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With Wafo-Tapa's manabase: Why not split 2 Windswept Heath/2 Blue Fetch instead of 4x Misty Rainforest? Or at least 3/1? I would think you'd want more than 4 ways to fetch your basic Plains. Is there...

If you're curving out your deck for CB so it's effective in more than just the standard combo/burn/whatever matchups, why not play it maindeck?

Your maindeck list looks pretty weak against Zoo to me. If they open with T1 creature, you have only Swords as an answer before turn 3 or so. By then that creature has usually gotten in for 4-6...

Edict is weak against Survival builds packing Iona (which are becoming more and more popular) as they will almost always have additional creatures in play. Also, if you wish into an answer for Iona,...

More Decrees will get you there faster. I usually only have a hard time with Landstill and time limits when Sensei's Top is involved.

This is an obvious one, but think about your potential lines...

I don't think the UU is a big deal. Good Wasteland/LD players will keep you off WW and let you have blue, because (to date) some of the best spells in the deck require WW. If anything, CMC 4 is more...

@sengir:
Humility can often be too slow against decks like Merfolk, Goblins and Zoo when not coupled with cheap, early answers. I've lost to Merfolk with Humility on the table. Yes, it is a powerful...

Not to derail the current discussion because I find it very interesting, but this past week I ran up against a BWG Rock-ish deck with Confidant, Tombstalker, Finks, Goyf, Vindicate, Deed, Wasteland,...

Your manabase scares the crap out of me. 10 colorless lands out of 24? This is exacerbated by the fact that your build wants UU on turn 2 and WW shortly thereafter. Also, I would recommend more...

rsaunder: if you make gustha's recommended manabase changes (with the "other land" being a Plains) then you'll have the manabase I've been using. Dust Bowl is nice because it let's you run 4 Factory...

Think about how many times you'll draw that card and wish it was something else...

Milling your opponent contributes nothing to your game plan. If you're staring down an unfavorable board...

I have to disagree with cutting Decree of Justice. It's the best win condition in the deck. Elspeth is usually faster and more inevitable, but DoJ is often better because that you can cycle it under...

I just want to publicly apologize for questioning EE. Played against 2 canadian thresh lists last night and I had completely forgotten about Mongoose. I've been thinking in terms of the Merfolk...

My current wishboard looks something like this:

4 Engineered Plague
3 Counterbalance
3 Path to Exile
2 Negate
1 Pulse of the Fields
1 Extirpate
1 Return to Dust

I have a question for the Landstill community: how good is Engineered Explosives?

Personally, I've found it to be underwhelming lately. For me, it's been either a 1-for-1 (pay 6 mana to destroy...

@NQN:

I think you're missing the boat. As others have said, Counterbalance is not meant to be a hard-lock in Landstill like it is in "Thresh". Even if it's a one-sided Chalice of the Void for 1,...

@Hanni:

How is your Merfolk matchup? A turn 1 Vial looks almost impossible to overcome with your list. Also, I imagine that comfortably laying down a Standstill in that matchup is difficult to do...

I'd play Telemin Performance, or even something like Haunting Echoes over Mindslaver in the sideboard if you're looking to crush the control mirror. 5 mana will either win you the game immediately,...

How often is E. Plague better than Propaganda?

Prop Pros:
Propaganda is on-color, pitches for Force, is usually GG against Ichorid rather than just annoying, makes opposing manlands awful and...

Check these out (one and two) and let us all know what conclusions you draw from your testing.

I think this "Landstill" archetype is so flexible that you can come up with endless viable variants....

Cutting Wasteland weakens your game under Standstill considerably. You don't want to weaken your game under Standstill.

CB/Top negates many of Landstill's early game answers. Turn 3 CB/Top + Turn 4 Goyf can often spell GG. Their mana disruption + Daze is a beating when trying to resolve a hope-and-pray Wrath or...

You're still better off Forcing it (Counterbalance) if you have the option, rather than try to play around it or through it. What if they can flip for 3? You just lost your out you thought you had....

Wow Taishaku, you really have quite the crusade going against UWr builds. I think Burning Wish is viable, so does Jak. It sounds like he's tested it with success, whereas you continue to run out...

I think the Red splash is worth testing for Burning Wish and REB. REB is strictly better than discard strategies in the control mirror. Decks like Eva Green win off the tempo generated by removing...