Cookie's Jund (PNR)

Pioneer BRG (Jund) Competitive Discard FNM Midrange Rock

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Land (24)

• 2x Blackcleave Cliffs
• 3x Blood Crypt
• 4x Blooming Marsh
• 2x Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x Haunted Ridge
• 1x Hive of the Eye Tyrant
• 1x Mountain
• 3x Overgrown Tomb
• 2x Rockfall Vale
• 1x Swamp
• 3x Ziatora's Proving Ground

Creature (13)

• 1x Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal  ^Flip
• 1x Glissa Sunslayer
• 4x Mosswood Dreadknight
• 4x Sentinel of the Nameless City
• 3x Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Vraska, Golgari Queen

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Fable of the Mirror-Breaker  ^Flip

Instant (13)

• 2x Abrupt Decay
• 2x Assassin's Trophy
• 4x Fatal Push
• 3x Riveteers Charm
• 2x Sheoldred's Edict

Sorcery (4)

• 4x Thoughtseize

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Sideboard

Sorcery (9)

• 3x Duress
• 3x Necromentia
• 3x Radiant Flames

Artifact (5)

• 2x Pithing Needle
• 3x Weathered Runestone

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Ashiok, Dream Render

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Maybeboard

Creature (30)

• 1x Archfiend of the Dross
• 4x Bloodtithe Harvester
• 1x Bonehoard Dracosaur
• 2x Desecration Demon
• 2x Elder Gargaroth
• 3x Graveyard Trespasser  ^Flip
• 3x Grim Flayer
• 2x Klothys, God of Destiny
• 2x Murderous Rider
• 1x Phyrexian Denouncer
• 2x Preacher of the Schism
• 1x Sarulf, Realm Eater
• 2x Scavenging Ooze
• 1x Tasigur, the Golden Fang
• 1x Tenacious Underdog
• 2x Tireless Tracker

Land (22)

• 2x Blightstep Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Cragcrown Pathway  ^Flip
• 3x Darkbore Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Deathcap Glade
• 1x Den of the Bugbear
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 3x Fabled Passage
• 2x Forest
• 2x Hissing Quagmire
• 2x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Oath of Chandra

Artifact (3)

• 3x Weathered Runestone

Sorcery (15)

• 3x Agonizing Remorse
• 1x Bloodchief's Thirst
• 1x Culling Ritual
• 4x Languish
• 4x Radiant Flames
• 2x Slaughter Games

Instant (8)

• 3x Abrade
• 1x Bitter Triumph
• 2x Kolaghan's Command
• 2x Tear Asunder

Planeswalker (4)

• 1x Chandra, Awakened Inferno
• 2x Liliana of the Veil
• 1x Liliana, Waker of the Dead

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A merger of Jund list's from myself and the deck made by UndeadxPenguins. The list has gone through some changes but I think it's around the final list.

General Idea

The main plan is to "Jund out" your opponents by destroying their assents while maintaining your own. This is the essence of out-valuing your opponent.

Starting Hand Explanation

You'll want around 3 lands in your starting hand, some removal and a creature or two or walker or two to start your board.

Breakdown

Creature

The creatures in this list help hold value by gaining life, discarding cards, drawing cards, creating tokens, or are removal. Pretty much the best value creatures in the format in colors.

Chevill, Bane of Monsters: Show

A card not seen in the first iteration of the deck. This card is a menacing blocker with death touch and a good attacker in an early board. The ability it has to put a bounty counter on something when the deck holds much removal is perfect to maintain value while destroying the opponents creatures/planeswalker. Due to the legendary rule and the amount of 2 drops in the deck Chevill is a 3 of assuming he will be targeted once he hits the board.

Elder Gargaroth: Show

A newer addition to the deck. The highest end we run main. While it doesn't do anything as it enters the battlefield a lot of decks can't get rid of it at all being a large 6/6 5 drop creature and it gets triggers on attacks and blocks. Vigilance and Trample allow it to swing for damage while getting a trigger and Reach allows it to completely shut down any Spirits deck. 3 of these are run to find at least 1 and more are fine as they aren't legendary anyway. While behind you'll want to gain life. If you need a board you'll make a token otherwise drawing a card is wonderful for the deck.

Graveyard Trespasser  : Show

A newer addition to the deck. Coming down at earliest Turn 3 it can drain for 1 if we removed a creature and is pseudo graveyard hate being able to exile any card in a graveyard on etb and on attacks. If left unchecked this can win us the game outright and so it slots in perfectly with the deck as a great value creature. We run 3 of them to get at least 1 and flipping it into a stronger creature is fairly easy with a lot of instants in the deck trying to be reactive. The ward ability on it causes it to be an immediate 2 for 1 if removed and if not is a very valuable creature.

Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger: Show

This card was really pushed in certain variations of the deck and although different I think she fits in this deck as well. Her abilities are pretty much what we want to be doing in the deck, discarding cards in our opponents hand and dealing damage while later getting a big beater on board. 2 of her are run because she is a cheap drop while the escape cost is great so we wouldn't need to worry about the legendary rule and we only really need 1 per game.

Sheoldred, the Apocalypse: Show

A newer card by all accounts and wonderful. The large body on a cheap threat allow it to survive against most match ups while draining 2 every turn at the minimum. If we can draw cards we gain a bit more and if they draw cards they lose a bit more. the 4/5 is hard to remove and deathtouch is a good keyword to have. Not much evasion so it doesn't swing in she usually will sit there. A 2 of is run to see 1 a game and not 2 as we don't expect it to die often and don't want the 2nd copy.

Legacy Creatures: Show

Murderous Rider: This card was seen in a few lists and for some more removal we added 2 to our list. A solid removal card while also becoming a creature later in the game can help out our plan while simply casting it for its creature side can help out with aggro decks in the main. 2 of these are run but this value could change depending on how useful he is.

Questing Beast: This is a great card and for testing purposes we are running 1. An obvious beater for any matchups keyword soup allows us to block aggro decks with vigilange, haste to get damage right away in an empty board, combat damage can't be prevented and this can kill planeswalkers as well.

Rankle, Master of Pranks: A new addition to the deck but a powerful one. Great finisher with evasion on a most likely empty board by the time late game can commence. His abilities are wonderful for the deck as well whether we make the opponent discard a card (on both sides), to sac a creature (on both sides) or to draw a card. The draw a card ability for both players works well because the card we draw should be able to remove the card that they get. Due to the legendary rule and the late game role this card plays 2 of these are run.

Tireless Tracker: The last value creature in the deck. This creature makes valuable tokens as lands enter, the tokens draw cards when their activated ability is used, and when the tokens are used Tracker gets bigger. Great value all in one card. Due to this 3 are run as having too many can get clunky.

Instant

These are all removal based cards and deal with different threats. Having a good mix of instants and sorceries help balance out the deck.

Abrupt Decay: Show

Perfect removal spell. Colors are not difficult to get in the deck and the drawback of only being able to hit lower CMC permanents is almost negligible. This card is pretty much perfect in everything it can do and it can't be countered if relevant. Due to clunk-i-ness and needing to fit a wide variety of cards in the deck 3 of these are run.

Assassin's Trophy: Show

The younger brother of Abrupt Decay. A great card being able to take out anything at the cost of giving the opponent a free basic, if they have any. The pros outweigh the cons with this card as a catch-all card is wonderful in a deck like this. Due to the drawbacks and amount of removal run 2 of these are in the deck.

Fatal Push: Show

One of the best removal spells in the format. Great 1 drop instant destroy a small creature or activate revolt with a Fabled Passage or Clue token to take out something larger still for 1 mana. This card does just about everything we want in the early game while still being relevant late game. Due to the wide variety of cards in the deck this is a solid 4 of.

Riveteers Charm: Show

A new addition to the deck and a 2 of as we don't want too many of these as they can be clunky but can get us out of a mess. It can either make them sacrafice their largest threat most of the time, exile some cards to play (using this on our end step allows us an extra turn to play the cards). and the last mode exiles a graveyard with incedential graveyard hate build straight into the deck Game 1 for any graveyard strategies.

Legacy Instants: Show

Kolaghan's Command: An early adoptee in the deck, this card is a spicy addition but does many things we want it to do. It can: 1) bring any creature back if we need it, 2) Gets rid of a card in the opponents hand, 3) destroys an artifact is relevant as many hosers are artifacts and some creatures are also artifacts and, 4) Deals 2 damage to a target, which can either kill a small creature, destroy a planeswalker at low loyalty or help finish off the opponent. 2 choices can be made on this card for 3 mana and at best, and at usual, is a 2 for 1. 2 of these are run for spice.

Sorcery

These cards along with the instants prove a great variety of removal while maintaining balance of types of spells.

Dreadbore: Show

This card also fills another niche role as being a sorcery speed removal spell for 2 mana. By being a catch-all card this removal this spell works wonders early or late game. 2 of these are run as instant speed removal is just better due to the speed but to maintain balance between instants and sorceries this fills a vital role.

