EssTea Really cool deck, what are your plans for rotation?

Rune206 thanks! My hope for rotation is that Jeskai stays tier 1, if not I'll change to a tier 1 deck that appeals to me, hopefully it's one that has mostly cards I already have!

I play a similar deck and Goblin Rabblemaster has been very underwhelming to me. It is terrible against any Abzan deck, which is what everyone is playing right now (hence the switch from Dragonlord Ojutai to Stormbreath Dragon

the only problem is that if you cut rabblemaster you are kind of threat light (I play 2 Stratus Dancer in its place, as it is decent as a 2/1 flier against some decks and is a good late game draw). Either that or Hangarback Walker instead of Rabble, as it combos well with Jeskai Charm.

As for sb, unless your meta has tons of ur thopter decks, I would cut a Revoke Existence for a Glare of Heresy or something like that.

Regardless, it's nice to see that Jeskai is finally getting popular again, as the deck is quite strong. Cheers

Love it. I've been playing a very similar build. Not only is it insanely fun to play (at least for me), it's very competitive as you've outlined so well. I took some notes from you (in particular about the sideboard, so thanks for that!) and put the one I've been running up here: Good Guy Jacekai.

Have you considered Disciple of the Ring as a 1-of? I've been testing it and it's saved my ass many times. If she fits anywhere right now, it's this deck. Tapping down Dragonlord Atarkas and countering removal is rather enjoyable.

I also feel like Fiery Impulse may be better than Wild Slash here as it very often hits for 3. Not being able to hit the player and/or a planesalker is a fairly big tradeoff, but being able to hit Fleecemane Lion, Arashin Cleric, Deathmist Raptor, prowess-ed Monastery Swiftspears is very nice as well. (Lots of all of those in my rather competitive meta.) But I'm not 100% sure.

Would love to hear your thoughts on both! Either way, +1 from me. Jeskai has won me over with this deck. :)

@downie78 Thanks for the comment! It is true that Rabblemaster is quite bad vs abzan, however it's awesome against many decks and is the ''nut draw'' card. If you've ever played with the card you probably know what I'm talking about! Sometimes the card just takes the game two turns later it has been cast, it's stupid. I feel Rabble is a necessary evil, the standard metagame is pretty diverse right now and metagaming against abzan leaves you vulnerable to other decks (and vice versa). I've played with Stratus Dancer and found it to be slow and underwhelming to bring back with O-command. As for Hangarback, I've played the card at a PPTQ and felt the card was atrocious in the deck. Unlike abzan we do not have ways to pump it and I found not having much time/mana/tempo to pump it naturally. Hangarback is a card you like having against aggro and pure control, pure control isn't played anymore and guess what you bring against aggro decks game 2... Anger of the Gods... which exiles hangarback! :P (I actually figured out the nombo-combo in the quarter finals, pretty bad spot to figure it out!)

As for the 3x Revoke Existence you hit the nail on the head, that was a U/R thopter meta call for my second PPTQ in the same weekend/same area. Thank you very much for recommending the Glare of Heresy, that's a card that slipped from my radar and I will include it before getting back to the FNM level and probably for an unknown GPT meta this weekend! :)

Cheers and thanks again!

@sinktheboats Thanks for the comment and upvote, I'll be dropping by your deck for feedback stay tuned!

Alright so I see two problems with Disciple of the Ring. First is competition for the 5 drop slot; I would play D-Lord Ojutai/Stormbreath/Sarkhan over it anytime. Second is that it can be considered as a 6-drop more than a 5-drop since you need open mana to benefit from it. Using mana sacrifices tempo, exiling cards sacrifices Dig Through Time efficiency.

The Fiery Impulse/Wild Slash debate is an interesting one. Both card are inherently this : a 2 damage removal spell, if dead it becomes something else. Impulse becomes 3 damage to creatures, Slash becomes 2 damage to player or planeswalkers. I'm unsure as to which one is better, that makes me consider having a 2-1 (Slash/Impulse) split and see how it goes.

Thanks for the insight!

+1 and I just wanted to say that I love the consistency of the deck. It seemed to almost never have a bad top ten cards. The only problem it ever had was a G/W Deck that had tons of life gain and this deck just couldn't make the aggresive push to beat the G/W deck before it made a powerhouse board.

Finnithy Thanks for the +1 and comment! Yes the deck is pretty consistent, it's a matter of prabability really, every card number is well thought and the fact that the deck has 8 2-drop creatures and 7 3-drop creatures makes curving out happen more often. Lets not forget Jace that filters the hand too!

I totally agree with your argument on lifegain decks, they're the most problematic ones to deal with however we still have some good ways to play the long game so it's not 100% in their favor. Oh and G/W decks have no way to deal with Stormbreath Dragon, that card is the best out against them.

Also vs the Green/White and Green/Red decks, Tragic Arrogance is just bonkers. Post board you just take out Goblin Rabblemaster and focus on chipping away with Mantis Rider and Stormbreath Dragon and slowing them down a bit, then eventaully finding a Tragic Arrogance by digging through your deck with both Jace, Vryn's Prodigy  ^Flip and Dig Through Time. Then you just cast tragic arrogance and pretty much win on the spot (as long as you killed their Whisperwood Elemental)

I totally agree downie78, tragic arrogance is a total blowout against them!