I would want Explore before those cards, but Search for Tomorrow has been great.
Overall, I think there will be a lot more copies of Spell Pierce around. That makes Death Cloud TERRIBLE. Not sure it's very good at all, in any iteration, right now. I will have to wait and see how the format settles.
Brainstorm Realist
I close my eyes and sink within myself, relive the gift of precious memories, in need of a fix called innocence. - Chuck Shuldiner
I like your thinking. Spell pierce IS brutal.
Heres what ive got so far.
4x Search for Tomorrow
3x Sakura Tribe Elder
3x Garruk Wildspeaker
3x Inquisition of Kozilek
2x Thoughtseize
2x Liliana of the Veil
4x Fatal Push
3x Death Cloud
3x Maelstrom Pulse
3x Bitterblossom
4x kitchen finks
2x eternal witness
2x primal command
I really like bitterblossom in a deck like this, however we need 1 or 2 pieces that gain some consistent life. Thrag isnt an option with bolt and ajani vengent making an appearence back in the metagame. Does the green god gain life?
Post board we can increase removal or discard if we need to. My personal favorite is the plow under package. We just need a bit more to stay alive and i think we got something.
Looks good, Bitterblossom is definitely good tech, board presence has been an issue. The card that has consistently overperformed is Courser of Kruphix. I definitely want at least 2 of them.
Command/finks is enough lifegain I think, but I'm also messing around with Bow of Nylea. Lots of value.
Don't forget Damnations in some number in the main/side.
Brainstorm Realist
I close my eyes and sink within myself, relive the gift of precious memories, in need of a fix called innocence. - Chuck Shuldiner
I like damnation but not preboard. I feel like you already have a shit ton of removal to handle those situations.
Board pressense: requirements: good against fatal push, works well with deathcloud. Scary to deal with. Can aggressively push. Also thins out that ramp in your graveyard so you dont shuffle it back in.
Bow of Nylea: i like it as a 1 of.
Have you tested beseach the queen? So versatile for 3 mana.
Beseech seems good, but I'm not Sure it's better than Primal Command or even Dark Petition.
I've playing a few test games against my other modern deck Jeskai Delver (with have of course.) I have ended games with multiple death cloud in my hand. It's just not that great. I'm going to drop DC down to 1 copy and test Smallpox. Also want to try Reaper of the wilds.
So it would look like this roughly:
4x ste
3x finks
2x courser
1x witness
1x grave titan
1x reaper of the wilds
3x thoughtseize
1x inquisition of kozilek
3x push
4x smallpox
1x death cloud
2x search for tomorrow
2x liliana of the veil
3x garruk wildspeaker
2x pulse
1x primal command
2x crime/punishment
4x verdant catacombs
1x windswept heath
2x overgrown tomb
2x blooming marsh
3x swamp
3x forest
1x plains
3x urborgs
2x treetops
2x hissing quagmire
1x ghost quarter
Sideboard rough:
1x damnation
3x wrench mind
3x fulminator mage
2x abrupt decay
2x creeping corrosion
2x scavenging ooze
2x pithing needle
I actually really liked Gaze of Granite. It might be even better than DC in this metagame, because it can actually kill Jace and wipe out a bad board position.
Brainstorm Realist
I close my eyes and sink within myself, relive the gift of precious memories, in need of a fix called innocence. - Chuck Shuldiner
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