When [Bloodbraid Elf] and [Jace, the Mind Sculptor] got unbanned. One of the first things I did (except selling my Jaces and Bloodbraid Elves) was checking the price of [Tarmogoyf]. It spiked. After this I wondered for a while why I did it. Since the printing of [Fatal Push] it seemed that Tarmogoyf - the most efficient creature - wouldn't see that much play. With unbanning of Bloodbraid Elf though I somehow subconsciously thought 'Our friend Tarmogoyf will see play again!'.

On Wednesday night I built UW Control and Grixis Control both featuring Jace, the Mind Sculptor. I played with 3 copies of that card and wondered if I'd win a game or two thanks to Jace. I didn't. Most of the time I was boarding it out because the decks I played against were rather aggressive or combo decks and there simply wasn't room in my deck to accommodate several copies of Jace, the Mind Sculptor. On Thursday my adventure with one of my favorite cards - Jace, the Mind Sculptor - followed. Unfortunately I wasn't impressed. The last attempt I made was putting Jace in a proactive Bant Control deck where it actually did some work. I wasn't impressed though.

Friday seemed to be the day of Jund. All the matches I played were against Jund, RUG or Zoo all playing Bloodbraid Elf. So while I was clutching Logic Knot in my hand I stared at Bloodbraid Elf with its Cascade trigger on the stack and then my opponent playing [Liliana of the Veil]. I wasn't happy.

I reminded myself that my account has different variants of Jund decks loaded and decided to give it a try myself. Since the last time we were allowed to cast Bloodbraid Elf many things changed I wondered how well positioned Jund could possibly be. One of the cards that made a big impact was Fatal Push. I wasn't really sure how good the card would be so I included it in just 2 copies finding out very soon I'd fancy a third copy. Unfortunately the card I cut for it was [Thoughtseize] which wasn't the best idea. [Liliana, the Last Hope] is also a card that found its way into decks in both Legacy and Modern and for that reason I also wanted to see if the card can do something good in Jund. [Kolaghan's Command] was an obvious auto-include and I was ready to replace Liliana, the Last Hope with it if I wouldn't like it. Mana base could also profit from a relatively new card - Blooming Marsh. Since the deck already runs 4 copies of [Blackcleave Cliffs] running more of the BG fastland didn't seem as a good idea. I was also running into many decks running Field of Ruin and started wondering if my 2 Swamps and 1 Forest are actually enough. In the end I decided to cut [Twilight Mire] and add a [Swamp]. While I didn't regret this decision it certainly was odd. It does not really add much to the efficiency of Jund - which is the epitome of the efficiency in Magic.