[Primer] - Jund Midrange

Modern Chasmolinker

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2-2 Well..... Technically —Dec. 13, 2017

I finally got a chance to see what this deck can do and it was a really fun night.

First match was against Esper Mill.
I won game 1 with relative ease. He got stuck on 2 land and couldn't do much. Abrupt Decay was clutch in removing Mesmeric Orb (in both games) as soon as it hit the field. I sided out all of my LotVs and brought in 2 Nihil Spellbombs, Abrupt Decay, and Maelstrom Pulse
Game 2 he opened with Leyline of Sanctity so discard was not a factor. He Extirpated my Tarmogoyfs early on but fell victim to Dark Confidant and Goblin Rabblemaster.

Second match was rough against Rakdos Hollow One Shadow?? Still not quite sure.
I had to Muligan to 5 game one on 2 no landers. He played Burning Inquiry, which I idn't even know was a card. I pitched Goyf, Scooze and LotV on the discard end of Inquiry. And then he dropped 2 Hollow Ones. I was able to get some removal but I couldn't keep up with him and game one was a loss.
Game 2 I can't even remember what I boarded out. But I brought in 2 Nihil Spellbombs to fight Gurmag Angler and Flamewake Phoenix, Maelstrom Pulse and Grafdigger's Cage. We mulliganed to 6 and I started off with Thoughtseize... He had NO LANDS!! Street Wraith, Faithless Looting, Hollow One and some 3 drops. NO LAND!!! WTF?! I had to fetch/shock twice after that, played out Dark Confidant and sort of kept up with him. I got down to 3 life and he was at 9. I still had Bob in play and he had just played Hollow One and recursed the Flamewake Phoenix. I had 3 mana up an Kolaghan's Command in my hand. 3 life... I played K Command killing both his creatures and then immediated revealed Maelstrom Pulse off the top. I got greedy. and that was the game. That deck was really difficult probably because I had never seen anything like it. He had Death's Shadow, Hollow One, Gurmag Angler and all kinds of Jank.... Man there was so much Jank. But it worked, and it worked well.

Match 3 was against BW Goodstuff.
I had all the removal and LotV was a force to be reckoned with. Everything he played was killed or sacrificed quickly. Even Phyrexian Obliterator was no match for Liliana. I won 2-0 with relative ease

LAST ROUND!!
Last round I was feeling confident. I was going up against Abzan Company (Vizier Combo). I had some concerns but I felt confident that I had enough answers to get through. Games 1 and 2 were quick and painless. I won game 1 and he took game 2. Game 3 was INTENSE!! The board state was a near stand-off. Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet was able to gain me some much needed life back as well as 2 Zombies. Goblin Rabblemaster applied pressure and Grafdigger's Cage shut off Collected Company and Kitchen Finks. He assembled his combo and made infinite mana to exile both graveyards with Scavenging Ooze gaining 9 life in total. He was at 14 and I was at 1. Time in the round had been called and it was my turn as turn 4 began. I had to end it but with Dark Confidant, Goblin Rabblemaster, a 2/3 Tarmogoyf and 2 zombie tokens. I couldn't get through with lethal. I swung with everything leaving up 3 to cast a Goblin Rabblemaster second main phase. I had to survive the next turn and he chump blocked with everything but Devoted Druid. The store was closing, I had a headache, it was intense, the math was hard. He went down to 5 blocking what he could. He cast a Collected Company on my endstep and grabbed a Selfless Spirit. Turn 5 began, he swung with 2 in the air.... I had nothing. He had won and I finished 2-2.
He packed up his things took his store credit and went home. As I sat there de-sideboarding I felt defeated. It was a great match, but I came up short.


BUT WAIT!!! Grafdigger's Cage!!!! $%&@!!! $%&#!! It should have been a draw. I thought to myself, I had no chance at winning, I probably would have died to Bob anyway. But what if....
What if I didn't take as long side boarding?
What if I had played a minute quicker?
What if...... Urghh
Oh well. It had been a month or more since I had played the deck for real. At least someone got a prize. So yes, technically I finished 2-2. But I know it was really 2-1-1.

Oh the salt.... I had a blast. The deck performed as I had hoped. I missed a few interactions and a few combat tricks but it could have been worse.... I could have played against Tron.