You need a Phantasmagorian in hand. Or you need Street Wraith to cycle in response to Deathrite Shaman's activation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Froggy
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You need a Phantasmagorian in hand. Or you need Street Wraith to cycle in response to Deathrite Shaman's activation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Froggy
Post it on a youtube account and hope for the best I guess.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Froggy
I would love to see that video.
if I get to it, I might post it tomorrow. It was awesome!Quote:
Originally Posted by (nameless one)
One of Firestorm's more useful functions is as a pseudo Dread Return, i.e. destroy multiples of your own creatures, for instance a Putrid Imp, Narcomoeba and Golgari Thug, generate X Zombie Tokens and then instead of reanimating a fatty you burn your opponent for 4 to 5 damage. But frankly, any card that simultaneously destroys your opponent's Deathrite Shaman, deals 3 damage to your opponent (including yourself) discards three cards (including any Dredger) and reaches Threshold for Cephalid Coliseum next turn belongs some where in your 75. I'm pretty sure I'd play 4 Firestorm before 4 Nature's Claim considering Leyline of the Void is a myth, Relic of Progenitus is too slow and only Miracles plays Rest in Peace compared to Deathrite Shaman being in every, other fucking deck in the format right now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Que
I took Manaless to my weekly Legacy, finishing 5th out of 9...
Round 1: BYE (1-0)
Round 2: Tin Fins 2-1 (2-0)
Round 3: Ugw Hatebears Fauna Shaman Shits-n-giggles 0-2 (2-1)
Round 4: RUW Delver 1-2 (2-2)
Props:
Awesome people being awesome
The players for being really great
The deck when it works
Nether Shadows for being the shizz, I love these guys
Slops:
My Narcos for shitting on me....
Please use the Manaless thread. Did you think it was there for looks?
Sorry my man! Will do from now on!Quote:
Originally Posted by HammafistRoob
My list right now is Quadlazer -1 Ichorid +1 DR - more towards combo, since they r heavy in my meta, i.e. need Breakthrough.
Sideboard
4 Lotus Petal - it was Leyline of the Void, but it doesn't answer Show and Tell / Sneack Attack - also heavy here.
4 Nature's Claim - Leyline does exist in my meta, also some rogue enchantress.
4 Pithing Needle - towards Firestorm, because answers better for Ooze, imo, and also can shut artifacts (doesn't answer meddling mage / MM artifact though).
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Dread Return
1 Sadistic Hypnotist - cabal therapy is one of the best win conditions in this deck, so y not cast 6 at a time? xD
For uncountered discard (Firestorm) compensation you can always DDD, especialy since u'll be on the play G2/3.
The fragility here is that I have only 1 answer (AG) to Chalice for 1.
As for Ashen Goul: hell, sometimes not having them mean I'm in trouble, but we can't fill them all...
My big question for beginning to play Dredge is how to sideboard in Nature's Claim/Chain of Vapor and Firestorm, as I'm not sure what cards I board out first (probably Careful Study or Breakthrough?).
My list, for reference:
//Creatures
1 Flayer of the Hatebound
4 Golgari Grave-Troll
3 Golgari Thug
2 Ichorid
4 Narcomoeba
4 Putrid Imp
4 Stinkweed Imp
//Spells
4 Bridge from Below
4 Lion's Eye Diamond
3 Breakthrough
3 Cabal Therapy
3 Careful Study
3 Dread Return
4 Faithless Looting
//Land
4 Cephalid Coliseum
4 City of Brass
4 Gemstone Mine
2 Undiscovered Paradise
//Sideboard
1 Ancestor's Chosen
1 Angel of Despair
1 Cabal Therapy
1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
2 Faerie Macabre
3 Firestorm
1 Ichorid
1 Iona, Shield of Emeria
4 Nature's Claim
It really depends. Taking out Careful Studies and Breakthroughs makes your deck way inconsistent, and if you're already packing Flayer Combo, it makes your deck way more inconsistent, and reliant on LED.Quote:
Originally Posted by astormbrewing
If I have to grind matchups (against RUG for example), when my combo is more likely to get countered, I side out the combo. Against RUG I'd board like this: -1 Flayer, -1 Dread Return +1 Ichorid +1 Cabal Therapy
If I'm really afraid of GY removal, like Tormod's Crypt, Rest in Peace or Relic of Prongenitus, I usually side out Lion's Eye Diamond. LED speeds your combo pretty much like Breakthrough, so if your GY gets removed afterwards, you'll be in a bad shape. -4 LED +4 Nature's Claim. Or, if you can't bear removing LEDs, remove the combo, -1 Flayer -3 Dread Return -1 Breakthrough -1 Putrid Imp +4 Nature's Claim +1 Ichorid +1 Cabal Therapy.
