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Here's a 1x Bayou, 4x Ad Nauseam build:

Artifact (20)
4x Chrome Mox
4x Goblin Charbelcher
4x Lion's Eye Diamond
4x Lotus Petal
4x Mox Opal

Creature (10)

4 mana on-color Burning Wish which does not exile itself and can be used as a Diabolic Tutor in borderline cases. Versatile but not mana efficient.

My initial thought:
If you want to play a...

Seconded. In a meta with a bunch of Dredge, Reanimator, Belcher, Elves, D&T, Monored Stompy, Imperial Painter and slow nonblue decks (Loam, Lands, Nic Fit) this deck is a great fit. My local meta is...

Against a real opponent playing blue, Land Grant -> show a hand without initial mana source other than LG as a cost -> Pierce/Daze/FoW is probably the biggest reason to play some lands. Opponent t1...

Typically, Tendrils is the weakest business spell we have in the opening hand. We generally want to tutor it or draw into it. When you take a "maybe, just maybe?" opening hand with Tendrils and...

Compared to Pact SI:

1) Easy decision-making: more linear mulligans and lines of play, lack of off color mana (no ESG, SSG, EtW or Slithermuse)

When mulliganing, you are looking for 5 mana + Ad...

Sorry, had only 48 cards in MD. Too tired, it's past midnight. The last 12 are
4 Ad Nauseam
4 Goblin Charbelcher
4 Mox Opal

Edited the list accordingly.

Played SAINT in my FLGS weekly today, went 3-1. Won against Burn (2-0), Br Animator (2-0) and Lands (2-1, lost g2 on the draw after mull to 4, t1 chalice 0, t2 sphere of resistance, t3 sphere of...

Defense Grid and Autumn's Veil seem like decent anti-counter cards to me. If you are running EtW in your list or if your opponent expects you to run EtW post SB, the opponent might SB in AoE effects...

If you start to modify SAINT with..
- 4 Land Grant
- 1 tallman
- 1 opal
+ 6 land

- 4 GCB
+ 3 ToA
+ 1 IGG

No trample or flying = unlikely to finish the job by itself against most Legacy decks, especially since the 4 toughness can be quite easily killed by double blocking even if the opponent has sided...

Based on some quick goldfishing, if keeping the GCB in, I feel that a monoblack or a super light red splash list (0 SSG, 0 ESG, 0-2 EtW and 0-1 BW/PiF MD) is the way to go. The deck will be...

I've seen Mox Opal lists ranging somewhere between
4 LED
4 Petal
4 Opal
0-4 Chrome Mox
6-10 Tallmen
0-4 Vault of Whispers
0-4 Goblin Charbelcher

Including Chrome Moxes along with the Opal...

First goldfish attempt:

Sorcery (21)
3x Burning Wish
4x Cruel Bargain
2x Empty the Warrens
1x Ill-Gotten Gains / Past in Flames
4x Infernal Contract
2x Infernal Tutor
4x Land Grant

Thanks for the input!

Yes, U Slithermuse has been horrible in a list with BGR mana colors. Dropping it for an on-color card (EtW) seems sensible.

Pact has been half of the time tutor for Dryad...

Because I have a "gut feeling" that access to GCB lines of play in g1/g2 on the draw against random non-blue storm hate (CotV, Ancient Tomb into Thorn of Amethyst/Warping Wail) can be beneficial in...

Has anybody playtested a list with both Summoner's Pact and Burning Wish? Essentially it's about taking some Belcher-esque elements into PSI without the MD warping too much as a whole.

+ Easier to...

I have some experience playing vs Loam, but not as a Storm/SI player.

Most of the Loam decklist is completely irrelevant vs us due to our speed and lack of targets:
Dark Confidant, Life From the...

If you are worried about Duress vs hatebears (namely Thalia 1.0 and Phrexian Revoker = Death & Taxes? Or do you have something else in mind?), I would probably just run 2-3 EtW, mulligan aggressively...

Not an experienced SI pilot, but here are my thoughts anyway:

First of all, which blue decks in particular? I think that currently a popular counter setup for tempo lists is 4 FoW, 4 Daze and 1-2...

Did a bunch of goldfishing with the following list, seems solid (flex slots in bold):

Sorcery (21)
4x Cruel Bargain
1x Dark Petition
1x Empty the Warrens
1x Ill-Gotten Gains
4x Infernal...

Thanks for the input!

1) I have not tested Skyshroud exactly because I don't believe it's worth running compared to WC, Tinder Wall and DRS. Storm count +1 with +5 life is negative for ToA math...

Thanks! Based on a few hours of goldfishing, I think the following has been relatively easily approachable for a newbie like me:
1 ToA
2 Belcher
1 EtW
Thinking if I could fit 1 more Belcher/EtW...

Which build of the deck would you recommend to a Legacy veteran new to SI? The 5-0 MTGO list with 4 Pacts? I feel like the deck is in a good place for small FLGS tournaments now in the topless meta.