Today Feb. 16, 2013 Owen Turtenwald made the top eight of "Magic: The Gathering" Pro Tour "Gatecrash" with a surprising Jund deck list.
Owen Turtenwald's Jund deck list
Creatures (13)
3 Arbor Elf
4 Huntmaster of the Fells
2 Olivia Voldaren
4 Thragtusk
Other Spells (22)
2 Abrupt Decay
4 Bonfire of the Damned
1 Dreadbore
4 Farseek
1 Murder
2 Pillar of Flame
2 Rakdos's Return
1 Ultimate Price
2 Garruk, Primal Hunter
3 Liliana of the Veil
Lands (25)
4 Blood Crypt
3 Dragonskull Summit
3 Forest
2 Kessig Wolf Run
4 Overgrown Tomb
1 Rootbound Crag
4 Stomping Ground
4 Woodland Cemetery
Sideboard (15)
2 Duress
2 Grafdigger's Cage
1 Murder
1 Olivia Voldaren
1 Pillar of Flame
1 Rakdos's Return
2 Staff of Nin
2 Strangleroot Geist
1 Tragic Slip
2 Underworld Connections
The deck packs a powerful array of threats. Huntmaster of the Fells, Olivia Voldaren, and Thragtusk cannot go unanswered. Liliana of the Veil can be an absolute house and Garruk, Primal Hunter will either make an army of tokens or refill your hand, providing additional gas or a game ending Rakdos's Return.
Kessig Wolf Run helps the deck "get there" in the late game. Against an aggro-based metagame, there's just nothing like Bonfire of the Damned. It's interesting to note that Turtenwald hasn't dropped it for Mizzium Mortars, despite the addition of Frontline Medic to the metagame.
Staff of Nin and Underworld Connections are two notable cards from the sideboard to bring in against control matches. Both cards can help give the Jund player much needed card advantage when facing down board sweepers like Supreme Verdict.
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Catch up on "Gatecrash"
Event decks: "Rally and Rout" and "Thrash and Thrive."
Intro Packs: "Orzhov Oppression," "Boros Battalion," "Gruul Goliaths," "Dimir Dementia," and "Simic Synthesis."
Card lists White, Blue, Black, Red, Green, Orzhov, Dimir, Gruul, Boros, Simic, Hybrid, Artifact, and Land.
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