[Brainstorming]Spin to Win

[rufus]

To honor the addition of Brainstorm and Ponder to the Vintage restricted list. This is, basically, a bunch of format staple cards piled together with the goal of taking advantage of the ability to reorder the top three cards.

4x Ponder
4x Brainstorm
4x Sensei's Divining Top
4x Thoughtseize

4x Tarmogoyf
4x Dark Confidant
4x Counterbalance
4x Daze

4x Shreikmaw

4x Force of Will

1x Bayou
1x Forest
1x Swamp
1x Island

4x Tropical Island
4x Underground Sea
4x Polluted Delta
4x Flooded Strand

It's untested, but it's basically a Ugb thresh approach, so it should have similar strong and weak match-ups.

[Willoe]

One question before we proceed:

Is Slithermaw Slithermuse or Shriekmaw?

[rufus]

One question before we proceed:

Is Slithermaw Slithermuse or Shriekmaw?

Argh... Shriekmaw
http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=146175

I always do that

[Shtriga]

so it's just UGB thresh with shriekmaws instead of mongooses, it looks like

[Nightmare]

so it's just UGB thresh with shriekmaws instead of mongooses, it looks like

And a Taiga?

You have 2 lands, the Forest and Taiga, with no way to fetch them. You're running 4 Dark Confidants with 8 five mana cards. Your average mana cost is 1.467, but it's still pretty sketchy. Also, this is UGb thresh.

[rufus]

And a Taiga?

You have 2 lands, the Forest and Taiga, with no way to fetch them. You're running 4 Dark Confidants with 8 five mana cards. Your average mana cost is 1.467, but it's still pretty sketchy. Also, this is UGb thresh.

Taiga should be Bayou - corrected in the post. I should probably rethink the fetch distribution...

The idea was that SDT/Ponder/Brainstorm would help offset the hazard associated with Bob+FoW/Shriekmaw.

Considering the popularity and power of many of the cards involved, isn't every U/x aggro/control deck basically going to end up being some sort of Thresh?

[raharu]

Yep, pretty much.