9/11/14 Standard thoughts

I practiced the burn deck yesterday.

 Creatures (8)

    4 Chandra's Phoenix
    4 Young Pyromancer

Lands (23)

    8 Mountain
    3 Battlefield Forge
    4 Mutavault
    4 Sacred Foundry
    4 Temple of Triumph

Spells (29)

    4 Boros Charm
    4 Lightning Strike
    2 Magma Jet
    4 Searing Blood
    4 Shock
    4 Skullcrack
    4 Stoke the Flames
    3 Warleader's Helix

    Sideboard
    2 Banishing Light
    3 Chained to the Rocks
    2 Eidolon of the Great Revel
    4 Satyr Firedancer
    2 Chandra, Pyromaster
    2 Glare of Heresy

Round 1:  UWR control

Game 1:

Opponent played turn 2 Nyx-Fleece Ram, CPW

Game 2:

I get my opponent down to 3 life, Stoke the Flames him, then he double Lightning Strikes me in response, so I die.  Gah.

Round 2:   BW Midrange

Game 1:

Opponent stumbles on lands.  I kill his turn 2 Pack Rat, then run away with the game with burn.

Game 2:

Opponent played Whip of Erebos into double Desecration Demon, but I managed to win thanks to burn.

Round 3:   Bye

Apparently my opponent in the 1-1 bracket left the store early.

Result:  2-1, 12 dollars store

This is the B/W midrange deck I was thinking of playing, inspired by this deck that won a Singapore WCQ:
http://mtgtop8.com/event?e=8094&d=246643&f=ST

 Final List:

26 LANDS
8 Swamp
4 Mutavault
4 Godless Shrine
4 Caves of Koilos
4 Temple of Silence
2 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
14 CREATURES
4 Pack Rat
3 Desecration Demon
3 Blood Baron of Vizkopa
3 Nightveil Specter
1 Obzedat, Ghost Council
15 INSTANTS and SORC.
4 Thoughtseize
4 Hero's Downfall
3 Devour Flesh
4 Bile Blight
5 OTHER SPELLS
3 Underworld Connections
2 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
   
SIDEBOARD
3 Duress
1 Underworld Connections
3 Drown in Sorrow
4 Nyx-Fleece Ram
1 Last Breath
2 Deicide
1 Sin Collector

My changes from the original list:

-1 Banishing Light
+1 Hero's Downfall

-1 Stain the Mind
-1 Erebos, God of the Dead
-1 Liliana Vess
+1 Sin Collector
+2 Deicide