Just a quick report. Can type up more later if requested.
Played in an SCG IQ last night with the same list I've been running with the following changes:
-1 Maelstrom pulse
-1 Intuition
Sideboard:
-2 Swan Song
+1 Thoughtseize
+1 Abrupt Decay
36 players (I think)
6 Rounds, cut to Top 8.
Round 1 vs. BG Pox
Vision made me able to recover from all the discard.
1-0 (2-0)
Round 2 vs. Manaless Dredge
Game 1 I win off a Topdecked Recruiter after he Therapies me for FoW, sees 2 Alurens and passes the turn with another Therapy in his graveyard. He had lethal on board for next turn, but the mistake cost him.
Games 2 and 3 I don't see a single Leyline but I win game 3 due to him having a bad opening hand and bad draws.
2-0 (4-1)
Round 3 vs. Belcher
Game 1: I played 2 lands
Game 2: Land, Thoughtseize on the play. I see the following:
Elvish Spirit Guide
Simian Spirit Guide
Lion's Eye Diamond
Seething Song
Seething Song
Empty the Warrens
Goblin Charbelcher
I take the Belcher, and manage to not draw another land (or Deed or Charm).
2-1 (4-3)
Round 4 vs. Death and Taxes
Game 1 I Force Mirran Crusader then combo out shortly after.
Game 2: He has Stoneforge (Jitte), MoM and a Revoker out. I play out a Jace and Brainstorm to find a 5th land. He attacks and kills Jace. On my turn I play Deed and wipe the board. I combo shortly after but had to do it again because Fiend Hunter screwed me when I played things in the wrong order. Got there anyways.
3-1 (6-3)
Round 5 vs. ANT
Game 1: I win with silly Grizzly Bears and Scryb Sprites.
Game 2: He starts to combo off on turn 2 and screws up realizing he didn't have red mana. He essentially wiped out all but 1 card in his hand for nothing. A couple turns later he activates LED to discard PiF which I Force. I proceed to win.
4-1 (8-3)
Round 6 - ID
4-1-1 (8-3-1)
Cut to top 8 and I'm the 5th seed.
Quarterfinals vs. BG Pox
I thought he was on Miracles at first, but I found out I was wrong quickly.
Ancestral Vision and Jace >>>>> Liliana and discard.
In game 2 he got out Night of Souls' Betrayal but conceded to Jace about to ultimate when I had Alchemist + Shardless in hand.
5-1-1 (10-3-1)
Semifinals vs Miracles
Game 1 went for over an hour. I nearly killed him with a lone Baleful Strix as he wasn't drawing removal. The game was back and forth a lot with both of us removing the other's threats (Deed for Entreat). The game came down to us both at 1 life, me with 0 cards in library (Stronghold in play tapped, planning to use on upkeep) and he Vensers it. Great game and everyone watching enjoyed it. One thing worth noting was him not realizing he could cast his Clique for free - something most players tend to overlook (though to be fair, mine are also in Japanese).
Game 2 he drew what he needed when he needed it and got there with a semi-early Entreat.
5-2-1 (10-5-1 overall)
Miracles ended up losing to Jund in the finals and I finished 3rd/4th.
Overall, I'm very happy with the Jace addition as it's extra card draw in addition to an alternate win condition. Ancestral Vision is still amazing. I also received multiple complements on the deck by people that saw it in action. I feel completely comfortable with the main deck at this point, but I'm going to do some changes to the sideboard again (likely 2-3 cards). I'll be playing this next week at the Seattle Open, so hopefully I'll manage to get a feature match and give the deck some time in the spotlight.
Also, one of my favourite things about Aluren is when people try to get you to tap mana for creature spells.