Against Deathrite Shaman, I usually side out some combination of things (trimming), like this: -1 Flayer -1 Dread Return -1 PImp -1 Breakthrough +3 Firestorm +1 Elesh Norn/Iona.
For game 2, if I need anti-hate or Nether Shadows, I usually board out LED and Breakthrough. This gives you 8 slots to play with that would be kinda all in if left in. I would hesitate before siding out dredgers. Never side out Careful Study, it's one of your best spells after siding. It doesn't only give you draws to dredge with, but also finds you your sideboard cards, enables your combo and generally is just awesome.
I would suggest listening to Vandalize. Maybe side out 2-3 Dread Return plus the targets in Grindy matchups,though, as it doesn't really do enough there imo. Otherwise, trimming is key!
Hey there !
I wanted to try a list which looks more like a Vintage List but I want advice about it in Legacy.
4 Bloodghast
4 Golgari Grave-Troll
3 Golgari Thug
4 Narcomoeba
4 Stinkweed Imp
2 Ichorid
4 Careful Study
4 Faithless Looting
3 Breakthrough
3 Dread Return
1 Griselbrand
1 Sun Titan
4 Bridge from Below
4 Lion's Eye Diamond
3 Undiscovered Paradise
2 Dakmor Salvage
4 City of Brass
4 Cephalid Coliseum
2 Petrified Field
SB: 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
SB: 1 Iona, Shield of Emeria
SB: 4 Cabal Therapy
SB: 4 Nature's Claim
SB: 3 Unmask
SB: 2 Firestorm
I like Bloodghast in Dredge. When you are facing deck which takes time to win, slow-dredging with this list is just a pleasure. However, cutting Therapy from MD can be risky, I don't know, we are really strong G1 anyway. I think I miss some cards to answer Ooze and Yilxlid. And I was wondering about Ray of Revelation for it good flashback capacity against RiP or LLotV in resp of the trigger.
Why would you ever want to slow dredge a game 1? Decks like that don't have ways to interact game 1, so you just win fast. That means that Bloodghast is better off in your sideboard. Cabal Therapy is very good at producing zombies, so you want them in. Petrified Field looks clunky to me, but tbh I never even tried playing Bloodghast. But somehow I think that the Field is only good with another land in hand and then you might just as well up the count of paradise and salvage.Quote:
Originally Posted by DreAmiN
If you are set on Dread Return, then by all means. It's fun to play and the feeling you get from flipping your entire deck with Grisel is nice. But in the long run it's not worth it, it's win-more. You can win just as well without it. DR packages are something for the SB in a known meta where it's useful. I would definitely not go for Griselbrand. Maybe Flayer if you meet stuff that keeps you from attacking, Elesh Norn for tribal/horde decks and Iona for narrow combo decks.
Ashen Ghoul is better than Bloodghast or Nether Shadow in Mana Dredge the majority of the time, you only want alternatives to Ichorid and Cabal Therapy (specifically Dread Return) when you're facing Surgical Extraction and need to diversify your win/kill conditions and sacrifice outlets.
I've never come across a deck I couldn't beat game 1 with just 3 Ichorid MD.
