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Never tried it myself, but I suppose the Pull's from Eternity aren't only there to dodge exiling hate, but also to enable chrome mox / Unmask interactions. No idea if that makes playing PFE's...

This is a very good hand, not only because of the T1 combo, but also because you only need to topdeck looting\thoughtseize\brutality\entomb to combo again in case of Force of Will. That leaves you...

I played a stocklist BR Reanimator with a transformational Dark Depths sideboard last nights FNM. And wanted to share the experience.
The side was 4 Depths / 4 Stage / 4 Hexmage / 3 Croprotation
In...

Don't forget you're up to 22 lands when you include Stage/Depths, the same amount as the ReaniDepths deck linked on the previous page, and it also relies on saccing some amount of lands (to Lake of...

As you only need the 4x Urborgs to make a T2 token through Depths - Urborg - Hexmage, wouldn't you consider splashing green for some Crop Rotations, leaving only 1 or 2 Urborg? As deckspace is tight...

These are the kind of example hands that are interesting to think about, because they are not snapkeep good. But I would probably keep it, play the looting and re-evaluate the options. Worst case...

This is fun, lets do another one. Against an unknown opponent on the play, you have: Iona, animate dead, bloodstained mire, unmask, thoughtseize, lotus petal and faithless looting. Mull or keep, and...

It's not a great hand, but I'd take my chances with it on the play. The Chancellor is guaranteed to enter the battlefield, and there's still a CB in hand (like if you draw a mana next turn, possibly...

I made count of lists featuring both Wear // Tear, and Reverent Silence, from 29/10/2016 (EE, where Kurtis Frazer Top8’ed - there are no lists with W/T before this date). 43 lists featuring Reverent...

A pure RB variant was quite popular some time ago and usually ran 4 Sneak Attack's in the side.
http://www.mtgtop8.com/event?e=14003&d=283027&f=LE
Downside of the SSG is being red, and outside of...

Your argumentation against W/T seems to be that Leyline isnt frequently played in your meta. Thats a good meta to play in, because in theory you could deal with any other hatecard with discard (and...

Nicely put, but this is a playstyle-philosophy (and a good one), but not a rule-set-in-stone that will assure you more wins. Because there's a balance between 'the best window' (the optimal...

True, the scenario of both Leyline + Chalice1 locks out Wear//Tear.
And in this case W//T is inferior to Reverent Silence, as chalice is beatable, but Leyline is not (supposing no other cards are...

I think this discussion about sideplans is interesting, and I'd like to discuss it further.

I largely agree with the arguments you make for the blue plan, but I dont think it's correct to compare...

Wear/tear hits both leyline and chalice, like versus eldrazi.

S&T is only good with grisel or another 1-off fatty in hand, and is useless with entomb. As we dont have much cardselection, entomb is...

The maindeck discard seems to have become Collective Brutality + Thoughtseize. I've been run CB + Unmask though, and like to hear from others why they prefer maindeck Thoughtseize over Unmask.

Making the sideboardsplash more reliable, like Bayou for Reverent Silence or Abrupt Decay.

Bloodmoon seems like a fun card to deal with DRS vs nonbasic decks like Grixis, basically reads: you cant activate DRS no more. And proactive in comparison to CB. I haven't tried this myself, is it...

Jeff, lets agree to disagree then. Ill just reply to your points, as I think they tell a partial story.
1. Looting is more than a cantrip, it bins a creature as well and does it faster than CB. You...

Yes I can see the ironic contradiction :tongue: - however, Grixis gets worse postboard as they board in hate and probably more important, the surprise factor is gone. We fight on a narrow axis and...

I agree that Looting is carddisadvantage and flashbacking it is tempoloss. However, it is the only form of cardfiltering the deck has, and too many times we need very specific cards (like removal...

The problem you describe is the general problem of gravehate versus our core-strategy. You can't attribute this to Looting alone, it applies to entomb too (or selftargeted discard, or discarding to...

I agree with this, I'm always happy to see Looting in the opener. Usually binning a creature and drawing two more cards, what more do you want? When you have it with Griselbrand in hand, it's even...

I'd certainly keep that hand. Even if the Unmask gets forced, you still have a reasonable chance to draw into the next discard outlet soon (Thoughtseize, Unmask, Looting or Entomb, or a chance of...

What about Nature's Claim instead of Wear/Tear or Reverent Silence? It's cheaper than Wear, it's green so can be played in the side along with Abrupt Decay, and can be cast of a Petal (whereas...