I'm still on the original primer list. or at least something close to it. Unfortunately its not really well positioned in the meta. It dies to dredge, UR phoenix, humans and spirits
Wins were against lantern and mardu and lost in 3 to jund. Still playing around with the sideboard a bit. Currently liking the surgicals a lot and the shaper's sanctuary against grindy matchups like jeskai control and mardu pyromancer which struggle a lot when all of your creatures essentially replace themselves. Still not sure about ghor-clan and atarkas command. They're not bad but I'm not sure if they're the best use of sideboard slots at the moment.
I also am not sure how much I miss blood moon in the side. I don't feel like its too great in the current meta as it really only hits humans and I feel like its a fine matchup anyways as long as they dont vomit out a bunch of champions and lieutenants before turn 3. Against tron I'd much rather just increase the clock with cards like ghor-clan and atarka's command. It's ok against abzan and jund but I play them often enough to justify putting them in the sideboard.
Nonetheless, I still have a lot of fun playing this and wouldn't mind taking it to a PPTQ for *****s and giggles. You can still pull out some crazy wins in terrible matchups by drawing well and ultimately this deck's biggest problem is still consistency. I don't really see myself ever retiring this deck since its become my go to when I show up to an event and feel like having a good time.
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I'm still on the original primer list. or at least something close to it. Unfortunately its not really well positioned in the meta. It dies to dredge, UR phoenix, humans and spirits
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Went 2-1 in an FNM-level event at a fairly competitive LGS using this list:
https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/07-08-17-Djy-rg-vengevine/?cb=1532611718
Wins were against lantern and mardu and lost in 3 to jund. Still playing around with the sideboard a bit. Currently liking the surgicals a lot and the shaper's sanctuary against grindy matchups like jeskai control and mardu pyromancer which struggle a lot when all of your creatures essentially replace themselves. Still not sure about ghor-clan and atarkas command. They're not bad but I'm not sure if they're the best use of sideboard slots at the moment.
I also am not sure how much I miss blood moon in the side. I don't feel like its too great in the current meta as it really only hits humans and I feel like its a fine matchup anyways as long as they dont vomit out a bunch of champions and lieutenants before turn 3. Against tron I'd much rather just increase the clock with cards like ghor-clan and atarka's command. It's ok against abzan and jund but I play them often enough to justify putting them in the sideboard.
Nonetheless, I still have a lot of fun playing this and wouldn't mind taking it to a PPTQ for *****s and giggles. You can still pull out some crazy wins in terrible matchups by drawing well and ultimately this deck's biggest problem is still consistency. I don't really see myself ever retiring this deck since its become my go to when I show up to an event and feel like having a good time.