the opening 7, and he obviously hit 2 lands and Skullcracked me. Bad beats all day from me and my group that played.
I've been playing this for the last two months at my weekly tournaments. Normally does well, with 4-5 top 4 splits since I started playing this deck again. Last time I tried playing this deck was when Deathrite was legal and it was miserable. Here's the list I've been running.
I tried the version with a green splash for Abrupt Decay and found it underwhelming. I'd like to add in green again and give Abrupt Decay another try and add Destructive Revelry to the sideboard too.
Played this last night at my weekly Modern tournament, went 4-2-1, lost in top 4 by drawing every Ornithopter in the deck, drawing 1 out 6 sideboard cards, and bad communication by my opponent. Could not find Ensoul Artifact in time, so I defaulted to 2 Thoughtcast and another Master of Etherium. I don't remember the plays of each game, but I'll list what I played and my record against them.
My opponent just started playing recently and he built a deck with what he had.
Round 2 (Mono U Merfolk) 1-1
1-2
Played by my friend.
Round 3 (U/R Control) 2-1
2-1
Only saw a few cards in his deck. Lightning Bolt, Snapcaster Mage, Vendilion Clique, Remand, Think Twice(...), Blood Moon and Shatterstorm post board.
Round 4 (Affinity) 3-1
2-0
Almost the same version I was playing.
Round 5 (Draw) 3-1-1
Top 8 (Mono U Merfolk) 4-1-1
2-1
Not played by my friend from round 2.
Top 4 (G/W Hatebears) 4-2-1
0-2
Bad draws, drew 1/6 sideboard cards game 2, guy drew the nut both games, my friends confirmed, also hard to understand with an accent.
Only underwhelming maindeck card was Welding Jar. Only played against Lightning Bolt once. As for the sideboard, I never brought in Blood Moon(other people did it for me) and Dismember. I need to order 3 Ensoul Artifacts, go up to 3 Thoughtseize, possibly a third Whipflare, and some Torpor Orbs in the board.
Round 1(B/G Tron)
2-0
Game 1: My opponent had to mulligan to 5 and still only had 1 land. Didn't hit his second land until turn 5 or 6 and I breached in Griselbrand and killed him.
Game 2: I brought in Blood Moon, Shattering Spree and Rakdos Charm. I casted Blood Moon on 2 and we did nothing for the next 4 turns. Turn 6 he played this 6th land, played Wurmcoil, passed. I was looking for a Through the Breach or Goryo's and still hadn't found it. Turn 7, he casted Karn Liberated, exiled Blood Moon, attacked for 6. On my turn I drew the Goryo's, attacked, drew 7, Faithless Looting discarding Emrakul and reanimated him, casted Fury of the Horde to kill him.
Round 2(Jund Loam)
2-1
Game 1: We both went to 6. Turn 1 I cast Thoughtseize and saw Abrupt Decay x2, Zombie Infestation, Go For the Throat, Land, Murderous Cut. Took Go For the Throat and passed. We went back and forth doing nothing other than both casting our draw spells. Eventually I went off killed my Griselbrand, I drew 7 in response and set it up again for next turn and killed him.
Game 2: I brought in Rakdos Charm, Abrupt Decay x2, Shattering Spree, Leyline of Sanctity x3. He got a turn 2 Zombie Infestation down, made a zombie discarding 2 Firemane Angel, played some Bloodghasts while I drew nothing relevant until I was nearly dead. I had to Goryo's in Griselbrand to gain some life and hopefully set up the kill, but missed.
Game 3 I had a decent had minus a reanimation spell. Drew into a Through the Breach, was hit with Smallpox twice, eventually got to 5 land, breached in Emrakul to clear his board, then drew into a Griselbrand combo to kill him a few turns later.
Round 3(R/G Tron)
2-0
Game 1: My opponent keeps a 1 land hand with Relic of Progenitus, gets punished and never draws his next land until I breach in Griselbrand and kill him.
Game 2: Again, turn 1 Relic of Progenitus, but he actually has lands this game. I Blood Moon him on turn 3, he eventually Nature's Claims it. I breach in Emrakul, clear his board, we start over again. He has 2 pieces of Tron, Grove of the Burnwillows and Expedition Map. He plays map, and passes. I have Rakdos Charm in hand, don't destroy the Map because I forget he has the other 2 pieces of tron already. We play draw-go until he has Tron, plays a Karn, +4, I have 3 cards in hand still(Rakdos Charm, Through the Breach, Fury of the Horde) I give him Fury of the Horde. I draw nothing for my turn, he +4's Karn again and gets Rakdos Charm, then plays another Karn for another +4 and gets something irrelevant. I still have my Through the Breach, draw Emrakul for the turn and my friend behind me just starts laughing.
