Preview - SCG Dallas March 14-15

I guess this is what it is like living on the East-Coast around Virginia area, two SCGs in two months...must be nice (or exhausting). This weekend marks my annual/bi-annual pilgrimage to Dallas (or really Fort Worth but enough e-ink has been slung in regards to that). It is my time to go eat fish and chips (feel free to ask me where) and sling some cardboard. Due to a birthday party, spring break and baby/family time; I will be giving Saturdays Standard tournament a miss. I am a little sad to be unable to battle with mountains on Saturday but I do get to play Legacy so I cannot be too unhappy.

For anyone interested here is my updated version of Red:

Mono Red

Creatures (20)

4 Firedrinker Satyr

4 Foundry Street Denizen

3 Frenzied Goblin

1 Goblin Heelcutter

2 Mardu Scout

4 Monastery Swiftspear

2 Goblin Rabblemaster

 

Lands (19)

 

19 Mountain

Spells (21)

4 Wild Slash

4 Searing Blood

4 Stoke the Flames

4 Lightning Strike

3 Titan's Strength

2 Hordeling Outburt

Sideboard [15]

3 Eidolon of the Great Revel

3 Prophetic Flamespeaker

3 Peak Eruption

2 Scouring Sands

2 Arc Lightning

1 Harness by Force

1 Mountain

For legacy I am 99% on the usual.

RUG

Creature [12]

4 Delver of Secrets

4 Nimble Mongoose

4 Tarmogoyf
 

Instant [24]
 

1 Spellsnare

3 Spell Pierce

4 Brainstorm

4 Daze

4 Force of Will

4 Lightning Bolt

4 Stifle

 

Sorcery [6]
 

1 Forked Bolt

1 Gitaxian Probe

4 Ponder

Land [18]

3 Tropical Island

3 Volcanic Island

4 Flooded Strand

4 Polluted Delta

4 Wasteland

Sideboard [15]

1 Flusterstorm / Divert

1 Envelop

2 Destructive Revelry

1 Grafdigger’s Cage

1 Scavenging Ooze  

1 Sulfuric Vortex

2 Submerge

1 Vendilion Clique

2 Sudden Demise

2 Grim Lavamancer

1 Pyroblast

The main deck is pretty set except for whether I want the 3rd Spell Pierce or a 6th burn spell (forked bolt). Running a 2nd Gitaxian Probe or 1st Thoughtscour is also an option in that flex spot. It has been a while since I have played instand speed 3/3 on turn 2 with nimble mongoose. Eating your opponents creatures is fun...even if they are snakes.
There is also a small part of me that is thinking about bringing a modern deck so that I can audible over to modern if the modern tournament looks smaller/easier but I have a new miscut Forked Bolt which I have yet to play with so that is probably the clincher.

Good Luck to everyone in Dallas this weekend!

Cheers,
Simon