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Losing Misstep indeed hurts Painter a bit, but can be partially offset by running 3-4 Spellskite maindeck. Misstep's best use in Painter was to nerf Swords to Plowshares, and Spellskite does that...

Sundial's applications are primarily limited to Hive Mind, but it does have the benefit of forcing people to play everything at sorcery speed given people won't want to walk into having things...

Chaos Warp is okay, but the fact that it could potentially give the opponent a Null Rod again or another bad permanent makes me wary. There are few permanents that we really care about, and most of...

I also ran 2 Intuitions in the deck that day as well, I just didn't ever see them.

Naturally it isn't possible for a deck to solve every situation. However, there are a certain few that come up...

First off, welcome to The Source.

Secondly, and I suppose this can apply to essentially everyone discussing the topic, is that it seems like many people misunderstand their reasoning behind...

This is essentially the sole reason why I'm still running Trinket Mage over Intuition, and a singleton Pithing Needle maindeck. Trinket Mage is a decent tutor, and granted Intuition is stronger, but...

I enjoy the ability of being able to grab the bullets game 1. You lose a little bit of consistency, but the benefit of being able to sit under Ensnaring Bridge against aggro or use Needle on a...

Oops, the Intuition/Trinket Mage slot should be 2, not 1. I fixed it on the list.

Humility isn't an issue, as it doesn't affect Painter's Servant at all (Has to do with layers, there's a thread on...

Sideboarding:

I wouldn't ever cut Painter or Grindstone, unless the matchup was so abysmal that I was planning on using other routes to victory. However, that list doesn't have any win conditions...

Landstill's only outs to deal with it are either Force of Will, maybe Counterspell if they run it, or if they already have a Pernicious Deed on the table, and you have Force and ReB to protect it, so...

True; I was merely mentioning matchups it was good against.

However, neither Landstill or Junk are cakewalks. Any deck with access to Pernicious Deed can be an absolute nightmare, and shutting...

Blood Moon is naturally good against Landstill and Lands, but it's also really good against Junk. Odds are they will not fetch around it unless they know it's coming, and unless they have a threat in...

Naturally if you're going to be running Transmute Artifact it's assumed you aren't running a build like that; it simply can't support it. You have to have some sort of sacrificial artifacts so you...

If you're considering Kira, I'd just run Spellskite instead. It's already an artifact so it has great synergy with Welder and Transmute Artifact, and it can also be cast much easier than Kira. Plus...

I think it's a mistake to omit LED entirely in a Transmute-based list. It turns Transmute Artifact into a Black Lotus in some situations, which is huge when going off on two lands or on turn 3 when...

I wouldn't really consider the 3rd color "stretching" because there are so few white cards in the deck, and the effects on the manabase are minor, being a single Tundra over a 4th Volcanic. You...

I've been running a Transmute Artifact-based list for the last 5-6 months and I think it's insane. The card is freaking Tinker for crying out loud, and makes the deck function incredibly well. I...