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So its been a while since i've played a standard FNM.

My old list looks like:

21 Lands: 4x Flooded Strand, 4x Temple of Enlightenment, 3x Mana Confluence, 3x Plains, 2x Battlefield Forge, 2x Mystic Monastery, 1x Island, 1x Temple of Triumph, 1x Windswept Heath

15 Creatures: 4x Hero of …

So I tried to rejig around the list fairly substantially to accommodate 4 copies of Temur Battle Rage. The list ended up looking as follows:

[+1] 21 Lands: -1 Island, -1 Battlefield Forge, +1 Plains, +1 Mana Confluence, +1 Windswept Heath

16 Creatures: Unchanged

[-4] 7 Enchantments: -2 Aqueous Form, …

I've been quickly putting together this deck and realised I'm missing a handful of cards.

Mainboard: +1 Mana Confluence for the missing Shivan Reef

Sideboard: I'm testing +1 Deflecting Palm in place of Mortal's Ardor and decided to run with one Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest for a missing copy …

Last night I got my first ever 4-0 result at FNM!

It is not too shabby considering I played my first match of magic in 15 years on the 4th of July last year and have only been to 14 FNMs ever.

My record for my first 7 FNMs was …

Ok a few changes to this deck.

-1 Mana Confluence for +1 Flooded Strand. Not unplanned, just took me time to acquire my fetches. If I keep liking Treasure Cruise then I'll consider saving up for 2 Windswepth Heath as well.

-2 Eidolon of Countless Battles and -1 Singing Bell …

Haven't updated in a little. The deck has been running well. 3-1 for the last two weeks. To be honest I still feel as though the losses have been due to my mistakes.

Small updates, again in line with Tom Ross. He's main boarded out a Singing Bell Strike for …

So I've messed around with the sideboard a little. Its not perfect yet but I'll need to grab some cards I've lent out to fix it up.

-2 Dawnbringer Charioteers, -1 Erase, -2 Hushwing Gryff, -1 Spectra Ward.

+2 Glare of Heresy, +1 Ajani's Presence, +2 Lagonna-Band Trailblazer, +1 Treasure …

This is an interesting list that I think is better than how I played it. I ran 2-2 for the day losing against Green Devotion with See the Unwritten, man that card is insane. I also lost against Azban midrange in a close matchup where I think I made two …

Blerg. I played terribly last week. I scrounged a mongrel of a 2-2 result after dropping to 0-2 early but my head wasn't in the game.

Mortal Obstinacy seemed like a waste of space but i'll stick by it to see if it turns around. I really want to move …

Small changes this week. My largest decision is if I think I'm going to face more aggro or more black removal. I think in this instance I'm going to pump for aggro and see how it treats me.

I'm erring on the side of expecting aggro so I will be …

I made some last minute changes before FNM that I didn't document on account of finding some Boros Charms for sale down in the Gong and being way too excited about the prospect of Double Strike damage. The changes I made on Friday were as follows:

Enchantments: -1 Ordeal of …

I ran 2-2 again. This is the second time I've been at 2-1 fighting for a 3-1 break and was by far the closest I've come to achieving that goal.

My two wins came up against a Red Burn and a Red amalgam deck that had some rush elements like …

Well 2-2 seems to fit me best.

Both my losses were against Mono-Blue Devotion Decks. One is a net decked classic and the other has integrated a few more M15 cards to trial.

My wins were against a red Burn and well tuned Jund Monsters.

Overall I was happy with …

Last week I went 2-2 again. The extra protection made both black match ups favourable, however, I struggled against Burn and MonoBlue devotion that benefitted from better evasion and slightly better tempo.

My changes have been largely informed by reading the article on UWr by AJ Kerrigan.

Creatures: -4 Hopeful …

I ran 2-2 on my first FNM and made several changes in the hope of gaining better tempo advantage and better protection for my creatures against a black dominated FNM.

Creatures: -4 Fabled Hero, -4 Hero of Iroas, +2 Brimaz, King of Oreskos, +4 Hopeful Eidolon, +4 Lagonna-Band Trailblazer

Enchantments: …