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Typically there are two options to aggro decks like Jund. Either control them down, or be more aggressive. There exist several options, some more effective than others, and you have already found one that I agree is effective.
How effective is your deck against other match-ups? I've found that bounce would be weak against current control builds.
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Actually, he would get a warning for a Game Rules Violation, and his opponent would get the Failure to Maintain Gamestate, but only if the game is in progress. Other than cheating, we don't apply penalties to infractions that occurred in completed games. Yes, you should still discuss this with a judge, not because anything can or would be done, but if you do it again, you want to have an open honest history with this judge, so there is no doubt to it being a mistake.
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Except from the IPG
"If the trigger instruction is optional (“may”, or “up to X” where zero is a valid choice) and specifies no consequence for not doing it, assume that the player has chosen not to perform the instruction and issue no penalty."
Technically no game error has occured, and the judge should have you continue the turn with you having declined the trigger.
I don't think it's so narrow that it won't see competitive play. Enough top decks have cards that it counters to be worth it. In UW mirror where u want the extra counters, thats perfect against Spell Pierce. In the same match it gets Oust, Condemn, and Pre-Ordain.
I think it is so narrow that FEW decks will use it, but I think unless there's a significant meta shift it is totally playable in top decks, especially control.
Yes it will counter a kicked Goblin Bushwacker, as kicker is an additional cost that has no effect on CMC.
While it has been clarified that it does not counter Green Sun's Zenith, it does present enough utility to be worth considering.
To be fair, WotC did give a reason for not getting rid of the reserved list. They're explaination was if they could do nothing else, they wanted to be a company of their word. They committed to not printing those cards, and so they won't. I would expect major format changes in the next year or so because the new popularity of legacy (thanks SCG) is creating a price barrier for players to begin and continue playing competetive magic. And while WotC doesn't directly benefit from after-market sales, the benefit hugely by people wanting to sleeve up and play with paper.