Comments on: Karrthus, Tyrant of Jund & the Art of Sideboarding

By: Five With Flores » A Theory of Going Big

Five With Flores » A Theory of Going Big — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 01:49:11 +0000

[...] Jund-colored Bloodbraid Elf decks have Broodmate Dragon… Why not play a couple of copies of Karrthus main [...]

By: Five With Flores » Story of My Life, Terrible Tournament Report, &c.

Five With Flores » Story of My Life, Terrible Tournament Report, &c. — Sun, 17 May 2009 18:09:48 +0000

[...] cards: I tried to buy Karrthus, Tyrant of Jund on-site and it was like $8. No way. So I am running around trying to mise Karrthus to no avail. I [...]

By: hudnall56

hudnall56 — Mon, 11 May 2009 05:15:06 +0000

Surprisingly enough, I was not being sarcastic. If the worst consequence that comes of telegraphing the Tyrant’s presence with a tutor is that my opponent not only won’t, but, essentially, can’t play one of the most potent cards in the format (of which they are likely packing 3 or 4) until either I’m in a position where the 7 damage matters or I’ve been forced to discard him, then I would consider Karrthus to be effective. In fact, it sounds suspiciously like dictating the field of battle, which I hear is some good.

By: The American Nightmare

The American Nightmare — Mon, 11 May 2009 01:51:05 +0000

I can’t tell if youre being sarcastic, hudnal.

I play Primal Command to get Karrthus. You play Broodmate Dragon. I play Kaarthus and thank you spending six of your mana to give me two 4/4 fliers which in turn punch you in the face. It feels like the Ravnica Hunted creatures without the suck. Don’t forget that you KEEP the Dragons even if KToJ dies.

I know I’m not playing a Dragon in that spot unless I can do something about KToJ before it plops down.

By: hudnall56

hudnall56 — Sun, 10 May 2009 02:52:08 +0000

@the American Nightmare: So knowledge of a single sideboard card in hand keeps them from playing (one of) the best cards in their deck? Sounds effective.

By: hudnall56

hudnall56 — Fri, 08 May 2009 20:27:28 +0000

Karrthus is pretty intriguing to me and might be pretty sick out of the side. Not only is he gas against Double Dragon and provides your own hardcast/Manaquined Broodmates or potentially even Chameleon Colossi with haste, but 7 points of celerity to the grill seems like exactly the sort of play I’d like to make against any deck where my potential game plan is to attack the hand with Scepter (I haven’t really been active in Standard for a while, so perhaps this is not the sort of thing you’d want to do against a Dragon deck). Definitely worth thinking about.

By: The American Nightmare

The American Nightmare — Fri, 08 May 2009 20:19:37 +0000

Two words, messels:

Primal Command

Do you ever play a Broodmate or even a Chameleon Colossus if you KNOW Flores or someone playing the deck has Kaarthus in their hand

By: messels

messels — Thu, 07 May 2009 21:54:59 +0000

when i read the card, i also thought of all the broodmates floating around–and that was pretty much the only applicable thing i could think of. i’m not sure though. seems really, really miser-y. def’ don’t want to be cascading and then see him dumped to the bottom if the opp’ is only one turn away from broodmate. looses the whole purpose of being sideboarded in…or am i missing something? i’m def’ going to be sitting on edge waiting for your playtesting results.

By: NoblePunk

NoblePunk — Thu, 07 May 2009 07:56:05 +0000

So are you abandoning standard Tezzeret? I would love to play the deck, but I think it’s and auto-loss to Faeries witch is harsh. What are your top two recommendations for regionals at the moment?

By: Daekirja

Daekirja — Wed, 06 May 2009 06:57:35 +0000

Not to forget that Chameleon Colossus is, among other things, also a dragon – still Karrthus, Tyrant of Jund is maybe not the best sideboard strategy for G/B decks …yet it would probably result in a Kodak-moment reaction if you suddenly had a 7/7 flyer and a Chameleon Colossus (both with haste).