This was not a very skill-intensive matchup. 4 of the 5 games ended on turn 6. The decks piloted themselves, it was just a question of who got good hands. Although both decks play Sylvan Caryatid, a Mana Elf, Temple of Abandon, and Polukranos, the similarities end there. Green Devotion is more of a ramp deck, trying to cast backbreaking 6 and 7 mana spells. Jund Monsters is more of a midrange goodstuff deck and a little faster. I’ll call the decks Jund and Devotion. Here’s how it went down:

G1

Jund, on the play, gets a turn 3 Polukranos out. On turn 4 it goes monstrous to kill one of Devotion’s two mana dorks only to get surprised by Boon Satyr in response! The Polukranos (and the mana dork) die. On turn 5 Jund plays Stormbreath Dragon, but Devotion casts See the Unwritten and finds Dragonlord Atarka and Surrak (which gives it haste). The Stormbreath dies, Jund takes 12 damage from attacks, and loses on turn 6. MVPs: Boon Satyr & See the Unwritten. Devotion 1-0.

G2

Jund gets a Rabblemaster out, and Devotion plays turn 3 Polukranos, but attacks in with Courser of Kruphix which turns out to be a regretful decision when Jund, on turn 4, casts Dreadbore to kill the Polukranos, casts a 2nd Rabblemaster, and comes crashing in for 6 damage. On turn 5, Xenagos joins the field, and Jund attacks with 2 rabblemasters, four goblin tokens, 1 satyr token, and an elf. Devotion is able to block and kill one Rabblemaster, but on Turn 6 Stormbreath joins the fray and it’s just too much go-wide damage. MVP: Dreadbore & Ghor-Clan. Jund Monsters 1-1.

G3

Devotion gets a turn 3 Polukranos but Jund has Dreadbore. An attacking goblin token gets pumped by the Ghor-Clan and takes out a Courser. A sad turn 4 “land, go” is answered by a Stormbreath Dragon, and devotion takes 10 damage. See the Unwritten finds Dragonlord Atarka and it looks like a comeback is in the works, but Jund has Dreadbore #2 for the Atarka. 2 more attacks from the Stormbreath and that’s game, again on turn 6. MVP: Dreadbore. Jund 2-1.

G4:

Both decks mulligan to 6. This game is the only game that goes long, although it wasn’t close. Jund gets a Scavenging Ooze, and Devotion gets Arbor Colossus on turn 4, and Atarka on Turn 5. Vraska kills Atarka, and the game slows down as Devotion has to kill Vraska, and then a Xenagos. But along the way Devotion also finds another Arbor Colossus, a Rattleclaw, and a Courser. It’s too much. Nykthos is making tons of mana with two Arbor Colossus out, and the Arbor Colossuses become monstrous 9/9 creatures. It takes a while to get through chump blockers but the board state is hilariously unbalanced. The win comes on turn 10. MVP: Arbor Colossus. Devotion 2-2.

G5

The decider is quick and dirty as Jund get turn 2 Bow of Nylea then turn 3 Polukranos. The monstrous Polukranos on turn 4 is bigger than Devotion’s Polukranos, and it continues to threaten to get larger thanks to the bow. Devotion will be able to play Atarka on turn 6, but only if he doesn’t lose any creatures (he needs the mana symbols for Nykthos) so he takes 3 attacks from the Polukranos without blocking, but on the third attack Ghor-Clan pumps up the hydra even more for the win, predictably on turn 6. Jund Monsters 3-2.