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Many thanks for the overview, zapyourtumor! You’ve given me quite a bit to think about. I can say for certain that I won’t be running Lurrus, I have a personal dislike for the card/mechanic. Not arguing it’s effectiveness, I just prefer not to play it. That said, everything else you mentioned makes a lot of sense. I’ll add everything to the maybeboard for now and work on retooling this one to be as optimal as possible. Thanks again!

Ah, you do have a point there. That sounds reasonable. Great deck, once again!

Good call on Tragic Slip over the usual Cast Down, it really shines in this deck.

I really like this, but my knowledge of the rules isn’t the greatest—so I have a question. Isn’t Evoke just an alternate way to cast something, so wouldn’t Fury still have to be sacrificed after it enters play? I was under the impression that when Evoke creatures get sac’d it isn’t because of an inherent ETB effect, but was directly linked to the Evoke cost. I really don’t have a firm enough grasp of the rules to have a firm stance in the matter though, so if I’m wrong please explain why.

zapyourtumor I can tell from past comments and suggestions that you definitely know what you’re doing. I’m still at the novice level; I don’t get a chance to play that often. If possible, I could really use your expertise on my Jund deck Jundilicious. That’s one I’d actually like to tune for more competitive play, but I’ve taken it as far as my skill level goes. I need a more advanced critique. When you had a chance, would you mind taking a look at it?

Thanks for posting, zapyourtumor. Whenever I build something I deliberately don’t look around (and I’m not experienced enough with the game to have played a deck of this type before). That said, I did have a feeling this would be a well known, often constructed archetype. I had my suspicions that Melira, Sylvok Outcast would be the focal point of these decks, so I deliberately tried to build something similar-yet-different if that makes sense. It’s definitely not competitive, but for friendly games it’s interesting enough to be enjoyable. I really just wanted to see what sorts of fun interactions I could achieve within the framework.

Not sure it’s exactly the sort of thing you’re looking for, but Hell's Caretaker, Serendib Efreet (Arabian Nights version, can’t get proper link to display) and Juzam Djinn?

@sergiodelrio I feel better about that split, thanks for suggesting those things. I’ll be updating the description soon to incorporate them.

@Saccox ooh, I like that suggestion too. Light of Hope has a lot more utility than Disenchant, good call.

Thanks sergiodelrio for the input. I’ll definitely add Viscera Seer to the maindeck; I had somehow missed him when I was trying to find a free sac outlet (hence the 4x Carrion Feeder). I think you’re right and I’ll drop the counts to 2 Carrion Feeder, 4 Viscera Seer and 2 Village Rites. That cuts into the zombie count though—should I adjust Cryptbreaker? He’ll have less viable ways to pay for the draw ability since Viscera Seer isn’t a zombie:/

Honestly, I’d run 4x Mana Leak in lieu of Annul and Dispel. If you really feel the need for a 1 mana counterspell, run Spell Pierce. The others are much more situational, and while they’re cheaper than Mana Leak it’s unlikely you’ll be playing multiple spells early on and so it doesn’t really matter. Now if you only play casually and know the makeup of your friends’ decks, then that might be different; otherwise cut 4 Annul and 4 Dispel for 4 Mana Leak, 2 Spell Pierce and 2 more Throne of Geth.

For your first deck this isn’t bad at all. Significantly better than my own first efforts. This is just an idea, but maybe you could replace 4 lands with some of the new artifact lands. They’ll help boost your artifact count to make Throne of Geth more viable, as that’s one of your most cost effective ways to increase that poison counter total. Then you could add a full playset of the throne, making proliferate a bit more viable here.

I’ve not seen a Jund build running Arlinn, the Pack's Hope  ^Flip before. Does she pull her weight, or do you find she flips too often to reliably count on either side’s abilities?

Cursecatcher would help out quite a bit with the control aspect, and it isn’t overly expensive.

I always thought Aerial Predation was a whip scorpion. But I think that’s still an arachnid, so close enough I suppose.

@Saccox I very much like your Vizier of black goblins deck. It inspired me to build my own (non-budget) Modern format variation, and I’m putting the finishing touches on it. It should be ready to cycle by this weekend. Do you mind if I cite your deck as the source of inspiration?

Thanks DBCooper! I think I have more fun building them than actually playing them. I find it very compelling to look through old cards or seldom played cards and try and imagine ways to build a deck around some strange mechanic or interaction.

Looks nice. Maybe swap out a basic land or two for Blossoming Sands just to make sure you have the right color when you need it.

No problem Optimator. I don’t play EDH so I don’t know much about the format, but I enjoyed the theme and overall feel of the deck.

Thanks awb422, I can see the value in both your suggestions. I’ll add them to the maybeboard for now.

Thanks GrimlockVIII. I really, really like the Varolz, the Scar-Striped idea. I’ll add him to the maybeboard. I think I could get away with cutting a few removal spells to make room for him, but I’m going to hold off on making any adjustments just yet.

As for the discard enablers/benefactors, I did consider some (like Dauthi Voidwalker), but what I ended up with was a deck whose focus was kind of all over the place. When I narrowed it down to a bit of straightforward discard/removal backed up by some beaters, it seemed to perform more consistently in what limited playtesting I’ve been able to put this through.

Fabled Passage looks like it could help mitigate going overboard on life loss, but I don’t own any. I might have to compensate by moving Collective Brutality to the maindeck so I can gain some life back if necessary.

Thanks a bunch for the insights, I appreciate it.