Round 4(Merfolk)
Split, I actually won 2-0 though.
Game 1: I don't really remember. I think I got a Griselbrand in through his double Vapor Snags somehow.
Game 2: I bring in Boseiju, Defense Grid x2, Pyroclasm x2. He plays Aethervial, passes. I play Boseiju, pass. He casts Spreading Seas on Boseiju, passes. I play a Blackcleave and cast Faithless Looting discarding irrelevant stuff and pass, exile Spirit Guide and play Defense Grid. He plays a Silvergil showing Master of the Pearl Trident and misses his third land. I play a land, and can breach in an Emrakul next turn. I breach in Emrakul, clear his board and put him to 5 and pass. He doesn't hit a land and passes. I draw Faithless Looting and draw Simian Spirit Guide and Lightning Bolt and play Spirit Guide. He misses a land again and passes. I attack with Spirit Guide and Lighting Bolt him for the win.
4 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
4 Simian Spirit Guide
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Goryo's Vengeance
4 Through the Breach
4 Faithless Looting
4 Tormenting Voice
4 Thoughtseize
4 Fury of the Horde
3 Blackcleave Cliffs
5 Mountain
1 Blood Crypt
1 Stomping Ground
1 Overgrown Tomb
4 Bloodstained Mire
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
3 Swamp
2 Defense Grid
2 Pyroclasm
3 Abrupt Decay
1 Shattering Spree
1 Rakdos Charm
1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
2 Blood Moon
4 Griselbrand
4 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
4 Simian Spirit Guide
Instants
4 Goryo's Vengeance
4 Through the Breach
4 Izzet Charm
Sorceries
4 Fury of the Horde
4 Faithless Looting
3 Thoughtseize
Artifacts
4 Pentad Prism
Lands
3 Blackcleave Cliffs
1 Blood Crypt
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
2 Darkslick Shores
3 Gemstone Mine
1 Island
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Mountain
4 Scalding Tarn
1 Steam Vents
1 Temple of Epiphany
1 Temple of Malice
1 Watery Grave
2 Engineered Explosives
3 Defense Grid
1 Rakdos Charm
4 Leyline of Sanctity
1 Shattering Spree
3 Anger of the Gods
1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
I tried the version with a green splash for Abrupt Decay and found it underwhelming. I'd like to add in green again and give Abrupt Decay another try and add Destructive Revelry to the sideboard too.
4 Steel Overseer
4 Vault Skirge
4 Ornithopter
2 Master of Etherium
4 Arcbound Ravager
4 Signal Pest
1 Etched Champion
3 Galvanic Blast
2 Thoughtcast
4 Mox Opal
4 Cranial Plating
4 Springleaf Drum
1 Welding Jar
4 Inkmoth Nexus
4 Darksteel Citadel
3 Glimmervoid
1 Mountain
1 Island
2 Spellskite
2 Whipflare
2 Etched Champion
2 Blood Moon
1 Dismember
1 Grafdigger's Cage
2 Wear//Tear
1 Relic of Progenitus
Round 1 (G/W Lifegain) 1-0
2-0
My opponent just started playing recently and he built a deck with what he had.
Round 2 (Mono U Merfolk) 1-1
1-2
Played by my friend.
Round 3 (U/R Control) 2-1
2-1
Only saw a few cards in his deck. Lightning Bolt, Snapcaster Mage, Vendilion Clique, Remand, Think Twice(...), Blood Moon and Shatterstorm post board.
Round 4 (Affinity) 3-1
2-0
Almost the same version I was playing.
Round 5 (Draw) 3-1-1
Top 8 (Mono U Merfolk) 4-1-1
2-1
Not played by my friend from round 2.
Top 4 (G/W Hatebears) 4-2-1
0-2
Bad draws, drew 1/6 sideboard cards game 2, guy drew the nut both games, my friends confirmed, also hard to understand with an accent.
Only underwhelming maindeck card was Welding Jar. Only played against Lightning Bolt once. As for the sideboard, I never brought in Blood Moon(other people did it for me) and Dismember. I need to order 3 Ensoul Artifacts, go up to 3 Thoughtseize, possibly a third Whipflare, and some Torpor Orbs in the board.