Thoughtseize: Show

I shouldn't need to explain this card but will anyway. At 1 mana I get to see your hand, figure out what you're playing/planning and get rid of a vital piece for 1 mana and 2 life. Good card mainly for the early game but can be useful late game when a situation did not arise for the opponent to play their cards in hand or to drag out a counter spell. 4 of these are run to find at least 1 early game.

Planeswalker

There are two planeswalkers in the deck. They do many things in the deck allowing us to preform multiple actions a turn while supporting the deck as a whole.

Chandra, Torch of Defiance: Show

Chandra is a wonderful addition to the deck. She has many abilities that are all relevant. Her first plus ability gets us card advantage and in turn allows us to remove more threats or do some damage if we don't cast the card. Her second +1 ability is still relevant even if dropped turn 4 as if a clue token is out she can sacrifice it with the mana she produces. Producing {R}{R} is also helpful to pay for half the cost of escaping a Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger. Her neg ability removes a creature and her ult allows us to maintain our controlling state while also dealing direct damage. Not a guaranteed win on it's own but in grinding games it can really help out. 2 of her is run to have us see just 1 a game.

Liliana of the Veil: Show

A new addition and of course we are going to run this. We play 3 of these to see at least one a game perhaps 2. Her ability to sacrifice a creature works out well against aggressive decks and to continuously plus to discard cards puts the hurt on later game decks that try to maintain resources. Her ultimate is obviously amazing.

Legacy Planeswalkers: Show

Vraska, Golgari Queen: This card is great. Her plus ability can sac an extra land, a clue token (which triggers Tracker's ability), an extra creature, to then draw a card and gain a life. It's just trading cards in this way to upcycle the available cards to us. Because of the wording on the card as well nothing needs to be sacrificed either to just get Vraska to a high loyalty. Her neg is a sorcery speed Abrupt Decay which isn't bad and if she can survive until the next turn gains more value. If her ult is somehow activated you can pretty much guarantee a win in future turns as long as the board state allows it given that some creatures have evasion and due to the plan of the deck to remove threats while maintaining our own should lead to some damage not blocked. 2 of her is run to not be clunky and to see one every now and again.

Lands

The lands in this deck try to allow us to have untapped lands without taking too much pain and to gather all 3 colors for the deck while fitting room for some utility lands and in case we would need to search for a basic. We generally use the shock check manabase with some flip lands and some extras for value. The manabase may take some fine tuning to be perfect cutting one for another down the road.

Blightstep Pathway  : Show

Of the flip lands we want to run the ones that include black as this is the most important color of the deck. To compliment the shock check lands these are the next best to run at the moment. 4 of these are run to get an early untapped black or red source, mainly black, in case a shock land isn't found. It's been noticed that we sometimes miss red so this is a fail-safe red source at any point untapped.

Blood Crypt: Show

The plan of the deck is to play shock then check lands to ensure all lands enter untapped as this is a slower deck but all lands are important until late game. 4 Blood Crypt are run because getting black is important turn 1 for Thoughtseize and red is needed for Kroxa and Chandra down the road.

Boseiju, Who Endures: Show

2 of the utility lands this land almost has us running 24 or 25 lands as we can use it for its ability, sometimes for 1 green mana as we may have a legendary creature, and acts as a removal spell on a land which is great. We run 2 of these because it's nice to get the ability once in a while.

Castle Locthwain: Show

Another utility land and a 1 of as we don't want to see this unless we are flooding a bit out and to come down later as it comes in play untapped if we have a swamp out. Drawing cards in exchange for life is the name of the game and can be offset fairly easily if we don't have any cards in hand or if we have lifegain anywhere.

Darkbore Pathway  : Show

The last of the flip lands as we want the ones with black to be able to cast an early Thoughtseize or Fatal Push. Compliments the shock checks to fill in the gaps. 1 of these are run as they can get green sources later if we already have at least 2 black and we have more green sources than red.

Dragonskull Summit: Show

To start the check lands this is run to give us our red if we need it, or double red for Chandra while coming in untapped due to a shock land in play. We run 2 of these now to offset with flip lands and to have a good pay off for running 9 shock lands.

Hive of the Eye Tyrant: Show

Another utility land and replacing the older man land of the deck. It comes in untapped early but comes in tapped later in the game. Allows us to have black untapped on Turn 1 easily and is a strong man land with a relevant keyword and exiling the graveyard for a relatively cheap activation cost is great. 1 of these are run as we don't want too many man lands and it's a singular colored card as well.

Lair of the Hydra: Show

The 2nd man land we run to help have green sources as well for some cards. This man land, while not having any keywords, can really finish off a game by activating it for a ton of mana and swinging or being able to block anything with a good scaling rate. 1 of these are run as we don't want too many man lands.

Mountain: Show

While we cut all the lands that search the deck we are wary against decks that can destroy or exile permanents in exchange for giving us a basic land. With 25 lands in the deck we can afford to run 1 of them and the least used land type the deck uses is red so getting to search for one may help us as having the 1 of in the deck doesn't hurt us if we were to draw it as our chances of drawing it when we need other colors are low.

Overgrown Tomb: Show

Another part of the shock check manabase this rounds out the deck by including green and the primary color of the deck black. 4 of these are run to get at least 1 shock land (any) in the starting hand to ensure the rest of our check lands come into play untapped.

Stomping Ground: Show

The last of the shock lands and generally the least important unless given an opposite land second (Golgori or Rakdos). We typically wouldn't play this one first as black is our only 1 drop and is a primary color in our two drops. To round out the shock land cycle in the deck and to maintain the color scheme 1 of these are run to ensure we get at least one shock land a match but not too many where we need to shock every early turn to keep our mana untapped.

Woodland Cemetery: Show

The last of the lands and the last of the checks. Finishes up the check lands by providing the last of the colors, green black. 3 are run because we only wanted 25 lands while being able to get all of our colors.

Legacy Lands: Show

Blooming Marsh: This allows us to not take pain first turn and still cast a Thoughtseize to minimize the pain taken. 2 of these are run to try to get 1 in the starting hand then not see them later game where they would ETB tapped. This also gives us our green source for early turn removal or creatures. Fabled Passage: This card allows us to fetch for whatever color we need in the moment and get double land triggers for Tracker. 3 are run to not get them too early and fill our hand with early game tap lands while still providing a great bonus for playing Tracker.

Forest: These are run to help search for in case we get hit with a search basic card or we use a card:Fable Passage. 2 are run because the secondary color of the deck is green.

Hissing Quagmire: This card allows us to use our excess mana as a blocker or a beater in a grindy game. The black and green colors offsets the larger amount of red in the deck namely Blood Crypt. 2 are run because we wouldn't need more than 1 at a time on board and to ensure we don't draw it when we need an untapped land.

Rootbound Crag: Another check land that gives us our colors while coming into play untapped thanks to the shock lands in the deck. 1 of these are run to keep the value of the colors while also allowing us to run different lands like the Fable Passage and basic cycle.

Swamp: The last of the basics. Because black is the primary color of the deck this compliments the Forests in the deck by having 2. Not too many basics are warranted because we typically only want to fetch for them and not draw them normally given our shock check plan but in the event we would need more basics these are run and always come into play untapped.

Sideboard

The sideboard will always go through changes as the meta shifts but this sideboard looks fairly complete at this time.

Agonizing Remorse: Show

A great card against slower decks, control, midrange, combo. This is just about the best hand disruption card behind Thoughtseize. Allows for the possibility of a turn 1 Thoughtseize Turn 2 Remorse. 3 of these are run to allow this combo and to complete the hand disruption removal package.

Chandra, Awakened Inferno: Show

We have 1 of these against control where a lot of our removal doesn't work and we want a finisher that can stick out there. Planeswalkers are generally good against control as they have a harder time getting rid of these and our suite of walkers can be increased with this getting an emblem automatically to help close out the game dealing damage or to remove something like an opposing walker.

Languish: Show

These replaced our other board wipe as this can hit larger things, it does cost more, but a Spell Queller can't take it and render it useless. 4 of these are run to ensure we can get at least 1 when we need it.

Slaughter Games: Show

The best card removal in the format for the deck. This card will get rid of any finisher or combo piece that we may have a problem with. 2 are run to try to get at least 1 copy and doesn't come in against too many decks.

Kolaghan's Command: Show

Right now this is the flex slot of the sideboard and may chance over time but this is a solid card for now. 2 are run to cover the suite of removal but this slot is generally a type of Naturalize type of slot.

Weathered Runestone: Show

A good hate piece of the deck. It covers our bases of the graveyard if we haven't exiled it by now and shuts of Collected Company which really hurts us because it 2 for 1s us and we can only get rid of it from hand. 3 of these runestones are run to get at least 1 in play at a time.

Legacy Sideboard: Show

Abrade: Good early game removal and dedicated artifact hate good for aggro match ups where the instant speed removal is great and against anything that says artifact on it which can be a good amount of hatecards (Grafdigger's Cage). 3 of these are run because not much artifact hate is needed as complimented by the catch all removal in the deck and the deck itself has much removal already. This slot here is pretty much a flex slot but in our local meta much artifact aggro decks are present and this helps counteract that.

