Jund Song

My brain put this song together to annoy me, it goes to the tune of "Frere Jacque":

Sprouting Thrinax, Sprouting Thrinax,
Putrid Leech, Putrid Leech,
Bloodbraid into Blightning, Bloodbraid into Blightning,
Win win win.  Win win win.

I just know this little ditty is going to be running through my head the whole time at the Philly 5k this weekend.  Maybe enough to make me regret my deck choice.  But I've been practicing a lot these past few weeks, to the point where I'm confident even in those pesky control matchups (damned Wall of Omens/Spreading Seas!).  However, I'm still lacking in sideboard plans for some of the big decks, may need to steal ideas from the Internet. 

At this point, my list is pretty vanilla:  4x Leech, Thrinax, Elf, Blightning, Pulse, 3x Bolt, 2x Terminate, 2 or 3x Siege-Gang Commander.  The only somewhat-unique twists are I still run 2x Garruk even though a lot of Jund players have dropped them (I find threatening Overrun to be super-effective in most combat races, and of course the mana-acel and beast tokens don't hurt either.)  I also run Sarkhan the Mad, though I'm down to 1 copy now.  My special tech is 3x Trace of Abundance as the 2-drop mana-improver that gives my 7 manlands shroud.   I'm flirting with the idea of including at least one Consuming Vapors main judging by how many times I find myself boarding in 2 or 3 copies. 

Introductory Post #1: A Deck

I decided the Internet needs one more Magic: The Gathering blog.  So, here we go.  A bio is forthcoming, but decklists are an important part of any Magic blog anyway, so I'll let this beauty serve as the vanguard to my first foray into the M:tG blogosphere.

Why doesn't this deck exist already?  And which factors keep this from being "tier one"?

My Creation:

Lands (26)
5 Forest
4 Mountain
4 Island
2 Tectonic Edge
4 Scalding Tarn
4 Misty Rainforest
3 Raging Ravine

Creatures (22)
4 Vengevine
4 Bloodbraid Elf
4 Plated Geopede
4 Lotus Cobra

3 Lorescale Coatl
3 Cunning Sparkmage


Spells (12)
3 Jace, The Mind Sculptor
3 Lightning Bolt
4 Spreading Seas
2 Basilisk Collar

Sideboard (Rough Draft)
1 Cunning Sparkmage
1 Lightning Bolt
4 Goblin Ruinblaster
3 Mold Shambler
3 Deprive
2 Momentous Fall
2 Mind Control (fixed!)