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Congrats Joe. You're a beast. I always enjoy watching your matches.

The problem with Nahiri and big Elspeth is the mana cost. 5cc, and especially 6cc, is just a really big cost for a deck like this. Miracles could get away with it, because of the way that deck works...

When the format had Probe, Mentor was great. I actually killed an Elves opponent on turn 3 on the play in an REL competitive match by going turn 1 DRS into turn 2 Mentor + Probe (and FoW on his 2nd...

When Probe was legal and Mentor was actually good, there was barely any interest. Now that Probe is banned and Mentor is way worse outside of Miracles, now people want to discuss Mentor in...

If you're going the Stifle/Waste route, I would consider looking into UWR Delver.

I see no reason to run Mentor over TNN without Probe, unfortunately. Mentor still has a home in Miracles, but it doesn't make sense in an Esper Stoneblade shell anymore.

If he was on a Jeskai version with 4 Swords to Plowshares and 2-3 Lightning Bolt, I might agree with you... but he's not. Without a critical mass of cheap efficient removal, you don't have the time...

Snare counters Ancient Grudge and Abrade.

You're not using FoW to slam SFM on turn 2. You're using FoW to protect SFM from Lightning Bolt on turn 3. A resolved Batterskull is the key to winning...

Jace is horrible against Grixis Delver. Between Wasteland, Daze, and Spell Pierce, you're not going to be resolving Jace for most of the game. The card advantage from Jace is completely unecessary...

Against Grixis Delver, Force of Will is more important for making sure your SFM resolves and survives long enough to put Batterskull into play, and then to protect it. I wouldn't cut any Force of...