MtG Tournament Report - Madru Dragons

Once more, I took the Mardu Dragons list that I've been playing to Outer Limits in Melville. This time is was actually a Saturday as I was at The Doors on Friday. Here's the list I ran:

Mainboard

Sideboard

3x Thoughtseize 2x Valorous Stance 2x Ultimate Price 2x Draconic Roar 3x Hero's Downfall 3x Crackling Doom 1x Kolaghan's Command 4x Seeker of the Way 4x Goblin Rabblemaster 2x Butcher of the Horde 4x Thunderbreak Regent 3x Stormbreath Dragon 1x Kolaghan, the Storm's Fury 2x Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker 2x Haven of the Spirit Dragon 3x Mana Confluence 4x Nomad Outpost 1x Bloodstained Mire 1x Temple of Silence 1x Temple of Malice 1x Temple of Triumph 2x Caves of Koilos 2x Battlefield Forge 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yorgmoth 4x Mountain 2x Swamp

1x Thoughtseize 1x Self-Inflicted Wound 1x Crackling Doom 2x Crux of Fate 2x Utter End 2x Mastery of the Unseen 2x Drown in Sorrow 2x Anger of the Gods 2x Lightning Strike

I've been super impressed by this deck the last few times I've played it. It reminds me a lot of the old Vampires deck I was playing at the end of Innistrad (when I came back to Standard play) in that it has tons of removal and nice evasive creatures to finish off the game quickly. 

Round 1: 2-0 vs GU Ramp

I played my first round against a fairly new player with a more or less casual GU ramp deck. This was a terrible match up for my opponent. Crackling Doom was amazing, and I could really just ignore the ramp creatures and remove the big threats. I drew only 5 non-land cards in game 2 and still won handily. 

Round 2: 1-2 vs GR Devotion

The first game ended quickly as  I ran over my opponent with Goblin Rabble Master and Butcher of the Horde. In the second game I managed to kill Dragonlord Atarka, but then died to the giant Genesis Hydra that he followed up with. Unfortunately, I mulliganed down to 5 in game three and couldn't find a third land.

Round 3: 0-2 vs Mardu Midrange

I got thumped by the old Mardu Midrange deck from Khans Block in round 3. My deck did what it wants to do, but my opponent played two Outpost Siege (the only two in his deck!) against me in both games and the card advantage was just way too much for me. 

Round 4: 2-1 vs Mardu Aggro 

My sideboard sweepers let me easily bring home the win against the aggressive mardu deck that was playing a ton of one and two drops. 

So I went 2-2 for the night... not the best result, but I had a lot of fun. I think I'm going to drop the two Sarkhan's for Outpost Siege. As I saw in round 3, with my deck looking to 1-for-1 for the majority of the game, the Siege is probably important to pull ahead in the mid to late game. 

-Odd

"Speed to strike, fury to smash." -Mardu Banner, flavour text