Radiant Flames: A great card for the aggro match up. This specific card is run because getting double of a color is harder than getting each color in the deck and the modular ability of the card allows us to hit for either 2 or 3 sometimes keeping our creatures alive in the process. 4 of these are run to ensure we get it when we need it.

Soul-Guide Lantern: Great graveyard hate card. Once it enters it gets rid of a card and its modes can be activated at instant speed to exile the rest of their graveyard (and not ours) or to draw a card if needed. 2 of these are run as temporary graveyard removal (temporary because with only 2 in the deck the opponent may have a graveyard at some point in the game) but the ability to exile the graveyard at instant speed keeps the card in check and in the sideboard. The second ability, which not why it's run, can also help out to dig us deeper a card and to get an additional removal piece.

General Sideboard Guide

A typical guide on how I sideboard using the deck. This is not complete as we can't really play any games as of yet.

When to take a card out:

Abrupt Decay: Show

I've taken this card out against control because there is nothing worth hitting at that low mana value. The not counterable is great but it can't hit man lands or anything useful.

Chandra, Torch of Defiance: Show

I've taken this card out when I wouldn't get much value from it like facing an aggro deck or a deck consisting of mainly flyers where I would get 1 activation then die.

Chevill, Bane of Monsters: Show

I've taken this card out against decks with little to no creatures. This should be an obvious one as Chevill, Bane of Monsters doesn't get value if no creatures are played. This happens most often and in this way is a flexible slot against decks running low creature counts where I need more sideboard cards.

Dreadbore: Show

I've taken this card out against faster decks where the sorcery speed removal is not what I need and I need to crush tempo by playing instant speed removal and not slow removal.

Fatal Push: Show

Against control match ups I have taken out 1 of these to make sure I have some for their man lands but otherwise this card can take out a good deal regardless of the low creature count in the form of man lands and tokens.

Graveyard Trespasser  : Show

Against not standard aggressive decks this card can come out as the value it gains from exiling cards in graveyards are really shut down if, well, they don't have creature cards in graveyards or use their graveyard at all or it can't really contest with the plays of their decks like Spirits where the creature on the ground doesn't really do anything but gain life whenever it attacks, if it attacks. Can come out against control as well because they don't have many creatures if any.

Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger: Show

This card can come out against decks that don't care about the discard effect or life loss and if it takes 6 mana to put it on the battlefield it's not good enough against quicker games like aggressive decks or Spirits. Any other type of deck this can see good play in as the hand disruption hurts any other type of deck.

Liliana of the Veil: Show

This card can come out on occasion but is fairly powerful and doesn't usually come out completely unless the deck we are facing really benefits from our abilities or our abilities wouldn't do much in the match up.

Sheoldred, the Apocalypse: Show

This card comes out on occasion where the 4 mana on the ground creature doesn't do a lot where we need more removal of the life drain is too slow and the creature isn't relevant enough.

Thoughtseize: Show

This card has come out against aggressive decks where the only one I would want to cast is Turn 1 and even still is not good considering the life loss I would need to take. It's a gamble I'm not willing to take.

When to put a Card in:

Agonizing Remorse: Show

This card comes in against slower decks or decks I need the hand disruption to remove their tempo or hard to hit cards by other forms of removal. The Turn 1 Thoughtseize into Turn 2 this feels really great against a control type match up.

Chandra, Awakened Inferno: Show

This card only really comes in against control decks where we need to ensure we get a threat on the board that is generally hard to deal with.

Languish: Show

This card comes in when I need a board wipe.

Slaughter Games: Show

This card comes in against more control type match ups where I can afford to get rid of a card from deck and not affect the board turn 4 or later. Getting rid of all the win cons I know about is a great way to ensure they can't win or I can't lose time permitting.

Kolaghan's Command: Show

This card comes in when I pretty much need to destroy an artifact or multiple modes on the card are good like discarding a card or dealing 2 to most likely a creature.

Weathered Runestone: Show

This card comes in when I need to ensure I can stop a graveyard deck or I want to shut off Collected Company decks or other combo decks that use the library and cast from it.

Legacy Sideboard Tech: Show

Kolaghan's Command: This card is another flex slot in the way of Chevill, Bane of Monsters where low creature decks suck the value out of this card. It can be mediocre but there are better cards in the side at this point.

Tireless Tracker: This card has come out against aggressive decks or decks I needed a better sideboard card in. This card is good against slower match ups but faster ones this card just doesn't cut it in the main.

Vraska, Golgari Queen: Similar to Chandra, Torch of Defiance where I can't protect the walker enough to get more than 1 activation I take it out.

Abrade: This comes in against decks with artifacts that need to be destroyed and against faster decks that the instant speed removal is good against.

Radiant Flames: This card comes in against aggro decks of course. Sometimes it doesn't in the way of Spirits where they may have a response to it not allowing it to hit the field but that's a judgement call made in match.

Soul-Guide Lantern: This card comes in against graveyard decks like Lurrus of the Dream-Den where I can't keep 1 for 1'ing them because I'll get lost in value very quickly.

Specific Sideboard Guide - 10-7-22

A more specific sideboard guide depending on match up to help prep for more competitive events. This list helps decide to swap between cards in the main board and the sideboard. If a card comes in against most match ups and a card always comes out (aside from flex slots as they almost always come out) then perhaps that card should be swapped altogether. The order of cards is how much more I would want that card over other cards also being boarded. In this way those cards can be deemed worthy as an inclusion or not due to different decklists. Because decklists fall in and out of meta this list can become outdated very fast, therefore I shall include a date of last edit in the title. Over time I may add decks that may not be meta but decks I have faced and figured out a sideboard plan for.

Loadouts: Show

Aggressive Loadout: Show

In: 4x Languish, 2x Kolaghan's Command

Out: 4x Thoughtseize, 2x Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger

Control Loadout: Show

On the Play:

In: 1x Chandra, Awakened Inferno, 3x Agonizing Remorse, 2x Slaughter Games, 2x Kolaghan's Command

Out: 3x Chevill, Bane of Monsters, 3x Graveyard Trespasser  , 1x Abrupt Decay, 1x Fatal Push

On the Draw:

In: 1x Chandra, Awakened Inferno, 3x Agonizing Remorse, 2x Slaughter Games, 2x Kolaghan's Command

Out: 3x Chevill, Bane of Monsters, 3x Graveyard Trespasser  , 1x Fatal Push, 1x Woodland Cemetery

Below is a list of decks and what to take out and add with reasoning behind it. The list is in order from most prevalent in the meta to less so ending at what most call Tier D.

Mono Green Karn Show

On the Play:

In: 2x Slaughter Games, 3x Weathered Runestone, 3x Agonizing Remorse, 2x Kolaghan's Command

Out: 2x Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger, 2x Chandra, Torch of Defiance, 2x Sheoldred, the Apocalypse, 4x Fatal Push

On the Draw:

In: 2x Slaughter Games, 3x Weathered Runestone, 3x Agonizing Remorse, 2x Kolaghan's Command, 1x Languish

Out: 2x Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger, 2x Chandra, Torch of Defiance, 2x Sheoldred, the Apocalypse, 4x Fatal Push, 1x Mountain

Reasoning: In this match up we need to get rid of Karn first and Storm the Festival. Karn being more important as it comes down sooner and gains more value but both need to be turned off. For this we run Slaughter Games and Weathered Runestone while keeping in exile from graveyard effects to make sure they can't flash back Storm if we don't hit a Weathered Runestone. We also run some board wipes to lower their devotion some and their board if it gets to it and Agonizing Remorse for more hand disruption and the exile effect. We take out Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger as it isn't that good here. Liliana of the Veil is ok in this match up, better than Fatal Push with a minimal ceiling as Lilly can make then discard if low on cards and sacrifice high devotion creatures but they still gain the value for those creatures dying. They also don't draw much and go for a combo win so Sheoldred, the Apocalypse isn't as effective. Kolaghan's Command can replace the Fatal Push to destroy a mana dork, not early, but can also make them discard a card or destroy certain artifacts if the game came down to it.

Rakdos Midrange Show

On the Play:

In: 3x Agonizing Remorse, 2x Kolaghan's Command

Out: 2x Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger, 3x Chevill, Bane of Monsters

On the Draw:

In: 3x Agonizing Remorse, 2x Kolaghan's Command, 1x Weathered Runestone

Out: 2x Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger, 3x Chevill, Bane of Monsters, 1x Mountain

Reasoning: Against this deck we don't bother with graveyard interaction as they run pretty much the same graveyard hate pieces we do. We run more hand disruption and Kolaghan's Command can have a maximum of 4 relevant modes destroying a vehicle or bringing a creature back from the graveyard at instant speed or finish off a permanent or making them discard a card. The plan on the play is to disrupt their hand and get value permanents out while removing their permanents especially the enchantment creature, better to remove it before it gets to flip.

