Jund Good? (Weekly competition updates)
Modern
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First major playtesting —Feb. 19, 2018
Above is the list that I played tonight.
I moved Abrupt Decay to Sideboard, and 2 Terminates in main, and adjusted the amount of fatal pushes down to 1, and kept lightning bolt at 3. Added 2 Collective Brutalities in main, but i think they will be going to the sideboard soon.
I also aquired a second Dark Confidant, slammed both in mainboard, and dropped a Grim Flayer. To add a final card to the top end of the curve, I First thought about Huntmaster of the Fells Flip, as well as Olivia Voldaren, but instead played a single copy of Hazoret the Fervent, which I think fits in the deck nicely. No, BBE does not Cascade into him, but he is an excellent card to reach.
I Went 1-3 tonight, winning only in the last match against an 0-3 opponent playing a U/B artifact homebrew with Tezzeret and Ugin and Wormcoil and 16 basics mainboard.
I did play a mirror match in the third round (both of us were 0-2), and his Raging Ravines made the difference.
Although I dropped my Grim Flayer count down to 2, I think I want to bump it back up to a 3 of.
Edits will be made after further testing over the next few days.
Chasmolinker says... #2
The typical total between lands and creatures is 37. 24/13 or 23/14 respectively. Ive recently gone up to 23/15 to squeeze a bit more juice out of everything. Its a tight list but BBE offers some added flexibility with these traditional splits.
February 13, 2018 7:01 p.m.
Chasmolinker says... #4
colton815, He's talking about at the time he bought BBE, there were rumors about it being unbanned in modern. So he bought it while it was cheap, (Like I should have) instead of paying $6-$12 for it.
February 14, 2018 8:15 a.m.
This is a really great article on how to run Bloodbraid Elf in modern Jund. Using that as a guide, I'd suggest definitely 4 Thoughtseize and 3-4 Kolaghan's Command, or some number of Collective Brutality instead, to make sure your BBE hits are as versatile as possible. If you have a lot of Tron, I think 4 K-Command is definitely right. I also think 4 Lightning Bolt and 2 Fatal Push is probably a better ratio now, between your BBE hits and opposing JTMS. Finally, Abrupt Decay might be a better SB card now, since it's versatile, and perhaps Terminate or Dreadbore are better mainboard slots.
Article also makes a great point about manlands and I'd consider running 1-2 more lands to be able to fit Raging Ravine and/or Treetop Village in there, Hissing Quagmire is also a serviceable land. Maybe cut the Bauble or Spellbombs? You still have 5 card types without them and they're both pretty meh hits on BBE.
Chasmolinker says... #1
Looks like youre close. Its definitely a Grim Flayer build. Im not too keen on whats good and what isnt with flayer but 2 Nihil Spellbombs might not be the best thing. Maybe a drop one for a Metalspinner's Puzzleknot?
22 lands seems loose, although without manlands it may even itself out.
Terminate is a must in Jund.
With JtMS being unbanned youre gonna want Dreadbore somewhere in the 75. Seems like you might have it SB if I had to guess based on your write up.
February 13, 2018 6:55 p.m.