So I recently traveled to the California National Qualifiers with a bit of trepidation. Why is this? Well my deck was no longer viewed as excellent in the current type 2 format. I played Jund, while I wanted to play the new version with Plated Geopede and a blue sideboard plan to make use of Spreading Seas, I didn't get the required cards until about an hour before the tournament. I decided to stick with what I knew and played my regular list.
This proved costly as I went 1 - 4 and finally dropped after I had gathered enough info about my card choices and had enough of getting my butt whooped.
This brings me to a very important choice a Magic player faces with a big tournament coming. That is deck choice. Does one play a deck they are comfortable with or play something better. This is a bit of a gray area in terms of what is the correct choice. Do you stick with something you know or do you play the better deck? Well sometimes, like my situation the correct choice is unfortunately only clear after you play the tournament.
For example, I was constantly outdrawn and consistently outclassed in card quality with the exception of my only match win (which was against vampires). What this tells me is that I needed a better deck. Something to withstand the constant barrage of land disruption that I must deal with being a 3 color deck.
The Plated Geopede Jund or "GeoJund" was probably a better option. With 9 fetchlands I had a somewhat slower but far more consistent mana base to work with.
Results like mine are definately disappointing but should not be discouraging. It is all part of the learning experience. I might never be a top level pro. But I will always try to improve at this game and will work to get better and hopefully help others along the way.
Anyway, Magic Gameday is coming up at Battlegrounds, and I have narrowed my choices to "GeoJund" and Polymorph. Hopefully my choice works this time around as I expect fairly decent competition.
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