JUND SMASH (TOP at FNM) HELP WANTED!

Standard* Jophish

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FNM: 3-1, Top Four —March 14, 2014

So this deck (not done, missing some lands, Rakdos's Returns, and Abrupt Decays), got me 3-1-0 at FNM this Friday and into top four out of probably around ~15 people. Sideboarded in appropriately, everything worked out very well.

Game 1: This was a matchup against a mill deck. During the first game, the dude played some nonstandard cards, so pretty much he replaced them with standard cards and gave me game 1. Game 2 he ended up milling me out with Jace's 0. Game 3 I just aggro'ed him out and took it. 2-1.

Game 2: This was against some sort of Simic matchup, he didn't get to play too much before I got he wins. Round 1 he played a Gyre Sage, and uh, that's about it. I went in to the face with Stormbreath Dragon for the win. Round 2 he had a turn 1 Cloudfin Raptor. He ended up getting another, as well as anotehr Gyre Sage. Forced Adaptation on the Cloudfin got it bigger, and a Bow of Nylea pumped Gyre Sage, but Stormbreath and Whip of Erebos came in for the win again, with Polukranos, World Eater helping out as well. Also sided in Mistcutter Hydra for this one which came out and wrecked. 2-0

Game 3: My only game loss. Matched up against a W/B/R deck. Both games were very very close. Round 1, he put out a Desecration Demon after i played a Stormbreath Dragon. I played creatures every turn to sac to it and went in for a ton with Stormbreath over a few turns, but he put down an Assemble the Legion and Whip of Erebos, and eventually an Elspeth, Sun's Champion and killed the Demon and Stormy with it, and eventually took the win. Round 2 I sided in Slaughter Games, Bile Blight, and Ratchet Bomb. I ended up playing a Polukranos, World Eater, which he exiled with Chained to Rocks, which i eventually brought back with Ratchet Bomb for one CMC. He got a Stormbretah Dragon I played with a non-overloaded Mizzium Mortars. He played a ton of Duress both games and just totally screwed me over. He eventually played a Blood Baron of Vizkopa and won.

Game 4: This guy was a real ass. He was just muttering under his breath and getting angry when I asked to read cards. Just like made me not want to play Magic. He played a Selesnya Aggro build. Round 1 he ended up getting out an Experiment One, made some 3/3 Centaur Tokens, made some 2/2 Knights, and brought out a Voice of Resurgence. I played Anger of the Gods, exiling them all. When I mistakenly thought that Voice would still make a token, he got pissed and said "Read Anger of the Gods. They're EXILED. Does nobody read that card?" Anyways I ended up swinging with Stormbreath and just getting him down. Game 2 I sided in Bile Blights. He eventually had a pretty similar start, with a few Fleecemane Lions . Again, Anger of the Gods for a board wipe. I Bile Blighted two Experiment Ones he had down - by this point he had me at 2 life, and he was at 20. I played a whip, played a Polukranos, played a Stormbreath, played a Reaper of the Wilds, and got myself up to -32- life, before I just killed him.

All in all, the deck played -really- well. The only games I lost were very very close - and the deck isn't even finished yet. Once I get the right lands and the instants/sorceries I need to finish the deck up, It'll be niiiiice. Ended up getting the Banisher Priest Promo - really rad. Also pulled a Sphinx's Revelation, Mizzium Mortars, Temple of Deceit, Underworld Connections, Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius that night, so all in all pretty good. Traded for a Blood Crypt, a Temple of Malice, and a Ratchet Bomb, which I think I'll be adding one of to the sideboard.