Originally Posted by
1GoblinLackey
You're totally right to mention sample size. I do think I've got a pretty good sense of the Storm and Reanimator matchups (they're my most common matchups), but the other stuff can be attributed to variance for sure. My Elves data is a little skewed by playing against Julian Knab a lot (arguably the best Elves player), so that's definitely a factor haha.
So with my most current build I bring in: 2 Surgical, 1 Tormod's Crypt, 1 Relic, 2 Thorn, 1 Stingscourger, 1 Earwig Squad. When I have discard spells, I obviously bring all of those in. I also usually play a 2nd Tormod's Crypt over Relic, which is a pretty massive difference against Reanimator. I cut 3 Ringleader, 2 Gempalm, 1 Sharpshooter, 1 Mogg Fanatic, 1 Chainwhirler. The reason to cut Whirler is that they frequently discard your Whirler, and then Reanimate it, which can cause some serious headaches. Leave Trashmaster as a quick clock that can potentially let you beat an Elesh Norn. In terms of playing the matchup, MULLIGAN TO HATE. If your hand doesn't stop them from making a turn 2 Griselbrand, mulligan. If they keep 7, I might just mulligan to Surgical or Crypt to be honest. Don't try to race them, it's not a real thing you can do without disrupting them once. Once you stop them from going off the first time, you do want to kill them relatively quickly (to shut off future reanimates/grisel activations), but getting to that step is secondary to "living past turn 2".