I agree with the ichorids, never play a full playset game 1. Can't compare the Ghoul and Shadow, as I never tried Ghoul. I just like the fact Shadow comes back for free, the power is secondary to having bodies most of the time. As wasteland is a thing and our lands are non-basic I like not to be reliant on having actual mana in grindy games. Maybe I'm just missing something obvious.Quote:
Originally Posted by Final Fortune
Anybody think this guy could have sideboard applications?
Underworld Cerebrus. 5RB
Creature-Hound
·Can't be blocked except by 3 or more creatures.
·Cards in graveyards can't be the target of spells or abilities.
·When ~ dies, exile it and each player returns all creature cards from his or her graveyard to their hands.
6/6
Seems like it's not worth it to me. In order for it to have an impact it would have to come down turn 1, and it's only good against Surgical which costs 0 anyways so it's not even helping there.
TLDR; extremely winmore, but hilarious nonetheless.
It's third ability is kind of a nonbo with all the dredgers and ichorids that you want to actually keep in the yard. And if you really want that second effect, play Ground Seal? It's awful though.
Played in my LGS MTG Deals yesterday. There were 36 players with 6 rounds of swiss with a cut to top 8. I would go 4-0-2 in the day and place 3rd overall piloting the same list as before (Page or so back) and giving me the ability to choose to play or draw in Top 8.
My rounds went as followed:
Round 1: Jund_Name:??? (2-0) 1-0
Round 2: G/W Maverick_Name: Brandon Chang (1-1) 1-0-1 This was an awkward draw(usually I don't really mind as it puts me in the control bracket, but still). G2 went really long and by the time I scooped we had about 7 mins or so to finish up the last game. G3 he mulls to five. We go to turns though and it ends in a draw. I believe if we had a bit more time I might have been able to pull it out, but nothing was certain.
Round 3: U/W/R Delver_Name: Jen Wong (2-1) 2-0-1; G2 Jen drops a T2 RIP and I roll over and die being able to find nothing to answer it.
Round 4: Elves_Name: Jacob Kory (2-1) 3-0-1; G1 I essentially T1 him. G2 Ooze rears its head with Gaea's Cradle mana up. G3 I nut draw him again.
Round 5: Jund_Name: Adam T (2-1) 4-0-1
Round 6: U/W/R Delver_Name: Marc Lalague (ID) 4-0-2
So I'm seeded 3rd going into top 8. Its $1,000 to be doled out. The split would mean $125 per player, however, we don't come to a split agreement and that means we have at least another round of top 8!
Top 8:
Mike Kravitz with Jund (2-0). G2 he doesn't hit the hate he needs to stop me from doing my thing. His hate included 1x Nihil Spellbomb, 2x Surgical Extraction, and his 4 MD DRS.
We then decide on a Top 4 Split and we each end up splitting $200 dollars. My overall record in the day was 5-0-2 not dropping a match. Interesting to note I went 3-0 against Jund in the day. I can say I don't really mind the MD DRS G1 still. Perhaps even G2 if they don't have a supplemental DRS or another piece of hate to back it up. Imo its way too slow to keep up with our engine.
Real question there, why is it played in Vintage Dredge over Ashen or Nether ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Final Fortune
Yeah pretty much, DRS is just good to take off our DR target, otherwise it's not that much of a threat.Quote:
Perhaps even G2 if they don't have a supplemental DRS or another piece of hate to back it up. Imo its way too slow to keep up with our engine.
Btw guys, everytime I'm testing Dredge, I win G1 (just like anyone playing Dredge I guess) but game 2 I'm alaways facing like 8 slots of GY hate. LLotV/RiP + Artifact or even Jötun, I can't get Nature's Claim for 8 slots, that's just unreal, how do I face it ?
1) Bazaar of BaghdadQuote:
Originally Posted by DreAmiN
2) Play a different deck
So I just acquired a dredge deck from a friend, and I'm wondering what everyone's most standard list is?
I've played the deck a decent amount and have a relatively good understanding of playing the deck if not so much the tuning of the deck.
