Comments on: Three Cases for Modern Jund

By: Carlos Rojas Latorre

Carlos Rojas Latorre — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 15:39:32 +0000

Amazing article, Kolaghan’s Command + fulminator it’s a strong strategy in sidebord

By: 2ndPerk

2ndPerk — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 23:41:01 +0000

In reply to Sheridan Lardner. Ok, thanks

By: Sheridan Lardner

Sheridan Lardner — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 04:44:25 +0000

In reply to 2ndPerk. I'd add it as a 1-of. Maaaybe a 2-of in an Affinity-heavy local metagame, where you know people are playing that deck a lot and you are guaranteed to play them. Otherwise, it's just your one anti-Affinity bullet. Between Grudge and Command, you'll have more than enough cards to handle that matchup. It's also randomly strong against a bunch of other artifact-based decks.

By: 2ndPerk

2ndPerk — Wed, 03 Jun 2015 20:56:26 +0000

So, you mentioned ancient grudge in the sideboard at the end of the article, and I question its importance with Kolaghans Command already being played. I have found that KolComm tends to destroy the decks you would board in grudge for anyways. Is it just for better reliability?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 28 May 2015 05:23:14 +0000

Jeskai Flash players are licking their lips. Junk is a horrible matchup. Jund, much easier. #teamgeist

By: Joshua Davenport

Joshua Davenport — Thu, 28 May 2015 01:09:12 +0000

In reply to Sheridan Lardner. I can dream, but I cannot see them unbanning bloodbraid Elf. Imagine cascading into kolaghan's command. That value

By: Thalia Tirel

Thalia Tirel — Wed, 27 May 2015 20:15:05 +0000

Very insightful article! I switched to Jund form Abzan before it started rising in popularity and came to similar conclusions: JUND ‘EM OUT!

By: Roland F. Rivera Santiago

Roland F. Rivera Santiago — Wed, 27 May 2015 19:39:27 +0000

Thanks as usual for the article. One interesting thing I noticed is that neither of the decks you posted above include Huntmaster of the Fells, which has been a staple in the vast majority of Jund decks I’ve seen. Why do you think that is?

By: Sheridan Lardner

Sheridan Lardner — Wed, 27 May 2015 18:23:44 +0000

Poor Bloodbraid. There’s a case to be made that she as an unwitting victim of Deathrite Shaman, and she probably shouldn’t have been added to the list in the first place. Similarly, there’s a case to be made that just as Abzan has Rhino, so too should Jund have BBE. There are strengths and weaknesses of both arguments, as well as all the other arguments you typically see about (un)banning the card, but I think this really all boils down to the metagame. BBE is a card that powers up Jund and Zoo decks. If those decks need help, then BBE is a great candidate for unbanning.

Unfortunately for her, those decks don’t appear to need much help now. Zoo is finding new uses for Collected Company every day, and Jund is doing just fine with its old toys and a few new ones. This suggests that a BBE unban wouldn’t really be necessary at this point, particularly because the format is still stabilizing and shifting after the bans in January. Wizards wants the format to keep its diversity, and BBE could definitely unbalance that. Even if it might not, the RISK of it happening is probably too high for Wizards, and unbanning is nothing more than a cost/benefit/risks/opportunities analysis to begin with. In Wizards mind, the potential costs are probably just too high.

By: George Kourou

George Kourou — Wed, 27 May 2015 18:12:05 +0000

Hello dear Sheridan. How possible, in your opinion, is a Bloodbraid UNban during the next ban/unban phase? As I can understand from your article you consider it HIGHLY unlikely to happen. Why is that and why?

Regards, George.