Another FNM down. Tons of people there, 6 rounds of standard (no top 8).
Went 4-2, placed 10th. The games I lost were just terrible. Lost 0-2 to Boss Sligh because I had no more than 2 lands for both games, both in my starting hand. I had answers and fuel in my hand to easily win the game, but didn't draw the lands to play them.
The other set I lost was a 1-2 vs Brave Naya. Weirdest games of magic I've ever played. First game, he kept a 1 land hand and drew NOTHING else. Second game, I kept a 2 land hand, and never drew a black mana source. Third game was actually close. Basically, we played a 1-of, and he top decked me for the win (we were both in position to win with one good draw phase).
The other four games I won: 2-1 Mono Blue Devotion; 2-1 Jund Monsters; 2-1 I don't remember; 2-0 Mono White Aggro
I completely blew the mono white out of the water. Out aggroed the aggro deck. Jund when I beat him, I beat him easily. The game I dropped was from lack of lands. Mono blue I beat pretty handily. Game 2 he barely took off me. And my third win I don't remember what he was playing. It was some kind of junk/jund mid rangey deck. Lost the first game, went to side board, and beat him easily the last two.
The meta game is shifting away from control pretty heavily. Lots of aggro and tempo decks where spot removal is the bee's knee's. So I've swapped my Pithing Needle out for Magma Spray in my sideboard. In the main, I've dropped a single Rageblood Shaman and a single Deathbellow Raider for two copies of Mogis, God of Slaughter. There were a couple instances where the consistent 2 damage per turn would have won me the closer games, when I couldn't break through blockers. Otherwise, I'm in a good position to top 8. I am considering changing my mana base to 22 lands to ensure I don't run into mana screw, but frankly, I don't need 22 lands. Magic has an element of chance in the card draws, and sometimes you end up on the wrong side of RNG. I'd rather be mana screwed and have fuel in my hand for when I DO hit lands, than be flooded and draw nothing.
