Okay, so check out the current build I have listed in this article. I made some changes before going into FNM yesterday, and it worked surprisingly well. Below is a small recap of my matchups.
Round 1 - BANT WALKERS
Okay, so I was kind of worried right off the bat about bant walkers. Game one, I managed to take the win simply because I main deck Hero's Downfall x4. I was able to stifle his first few walkers with those cards and also with Ashen Rider's ETB effect on the whip. After that, my GY was full, I had an obzedat out, and there was very little he could do. Game two, I was too slow and unfortunately his Kiora was out and fully protected. I had to scoop when she managed to do her kraken emblem. Game 3, managed to take a win with blood baron that I brought in from side board and kept it alive with Golgari Charms.
Round 2 - Mono Black
Pretty easy match up. Won game one easily, game two I struggled when he played out two desecration demons and lost. Game three, I dropped turn one on the play pithing needle and declared pack rat. After I won, he told me he kept a hand with 3 rats and a Underworld Connections so the rat basically fucked his day up. I managed to whip out the Ashen Rider to exile his land that had the connections attached to it, and then it was gg.
Round 3 - U/W Control
Oh man, I used to hate this deck but it struggled hard against me. Same thing. I won game one, side boarded in some blood barons and golgari charms to handle his Detention Sphere and board wipes for game two. Game too... nearly went to rounds. I had two really good plays in this game. One, I managed to put out a shitload of lands fetched from Satyr Wayfinder and eventually started collecting cards since he managed to sphinx a few times and gain the advantage. I widdled him down with a few attacks and the bastard stabilized at 2 health and worked his way up to 10 with a few sphinxes while I was sitting at a heft 42 life. I collected cards until I had two Whip of Erebos in hand. Cast one, and the guy only had Syncopate, which he had to pay X=11 for because I had 14 lands. I allowed the counter, played second Whip of Erebos and then whipped out a Blood Baron of Vizkopa Since he was at 10 or less and I was at 30 or more life, he was a 10/10, swing for game. It was a glorious ending that left the guy completely baffled.
Game 4 - B/W Humans.
As one of you guys had said before, this deck suffers a bit against aggro decks. You're completely right, it does. But, it's not so much against G/R monsters as it is this fucking deck. Why? The entire decks is a counter to my deck between Soldier of Pantheon and Blood Baron of Vizkopa both main board. I lost game one, and game two I managed to Merciless Eviction and stabilize, but I had no support cards after that and my GY was bare when I dropped a Whip of Erebos. It came down to the wire, but he ultimately took the win. I could have at least taken game two had I side boarded in Golgari Charm rather than Abrupt Decay but I wasn't thinking straight.
All in all, it's a fantastic deck that has already seen some competitive play. I saw someone running it in SCG open today. Check out the new list and let me know how you guys fared with your variations!
