Back from my first FNM in Standard since Eldritch Moon.
Deck:
Mono-Blue Winds, though replace 1 Nimble Obstructionist with Unwind (it was bad but I didn't get one more in time and the LGS was out), and drop 1 Island for Karn.
This deck is fucking great and I said I was just running this as a way to get my feet in the format again, but I'm sticking with it as long as I can because again, it's great.
Match 1: against Red-Green Vehicles... or something. Had Heart of Kiran, Scrapheap Scrounger, Rekindling Phoenix, Jadelight Ranger, Merfolk Branchwalker... stuff like that.
Went 2-1 against him, and would have been 2-0 if I hadn't kept a risky 1-land hand (I had 2 Siren Stormtamers and an Unsummon so I thought I could stall until I had more lands, but alas.)
Match 2: Mono-Black Control
Went 2-0 against it. I thought I'd have a hard time with it, but no, turns out Stormtamer is great against pesky kill spells and Negate stops Bontu's Last Reckoning and shit.
Also, cycling Nimble Obstructionist against Saga triggers (he had Rite of Belzenlok) is really fucking funny.
"Can you do that?!"
"Sure can."
Match 3: Blue-White Control
Went 2-0 again. I thought I'd be royally fucked against this deck but in game 1 I was able to counter all his counters/removal and he never pulled Teferi. Game 2, he had to mull down to 5, got Teferi out, but I killed him with extreme prejudice before he could get the emblem out. Felt kinda bad, but at the same time, I know I shouldn't.
Match 4: Black-Green Counters
Went 1-2. I just don't know what to do against this deck. I couldn't keep my creatures alive AND mitigate Walking Ballista/Winding Constrictor at the same time, and I just couldn't take off before the counters got stupid. And Unsummon wasn't a very good card because his kill spell of choice (Chupacabra) would have been reusable, Ballista and Constrictor are cheap, and Verdurous Gearhulk would be really dumb to send back.
Still, punching down really expensive decks with relative ease with this $30 ultra-budget deck felt good. Got 3 packs (Foil Isolated Chapel and Tempest Djinn, Goblin Chainwhirler, Marwyn the Nurturer), and felt lucky and bought 3 more (History of Benalia, Josu Vess and foil Forest, The Antiquities War).
It has been a good night. Feels good to play Magic again for once.
Losing Nimble Obstructionist in rotation is gonna feel real bad though. That card was easily the MVP next to Djinn.