Turn Em Sideways

Well, I went for a change of pace last week at Standard FNM. I played my Judge Duty Aggro deck, even though I wasn't actually on Judge Duty. I just felt like something different. Plus, I had lent out my playset of Voice of Resurgence, so .. yeah. Anyway, here's my list, give or take:

Lands (21):
4 Stomping Grounds
4 Rootbound Crag
2 Temple Garden
10 Mountain
1 Kessig Wolf Run

Doodz (28):
4 Rakdos Cackler
4 Stromkirk Noble
4 Flinthoof Boar
4 Lightning Mauler
4 Burning-Tree Emissary
4 Boros Reckoner
3 Hellrider
2 Ghor-Clan Rampager

Spells (10):
1 Rancor
4 Pillar of Flame
4 Searing Spear
1 Domri Rade

Sideboard (15):
3 Skullcrack
2 Domri Rade
1 Tibalt, the Fiend-Blooded
3 Ash Zealot
3 Traitorous Blood
3 Reckless Waif

Okay, so I don't ever actually bring in Tibalt against anything. I wanted to bring him against Control, but nobody really plays Control anymore, and I have a few slots for them anyway (Waif, Domri).

Well anyway .. how did it go? Quite smashingly, in fact. I ended up 3-1. I lost to a Bant deck, maybe control, maybe midrange, maybe somewhere between the two? I thought he was on Midrange or Prime Speaker, so I overextended like a boss .. right into his Verdict. And he had all the Charms and 'Tusks and Angels and all the stuff that shuts down Aggro. That was pretty rough. I also had a close match against a W/U Humans deck that seemed to come down to who drew better

All in all, it was fun to play something different. I enjoy surprising people at the local shop with my abrupt changes in strategy.

What's next? Judging. And it's going to become a much more regular thing most likely. My L2 is stepping down from Judging FNM at Mox Mania, and it looks like I'm going to be taking that over. So .. cool, regular gig! :) I'm looking forward to it. Even if it means I lose a little flexibility in what I do on Fridays. But I spend just about every Friday at FNM somewhere anyway, so ... yeah. Then I'm also working the TCGplayer Open this weekend in Madison, and I'm hoping to get on staff for SCG Minneapolis coming up.

This weekend I also hope to try some more Modern. The fellow I lent my Voices to has expressed interest in trading for them. I'm hoping to be able to get some of the Modern staples that I need to play some kind of U/x Control deck (probably U/W/R). If not, I'll just toss in a Spell Snare and Electrolyze into my Delver deck and wing it. :) Fun!

Okay, that's it for now. Thanks for reading!