MTG FNM Report - Final Big Standard - Temur Dragons

A couple weeks ago, I took a slightly retooled version of my Temur Dragons deck to Outer Limits in melville to play my last FNM before Theros Block rotated out of standard. Here's the deck I ran:

Mainboard

Sideboard

4x Elvish Mystic 3x Rattleclaw Mystic 1x Hangerback Walker 4x Frost Walker 1x Deathmist Raptor 1x Managorger Hydra 4x Savage Knuckleblade 4x Thunderbreak Regent 2x Surrak, the Hunt Caller 3x Stormbreath Dragon 3x Sarkhan Unbroken 3x Crater's Claws 3x Stubborn Denial 1x Treasure Cruise 4x Temple of Epiphany 2x Temple of Mystery 1x Temple of Abandon 3x Wooded Foothills 3x Shivan Reef 1x Yavimaya Coast 2x Mana Confluence 2x Haven of the Spirit Dragon 4x Forest 1x Mountain

4x Disdainful Stroke 3x Feed the Clan 3x Destructive Revelry 2x Anger of the Gods 2x Wild Slash 1x Treasure Cruise

The deck is very similar to the one I played before, with the sole addition of Stubborn Denial. Last time I saw a lot of spots where it would be great, so I decided to run them mainboard. 

Round 1: 2-0 vs Mardu Midrange

For the second week in a row, I drew the Mardu Midrange deck in round one. I do think it's a good matchup for me, and the result seems to bear me out. Sarkhan was fantastic value, being a 4/4 dragon and eating a Hero's Downfall in game one and worked with a stubborn denial in game two to be two dragons, three cards and a threat post wrath. 

Round 2: 2-0 vs BW Aggro

In the second round, my creatures were just bigger than my opponents. Sarkhan was massive value and having stubborn denial for the removal spells meant that I was just too much for an aggressive deck to overcome.

Round 3: 2-0 vs Esper Control

The third round saw me paired up against a non-dragons version of the Esper control deck. Sarkhan was great again, but the man (or monkey) of the match was definitely the Knuckleblade. The ability for it to bounce to blank removal was in full play, and that combined with Stubborn Denial meant I could keep my guys alive long enough to punch through the control deck.

Round 4: 2-0 vs RB Dragons

In the last round, I played a very tight RB Dragons deck. It actually played out a little strangely as I landed a Knuckle-Monkey and sat behind the activation and counter spells until I could smash through for the win. The threat of activation on the monkey means he can attack through just about anything and lets me race against a deck that doesn't play as many creatures as I do. 

So I went 4-0 for the week and didn't drop a single game on the way to the win. I was perfectly happy with how the deck worked and was also quite pleased with my play. I couldn't have asked for a better send-off for the big standard environment and I had a great time.

This deck stays mostly intact after rotation, though the loss of the Elvish Mystics and Stormbreath Dragons are certainly going to be problematic. We'll have to see what I come up with for the next FNM.

-Odd

"The Temur have no patience for subtlety." -Stubborn Denial, flavour text