Jeskai Copycat (with some value sprinkled in)

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Local Modern Tournament Results —March 31, 2017

Every week or so I attend a local Modern tournament that is pretty competitive and has high skill level players. Yesterday I was able to 3-0, facing off against:

Game 1 I got the T4 combo because my opponent tapped out for a threat after I played Saheeli Rai. I imagine they didn't have a piece of interaction or else they wouldn't have done that, which is pretty rare. Also, Skred doesn't hit Felidar Guardian when you're on the play on curve which is nice. Game 2 was a little grindier, but I was able to force through the combo by Remanding all of my opponents spells until I could keep up a Dispel and go off with the combo all in one turn (7 mana total).

Game 1 was grindy, as my opponent took a bunch of my cards with hand disruption and played 2 Tarmogoyf and 2 Death's Shadow. I was able to land a Pia and Kiran Nalaar at a timely occasion, and my opponent was at 7. I made some smart blocks for a couple turns, with Saheeli Rai being able to net me a few more thopters for more blocks. My opponent shocked down to 7 due to Spreading Seas, and I was able to swing with a thopter and Bolt-Snap-Bolt. Game 2 was also grindy, but I was able to get Path to Exile later down the road to get rid of a singular Tarmogoyf threat, then follow up with Pia and Kiran Nalaar. My opponent used Kolaghan's Command to get rid of P&K and the last card in my hand, but I topdecked a Jace, Architect of Thought and drew about 6 cards total that game with it and was able to end the game with a Geist of Saint Traft a few turns later.

I was able to prolong the game long enough and get rid of my opponent's disruption with Vendilion Clique, and forced the combo after seeing well over half my deck. Game 2 I made significant misplays, forgetting that Etched Champion needed 3 artifacts to have protection (I'm just so used to it always being active). I had 2 opportunities to Path it and missed both and my Stony Silence got countered T2 by Spell Pierce. Eventually I crawled back into the game due to Blessed Alliance, but a resolved Ghirapur AEther Grid got me good, dealing me about 4 damage a turn and I couldn't race. Game 3 was ridiculously grindy and we were running low on time. I was able to remove a bunch of his threats via Supreme Verdict, then followed up with Snapcaster Mage into another Verdict to get rid of a topdecked Etched Champion. Then, the game got grindy and I threw a bunch of cats onto the board and eventually got some Snaps to beat him down as he drew dead cards due to my onboard Stony Silence.

Deck performed very well, but I also played some practice games against Naya Burn and lost 5 pre-boarded games and only won 2 pre-boarded games. However, I won all 5 post-boarded games so clearly the post-board matchup is pretty solid. I am wondering if there are any ways to make the pre-board matchup better without taking away from other matchups.