Comments on: Deck of the Week: Death’s Shadow Jund

By: Kim Josefsen

Kim Josefsen — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 12:30:04 +0000

One of the deck’s most consistent pilots, GHash77, has been putting up results both before and after the release of Æther Revolt. He has also streamed some of his leagues on Twitch under the same username if you’re interested.

The deck seems to be performing online, it’ll be interesting just how well it will translate to paper results.

By: Roland F. Rivera Santiago

Roland F. Rivera Santiago — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 05:09:52 +0000

I think that delaying the update was the right call. The pre-January 11th dataset is probably pretty different from the second, and it doesn’t make much sense to mash them together. I look forward to the next update being our first in-depth look at the post-ban metagame. This will give time for people to adjust to the new cards from Aether Revolt as well.

As for the deck presented… I greatly enjoy the direction Death’s Shadow has been taken in. This deck is interactive, interesting, and it doesn’t seem to have sacrificed much (if any) power in the process. I worry about how it will fare in a world with Fatal Push (which is a very clean answer to all of its threats), but I suppose that remains to be seen. Glad you chose to spotlight this one!

By: Jason Schousboe

Jason Schousboe — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 03:26:23 +0000

In reply to James Luckhurst.

Well, those don’t exactly sound like interesting and skill-based games… That said, the main question is one of consistency. Goryo’s Vengeance has lots of turn-two kills, but it isn’t good enough to post high-tier finishes or push other decks out of the format. Let’s hope Cheeri0s is more Goryo’s and less Amulet Bloom. :/

By: James Luckhurst

James Luckhurst — Mon, 06 Feb 2017 23:44:26 +0000

Turn 2? Cherri0s (or Sram-O’s as it’s being called now, it seems) can win on turn 1 now using Simian Spirit Guide. I’ve been victim to this more times than i care to count.

By: Nat Crosman

Nat Crosman — Mon, 06 Feb 2017 19:36:59 +0000

I love me some MN meta update but I agree that holding off for a short while to collect more data looks like the right choice. Stoked to see these on the calendar for regular updates again!

Thanks for the overview of the new DS build.