Abzan Greesefang Show

On the Play:

In: 3x Agonizing Remorse, 2x Kolaghan's Command, 2x Slaughter Games, 4x Languish

Out: 3x Liliana of the Veil, 2x Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger, 3x Chevill, Bane of Monsters, 2x Dreadbore, 1x Fatal Push

On the Draw:

In: 3x Agonizing Remorse, 2x Kolaghan's Command, 2x Slaughter Games, 4x Languish

Out: 3x Liliana of the Veil, 2x Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger, 3x Chevill, Bane of Monsters, 2x Dreadbore, 1x Mountain

Reasoning: In this match up we need to exile their graveyard and make sure they can't get a Greesefang on the field. This means instant speed removal (but Fatal Push doesn't hit it), hand disruption is fine as long as we pick the right pieces, Slaughter Games to get rid of more pieces mainly Greesefang itself and Languish for otherwise to get rid of smaller creatures and tokens. We cut Chevill, Bane of Monsters as there isn't that many creatures we can get a counter on and Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger because discarding is bad. The game plan is to be reactive and to exile the graveyard at once or take certain pieces that they need out.

Bant Spirits Show

On the Play:

In: 3x Weathered Runestone, 4x Languish, 3x Agonizing Remorse, 2x Kolaghan's Command

Out: 2x Chandra, Torch of Defiance, 3x Graveyard Trespasser  , 2x Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger, 2x Sheoldred, the Apocalypse, 3x Liliana of the Veil

On the Draw:

In: 3x Weathered Runestone, 4x Languish, 3x Agonizing Remorse, 2x Kolaghan's Command

Out: 2x Chandra, Torch of Defiance, 3x Graveyard Trespasser  , 2x Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger, 2x Sheoldred, the Apocalypse, 2x Liliana of the Veil, 1x Mountain

Reasoning: In this match up we need to shut down their Collected Company with our artifact or get it out of their hand as most of our deck deals with 1 for 1s. Card for card our deck is better but they get many threats out which is why Languish comes in to pull the game back in our favor card wise and tempo wise. Agonizing Remorse comes in to take cards from their hand that are problematic or Collected Company where you want to cast the hand disruption holding up a removal spell afterwards. For this reason we keep all removal spells in. Most of the cards that come out are our finishers but we don't need a finisher so early in the game and need to survive until we do have a finisher. Chevill, Bane of Monsters stays in as a big target gaining us value and cards that needs to be removed hopefully saving our Weathered Runestone from the removal. On the draw not too much changes except switching out 1 less Liliana of the Veil with more removal from the side where we would really want removal on the draw because a Turn 3 Lilly can get taken by a Spell Queller pretty easily. Kolaghan's Command is decent where it can pick off a smaller creature mainly their Selfless Spirit, or Wanderer that can counter our spells or Shacklegeist that taps down our beat stick for this deck Elder Gargaroth. A land can come out on the draw as well as we have the same chance to get our lands, even more so, and can pack more removal this way with the 3rd Agonizing Remorse.

Mono White Humans Show

On the Play:

In: 4x Languish, 2x Kolaghan's Command

Out: 2x Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger, 2x Chandra, Torch of Defiance, 2x Liliana of the Veil

On the Draw:

In: 4x Languish, 2x Kolaghan's Command

Out: 2x Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger, 2x Chandra, Torch of Defiance, 1x Liliana of the Veil 1x Mountain

Reasoning: The game plan here is to remove their board and grind out same as always. Board wipes come in, creatures stay in as they can gain me life and some top end comes out. Thoughtseize stays in against their Brave the Elements that can hit us for fairly lethal and also acts as a protection spell for their entire team. We have a fairly good match up here and just need to drain them of resources and win.

Rakdos/Jund Sacrafice Show

On the Play:

In: 4x Languish, 2x Kolaghan's Command

Out: 2x Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger, 3x Liliana of the Veil, 1x Chandra, Torch of Defiance

On the Draw:

In: 4x Languish, 2x Kolaghan's Command

Out: 2x Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger, 3x Liliana of the Veil, 1x Mountain

Reasoning: Against this deck we need to keep our creatures out to gain us value and life while removing theirs. Chevill, Bane of Monsters is a bit tricky where you need to put the counter on something they plan to sacrifice but not before they can do it. Otherwise you put the counter on something you can remove. We keep in Thoughtseize to get rid of their Deadly Dispute early on and other value gaining pieces. We remove their board while gaining value as always. Liliana of the Veil is removed because her removal portion doesn't help us and the discard is marginal compared to Thoughtseize. Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger comes out as we don't need the large beat stick that can also be taken and sacrificed and is replaced with Kolaghan's Command that can destroy an artifact and hit something for 2 or bring a relevant creature back or discard a card from their hand.

Azorious Control Show

On the Play:

In: 1x Chandra, Awakened Inferno, 3x Agonizing Remorse, 2x Slaughter Games, 2x Kolaghan's Command

Out: 3x Chevill, Bane of Monsters, 3x Graveyard Trespasser  , 1x Abrupt Decay, 1x Fatal Push

On the Draw:

In: 1x Chandra, Awakened Inferno, 3x Agonizing Remorse, 2x Slaughter Games, 2x Kolaghan's Command

Out: 3x Chevill, Bane of Monsters, 3x Graveyard Trespasser  , 1x Fatal Push, 1x Woodland Cemetery

Reasoning: Against control we need all our hand disruption pieces, Chandra, Awakened Inferno of course comes in as well as the other walkers staying in place as this is a hard permanent for them to remove. Some aggro creatures come out and the likes of Slaughter Games and Kolaghan's Command come in. Slaughter Games to get rid of value pieces and cards that draw them cards and Kolaghan's Command for a versatile spell that has some relevant modes.

Izzet Pheonix Show

On the Play:

In: 3x Weathered Runestone, 3x Agonizing Remorse, 2x Slaughter Games, 2x Kolaghan's Command, 1x Chandra, Awakened Inferno

Out: 3x Chevill, Bane of Monsters, 3x Abrupt Decay, 2x Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger, 3x Liliana of the Veil

On the Draw:

In: 3x Weathered Runestone, 3x Agonizing Remorse, 2x Slaughter Games, 2x Kolaghan's Command, 1x Chandra, Awakened Inferno

Out: 3x Chevill, Bane of Monsters, 3x Abrupt Decay, 2x Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger, 2x Liliana of the Veil, 1x Mountain

Reasoning: A lot actually comes in for this match up but a lot are duplicate cards that do similar things. We want to get rid of our Chevill, Bane of Monsters and random discard effects giving them a free Pheonix in the graveyard. Our first order of business is to disrupt their hand then get a Weathered Runestone out all the while exiling their graveyard and removing any permanents they play with the main goal being to remove their win cons (they only have a few creatures and a walker in the sdieboard) and then we can win. Chandra, Awakened Inferno comes in more of a piece that is hard to remove once it hits and it can exile a Pheonix that is out or gets out while helping finish the game for us. We have Kolaghan's Command for an instant speed removal spell and much less so for the random discard effect and perhaps to bring a creature back from our grave that they have removed. Our top end creatures are good here but can still die to their removal. We want to disrupt their game plan first before moving ahead with ours.

Mono White Midrange Show

In: 4x Languish, 2x Slaughter Games, 2x Kolaghan's Command

Out: 2x Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger, 4x Thoughtseize, 2x Chandra, Torch of Defiance

So this deck is backing itself with the success of Karn, so the plan is to run against aggro with board wipes and to use Slaughter Games to get rid of Karn. We keep Sheoldred, the Apocalypse as bait to keep a Elder Gargaroth alive as they don't have many answers to it. We need to get rid of their value pieces mainly the creature that allows you to play cards from the graveyard. Removing that helps a ton. Their side has a few walkers in it so harder removal spells are kept in.

Atarka Red Show

In: 4x Languish, 2x Kolaghan's Command

Out: 4x Thoughtseize, 2x Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger

This deck is a very aggressive deck. We need all our creatures out for blocks as well as as much removal as we can muster with board wipes and the like. There isn't much to cut here except Thoughtseize as taking the 2 damage will almost always deal more damage to us than removing their card and not affecting the board.

Enigmatic Fires Show

In: 3x Weathered Runestone, 3x Agonizing Remorse, 2x Slaughter Games, 2x Kolaghan's Command

Out: 2x Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger, 3x Graveyard Trespasser  , 4x Fatal Push

This deck is a combo type deck where we keep in our hand disruption to try to take their pieces while trying to get a Weathered Runestone out. Slaughter Games can remove the pieces permanently and Kolaghan's Command acts as another removal spell, better than Fatal Push is here. Graveyard Trespasser   doesn't do a whole lot here compared to the other pieces and Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger is removed because of our Weathered Runestone. Chevill, Bane of Monsters can do a lot here even without a removal spell as you can put a counter on the creature they are planning to sacrifice and you both get value.

Lotus Field Combo Show

On the Play

In: 2x Slaughter Games, 3x Agonizing Remorse, 2x Kolaghan's Command

Out: 3x Chevill, Bane of Monsters, 4x Fatal Push

On the Draw:

In: 2x Slaughter Games, 3x Agonizing Remorse, 2x Kolaghan's Command

Out: 2x Chevill, Bane of Monsters, 4x Fatal Push, 1x Mountain

Reasoning: Against this deck we need hand disruption and to exile either their win con or the card they use to search for their win con. After sideboard they play more win cons and we keep our hard removal in for those. We take out Chevill, Bane of Monsters and Fatal Push as there isn't that many creatures so we wouldn't gain that much value and once again with not many creatures Fatal Push is a lot worse. Abrupt Decay can play the part of creature removal as there isn't much else for them to remove. We keep all our discard pieces in, some work around a Leyline where others don't where we would need some removal for the Leyline. We keep in some creatures that gain us value when they draw or are just good by themselves that need to be responded to.

