TNM 12/6/12

I went to Beyond Comics in Frederick, MD for Thursday Night Magic.
Standard was the game, so I brought out the Jund Juggernaut.

Round 1: Andrew Weaver with BUG Zombies.
This version of Zombies utilized Gravecrawler, Lotleth Troll, and a variety of other Zombies to punish opponents.
I had to mulligan down to five in game one and was quickly dispatched by Lotleth Troll, who had grown to a 6/5 .

In game two, it happened even faster.  Gravecrawler came down turn one and got double-rancored in turn two.  Lotleth Troll followed.
0-2

Round 2: Richard Vera with Izzet Control
Richard had some mana issues in both games.  Also, it seemed that his deck may have been a budget deck of some sort.
He never really dropped any threats, and seemed unable to remove any of mine.
2-0

Round 3: Alex Geck with Grixis Walkers
I felt like this matchup should have been good for me, but it was not to be.
Alex had answers for every one of my creatures and planeswalkers.  He established control relatively quickly, and except for one game, had me in top-deck mode the entire match.  I made an error in game three when I cast Rakdos's Return on him and he redirected it back to me.  Even though I am not a legal target, I brain-farted and let it resolve.  I discarded two Thundermaw Hellkites, the only cards in my hand.
In the end, he got a board state of Bloodgift Demon, Snapcaster, and Rakdos Charm and laid the beats down.
1-2

This is my absolute worst showing ever for a TNM.

So, some thoughts.  I think my iteration of Jund is failing pretty spectacularly.  The IQ, SCGOpen, and this TNM have kind of shown that something is wrong with my design.  I have no ability to deal with control, and my match up to ANY kind of aggro deck has been shown to be very poor.  Something to ponder while I sleep tonight.

Until next time.