{"id":183,"date":"2015-03-16T15:00:08","date_gmt":"2015-03-16T22:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chrischiesa.com\/wp\/?p=183"},"modified":"2015-03-17T20:32:07","modified_gmt":"2015-03-18T03:32:07","slug":"tiny-jund-lands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chrischiesa.com\/wp\/?p=183","title":{"rendered":"Tiny Jund Lands"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lately I’ve been playing Xira Arien<\/a> in Tiny Leaders. \u00a0She’s played as a Jund Lands deck and it’s worked out well thus far.<\/p>\n

Xira Arien<\/a> Jund Lands for Tiny Leaders<\/span>
\nLands (22):
\nForest<\/a>
\nSwamp<\/a>
\nBayou<\/a>
\nTaiga<\/a>
\nBadlands<\/a>
\nStomping Ground<\/a>
\nOvergrown Tomb<\/a>
\nBlood Crypt<\/a>
\nVerdant Catacombs<\/a>
\nWooded Foothills<\/a>
\nBloodstained Mire<\/a>
\nTranquil Thicket<\/a>
\nBarren Moor<\/a>
\nBuried Ruin<\/a>
\nBojuka Bog<\/a>
\nMaze of Ith<\/a>
\nWasteland<\/a>
\nVolrath’s Stronghold<\/a>
\nGlacial Chasm<\/a>
\nDust Bowl<\/a>
\nGhost Quarter<\/a>
\nUrborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth<\/a><\/p>\n

Creatures (2):
\nArmy Ants<\/a>
\nEternal Witness<\/a><\/p>\n

Planeswalkers (1):
\nLiliana of the Veil<\/a><\/p>\n

Artifacts (5):
\nCrucible of Worlds<\/a>
\nSands of Delirium<\/a>
\nMox Diamond<\/a>
\nEnsnaring Bridge<\/a>
\nZuran orb<\/a><\/p>\n

Enchantments (3):
\nExploration<\/a>
\nSylvan Library<\/a>
\nSeismic Assault<\/a><\/p>\n

Instants (4):
\nHero’s Downfall<\/a>
\nConstant Mists<\/a>
\nAbrupt Decay<\/a>
\nBeast Within<\/a><\/p>\n

Sorceries (12):
\nToxic Deluge<\/a>
\nInquisition of Kozilek<\/a>
\nRhystic Tutor<\/a>
\nThoughtseize<\/a>
\nGamble<\/a>
\nGaea’s Blessing<\/a>
\nFaithless Looting<\/a>
\nSmallpox<\/a>
\nMaelstrom Pulse<\/a>
\nBlack Sun’s Zenith<\/a>
\nLife from the Loam<\/a>
\nDreadbore<\/a><\/p>\n

Sideboard (10):
\nDeathrite Shaman<\/a>
\nPithing Needle<\/a>
\nElixir of Immortality<\/a>
\nPernicious Deed<\/a>
\nEngineered Explosives<\/a>
\nChoke<\/a>
\nBlood Moon<\/a>
\nGloom<\/a>
\nDread of Night<\/a>
\nRelic of Progenitus<\/a><\/p>\n

The deck has two major weaknesses and two minor weakness that I’ve found.<\/p>\n

The first major weakness is it has issues closing out games. \u00a0Too often, you spend so much time durdling trying to lock up the game that it’s hard to win. \u00a0The two win conditons are Sands of Delirium<\/a> and Seismic Assault<\/a>. \u00a0Putting in the Punishing Fire combo and Dark Depths combo would likely increase the speed of wins but I don’t have them at the moment. \u00a0Other options are Helix Pinnacle<\/a> or Zombie Infestation<\/a>. \u00a0The deck too often goes to time while you try to win the game but I’m trying different options to see what works best.<\/p>\n

The second major weakness is the deck folds to aggro. \u00a0Zo-Zu or other aggro decks murder this before you can get LftL online. \u00a0It’s just a fact of life.<\/p>\n

The minor weakness the deck has is you can get stuck into a non-idea situation and there are many dead draws. \u00a0Too often you need to find a specific card to get out of a situation and it’s locked in the deck somewhere. \u00a0I haven’t found a good way to solve this problem as of yet.<\/p>\n

The final minor weakness is the deck is very vulnerable to graveyard hate. \u00a0Anafenza’s built in graveyard hate may destroy a typical reanimator package but does nothing to us. \u00a0But something as simple as Rest in Peace<\/a> would destroy the deck. \u00a0My local meta isn’t running much graveyard hate, but they could easily hate the deck out of existence. \u00a0If I keep putting up good results, it wouldn’t be out of the question to have to move to another deck due to the hate.<\/p>\n

There are three major revisions I would like to make to the deck:
\n1) Dark Depths Combo (Dark Depths<\/a> + Thespian’s Stage<\/a>). \u00a0While it’s not as auto-win as it is in legacy because players start with 25 life, it’s still a beating. \u00a0Two turn clock closes out games quickly once I’ve taken over. \u00a0Keep winning and I’ll soon have enough store credit to purchase a Dark Depths \ud83d\ude42
\n2) Fulminator Mage<\/a> needs to replace Army Ants<\/a>. \u00a0I’m primarily waiting for Modern Masters 2015 to come out because I’m betting that Fulminator Mage gets reprinted and drops significantly in price.
\n3) Punishing Fire Combo (Punishing Fire<\/a> + Grove of the Burnwillows<\/a>). \u00a0Again, an easier burn package to play compared with Seismic Assault. \u00a0Seismic Assault is a pain to play due to requiring 3x Red mana. \u00a0This is slower, but equally powerful. \u00a0I’m not as sure if this is an auto-include compared to the other options above. \u00a0Like Fulminator Mage, I’m waiting until Modern Masters 2015 to come out and spike the price downard.<\/p>\n

For all these weaknesses, there is one strength: it has answers to everything. \u00a0It can stop a midrange beatdown, wipe the board, gain some life, destroy their lands, and proceed to grind out a win. \u00a0The deck is very redundant and can survive parts getting exiled or thoughtseized.<\/p>\n

Another bonus of this deck is it dodges most of the removal in the format. \u00a0All creature removal is dead vs the deck. \u00a0We’re getting value off enchantments, artifacts, and instants\/sorceries. \u00a0With the threat density of non-creatures, we’re going to overload their removal and thus be left with something awesome to get ahead.<\/p>\n

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