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http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/a … /sfrlegacy

It's just another format with it's own card base.  This is the one with all the older cards are allowed to be played.  Though for competitive play you'll see some pretty expensive decks.

I think the changes look good.   I know it's short notice but I think the thrags/strangleroots should be Scavenging oozes.  Seems like a strong card in the deck.  I still feel corpsejack is fringe at best but who knows.  You could be stumbling onto something good.  Ghor clan is a good addition. You might still consider domri over garruk.  with the ability of your guys to regenerate Domri seems good for removal.  the possible extra creature a turn sounds good too. 

The only cards I am really concerned about is fling and sheltering word.  Fling has the potential to be big in the deck, but I feel something like searing spear would just be more consistent. Down side is if your opponent is at 3 and somehow manages to wipe your board, a spear can still get there while a fling cant.  Sheltering word.  I get the point behind it... I think if you really want an out for your creatures I'd rather see a maindeck golgari charm.  It has more uses that are relevant than this card.  Though IDK if the deck really needs either.

Just some final thoughts.  Good luck

The variations I saw played lotleth troll.  Turn 2 lothleth + pitch vexing etc... is better than trying to depend on the initial damage. Lotleth is more resilient too. You can't burning tree into lotleth.  This deck has  little more reach than then average aggro and the ability to regenerate gives it more resiliency.

If you go straight Jund aggro then you can burning tree into the boar etc... You don't even play varolz in that case though, You'd more likely play reckoner or mangler.  Life gain does stall aggro decks. nothing you can do there.

I agree midrange is better, but the deck he has, and the deck your suggesting isn't the jund midrange you want to play.

If you build around varolz you want 4.  If you have more than one now with the legendary rule you you can just play it and sac whichever or discard it to lotleth and eat him... nom nom, counters.

These cards....

Arbor Elf
Dreadbore
Abrupt Decay
Vampire Nighthawk
Olivia Voldaren
Mizzium Mortars

These are all midrange cards.  He doesn't have a midrange deck.  Making some kind of funky hybrid isn't going to help him.  If you play the midrange, you need the huntmasters, the olivias, the thrags and the bonfires... the deck just doesn't work without them. 

You don't need to "balance" the curve in an aggro deck like this, It's about eating stuff with varolz. You want to be at a 2 drop/3 drop pretty quick.  I've seen them played, they do "okay" they're not great decks but it's better than a hybrid that doesn't have a focused plan. Haste does not an aggro deck make.

There's lots of good ways to deal with the hydra, Doomblade, putrefy, dreadbore, murder, detention sphere, oblivion ring, azorious charm, angel of serentiy, ... block?  Until rotation Kolonian is just another big chumpy target for removal... all the decks can deal with it.  I wouldn't try to play it if you weren't in R/G aggro/ big naya. which he's not.

These are actual fetch lands and used with the shocks in modern. http://www.ebay.com/bhp/zendikar-fetch-lands

I agree that i would probably play Terramorphic expanse over gates if I didn't have access to the other.  I do prefer the farseek with shocks though.  If money is an issue then this is probably the best option. Alternatively you can "fetch" gates with Maze's end.

Man if you have older valuable cards just trade.  Sorry, but ante is just dumb that's why people don't play it any more.  Chances are you won't be stomping anyone's face if you're just getting back into the game.

Tutoring really isn't a game plan anymore.  I know it was great back in the day, ( I played too, in the mid/late 90s) but that just slows you down now.  The majority of the formats are just playing good cards in your deck and drawing into the answers you need.  90% of the tutor effects are too expensive for the format. The power of spells has been ratcheted down a lot since then.

If you want to play competitively, you should watch some streams of competitive players and go to reddit.com/r/spikes and read some of the posts there about the metagame.

IMO, the very best thing you can do since you've been out for a while is to get in and play some limited format events.  Draft/sealed.  Get back into the game slowly.  You really need to get a grasp on the current meta game and it sounds like you need some help.  Get to know the people in your area. Find out what you like in the current meta and work towards a deck you want to play.  Chances are anything you're thinking of playing based on your experience in the past will be lacking. Just shooting straight with you, if you walk up to any mildly competitive event using the strategies I've heard you'll walk away disappointed.

I completely missed the ante part of the question.  Ewwwww....

I don't think they're will be a mad dash to the retailers.  If you can't find one, I'll send you mine

I would run a couple dissipates/syncopates main deck and rest in peace in the side.  They're perfectly good counters with the benefit of exiling... It's win/win for any control deck these days.

So, it's turn 4 on your opponents turn he doesn't have any spells to play he played a land he drew, your aggro opponent has a full board of 2/2 3/3s. Lets say 5 of them, swinging for game this turn, if you can kill any of those creatures you stabilize and play supreme verdict next turn.  The other card in your hand is silence.  You lose.  The thing about cards like silence is they're good early against aggro and maybe good later against control or midrange, but searing spear is always good. any removal at any point during that game would have helped you stabilize to cast supreme verdict turn 4.   I don't see how your argument for silence holds water in that case. 

See if you can work with someone at the store if you have friends/people you trust that might loan you the cards.  Thats a way to play with it also before you make the investment.

Well, for the deck you have constructed. 

Silence, tome scour, and disperse can go.  You don't need any of these imo.  Azourius charm does the same thing (and more) as disperse.  Silence is just a worse counter spell and tome scour is completely unnecessary with jace.  all you have to do is activate jace a few times to mill them out.  I don't think I like volcanic gyser, the fact that it's instant makes it mildly playable, but you're looking at committing a lot of mana to this spell. 4 for a 2/2 minimum.  Seems to me war leaders helix is just better and give you life (maybe x4 since you don't have the sphinx revs).  I'd still play at least a couple augers, maybe 4, since you don't have the snaps (I realize it's m13, but they are just uncommon). Pacifism is okay, i'd rather see detention sphere or oblivion ring though. Dissipate and syncopate are must haves imo, you need to be able to exile the cards you counter, scavenging ooze, unburial rites, varolz... etc... there's just too much ability to gave value out of the grave yard.  Same thing for pillar of flame over shock.

As far as cards you need.  I wouldn't take this to tournament beyond FNM without these minimum cards. Some are repeats from above. 2 sphinx's (i know sphinx's are expensive, but you just can't replace them and it works in the deck. They're also standard legal for the next 14 months minimum), 4 supreme verdicts, 4 think twice (rotating or not it's a common,divination is not a replacement for this instant), 1-2 Syncopate, 2-3 Dissipate. 3 Pillar of flame (another common). 2 mizzium mortars (cheap one shot 4 damage, potential for another sweeper). 4 Sacred foundry.  2 of each of the checklands, clifftop retreat, sulfur falls, glacial fortress.  2 Warleaders Helix ).  I'd like to see a tamiyo as well.  She's such a house... made of brick even. I'd hesitate to take it to an FNM (depending on how competitive your area is) without these changes either. 

That being said Tywoo on here, posted a link to a woo-brew on channel fireball.  It's not my taste and I think I'd prefer to take the American control over it, but it's significantly lower in cost. Snaps can be replace with augers in a pinch.

http://www.channelfireball.com/articles … -budgeted/

You like the battle driver?  I wasn't sure about it.  I think post rotation you'd probably want to be rb or rg for aggro.  Theros is still up in the air, but spike jester/exava and burning tree are strong cards.

let me knowif this works out. I have several good rares from the first few sets and some of crafted redemption cards.  As well several good loot cards from the molten core raid.