Who‘s the Beatdown - Jund Wildfire vs. Pinger Tron
Recently had this exact match-up in our friend group and afterwards my friend and I were discussing at length who we think is the beatdown in the match-up, to understand sideboarding better. We couldn‘t really come up with a definitive answer, so I‘m asking the council. Who plays the beatdown role and who plays control here?
I play a more aggressive Wildfire variant, with 4 Gixian and 1 Hydra. Game 1 I was able to stabilize and draw out the game, got very close to winning it despite a momentary 4-47 lifepoint discrepancy - then died to a Kaervek‘s Torch on the deciding turn. After that I wasn‘t sure - do I board in my Ancient Grudges to disrupt the early mana fixing and play beatdown, or do I board in my Weather the Storm and maybe even Breath Weapon and/or Thorn of the Black Rose, take out my Gixians and Hydra and play control?