So I see most folks on here are Esper fiends!

I'm more of a Jeskai man myself, but I have a couple of basic questions as I've only just started to play the deck. My apologies if they are stupid questions.

1) I see no one plays Mishra's Factory. Any particular reason? Some older lists seem to favour it.

2) Sword of Fire and Ice is almost exclusively a sideboard, it seems. Again, any particular reason? Seems quite helpful against big dudes like Gurmags and Eldrazi. Is it just used to help grind?

3) No one seems to like the Monastery Mentor. I've not playtested it myself yet, but it seems good with our myriad of low cost spells (also triggers through Chalice).

4) I am playing some Spell Quellers. They seem really good. Has anyone else had much luck with them?


If anyone wants to see my current list, it can be found on tappedout, here: http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/15-10...ai-stoneblade/
My only real comment on in, is that I want EE mainboard.