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Jund is Dead in Legacy, Not Modern

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Art Credit: Steve Argyle & WotC Well, WotC banned Deathrite Shaman in legacy (along with Gitaxian probe ). It seems the king of creatures and fair magic is just a little too fair for anything but vintage. Although I do not have much experience in the legacy format, I am confident in saying that "Punishing Jund," a deck which did not exist pre-DRS, will now die a sudden and painful death. This raises a question which I posed once in a pre-BBE unban world : are there certain decks in certain formats that WotC does not want to exist? Based on the phrasing of the B&R announcement ,  the answer is "yes." And it seems that in both modern and legacy, one of the decks that cannot exist is the deck that uses disruption and fair win conditions efficiently and simultaneously. But hey, I play modern, so at least things are stable for me. Here is my current deck list: It has felt really good, and that is in large part because I am doing my best to play ...