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That narrative is all well and good in theory, until you actually run the numbers amd realize that the Land Grant version is only marginally faster in exchange for being significantly less stable....

I don't think you actually understand how to play this deck, and you're probably better off with Belcher or "Oops, All Spells" in that case. The threat of speed is to force virtual card advantage...

1 Echo of Eons
4 Tendrils of Agony
4 Infernal Tutor
4 Infernal Contract
4 Cruel Bargain
4 Dark Ritual
4 Cabal Ritual
4 Culling the Meak
4 Veil of Summer
4 Summoner's Pact

I've been playing the deck off and on since it was invented, unless you are using Belchers then you are just adding one more thing to disrupt and playing with your hand face up for no tangible...

There is no reason to use Land Grant and only play one Bayou over Fetchlands, the Summoner's Pact package looks a lot more intereting with Blex though as it's not an awful Infernal Tutor target...

I decided to screw around with a Myr Enforcer, Burnt Offering and Peer Into The Abyss deck today, I was pissing myself laughing the whole time. It might be a mana engine that can replace LEDs and...

I have multiple versions, but Skyshroud Cutter and Summoner's Pact was the most consistent Burnt Offering package.

So Once Upon a Time looks tailor made for this deck? Bayou, Dryad Arbor, Vine Dryad, Skyshoud Cutter, Wild Cantor, Elvish Spirit Guide and maybe Simian Spirit Guides and Xantid Swarms as well?...

Cabal Ritual is the weak link if you're going the Skyshroud Cutter and Vine Dryad/Burnt Offering route.

Not sure which version of Pact SI peope are running these days, but the all green set up with MD Vine Dryad and Autumn's Veil was a thing.

4 Tendrils of Agony
1 Ill Gotten Gains
4 Infernal Tutor...

Vine Dryad has a lower cost than 1 mana since it can discard an extra Land Grant, Dryad Arbor or Autumns Veil and pitching Summoners Pact doesn't force you to go off compared to fetching an ESG, I...

Kobold SI can easily win through Chalice of the Void by dumping the Kobolds into the Chalice of the Void and storming manually into a Tendrils of Agony, if anything Kobold SI is better than Pact SI...

I think you're too focused on gold fishing and not focused enough on playing the deck, the problem with Dryad Arbor is that you are sacrificing a land in order to try to go off. This only compounds...

I don't agree with using fetchlands over Vault of Whispers in a Mox Opal list, but if you're interested in actually playing Magic as opposed to gold fishing then the Kobold list is easily better as...

It's still the best list fwiw, you don't have to play Ill Gotten Gains if you want to play an Empty the Warrens or Past in Flames instead, the redundant Tendrils of Agony are really too important for...

I think you'll find as you gold fish the deck a lot of the Pact SI changes have an adverse affect on your draw 4 chains compared to the creature SI lists because while Pact SI might be better able to...

That list seems sub-optimal without Vault of Whispers, there's no reason to add more Artifact Creatures to the deck over Artifact Lands if all you're doing is testing the gold fishing speed. I'm not...

The problem with Goblin Charbelcher is Land Grant, when you don't get to resolve your Goblin Charbelcher because your "Land" was discarded or countered it doesn't matter if it's a better kill...

I'm not suggesting you cut Summoner's Pact or Elvish Spirit Guide, just reduce the package to it's essentials in order to add stability and disruption because it's the only thing that really...

Those SB Swamps and discard should just be MD, if you'd stop tool boxing with Summoner's Pact then there's more than enough space for +2 Swamps. Once you have the Swamps, -4 Spirit Guides for Cabal...

Don't Mox Opal lists require Vault of Whispers? I never really found Metalcraft to be consistent, and you're making concessions by exposing yourself to Wasteland with Artifactlands and not imprinting...

Basically; Swamp, Chrome Mox and imprint Crimson Kobold, Cabal Ritual and Draw 4 is a line of play which makes the original list more reliable - imprinting for red mana is only relevant if you're...

If you're new to the deck I'd suggest,

4 Tendrils of Agony
1 Ill Gotten Gains
4 Infernal Tutor
4 Infernal Contract
4 Cruel Bargain
4 Cabal Therapy
4 Crimson Kobolds
4 Crookshank Kobolds

If you're discussing Pact SI, I think your MD protection package is Autumn's Veil just so you have another Green card for your Skyshroud Cutter, the problem with Xantid Swarm is that you have too...

It was, when the deck had Sensei's Diving Tops to filter it could use Veteran Explorer with Diabolic Intent, Culling the Weak and Cabal Therapy to stay in B/G and build a mana base with basic lands....