M.O.S.T. - Merieke, Opposition, (Survival), Tradewind Rider

[AngryBacon]

Cratermaker answering Emrakul is pretty nice too, I could see a 1/1 split with Qasali. It takes out Delver too, a Qasali that also takes out Delver and Emrakul is... Fantastic. But not green of course.

I think Big Game Hunter is the correct option to deal with Emrakul and friends.
It doesn't interact as well as Shriekmaw with recursion from Meren, but it can
target Griselbrand for instance. I also think that if I were to untap with Fauna
Shaman and look for a way to handle a flipped Delver I would just tutor for
Scryb Ranger instead who has its other uses. Baleful Strix also works but these
2 can be bolted so they don't exactly replace the goblin actually. In the
Breakfast version, I would just make a Griselbrand anyway and eat 3 damage a
turn as long as I can I suppose.

Aluren, like I've said. Great synergy with all of the deck, instant speed win vs
agressive decks or especially control decks, and you get to play card advantage
creatures.

I would like to try that someday, see what's the most compact package for Aluren
where drawing a Recruiter of the Guard just win on the spot but with not too many "dead"
creatures that are not good enough on their own.

I, too, want to try Volrath's Shapeshifter with Minion of Leshrac.

It's really that stupid, with no long-term way to "reorder" the graveyard like
Psychatog used to allow (Scoose costs G each activation) I think Necrotic Ooze
is the better synergy but they both work indeed. It just so happens that Phage
requires Volrath's Shapeshifter. Its last ability really has become relevant
since we're now usually limited to one activation of the Fauna Shaman per turn.

Not sure which one, but if you can have protection vs most removal spells from
Grixis Control and Miracles, and also relevant vs other decks like DnT and
Grixis Delver, that seems like a potentially good move. Well, TNN already does
that I guess. But I'm thinking of alternatives.

I agree with TNN outclassing other alternatives, but Infect with Atraxa is yet
another angle ;-)