Mono Blue Spirits Show

On the Play

In: 4x Languish, 3x Agonizing Remorse, 1x Chandra, Awakened Inferno, 2x Kolaghan's Command

Out: 2x Sheoldred, the Apocalypse, 3x Graveyard Trespasser  , 2x Chandra, Torch of Defiance, 2x Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger, 1x Liliana of the Veil

On the Draw:

In: 4x Languish, 3x Agonizing Remorse, 1x Chandra, Awakened Inferno, 2x Kolaghan's Command

Out: 2x Sheoldred, the Apocalypse, 3x Graveyard Trespasser  , 2x Chandra, Torch of Defiance, 2x Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger, 1x Mountain

Reasoning: Against this deck we want anything that says it can't be countered on it so Chandra, Awakened Inferno does double duty here that it has to hit the field and it's a board wipe as well. We keep all the removal even sorcery speed and add in Kolaghan's Command for some more with Languish as well. To counteracts the counters we run hand disruption. They either have to counter the disruption or I get rid of your card. We take out Sheoldred, the Apocalypse and Graveyard Trespasser   as they both don't do a whole lot here compared to other cards and we take out Chandra, Torch of Defiance as the "worst" removal spell and Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger as it doesn't do too much while not affecting the board. We cut a Lilly on the play but keep them in on the draw.

Mono Red Aggro Show

In: 4x Languish, 2x Kolaghan's Command

Out: 4x Thoughtseize, 2x Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger

Reasoning: We need as much life as we can muster against this deck, that means all creatures stay in and Thoughtseize comes out for board wipes and more removal.

Bard Class Show

On the Play

In: 4x Languish, 2x Slaughter Games, 1x Chandra, Awakened Inferno

Out: 2x Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger, 2x Chandra, Torch of Defiance, 3x Liliana of the Veil

On the Draw:

In: 4x Languish, 2x Slaughter Games, 1x Chandra, Awakened Inferno

Out: 4x Thoughtseize, 2x Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger, 1x Mountain

Reasoning: This deck is fairly combo where we need to remove their Bard Class before anything gets out of hand and then just deal with the creatures. On the play we keep Thoughtseize to rip apart their opening hand and grab something good where on the play we take them all out. We remove Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger as we need creatures that stay on the field. We keep our removal spells and take out the walkers as a larger removal spell on a stick is worse than a creature able to block the small creatures with their limited removal.

Boros Heroic Show

In: 4x Languish, 2x Kolaghan's Command

Out: 4x Thoughtseize, 2x Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger

Reasoning: Another aggro matchup that sideboards pretty much the same. The board wipes and removal come in and the hand disruption comes out.

Izzet Creativity Show

On the Play

In: 3x Agonizing Remorse, 2x Slaughter Games, 2x Kolaghan's Command, 1x Chandra, Awakened Inferno

Out: 3x Chevill, Bane of Monsters, 4x Fatal Push, 1x Graveyard Trespasser  

On the Draw:

In: 3x Agonizing Remorse, 2x Slaughter Games, 2x Kolaghan's Command, 1x Chandra, Awakened Inferno

Out: 3x Chevill, Bane of Monsters, 4x Fatal Push, 1x Mountain

Reasoning: The game plan here is to disrupt their hand every which way possible and then to get a Slaughter Games for their creature that they play. This is a bit easier to do after seeing it of course. Otherwise the back up plan is to remove all creatures and artifacts from the field so they can't use their namesake of the deck. This is done with the same nonland permanent removal we ran before with Kolaghan's Command to destroy an artifact or destroy a creature, and Chandra, Awakened Inferno acts as an uncounterable win con for the Izzet Control type of games. We remove anything that specifically scales with creatures like Chevill, Bane of Monsters and Fatal Push.

Niv to Light Show

On the Play

In: 3x Agonizing Remorse, 4x Languish, 2x Slaughter Games, 1x Chandra, Awakened Inferno

Out: 3x Chevill, Bane of Monsters, 4x Fatal Push, 3x Graveyard Trespasser  

On the Draw:

In: 3x Agonizing Remorse, 4x Languish, 2x Slaughter Games, 1x Chandra, Awakened Inferno

Out: 3x Chevill, Bane of Monsters, 4x Fatal Push, 2x Graveyard Trespasser  , 1x Mountain

Reasoning: Against this match up they don't run too many creatures so most of those cards go out where we need to disrupt their hand and gain value with permanents while keeping them at bay while we attempt to win.

Updates

10-28-21 Show

After playing at the first event going 2 and 1 it appears having another Questing Beast would be beneficial over a Tireless Tracker for another needed threat. This will be tested over the next few weeks to determine if it's a good fit but otherwise the deck is still fairly new.

Another swap to test will be Soul-Guide Lantern for Klothys, God of Destiny. The god seems very playable, very hard to remove, and can gain life or ramp depending on the card exiled and keeps a constant exile effect from the yard. It doesn't get rid of the whole yard but provides value so testing a direct sqap will occur within the next few weeks.

1-18-22 Show

Adding the 2nd Questing Beast makes him much easier to find and was a good swap. The test of the Klothys, God of Destiny in the side has remain to be seen as it can only be seen in 2/3 games per round when sided in and is only a 2 of. We haven't gotten this card often so testing will continue.

This update will discuss the swap of Rankle, Master of Pranks for Desecration Demon. They are the same cost but Desecration Demon has more of the Chevill, Bane of Monsters feel with removing threats on board and is a much larger flyer for blocking against flying which we lack. Rankle's modes were a bit off as well as sacrificing a creature usually lead us to sac Rankle as our worst creature on board and the other modes haven't been played as often.

Another swap happening in this update is 1x Slaughter Games for 1x Rakdos's Return. We felt there were too many Slaughter Games in the side as we only really needed 1 and when we got multiples it didn't help. Rakdos's Return seems like a spicy addition as it can discard their entire hand late game or eat a counter against control where we would side this in against. We had some trouble with control as a lot of our removal game 1 didn't touch anything until they set up with board with counters in hand.

8-25-22 Show

Well Liliana of the Veil is here so we will throw her in over the Kolaghan's Command. We are also discussing replacing Desecration Demon with card:Elder Gargorth but we can't seem to find any.

No other cards will be removed at this time.

9-7-22 Show

card:Elder Gargorth while it doesn't do anything when it comes out can shut down decks if allowed to untap with it (or simply block with it). We may be adding a 3rd somewhere.

We want to replace 1x Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger with 1x Tenacious Underdog as it seems if we have more than a 2x in the deck we seem to see at least 2. Seeing 2x Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger isn't the best case in really any match up.

We also want to include Weathered Runestone and at the moment can only replace Klothys, God of Destiny with it. So we will attempt to replace 2x Klothys, God of Destiny with 2x Weathered Runestone to give me a better match up against Collected Company decks and faster graveyard hate. It does shut down my graveyard plays a bit but we can simply remove them from the deck when we add in our graveyard hate.

No other cards will be removed at this time.

9-26-22 Show

The additions of card:Elder Gargorth has been welcomed. We have yet to test with Tenacious Underdog or Weathered Runestone but feel we need to fine tune the list agaisnt the local meta. This update will introduce many changes. The non-lands set to change are: Removing 2x Questing Beast, Tireless Tracker and Vraska, Golgari Queen for 2x card:Graveyard Tresspasser, Sheoldred, the Apocalypse and Riveteers Charm. Sheoldred, the Apocalypse is pretty much in the same slot as Questing Beast as both can shut down aggro on the ground but we lose the ability to hit walkers with beast which was niche at best. card:Graveyard Tresspasser is simply better against non midrange decks hurting aggro and combo alike with the life drain and graveyard hate piece with the ability to flip against some decks easily and keep the drain going with the many creatures we send to their graveyard. Vraska, Golgari Queen was also cut due to the lack of interaction with Tireless Tracker being cut as well and replaced with Riveteers Charm. It's a cheaper card that does similar abilities of Vraska can remove somethng then die. Riveteers Charm can also get us cards to play or exile their graveyard as a covering piece that does multiple things.

The mana base changes a ton by removing all basics but 1x Mountain because all of the Fabled Passage gets cut because no Tireless Tracker in the list. Along with removing 2x Blooming Marsh and 2x Hissing Quagmire for 1x of Hive of the Eye Tyrant and Lair of the Hydra to keep the man lands in, changing card:Stomeping Ground for a Overgrown Tomb and doubling down on check lands with another Woodland Cemetery and 2x Dragonskull Summit but removing 1x Rootbound Crag. We are also adding a few flip lands to offset the removal of Blooming Marsh to get our black source untapped Turn 1 with 3x Blightstep Pathway   and a Darkbore Pathway  . We also had room for more utility lands with 1x Castle Locthwain and 2x Boseiju, Who Endures.

