Painter Infect Shoal

[sheriffharry]

I've been playing that homebrew deck for about 2 years now, and had reasonable success with it.
My latest add is Sejiri Steppe, as kind of a fifth Apostle's blessing, but I'm not sure that's worth it.
I've been thinking about adding a Spellskite to the sideboard, but couldn't decide what to cut there..

Opinions welcomed, on that or the rest of the deck.
(I had an Imperial Recruiter in there, but finally cut it, never had the 5 mana to really have a one-two punch effect with it..)

4 Ancient Tomb
4 Arid Mesa
2 Bloodstained Mire
2 Crystal Vein
4 Inkmoth Nexus
3 Mountain
1 Sejiri Steppe

4 Apostle's Blessing
4 Blasphemous Act
4 Blazing Shoal
4 Faithless Looting
4 Gitaxian Probe
4 Greater Gargadon
4 Grindstone
4 Ichorclaw Myr
4 Painter's Servant
4 Pyroblast

Sideboard:
3 Ensnaring Bridge
3 Grafdigger's Cage
4 Leyline of Sanctity
1 Pithing Needle
2 Vandalblast
2 Whipflare

[Nouille]

I've been playing that homebrew deck for about 2 years now, and had reasonable success with it.
My latest add is Sejiri Steppe, as kind of a fifth Apostle's blessing, but I'm not sure that's worth it.
I've been thinking about adding a Spellskite to the sideboard, but couldn't decide what to cut there..

Opinions welcomed, on that or the rest of the deck.
(I had an Imperial Recruiter in there, but finally cut it, never had the 5 mana to really have a one-two punch effect with it..)

4 Ancient Tomb
4 Arid Mesa
2 Bloodstained Mire
2 Crystal Vein
4 Inkmoth Nexus
3 Mountain
1 Sejiri Steppe

4 Apostle's Blessing
4 Blasphemous Act
4 Blazing Shoal
4 Faithless Looting
4 Gitaxian Probe
4 Greater Gargadon
4 Grindstone
4 Ichorclaw Myr
4 Painter's Servant
4 Pyroblast

Sideboard:
3 Ensnaring Bridge
3 Grafdigger's Cage
4 Leyline of Sanctity
1 Pithing Needle
2 Vandalblast
2 Whipflare

It's very "homebrew-ish" but I like it a lot ! I'm still perplex on the utility of painter's servant tho. Yes you have an alternative win-con with grindstone, but otherwise, it's kinda useless. I mean, if you name red, you can have new pump cards to pitch with blazing shoal, if you name blue, your blasts are more effective, but still, it's very marginal. The synergy with apostle blessing is somewhat irrelevant because naming one color will almost always nullify the opponent's spell anyway.
If you really want to keep the painter, then I'd think about chaotic backlash as an alternative pump spell + lategame "oops u dead". I'd also increase the number of blasts effects by cutting some faithless looting or apostle blessing (abrupt decay excepted, if there is a painter on the board, i'll 90% of the time prefer to have a pyroblast/REB). One or two recruiters would be nice, the deck will be less explosive this way, but a lot more stable too.

[sheriffharry]

Thx!
Will try Backlash, Recruiter, that makes sense.

[Nouille]

Thx!
Will try Backlash, Recruiter, that makes sense.

For backlash, I think it makes sense, but I doubt it's strong enough haha (at least it makes your non-infect beat down plan better ^^). Still, it's the better possible deck to fit this card !
Hope it will come to something intresting with recruiters !