Standard Deck Feature: Jund Dredge

Standard Golgari Dredge deck
As I was reading through the coverage page of the current Standard Grand Prix in Phoenix, Arizona, I have checked one particular deck that was in the top tables as of the round 5. The deck was Jund Dredge which I saw before in the deck builders feature in the site Tapped Out dot net. I decided to Google the list and here is what I’ve came up with:

Jund Dredge
Standard

Maindeck
3 Deathrite Shaman
4 Nighthowler
4 Satyr Wayfinder
1 Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
4 Sylvan Caryatid
4 Nemesis of Mortals
2 Shadowborn Demon
3 Ghor-Clan Rampager
4 Elvish Mystic

4 Grisly Salvage
4 Commune with the Gods
2 Flesh/Blood
1 Whip of Erebos

4 Overgrown Tomb
4 Stomping Ground
2 Blood Crypt
2 Temple of Abandon
1 Temple of Malice
5 Forest
2 Swamp

The access to Red via Ghor-Clan Rampager lets your fatties trample over chump blockers to turn early damage into a lethal attack. Also, having Flesh/Blood gives you an option to kill your opponent out of nowhere. The color splash opens up good sideboarding options against the current meta. We can have Slaughter Games to take care of Control decks’ best cards. Rakdos’s Return is also another good sideboard to have, as it is gaining popularity on Black Devotion decks lately.

Overall, the deck really needs a good color splash and Red I think is the best choice, though that might sacrifice a little of consistency over card variations. Any suggestions you might have for this list you can put those in the comment box below.

That would be the wrap up for this deck, until the next post.

References:
http://www.reddit.com/r/spikes/comments/1zm8np/jund_dredge/
http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/jund-dredge-26-02-14-1/
http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/gpphx14/welcome
http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/deck.asp?deck_id=1192250