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by IrishJimDegriz
Wed Apr 22, 2015 1:44 pm
Forum: Aggressive Variants
Topic: (POST ROTATION) JESKAI BURN
Replies: 1016
Views: 300666

I've top-8ed Gameday with Jeskai Charm in the board for the control matchup. List looked like this:

[deck]
4 Seeker of the Way
2 Soulfire Grandmaster
4 Mantis Rider
4 Goblin Rabblemaster
2 Stormbreath Dragon
1 Dragonlord Ojutai

4 Wild Slash
4 Lightning Strike
4 Stoke the Flames
3 Valorous Stance
2 Dig Through Time

2 Chandra Pyromaster

4 Mystic Monastery
2 Temple of Triumph
2 Temple of Epiphany
4 Battlefield Forge
2 Shivan Reef
4 Flooded Strand
1 Bloodstained Mire
2 Island
2 Plains
1 Mountain

Sideboard:
4 Jeskai Charm
2 Negate
2 Disdainful Stroke
3 Anger of the Gods
2 End Hostilities
2 Abzan Advantage
[/deck]

My best friend plays UB control, so I've tested this matchup a lot. Silumgar the Drifting Death, especially if it sticks on turn 6, nullifies creature plan, so siding in additional burn spells while siding out dragons and/or Grand Masters makes sense - we can sneak some points of damage with early creatures and then burn them out. On Gameday I've won my match against UB thanks to Chandra ultimate, which hit couple Jeskai Charms.
Speaking on Anticipate. Chandra Pyromaster or even Magma Jet seem better to me since they provide additional edges in monored and UB control matchups.
by IrishJimDegriz
Mon Oct 20, 2014 10:02 am
Forum: Aggressive Variants
Topic: (POST ROTATION) JESKAI BURN
Replies: 1016
Views: 300666

Hey, gyus! I'm relatively new here - I was only lurking in read-only mode for a while. I split in finals a gameday here in Minsk using Nullifies and Hushwings in mainboard.

[deck]
Creatures (16)
4 Seeker of the Way
4 Mantis Rider
4 Hushwing Gryff
2 Ashcloud Phoenix
2 Stormbreath Dragon

Non-creature spells (20)
4 Lightning Strike
3 Magma Jet
3 Nullify
4 Jeskai Charm
3 Stoke the Flames
2 Dig Through Time
1 Banishing Light

Lands (24)
4 Mystic Monastery
3 Temple of Triumph
4 Temple of Epiphany
2 Battlefield Forge
4 Shivan Reef
2 Flooded Strand
2 Plains
2 Island
1 Mountain
Sideboard (15)
2 Magma Spray
2 Anger of the Gods
2 Disdainful Stroke
2 Pillar of Light
2 Suspension Field
2 Negate
1 Erase
1 End Hostilities
1 Nullify
[/deck]

I made 3-1-1 with this list in Swiss, beating Mardu midrange (2-0), RW homebrew (2-0) and Rabble Red (2-1), lost to UB control (1-2) and drawn with Abzan Midrange. In top8 I beat Jeskai Aggro (2-0) (with mainboard Hushwing, Keranos and Gods Willing), Mardu Midrange (2-1) and split with UB control. Got a playmat and some packs.

Speaking of card choices, Nullify was a liability in a control matchup since it could counter only Prognostic Sphinx, but versus rest of the field it was huge - countering Siege Rhinos and Brimaz, King of Oreskos all day long. I didn't ran Goblin Rabblemaster in 75 since I got crushed at FNM two days earlier by three monsters decks in a row. In this matchup Rabblemaster was pretty lackluster.
I plan to add second End Hostilities to the sideboard, probably in place of Suspension Field.

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