Homebrew Decklist: Jund Aggro

Since the "Homebrew Pick of the Week" for this week is Bloodbraid Elf, building a Jund deck around it was a no-brainer (just like everything I do...:P). For some reason I had issues creating the land base for the deck and haven't had a chance to actually test it but it looks good on paper.. er.. on my monitor..

Jund Aggro

Creatures:

4 x Bloodbraid Elf
4 x Putrid Leech
4 x Boggart Ram-Gang
3 x Anathemancer
3 x Chameleon Colossus
1 x Broodmate Dragon

Other Spells:

4 x Bituminous Blast
4 x Blightning
4 x Maelstrom Pulse
3 x Terminate
2 x Primal Command

Lands:

4 x Savage Lands
3 x Treetop Village
3 x Twilight Mire
2 x Fire-Lit Thicket
2 x Graven Cairns
2 x Karplusan Forest
2 x Llanowar Wastes
2 x Sulfurous Springs
2 x Reflecting Pool
1 x Forest
1 x Mountain


Sideboard:

3 x Guttural Response
3 x Kitchen Finks
3 x Volcanic Fallout
2 x Pithing Needle
2 x Thought Hemorrhage
1 x Anathemancer
1 x Terminate



This deck is relatively straight forward: Play cheap, powerful creatures that give you 2-for-1's and then attack with them. OK, OK there is a little bit more to it than that but not much! Your Bituminous Blasts can cascade into pretty much everything in the deck except for your Broodmate Dragon and Primal Commands. Your Bloodbraid Elf can cascade into your removal/damage spells as well as some of your cheap-yet-powerful creatures such as Boggart Ram-Gang.

Maelstrom Pulse and Terminate are your main sources of removal (besides DD removal like Bituminous Blast) and keep your opponents minions at bay until you can swing for their head. Maelstrom Pulse was an automatic 4-of because of how well they neutralize token decks as well as just being darn good, cheap removal. Blightning is good giving you tempo advantage both early and late game, it's just a freaking good card in this decklist! Anathemancer rocks the meta because most HQ decks out there are running very few basic lands. The fact that it has unearth makes it a great card to deal with 5 color control type decks as well.

Both the land base and the sideboard are still under construction but I wanted to post it for your consideration. Please comment, email (homebrew.magic@gmail.com) or tweet (@homebrew_magic) any constructive criticism you have pertaining to this deck or any of my posts. Your input is both needed and appreciated. Happy Brewing!

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If I Was Going To Regionals...

Because I'm going to Disneyland this weekend (WOOT!) I will be unable to attend regionals. This is actually a relief because I'm nowhere close to having a deck tournament ready. If I weren't so lazy maybe I would be more dissapointed :P If I was going to go to regionals on Saturday I would most likely be playing either the Doran Lark deck from earlier this week or a Red/Green Aggro deck I've been working on that utilizes some new Alara Reborn cards such as: Bloodbraid Elf, Jund Hackblade, Violent Outburst, and Colossal Might. It has made the pair of colors much stronger and I filled the deck with cards that would compliment the hasty strategy that these cards encourage. The basic premise of the deck is to hit early and often and for as much damage as you can. It also lets you play multiple spells for a single cost by using cascade. It is a simple deck but it is fun to play because it is so blisteringly fast!

RG Aggro

Creatures:

4x Bloodbraid Elf
4x Jund Hackblade
4x Figure of Destiny
4x Rip-Clan Crasher
4x Hellspark Elemental
4x Boartusk Liege
4x Boggart Ram-Gang

Other Spells:

4x Incinerate
3x Colossal Might
4x Violent Outburst

Lands:

4 Forest
4 Fire-Lit Thicket
9 Mountain
4 Karplusan Forest
2 Treetop Village

Speed and stability are two very different things. The Sideboard that I'm working on is going to help make this decklist more stable against the current Meta. Though if it proves to be too unruly then I will probably go towards a Jund approach rather than just Red/Green. Please let me know what you think!

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