The sideboard changes some as well removing 4x Radiant Flames replacing it with 3x Languish, and cutting 3x Abrade for 2x Chandra, Awakened Inferno against control and Tear Asunder as an all around piece of removal.

No other cards will be removed at this time.

9-29-22 Show

Most of the changes from the previous update have been taken well in the deck. The mana base has been good with the utility lands and getting a majority of lands untapped. The mainboard nonlands are great additions as well with better beaters and removal.

Minor changes will occur here to fix up consistency and to get untapped lands a little cheaper. This update will touch both main and sideboard. The first changes are removing a Dragonskull Summit for a Darkbore Pathway   to get untapped lands a little easier as you need to find the shock land to get the check lands untapped while also lowering the red slightly and increasing the green of the deck. We are also removing 1x Tenacious Underdog and replacing it with a 3rd of card:Graveyard Tresspasser as that card is pretty good and we don't really need the discard fodder. Another change is in the sideboard where we didn't end up with Tear Asunder but was happy enough with Kolaghan's Command but could replace it with Abrade. We swapped 1x Chandra, Awakened Inferno with a 4th Languish to have a better chance at getting it.

No other cards will be removed at this time.

10-17-22 Show

Adding in the Graveyard Trespasser   was a good fit for the deck having another good threat out. The Kolaghan's Command in the side is surprisingly well versatile and not too terrible at doing any one thing and slots in well for more utility.

This update will fix what was changed out in the last update. We swapped a red source for a green and feel we really needed that red source back. Double green is need Turn 5 where double red can be needed as early as Turn 4 with both red and green needed earliest Turn 2 so while red is more splashed it is needed sooner so these lands should be around the same in amount. This update will replace a Darkbore Pathway   with a Blightstep Pathway   to keep the amount of shock check and flip lands and to swap back the green for the red.

No other cards will be removed at this time.

Record

This panel will keep a history of the past records with some details pertaining to tougher matchups. Note: I am not the pilot of this deck, therefore I have limited knowledge of how matchups specifically went.

2021-2022

October 27th - 2-1

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This was the first time playing the deck in a competitive setting. The only loss was to a Bant Spirits deck 3rd round because I wasn't sure how to sideboard as noted in the empty sideboard guide at this time. I know against a deck like this I now want hand disruption because that's my only move against Collected Company, my board wipe, and only instant speed removal to ensure they play on their own turn and not mine. The walkers come out because I lack reach to ensure the walker's safety.

November 3rd - 2-2

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Round 1: Orzhov Auras

This matchup comes down to if they have their protection spell Karametra's Blessing or not. This game, they did. Game 2 and 3 went more in my favor as I eventually would get through with removal as they went tall and not wide as I suspected. Their Lurrus of the Dream-Den wasn't that difficult to beat leaving up removal for it. Noted I should attempt to 2 for 1 them by killing their aura target in response to targeting because this deck gets a lot of value off of drawing my casting auras or their aura-enchanted creature dying. This ideology is reinforced with the fact that Karametra's Blessing does not give hexproof nor indestructible to creatures that are yet to be enchanted.

Round 2: Naya Ramp

This deck looked very similar to the old Naya Adventure decks utilizing cards mainly from Throne of Eldraine. This matchup wasn't hard as any threat was quickly removed of. My board then just started swinging and I became the attacker. Game 2 I sided out Abrupt Decay because most of the adventure creatures are larger than 3 and this card wasn't very useful game 1.

Round 3:Jeskai Ensoul

This was a tough matchup. Game 1 was rough. They kept a good Stonecoil Serpent and had protection and once enchanted this was the only threat they needed to win. Game 2 I had really good draws getting my playset of Fatal Push and with a Chevill, Bane of Monsters gaining life for every removal spell and a Questing Beast on board they attempted to survive with lifegain from Shadowspear but stayed at 1 life for a while until I could get the final damage in. Game 3 went quick as my removal kept being responded to similar to Game 1.

Round 4: Azorius Control

This was a tough matchup from the start. Game 1 I have removal that isn't useful against this deck and my value creatures and walkers would get countered. Game 2 I sided well my putting in all my discard spells and Slaughter Games. This was a classic control build so their win cons were: Teferi, Hero of Dominaria, Shark Typhoon, and Hall of Storm Giants. I discarded many cards with Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger and spells then cast Slaughter Games calling Teferi, Hero of Dominaria then Shark Typhoon leaving 1 win con left in the deck that unfortunately was already on the field. I had a Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger with a Hissing Quagmire but they kept drawing lands to enable Hall of Storm Giants. I swung in with Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger getting it killed then on the swing back blocked their land with mine trading. With only 1 Hall of Storm Giants presumably left in the deck and on the field I had no blockers nor removal for it. I kept in Abrupt Decay which should have been taken out for more relevant cards to ensure I could survive until late game removing all their win conditions. It was a fun match and I learned a great deal in the control matchup where I haven't had any experience yet.

November 10th - 3-1

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First off I was only able to get 1 Klothys, God of Destiny and when it was sided in I didn't see it. I also did not get the 2nd Questing Beast yet.

Round 1: Bye

Technically not a bye. My opponent was in the middle of a Commander game and decided to keep playing.

Round 2: Mono Black Discard

I missed most of this match up but heard the game was won in 2. Assassin's Trophy and Abrupt Decay most likely did work destroying the aces in the deck that deal damage when I have 1 or fewer cards in hand. Tireless Tracker was kept in as well to get more card draw.

Round 3: Orzhov Control

This was a weird match up. Game 1 they played Yorion and was swinging in while I had nothing to play and was swinging with my man land most of the game. I lost that race. Game 2 I sided in hand disruption but was still overcome with value from the many win cons in the deck whereas I drew not much to contend.

Round 4: Bant Spirits

This match up I remember from last week so it wasn't too hard to overcome it. My game plan is to side in hand disruption to get rid of Collected Company and side out planeswalkers and sorcery speed removal as the walkers will die in the air and the sorcery speed removal is too slow. I play to take a card from their hand on my turn then make them respond on their turn from removal to stop their tempo and allow me to do what I want on my turn. I won this match up in 2.

November 17th - 2-0-1

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I got all the cards for the deck and Questing Beast is definitely staying. I haven't played enough Klothys, God of Destiny to know if it's a good fit or not. It seems it on paper but until I get to test with it the deck will remain.

Round 1: Mono-Green Landfall

This deck was very easy to beat running tons of removal. Easy 2 and 0.

Round 2: Simic Kicker

I knew this deck and thought it would be easier but they get a lot of triggers stopping my limited amount of creatures to deal damage while gaining creatures themselves. I was outvalued game 1. Game 2 I ended up with more hand disruption and board wipes in the deck stopping their mediocre hand with a Thoughtseize taking their only creature and leaving blue removal in it. I ended up with a Questing Beast and both my walkers out. The deck has answers to Roost of Drakes but typically once it's out for a while they got too much value off of it. I stopped them in their tracks this game but time was called right after we finished and neither of us can win in 3 turns so we called it a tie.

Round 3: Izzet Ensoul

Someone else was on ensoul but it's good I know how to beat the deck. That's not to say it was an easy win. They had different cards than I'm used to like card:Blackstaff of Waterdeep which is a good card, but slower than the ensoul decks I'm used to. A grindy game given their wonderful top decks having only good cards in deck but I won out with a Chevill, Bane of Monsters gaining me life and drawing cards while I kill their creatures getting at least a 2 for 1. Some of my spells were countered and that hurt but I was able to win it in 2.

December 15th - 2-1

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I played Klothys, God of Destiny some and he seems a good addition but is still hard to test.

Round 1: Naya Winota

This deck was fun to face. I don't have all the details but if I can kill the Winota whenever he casts it before he swings it's a good game.

Round 2: Bant Spirits

This is not a terrible match up but also not a good one. I side boarded wrong and it's just a lot of moving pieces. I tried playing on their turn but got caught up in the Spell Queller permanent exile clause by not letting the ETB fully resolve before removing the creature. Mausoleum Wanderer is also a pain in the ass and now I know to just kill this first. A caveat to him is by putting the bounty counter on it first I almost guarantee to get my draw and gain life trigger or at least shut down it's ability for a while putting the hard decisions on him instead of myself for once.

Round 3: Jeskai Ensoul

He gave me the win here and there isn't much details to state. He got mana screwed the entire time and any large creature he tried to make I killed it on the spot.

January 26th - 3-1

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Round 1: Jeskai Ensoul

These games go 50/50. Either they have the cards and I have the removal or not. I had the upper hand in both games.

Round 2: Mono Green Ramp

It seemed I had a good match up here but I had didn't get my larger cmc removal cards when they ramped into larger creatures. Bad luck here because I should have at least 6 removal spells to deal with larger creatures not to mention death touch creatures. I sided in hand disruption for Game 2 but it seemed they top decked the ramp spells and I had no way to deal with them again.

