Video: Dragons Of Tarkir Sealed!

Sam's Sealed Pool

Sam Black

Test deck on 05-08-2015

Limited

Creatures (48)

• 1 Typhoid Rats
• 1 Summit Prowler
• 1 Frontier Mastodon
• 1 Hooded Assassin
• 1 Whisperwood Elemental
• 1 Temur War Shaman
• 1 Marang River Prowler
• 1 Whisperer of the Wilds
• 1 Temur Sabertooth
• 1 Ojutai, Soul of Winter
• 1 Abzan Skycaptain
• 1 Ainok Guide
• 1 Alesha's Vanguard
• 1 Aven Skirmisher
• 2 Defiant Ogre
• 1 Elite Scaleguard
• 1 Lotus-Eye Mystics
• 1 Sandcrafter Mage
• 1 Silumgar Butcher
• 1 Sprinting Warbrute
• 1 Marang River Skeleton
• 1 Stormcrag Elemental
• 1 Ire Shaman
• 1 Wandering Tombshell
• 1 Ancestral Statue
• 2 Atarka Beastbreaker
• 2 Aven Tactician
• 1 Conifer Strider
• 1 Dragon Hunter
• 1 Dragonloft Idol
• 1 Dromoka Warrior
• 1 Guardian Shield-Bearer
• 1 Gurmag Drowner
• 1 Hardened Berserker
• 1 Updraft Elemental
• 1 Kolaghan Skirmisher
• 1 Lurking Arynx
• 1 Misthoof Kirin
• 1 Strongarm Monk
• 1 Qal Sisma Behemoth
• 1 Rakshasa Gravecaller
• 1 Silumgar Sorcerer
• 1 Sidisi's Faithful
• 1 Sandstorm Charger
• 1 Belltoll Dragon

Lands (2)

• 1 Rugged Highlands
• 1 Bloodfell Caves

Spells (36)

• 1 Pacifism
• 1 Naturalize
• 2 Mind Rot
• 1 Dragon Fodder
• 2 Gravepurge
• 2 Grim Contest
• 1 Cunning Strike
• 1 Reality Shift
• 1 Abzan Runemark
• 1 Bathe in Dragonfire
• 1 Collateral Damage
• 1 Enhanced Awareness
• 1 Reach of Shadows
• 1 Rakshasa's Disdain
• 1 Grave Strength
• 1 Dragon Tempest
• 1 Anticipate
• 1 Silumgar's Command
• 1 Vial of Dragonfire
• 1 Butcher's Glee
• 1 Contradict
• 1 Corpseweft
• 1 Fate Forgotten
• 1 Glint
• 1 Volcanic Rush
• 1 Virulent Plague
• 1 Tread Upon
• 1 Magmatic Chasm
• 1 Taigam's Strike
• 1 Ojutai's Breath
• 1 Press the Advantage
• 1 Resupply
• 1 Sheltered Aerie

Building

Jund

Sam Black

Test deck on 05-08-2015

Limited

Creatures (16)

• 1 Typhoid Rats
• 1 Whisperwood Elemental
• 1 Temur War Shaman
• 1 Whisperer of the Wilds
• 1 Temur Sabertooth
• 1 Ainok Guide
• 1 Silumgar Butcher
• 1 Marang River Skeleton
• 1 Stormcrag Elemental
• 1 Ire Shaman
• 1 Wandering Tombshell
• 2 Atarka Beastbreaker
• 1 Guardian Shield-Bearer
• 1 Lurking Arynx
• 1 Rakshasa Gravecaller

Lands (18)

• 8 Forest
• 7 Swamp
• 1 Mountain
• 1 Rugged Highlands
• 1 Bloodfell Caves

Spells (6)

• 2 Grim Contest
• 1 Bathe in Dragonfire
• 1 Reach of Shadows
• 1 Butcher's Glee
• 1 Corpseweft

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 3 was a useful match to lose in the way I did. Magmatic Chasm is a common, so you and your opponents will often have access to it, so it’s good to see just how punishing it can be for these slower black/green decks specifically.

I stand by the reasoning on my transformational sideboarding in Round 4–my deck was too slow, and my opponent’s deck was too well-positioned in the lategame. I need Ojutai as a trump, and I felt like I could position myself to be a better deck for the blue/black mirror knowing that was what was happening. Unfortunately, I think the time pressure in sideboarding stopped me from building that deck correctly. Glint, Butcher’s Glee, and Silumgar Butcher should have been any of my 2-4 mana creatures, at the very least. Misthoof Kirin definitely should have been in my deck.

Overall, I liked my build and my deck, but I did see it lose to two structural weaknesses: Magmatic Chasm, and a good blue control deck. I wish I’d had time to sideboard correctly for the fourth match (this could have been accomplished by using the deck editor to prepare what I wanted while my clock ticked in game 1), as I think that could have been an awesome match.