Let's discuss Jund
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Posted on Jan. 19, 2015, 1:16 p.m. by bigguy99
Now that Delver and probably a good amount of Burn is out of the meta, can Jund be a thing again? It won't have DRS or BBE, but it'll still be close to the Jund it was. Of course, now we have Siege Rhinos and probably a bit more UWR control running around that can take your life out pretty quickly, but I still see it as a possibility. Thoughts?
gnarlicide says... #3
Jund has plenty of answers for the Rhino. Terminate, Dismember, Maelstrom Pulse.
Even with out DRS and BBE, it is still a great deck. I would not worry.
THis is also coming from a BGx player. I run both decks.
January 19, 2015 1:27 p.m.
CommanderOfBolas says... #4
I understand that Jund has better removal, but the creatures available to it are rather lackluster and they cant contend with the creatures Abzan brings to the table.
January 19, 2015 1:31 p.m.
Jund is good for board clear. It's good against aggro decks that cannot refill their hands. It should be good now against affinity and zoo etc - if they come back.
January 19, 2015 1:33 p.m.
I'm thinking that even now Dark Confidant is still too much damage and Courser of Kruphix would do well to replace it alongside the obvious Tarmogoyf and possibly some Scavenging Ooze. It can definitely handle everything but the win con isn't as clear since a lot of the damage comes in small hits besides late game Goyf.
January 19, 2015 1:45 p.m.
Nope. Jund and Junk will just go back to the way they always were. They only switched DConfidant due to heavy aggro. Now that it's only red decks they don't have to worry as much.
I'm still not convinced Jund is that good unless you're in a creature heavy meta. In fact Jund was quite good against Pod pre Siege Rhino because almost all their stuff died to Anger of the Gods. The thing holding Jund back is how much life they lose to their lands.
Burn won't disappear from the meta, by the way. It was always good before and there's no reason to assume it won't be good again.
January 19, 2015 1:51 p.m.
It was never super popular. I didn't mean to say that it'd disappear but that a lot of burn decks came about because of the ability to splash blue for Treasure Cruise and keep the steam going. It'll still be able to pack on damage like it always did, but now it actually does just lose to some life gain instead of being able to refill the hand. Reforge the Soul might be a thing again.
CommanderOfBolas says... #2
I think Jund has a pretty good chance of seeing a bit of a resurgence. That being said, im not sure if it will be tier 1 again. without Bloodbraid Elf, I don't see jund being powerful enough to contend with Siege Rhinos and what not
January 19, 2015 1:23 p.m.