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Yeah I goofed a bit. I should've mentioned what was implicitly mentioned above: It's CDA unless you can spend the life, and in an environment filled with Delvers and Pushes you don't have the luxury....

Ponders just tend to do the same thing a turn earlier while powering Goose.

That said, people often run it as a 1-of in the Side IIRC.

That's a toughy, knowing the decklist. If he was Goyf, it's counter it, drop a goyf. At 4/4 the mandrils are too small to survive a double block, meaning that even if he sac'd his goose (why would...

I was debating testing with Harsh Mentor in Gooses' place. trying it in stifle grixis at the moment, but I think the forcing of fetching/DRS activations will get some damage through (and it frees...

The problem is that you suspect they have a plow in hand; which is precisely why I thought wasting T1 was good. Yeah, they could plow and then you get another turn to ponder and maybe land a second...

Rough/Tumble or Pyroclasm x2 or 3 in the side if it's that prevalent. I'm not saying the MU is suddenly amazing, but it's a stompy deck; they're made to target you; and it's winnable mostly on their...

Daze, Wasteland, etc.. those are pretty live for a 4-mana dude for T2 :p.
I would consider running 1-2 Loams online so you can waste them out. 4c Delver is probably better positioned so you can...

We may also be over-thinking the Counterbalance, given a lack of SDT. You still have a good chance of forcing the SDT while laying threats, although it's far more risky of course.

I believe it happened on camera sometime last year. Either way, both of you still lose the game in question if you don't hold it up T2. My line has a reasonable chance of stalling until he can Threat...

#1 - It also may indicate that they may have bad mana (IME, I fetch basics unless I have to fetch duals -> AKA not enough lands.) This is reinforced that they're fetching before your turn to get...

I'd probably run a couple Forked Bolt and/or Chain Lightning if I ran it. I think my original RUG list had 3 SPierce and 3 Chain but it never made it to paper as I kept playing other lists.

It'll...

Don't necessarily go to 0 daze; as Killer implies; you may keep 1-3 depending on the amount you're siding in, the next-level knowledge that your opponent will play into them more often in G2 (and be...

I think it should be clarified; this is literally JUST RUG Delver; not RUG-all-the-decks. There actually is some RUG Delver list (IIRC) with punishing fire (called "Next Level RUG"?), but even then,...

I think the Elves approach works because the -2 ability has utility and the +1 is essentially adding Dark Ritual to your deck, or multiple dark rituals if you have cradle (as the above example shows...

Could be, but take it half serious for a moment so it can be debunked. No reason to treat the deck as religious:

Koira is mostly good for her -2; thus you want to maximize that.
Issue: Having 30...

Really depends on the deck. Obviously having DRS with Loam allows the broken:
T1 Fetch, DRS
T2, Wasteland, Loam back two lands

I've gotten scoops to that opening. In RUG.. it's a way to break...

RUG always survived before; even dominated. It's decent against miracles since it packs Stifle/Goose so it can get the time needed to get there. It's decent against Sneak because it packs a sturdy...

Looks like I can't put an image up (as evidence) without hosting; so instead I'll just say:
Changing to "at least 1" means you have a 54.5% chance to find a land without shuffle (This means, BS *or*...