[MTG] You know, like... Jund

[kohei]

Budget Jund deck.

Holds up well against other aggro decks, but gets slaughtered by a Jund mirror match.
No access to Pulse or Stag is painful.

Creatures (24)
4 Putrid Leech
4 Hellspark Elemental
4 Sprouting Thrinax
4 Shambling Remains
4 Hell's Thunder/Vampire Nighthawk
4 Bloodbraid Elf

Instants (8)
4 Lightning Bolt
2 Terminate
2 Bituminous Blast

Sorceries (4)
4 Blightning

Land (24)
4 Savage Lands
6 Forest
7 Swamp
7 Mountain

Sideboard (15)
3 Goblin Outlander
3 Anathemancer
3 Jund Charm
4 Deathmark
2 Broodmate Dragon

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Card choices

Usual Jund squad:
Like the Leech, Elf and Thrinax.
Are still cheap, though the price of the Sprouting Thrinax is steadily rising.

Shambling Remains:
No other budget creature in the 3-drop slot. lol

Hell's Thunder/Vampire Nighthawk:
Testing to see which is better.
Nighthawk is happy life gain, a flier and deathtoucher rolled in one, while Thunder is a Ram-gang replacement that doesn't stick around for long.

Land:
Don't own any M10 duals and ZEN fetches.

Sideboard:
Outlanders are awesome 2-drops against a heavily W deck. My meta has lots of W decks, so very, very nice.
Anathemancer is seeing less action due to LOR block rotating out.
Broodmate is a bomb against slower control decks.

 

[DonRoyale]

I'd go with the Nighthawks IMO. Aren't most decent black removal cards weak to other black decks anyway? Or am I just being noob? :S

 

[Kenny_C.002]

Might want bushwacker goblin instead of nighthawks or thunders. Otherwise, there's very little to say about this deck. lol

 

[kohei]

Came 6th place in a 16-man tournament with a K value of 16.

Comments from veteran players:
- Faster than the average Jund.
- But low card power especially for removal, since I have no Pulse.
- Mana base needs more work.
- "Interesting card choice" (pointing to Shambling Remains.)

Shambling:
Either did work, or just sat there doing nothing.
A 4/3 on turn 3 definitely draws Thunderbolts to it, which I didn't mind since I can unearth it later on.
But the cannot block clause lost me a game :/

Vampire Nighthawk (main-decked):
Did surprisingly little, since I could never draw/cascade into it.
Only time it did something was when the lifegain saved me, allowing me to win on the following turn...

Or block a Baneslayer, so that I can lose a turn later, lol.

Hell's Thunder (side-boarded):
Should've main decked.
Almost always switched in for Nighthawk on round 2, and did wonders when cascaded into with BBE.
Unearthing was, again, a nice touch.

Anathemancer:
Average damage was something like 3.
Should switch him out for Ruinblasters.

So for the next tournament, I will...
1. Remove the Remains, and add some other 3-mana card in (Resounding Thunder seems to be getting popular in the budget crowd.)
2. Add more Terminate.
3. Mainboard Hell's Thunder.

I'd go with the Nighthawks IMO. Aren't most decent black removal cards weak to other black decks anyway? Or am I just being noob? :S

Doubt the opponent will waste spot removal on a creature that dies at the end of turn anyway.
I also find Terminate and Path to Exile as a bigger threat (removal wise) than Doomblade.

Might want bushwacker goblin instead of nighthawks or thunders. Otherwise, there's very little to say about this deck. lol

This idea sounds interesting.
Might try it out when I rework this deck.

 

[Aether]

3 drops? I say maindeck Jund Charm. It can seriously disrupt the board with its second effect.

 

[Kenny_C.002]

Vampire Nighthawk (main-decked):
Did surprisingly little, since I could never draw/cascade into it.
Only time it did something was when the lifegain saved me, allowing me to win on the following turn...

Or block a Baneslayer, so that I can lose a turn later, lol.

How so? Dude has deathtouch and kills Baneslayers. D:

Comment on Jund Charm: It's already in the sb. :3

 

[kohei]

How so? Dude has deathtouch and kills Baneslayers. D:

BSA has First Strike :(

If only it traded FS for Vigilance...

 

[Apple Juice]

I have to agree with Kenny; not much to say here. Bushwaker does sound interesting, but it seems like you did a good job constructing.

No crit for you :> -shot-

 

[Kenny_C.002]

Oh shoot, you're right. I keep forgetting Walletslayer Angel has FS in that beastly package of hers.