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Lem -
We all understand that there are situations it is right. It's 100% off topic pertaining to this.

it was a good report btw.

Phaz -

I agree with what you're saying, but the times you *would* Brainstorm T1 with TES are the times when it was likely to win you the game. (That is, your hand is very close to killing, but...

actually the more I look at it the more I think I might go all in against CB/Top.

On the reasoning that I don't think your hand can feasibly beat any disruption spell other than Counterbalance.

Let me answer your question with a question. What are you hoping to see in your top 3 cards if you ponder on t1, even if you know 100% what you're sitting down from?

You obviously need an action...

If I 100% knew the deck I was playing against...

I'd Gemstone Mine < Ponder vs. Esperblade (if they ran discard) or BUG
I'd play Tarn and say go against the others.

So let's say best case scenario happens. You cast ponder and hit gemstone mine, black card, x. Next turn you play the mine (playing around wasteland) and imprint the black card onto mox. Now you have...

Hand 1 - looks tempting at first, but it's a trap. Neither mana source can cast a ritual (unless you rfg wish), so you're looking for 2 mana sources in 4(5 on the draw) cards just to make 8-12...

Well done Bryant! Enjoyed watching your games, even though I had to do a face palm when they listed you as playing ANT :P

honestly I've never felt that the option of "more" storm engines was bad... I always considered it one of the main reasons to play TES (although I know you are talking more about TNT...burning wish...

You've got a lot of time with that hand if you know it's the mirror.
Considering you know it's the mirror I think it's a definite keep. I guess if he's on the play and t1 empty's you are punished...

I always keep up with mana by writing in / scratching out UUU/RRR/BBB/Whatever and tallying storm. Keeps a record of what's going on without being a total PITA to keep up with (I suck with finding...

No way. Needs too much to beat any disruption, and you need to draw an initial source before it does anything at all. Way too many if's.

Wipe Away isn't an all star by any stretch... but cutting it for a bounce spell that costs 1 or 2 puts you at an awkward place sometimes vs CB or Chalice.

2 of the top 3 decks play force of will as a 4 of. Beyond that, RUG and Stoneforge both play other counters that are a pita. When you start cutting chants/duress for IoK, you are weakening yourself...

You are right about spell snare vs. truth... I wasn't saying it was a *good* plan, just that it was A plan. Counterbalance + Top resolving is BAD for storm any way you look at it... I'd say if both...

If you think they are on that plan I suggest being aggressive on your mulligans. Between Inquisition, bounce (they don't play all that many 2's so echoing truth has a possibility of working besides...

If I couldn't get the sea I think I would run Badlands > Watery Grave, but I haven't ever tried either in that slot so you might want to test and see if not having that 2nd fetchable U/B source hurts.

When Bryant say's "I swapped inquisition for pyroblasts" I think to myself "hmm... he must have tried this out." at which point I DON'T remove my pyroblasts and replace them... from that point...

your opening 7 is gemstone mine, petal, dark ritual, rite of flame, cunning wish, chrome mox, polluted delta

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The only advantages I could ever see to pyroclasm over infest would be the fact that it costs 1 less (2RR as opposed to 2RBB) if you want to wish and cast it the same turn. Against THALIA that extra...

Why don't we run Angels Grace or Phyrexian Unlife? You can draw your whole library!
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Back on track though, I played some post SB games vs. Maverick last night, Inquisition was good pretty...

Personal Tutor is miserable in just about every situation.

It's not suicide to run 2 Ad Nauseam. That puts you with 1 5cc and 1 4cc spell maindeck (the rest is 2 and below) which averages out to...

You also have to take into account some things that add/subtract variance from those %'s that, while important when you play any deck, are really important for combo decks. Pilot skill, mulligan...

basically, pyroclasm can't kill mother of runes + hate bear. Infest can.

I can see Inquisition over Thoughtsieze in the current meta for sure, but why not the 4th duress and 3 Inquisition in the board? It's a bit worse against the aggro matchups, but having access to it...