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I agree with all of this. Turn 3's are getting more rare because the best deck (Death's Shadow variants) are so heavy on discard; it's basically the new jund but leaner and meaner. Decks that don't...

Good catch on the no-fetches, I missed that part. I can see that the deck thinning (miniscule difference in draws) isn't necessary and there can be perfect mana without them. Scrying with Serum...

Storm is still playing well (4 copies in top 16), here is the top 8 from Syracuse:

http://mtgtop8.com/event?e=16452&d=301659

The classic at Syracuse also had a storm list top 8:
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Martin Muller made top 4 at GP Copenhagen with UR Storm...playing Peer through Depths over Merchant Scroll and adding a Simian Spirit Guide. Now I know the ideas are at least legit, and I'll be using...

Thanks for the response. I tend to agree on the SSG idea. I could never fit in a set, 1 maybe 2 at the most, which would help to get a turn 1 Electromancer/Baral on the table and a turn 2 combo. It...

I think ascension requires more commitment to cards like faithless looting and thought scour. I am way too committed to gifts to go that route. Here's some thoughts:

1) is there a reason for...

I'm not quite sure what to do about discard yet. Leyline seems ok, but I'm not sold on it taking 4 slots.

Spell Pierce seems weak. I think we need a hard counter, and dispel seems like the best.
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White splash is awful, early testing killed that. Pact of Negation does seem risky maindeck, but I can see it as a sideboard option if control decks start getting really prominent. Honestly, I think...

I'm not sure if there should be another thread for gifts storm, for now I'll post here.

Looking at some cards to splash into the deck and really questioning Merchant Scroll. I feel like Remand...

It depends on whether you have grapeshot or past in flames in hand (and to a lesser extent remand). The first gifts pile is usually desperate, pyretic, manamorphose, past in flames (with a red...

I am currently on the gifts storm version with Baral. Deck is sweet, probably better than ascension versions. Turn three kills happen sometimes and the gifts engine is absurd, easily the best use of...