@wonderPreaux, F.Fortune and who wants to join:
I've had bad experiences my last 2 torunamnets with TES sadly...
I really don't spend much time lately playing MTG...
I think the main issue I am facing is the absent of GP. I mean, at its simplest:
Now I really don't know if it is good to fire a discard or ponder or just wait... or even landing a land if it is my unique one in hand!
there are a lot of casuistics that I just can't handle well enough. I mean I can play duress off a land and then wastelanded - loose or I can just do not play duress and loose equally because of cahlice next turn, the same applyes to cantrips, etc.
So I think I definitaly need to change my mana base to one with fetches and swamp.
Also I've been hating quite a lot playing 4 CM, 3 has always been a number I've been happy with. Ialso see that sometimes 8 discard are too many, however I miss a lot the CT power... Ideally I would love toplay 7 discard and 3CT 4 TS. and really don't know how it will perform, but vs control decks CT is just better, not vs Combo/chalice.
Having in mind this list:
http://tcdecks.net/deck.php?id=29163&iddeck=242436 which seems to be the staple - mine is the same but the manabase. and -1 EtW +1 duress.
I've been thinking in:
-1 CM +1 CR
-1 Duress + 1 preordain
-3 Duress +3 CT - dont know on this... but 3 CT stay in my side no mater what.
I really think that 1 CR instead of CM is fine now I play 8 fetches, 1 preordain I think is fine also instead of 8th discard - it could be EtW as 10th threat but having so much fetches and CR and 1 less CM seems like the proper replace. maybe 2nd EtW is the right call... + 4 CM.
and the manabase exact as you wPreaux!
related to your manabase, I'd like you to ask:
which is the need to play 2 swamps? why do you prefer it to 2nd USea or 9th fetch? - this was going to be my fetch manabase same but -2nd swamp +2nd USea.
However I think I would like 10 outs to a swamp 1st turn.
I think I could play Island, but it makes sense in a more cantrip focused build like 2 preordain and 2 CR, and apart of that - well you know my feelings on island.
which are your opinions on this?