Round 3: Mono Black Aggro

This deck wasn't awful they had some removal for me but I went over the top. Funny enough the combo of Klothys, God of Destiny and Desecration Demon was brutal and basically won the game outright. Demon would have them sac something when they wanted to swing because they couldn't get around the large 6/6 blocker, on my turn I would exile the creature they saced for my God's ability and gain some life back while hitting them for 2. Klothys, God of Destiny ended up doing 14 damage to face that game. I was able to cast other spells to avoid their board building up too much past my 6/6/ blocker. Both of the new additions are staying in and have proved their worth.

Round 4: Bant Spirits

I beat this deck most likely because I've faced it enough and now know what to do against it.

January 26th - 1-3

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Round 1: Bant Spirits

I know what to do against these matchups and I sided perfectly, my deck only wanted to give me lands.

Round 2: Jeskai Ensoul

These games go 50/50. Either they have the cards and I have the removal or not. This time I did not.

Round 3: Bye

Going 0 and 2 I should get a good matchup last round

Round 4: Jund Sacrafice

This deck I feel I can do well against, but the problem is I run into the timer more than the opponent. We tied but I gave them the win because their record was better than mine.

March 9th - 1-3

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Round 1: Grull Aggro

Both games were won by the opponent turn 4. They cast a Collected Company turn 3 with help from a green 1 drop mana dork and went Burning Tree, Burning Tree, Surge Goblin and swung for 12. Game 2 was similar.

Round 2: Jeskai Ensoul

These games go 50/50. Either they have the cards and I have the removal or not. This time I had the cards.

Round 3: Boros Burn

This deck was quick and right before I got a holding I died to a burn spell. Game 2 was similar where I was at 2 life and had the cards I needed to gain life where they had a card:Roling Vortex out. On untap step they activated it. Even had I killed it they topdecked the burn spell they needed to finish me off.

Round 4: Izzet Pheonix

I feel I should have a good match up against this as I can kill Thing in the Ice   as quickly as it comes out without a chance to remove any counters from it. Arclight Phoenix was the real problem where I can kill it but they will just bring it back next turn and once there are more than 1 out I'm starting to lose life as I can kill the 1 a turn. Game 2 I sided in all my exile removal with Agonizing Remorse, Slaughter Games, and Klothys, God of Destiny and got rid of 1 phoenix turn 2 with an Agonizing Remorse and they were struggling to find more. In that time I cast a Chandra and Klothys, God of Destiny where they were both bounced and by the time I got them back again I was spiraling downward because they found their phoenix and I have yet to get an exile removal spell.

March 16th - 3-1

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Round 1: Naya Winota

Game 1 was very very long because they kept a huge board and I kept killing Winota whenever it showed up. I couldn't sneak the win as with a huge board I had plenty of gas but no finisher that could get through quick enough. Chandra, Torch of Defiance was my only walker on the field and it looks like I was looking for an ultimate for the win but at a point they kept being aggressive and killed it. I lost Game 1 after a while. We tried for a Game 2 and they took it very quickly.

Round 2: Mono Black Aggro

Even with creatures that can come back they need to either attack with something else, have me lose life, or have no cards in hand, and so I just killed their creatures and they weren't able to bring them back.

Round 3: Bant Spirits

I beat this deck in 3. Luck helped me out as well as they didn't get any white sources Game 3 and I made them discard everything else they could cast or wiped the board. Getting all my Radiant Flames helped me greatly in this regard.

Round 4: Mono Red

It wasn't really a good mono red deck so the wins came very quickly.

April 6th - 2-2

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Round 1: Bant Spirits

A tough match up. Game 1 I got rolled over as typical. Game 2 I went with my sideboard plan of instant speed removal, removing the sorcery speed removal and kept hand disruption in but my deck mana flooded me even with a Chevill, Bane of Monsters out.

Round 2: Bye

I got the Bye.

Round 3: Orzhov Humans

This was a cool deck but the creatures were smaller and I can deal with creatures. We ended up going to Game 3 but I won.

Round 4: Jeskai Ensoul

50 / 50 toss up and they drew very well.

August 24th - 2-3

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Round 1: Bard Class Combo

So I should have a good match up against this but I didn't get any permanent removal and lost.

Round 2: Bant Spirits

The only event I saw was a Game 2 where they cast Abrade knowing a Spell Queller was going to take it with the Radiant Flames in hand but they didn't cast it correctly. The opponent had a Lofty Denial in hand but we had enough lands to pay the additional cost but instead did something a bit different and lost. Spirits is a weird match up.

Round 3: Mardu Vehicles

I'm not sure what happened here but I won.

Round 4: Boros Heroic

I feel like I have a good match up against this as well but they had a few protection spells and I didn't draw anything good.

Round 5: Abzan Renaimator

I didn't see any of this match up but they ended up giving it to us. They gain a bit of life so we sided in our God to exile cards and gain life.

September 7th - 1-3

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Round 1: Abzan Renamator

Game 1 - Presented Infinite combo time 4 / 5? I kept a pretty bad hand on a mulligan: 3 greens (produced only Green, Green, and red green)

