Jund Monsters!

Here is the list that we ran at the Grand Prix:

Creatures:27

4 Elvish Mystic

2 Scavenging Ooze

4 Sylvan Caryatid

4 Courser of Kruphix

4 Polukranos, World Eater

4 Reaper of the Wilds

4 Stormbreath Dragon

1 Xenagos, God of Revels

Spells:9

3 Dreadbore

2 Mizzium Mortars

4 Domri Rade

Lands:24

4 Blood Crypt

4 Forest

1 Mountain

2 Mutavault

4 Overgrown Tomb

4 Stomping Ground

4 Temple of Abandon

1 Temple of Malice

Sideboard:15

2 Abrupt Decay

1 Dreadbore

2 Golgari Charm

1 Mizzium Mortars

2 Rakdos's Return

3 Ultimate Price

1 Putrefy

1 Deadbridge Chant

2 Sire of Insanity

Alex and I started talking about last Wednesday about what deck to play.  When I saw an original list, I knew that I wanted to play it. It was like playing original magic all over again. Playing big creatures and attacking with brute force just seemed right.

We wanted a deck that wanted to resilient to certain match ups; mono black, mono blue, GR monsters, and UW control.  The one deck that we really feared was RW burn and thankfully we didn't have to face that deck a lot but.

Before day one of the Grand Prix, we really felt that the numbers needed to be changed and maybe some cards needed to be added.

The original sideboard had a one of Ruric Thar, the Unbowed and one of Sire of Insanity. After some talk to other players that we met up with, we decided that Sire of Insanity was more powerful than the other, especially in the control matchup, which was proven successful.

The "super secret tech" that we put into the sideboard was Deadbridge Chant.  Why in good graces are we playing this card?  Well, is a great way to get cards back that we can use again. With the Scavenging Oozes that are in the main board, we can filter our graveyard so that we have a higher probability of getting a spell or creature that can secure the match. This card was really useful in getting a Mizzium Mortars and overloading it to kill two Blood Baron of Vizkopa.  Win!!!

The last card we put in the sideboard was a one of Putrefy.  BW midrange/control was probably our worst matchup because of Obzedat, Ghost Council.  By draining us two a turn with no instant speed removal just made the it all but a necessity for this deck.  Plus it's a great way to deal with the legendary weapons too.

The only deck that I lost to for the three losses were to BW midrange / control. But that was to be expected. But the decks that we beat are as follows and in no particular order:

-GW aggro

-Mono Black Devotion

-Mono Black Devotion splash White

-Naya agro / combo

-UW Control

-Bant Control

-Jund Monsters (with plansewalkers)

-Esper Midrange

-Esper Control

Over all, I was completely satisfied and happy I played this list.  I went 7-2 day one of the Grand Prix and 5-1 day two which put me in 24th place. Out of 1734 players, well, that's pretty good!  I will be working more on this deck and trying to improve for future tournaments!

Later!

GP Cincinnati End Report

So here are the stats from the tournament from both Matt and Alex:

Total players: 1734

Matt:

Total record: 12-3-0

Finished 24th

Winnings: $400.00 and 2 pro points

Alex:

Total record 6-3

Finished: 298th

Winnings: none

Congratulations to both of them and especially to Alex for his first Grand Prix appearance.

Matt and Alex will be writing up reports and prep work for this Grand Prix soon.

Make sure to keep up with these two in there streams and other content.

Hello from Grand Prix Cincinatti!!!

All right ladies and gents, Matt Britten and Alex Sawyer are here at the GP.  They will keep you updated with records, stories, and even photos of the event.  They might be tempted to stream more this weekend so that they can keep up there game with there super secret deck that they are going to be running *cough**cough* Jund Monsters *cough**cough*.  Anyways if you see Ghostlyflow or MTGJehuty, stop by and say hi and even take a picture to be part of the PLAYMATT history!