So my hand couldn't really do much: couldn't cast Questing Beast until turn 6 I think actually and then he comboed

  ~~~~ Side Board

In: 3x Radiant Flames 3x Abrade 3x Agonizing Remorse 2x Klothys, God of Destiny

Out: 2x Chandra, Torch of Defiance 2x Vraska, Golgari Queen 2x Dreadbore 2x Murderous Rider (I forget to take out Kolaghan's Command. Whoops)

This deck is hard for me because a lot of my destroy cards help them as they end up being back their creatures. Maybe Slaughter Games would help by exiling the sacrifice enabler.

Game 2: Hand was pretty bad again. Off a mulligan: Agonizing Remorse turn 2 to take a return cmc 2 or less card to battle field guy. Had 2 Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger (one was hand 1 was drawn)

He ended up with no hand and topped a Woe Strider

Was able to beat me down with Woe Strider and drew another and I drew tracker land land and didn't find anything else

Note: • Seeing 2 Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger was a little rough • deck definitely seems weak against graveyard. I don't think the god is good enough hate: maybe

~ Unlicensed Hearse ~ Artifact to exile all grave yards ~ Scav ooze? Nah that seems really bad

Edit: Should add Weathered Runestone as an end all be all against graveyard/Collected Company decks.

Round 2: Mono White (Starter Deck?)

I won in 2. The deck wasn't very good. I think it was a started deck.

The deck performed pretty well tho.

Round 3: Bant Spirits

I hate this match up. I lost the first game, I got my hate card Elder Gargaroth and was able to win Game 2 with it. Game 3 I could see the light at the end of the tunnel with a Elder Gargaroth but they had a very large board and once they could get a Shacklegeist out I was pretty much done for.

Round 4: Mono Red Aggro

I believe this went to Game 3 but I did not win here. One game I had a good amount of removal getting them to no cards and fizzing them out while I won. Another game they kept removal against 2 of my Chevill, Bane of Monsters so I couldn't use them.

September 28th - 2-3

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Round 1: Boros Goblins

This deck is a pretty good match up for me as I can 1 for 1 them for a while until I get a finisher. I typically gain a good amount of life anyway. Elder Gargaroth also put in work here as they aren't big enough to take care of it.

Round 2: Mono Red Aggro

This deck got me in 2 by going so fast. I also am not sure I sideboarded correctly here and really needed my board wipes pretty much anywhere in the game.

Round 3: Dimir Spells

I have a very good match up here where they need to counter my removal spells and some can't be countered. Their finishers can all be removed by me very easily and I very easily go over the top of them with planeswalkers and large creatures. One game they were stuck on 4 lands when I ultimated a Liliana of the Veil putting them back down to 2 lands and ensuring the game.

Round 4: Bant Spirits

They ended up getting me in 3 here because I wasn't able to see my board wipes or Elder Gargaroth that can shut down the deck completely and can only die if I swing in and they block enough to kill it.

October 5th 3-1

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Round 1: Mono Black Control

We went to 3 games but they eventually took it. We both had a Graveyard Trespasser   and I passed the turn letting them both flip then used Abrupt Decay on their Graveyard Trespasser   keeping mine flipped with no downside.

Round 2: Mono White

This deck isn't too competitive. I was able to steal 2 games fairly scott free although it took a while after they wiped my board and brought theirs back.

Round 3: Abzan Humans

Game 1 I had a Chevill, Bane of Monsters against a horde of creatures. They didn't swing out so I was able to block small creatures while gaining cards and keeping up my life total with my Chevill, Bane of Monsters triggers. Game 2 I had a few board wipes in my opening hand so the game was pretty much stolen from there. I didn't wrath right away either I let the board build up and then destroyed it. Sheoldred, the Apocalypse survives my board wipe which is pretty brutal.

Round 4: Jeskai Ensoul

I had a ton of removal in both games and was able to take them without too much effort.

October 12th 1-2-1

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Round 1: Bant Spirits

This is a hard match up no matter what, but I made the mistake in Game 2 having a Weathered Runestone out to them take a Collected Company from their hand.

Round 2: Mono Black Control

Another harder match up. They seemed to have the cards they needed and I didn't needing {R}{R} to cast most of the spells in my hand.

Round 3: Bye

Round 4: Izzet Pheonix

This is the match up we went to time on. Not really sure what happened here.

October 13th 1-2

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Round 1: Mono Blue Spirits

Game 1 I went first and Thoughtseized into a ton of creatures. I didn't have any spot removal in my opening hand and had a Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger, Riveteers Charm, 2 Graveyard Trespasser   a Chandra, Torch of Defiance and lands, basically everything that isn't good against this match up. I got a Graveyard Trespasser   out but no creatures were in the graveyard at this point. They were able to get damage in the air and flashed in 2 lords at my end step and was able to finish off the game. Game 2 I had a Thoughtseize and 2 Languish in hand with 4 lands. I kept knowing they can flood the board early so I kept. When I Thoughtseized I saw they only had 2 lands in hand and 5 creatures. They didn't draw any more lands after this so they couldn't flood the board and I needed to languish early having nothing else. I had another hand disruption card and used it Turn 3. They sent more creatures out that I was able to wipe again but they were still on 2 lands. I drew into more and more lands and another Languish. I did get them to a point where they were top decking and I got a Chevill, Bane of Monsters out but no spot removal to take it out. I was at 1 and they had a creature out so I had to cast Languish but they had 2 counter spells in hand. I actually had the lands to tap for the 1st counterspell but not the 2nd.

Round 2: Izzet Pheonix

Game 1 I didn't have much spot removal and they ended up getting me when I misplaced my Riveteers Charm to exile cards off my deck and not their yard with a single phoenix in it. Game 2 I ended up with 2 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse but they had the answer for both then the answer for my Elder Gargaroth while finishing me off. I kept drawing my finishers and not removal that I needed.

Round 3: Abzan Greesefang

Game 1 I started with a Thoughtseize and Chevill, Bane of Monsters and had a Riveteers Charm for their graveyard that I wasn't going to misplay again. I got them to a point where they didn't have a hand and had to go flashback a Can't Stay Away from the graveyard and in response I exile the graveyard finishing the game in my favor. Game 2 I sided accordingly and we played a hand disruption match. They ended up with a creature that I removed and kept digging for their combo while getting their hand removed. They ended up with 2 greesefang in hand with no vehicles in the yard and I removed them turn by turn while keeping the yard empty of vehicles with Graveyard Trespasser   then getting another Graveyard Trespasser  . Trespasser won me the game.

October 15th 1-2

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First off this was a Store Championship that only 4 people attended. Therefore we were expecting to just get some good practice games in.

Round 1: Mono Blue Spirits

Game 1 I went first and lead off with a Thoughtseize and took their 1 creature in hand. After that I had plenty of time to set up a Chevill, Bane of Monsters and draw removal spells for when they played creatures. I had 2 Abrupt Decay in hand and end stepped Riveteers Charm to exile cards to get a faster clock out. I got a Graveyard Trespasser   and held up removal for when they flashed in creatures. The game ended by me able to remove all their threats they top decked. Game 2 I kept a Thoughtseize in hand and sideboarded accordingly. I got an early game Chevill, Bane of Monsters out and they were stuck on 2 lands able to cast 1 creature a turn but having to do so on the end step so Chevill, Bane of Monsters didn't trigger where I could instant speed remove it. The game went like this for a while and I drew some hand disruption and Elder Gargaroth getting rid of a Shacklegeist for when Elder Gargaroth comes down. They had a counterspell but had no other cards in hand so I cast a hand disruption spell and they countered it allowing me to play out Elder Gargaroth and seal the deal.

Round 2: Izzet Phoenix

So I wrote up my deck list wrong not counting if the list came up to 60 and 15 and took a Game 1 loss. On Game 2 without sideboarding I decided to go first and had to mull to 5 with the 7 card hand having 2 Woodland Cemetery being very slow tapped lands and no red source and the 6 card hand having no lands. The 5 had 1 Darkbore Pathway   2 Thoughtseize Sheoldred, the Apocalypse and Riveteers Charm. I cast a few hand disruption spells and drew a bunch of lands to get my Sheoldred, the Apocalypse out but they had draw spells in hand and no threats that would have been an easy take. They then were able to have a Thing in the Ice   out and bounce Sheoldred, the Apocalypse while having the answer in hand and keeping me off blockers and I drew no removal for their Thing in the Ice  .

Round 3: Atarka Red

Game 1 I had a Graveyard Trespasser   Dreadbore Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger but didn't draw any red sources but drew 2 Thoughtseize. The only bad cards against this match up being Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger and Thoughtseize. They didn't see me play much of anything so they weren't sure what to sideboard. Game 2 I stalled until I got an Elder Gargaroth out and a Sheoldred, the Apocalypse wining me the game. Game 3 I had 2 Languish and 3 lands with a Graveyard Trespasser   so I had to keep but I just drew into lands and no spot removal and so I died before I was able to Languish.

October 19th 2-0-1

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Round 1: Bant Humans

We didn't start this matchup until 5 minutes into the timer. I got some games in and they aggroed me one game and in Game 3 they were on no cards in hand and I had a Sheoldred, the Apocalypse and removal spell in hand and a Chevill, Bane of Monsters and Elder Gargaroth on the battlefield. They kept topdecking Brutal Cathar   to get rid of my large creature and I kept killing it. Had I had 5 more minutes I would have had this Game 3.

Round 2: 4c Fires

I won this match up in 2 with 2 early game Liliana of the Veil ultimates as they didn't get any answer for her twice in a row.

Round 3: Mono Red Aggro

I won this round in 2 or 3.

Round 4: Rakdos Midrange

By this end the winner was already decided where any record the opponent got didn't matter and the only records that could bring me up was a win with both a loss or tie sending me to third or fourth. Needless to say here we ended up tieing.

October 20th 0-2

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Round 1: Mono White Aggro

I hand picked this deck as it was the best match up against theirs. They were running sub par with only 2 Brutal Cathar   and no Skyclave in the deck. Game 1 I went first and had 2 Liliana of the Veil in hand I removed early threats then they got an Adeline out that I couldn't draw a removal spell for. I got 2 Elder Gargaroth but I didn't block the Adeline because I'd die and then die to them going wide. I didn't get the removal spell I needed. Game 2 I sided accordingly and lost getting 1 Languish but they still had lots of creatures and I didn't draw removal when I needed it.

Round 2: Rakdos Midrange

Game 1 I had 2 Chevill, Bane of Monsters and 1 Liliana of the Veil in hand and played the Chevill, Bane of Monsters thinking I can go Liliana of the Veil next turn and get a trigger but they didn't play a creature but I went Liliana of the Veil anyway and discarded my second Chevill, Bane of Monsters then they Fatal Pushed my Chevill, Bane of Monsters on the field. They didn't get rid of my planeswalker very easily so I figured I was safe with an Elder Gargaroth but they immediately cast Dreadbore on it not using it on Liliana of the Veil. When the Liliana of the Veil finally died they had 1 card in hand and I didn't Thoughtseize it and it ended up being a card I had to get rid of being Fable of the Mirror-Breaker  . They had the perfect answer for everything I had that game. Game 2 I sided accordingly and kept a risky hand with Thoughtseize, Chandra, Torch of Defiance and 5 lands. They didn't cast Thoughtseize first so I got to use mine and did see a Fatal Push, a removal spell for my higher cmc creatures and a planeswalkers removal spell me taking the walker removal spell. We both proceeded to draw lands and removal for our permanents me getting an Abrupt Decay for their Fable of the Mirror-Breaker   and Graveyard Trespasser  . I had 2 Boseiju, Who Endures using 1 on a Field of Ruin because I had my 1 basic in hand and one more on an Unlicensed Hearse because it could get very big very quick. They ended up drawing better cards and beating me. By matches end I drew 23 cards, 14 of which we lands with 5 of them in my starting hand drawing a total of 16 cards, 9 of which were nonland 2 that started in my hand.

October 20th 2-2

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Round 1: Jund Kreuga Fires

As a reactive deck I react to what my opponent is doing. When my opponent is trying to go over the top it doesn't go so well for me and I get overwhelmed. I never saw Fires but playing as a midrange deck with value cards I may run out of removal, and did.

Round 2: Izzet Phoenix

This deck is very easy for me to beat. They have less than 15 cards that win them the game and I have more than that many removal spells. They can draw as much as they want but as long as I can exile Phoenix or not see it the deck is easy.

Round 3: Rakdos Midrange

Both slugging midrange decks I feel theirs is a bit more consistent with 1 less color, however, I can react to more things than they can like enchantments. I still lost in the end.

Round 4: Orzhov Blink

This deck was trying to take advantage of the new prototype cards and blink them to make them larger for cheap. Instant speed removal was all I needed here and if they try to blink in response all I need is another removal spell and I'm all set.

Date added	3 years
Last updated	6 months
Exclude colors	WU
Legality	This deck is Pioneer legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 39 - 8 Rares 9 - 4 Uncommons 0 - 3 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.47
Tokens	Bat 1/1 B, Copy Clone, Emblem Vraska, Golgari Queen, Goblin Shaman, Map, On an Adventure, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Awesome PNR, Cool, Pioneer Brewing
Based on	Jund UndeadxPenguins PNR