Quote:
Originally Posted by DreAmiN
vintage dredge is a completely diff beast compared to legacy dredge. The power level of bazaar of baghdad makes the deck even more degenerate.
as for your game 2's and three's... yes if people know your on dredge they are going to bring in every piece of graveyard hate they might have to stop you. LLOTV really shouldn't be too much of a proble, if they get you with it game two you know that's the hate there on and just mull to natures claim anyway... most times if this is the only piece people have they will mull hard to get this ... most likely keeping a horrible five or six card hand that gives you time to use your cantrips to find a natures claim or chain of vapor. I haven't seen LLOTV in over a year since i've been playing the deck so if you go to a big tournament you could probably safely assume most people have moved on from it.
RIP is a completely different piece of hate despite also being an enchantment. It's low casting cost can lead to blowouts if you can't kill the opponent the second that you mill your graveyard. This is where cabal therapy comes in handy. However this sideboard hate I've only seen played in mircales, and sadly they run it maindeck lol. The most common form of sideboard hate for dredge being played is Nihil Spellbomb, surgical extraction, and Deathrite shaman. Deathrite shaman being maindecked sucks, but can easily be outraced. Nihil spellbomb also sucks, but it's just a tormods crypt at the end of the day that can also be played around. The maindeck anti-hate i've been running includes 3 natures claim, 3 pithing needles, and three nethershadow. Nethershadow is to get extra bodies if ichorids or moebas get surgicaled, pithing needles stops deathrite shaman/pithing needle/anything haha, i pithing needled stoneforge mystic at sommerset against a deathblade opponent and won because his batterskull was stuck in his hand for turns three and four.
I personally prefer a dread return package in the maindeck, as it just shits on deathrite decks and allows you to win the second you've gone fifty cards deep into your library. They wanna eat your ichorid on your upkeep... thats fine, you dredge while there shamans tapped out ad reveal dread return and flayer for the win. They wanna eat your dread return or flayer instead, you get ichorids and zombies!!!
Dredge is the most forgiving deck in terms of power-level in all of Legacy. I've seen completely garbage lists do well in decent sized fields. While that is a good thing, it's also a bad thing because people don't realize how sub-optimal their choices were.Quote:
Originally Posted by trollking21
My list-
-lands-14
4 Gemstone Mine
4 City of Brass
4 Cephalid Coliseum
2 Tarnished Citadel
-creatures-22
4 Stinkweed Imp
4 Golgari Grave-Troll
4 Golgari Thug
3 Ichorid
4 Narcomoeba
3 Putrid Imp
-spells-24
4 Faithless Looting
4 Careful Study
4 Breakthrough
4 Bridge from Below
4 Cabal Therapy
4 Lion's Eye Diamond
-Sideboard-15
4 Nature's Claim
3 Chain of Vapor
2 Ancient Grudge
2 Dread Return
2 Iona, Shield of Emeria
2 Ashen Ghoul
GENERAL SIDE PLANS AGAINST...
1)Surgical Extraction-
*+2 Ashen Ghoul, +2 DR.
*-4 LED.
2)Crypt/Relic/Nihil Spellbomb-
*+4 Nature's Claim, +2 Ancient Grudge, +2 DR.
* -4 Breakthrough, -4 LED.
3)Leyline of the Void-
*+4 Nature's Claim, +3 Chain of Vapor.
*-4 LED, -1 Breakthrough, -1PImp.
4)Rest in Piece on DRAW-
*+4 Nature's Claim.
*-3 PImp, -1 Breakthrough.
ON PLAY- *+2 DR, +2 Iona.
*-3 PImp, -1 Breakthrough.
5)Deathrite/Scooze+Extraction on DRAW-
*+2 Ashen Ghoul, +2 DR.
*-4 Breakthrough.
ON PLAY- *-3 PImp -1 Breakthrough. *+2 DR +2 Ashen Ghoul.
6)Storm Combo-
*+2DR,+2Iona.
*-3PImp, -1 Breakthrough.
7)Reanimator-
*+3 Chain of Vapor.
*-3 PImp.
Keep in mind that these are just basic guidelines and it's up to you to figure out what hate each opponent will be bringing in. If you don't understand why certain cards are coming in/out against certain hate, feel free to ask.
Does anyone know what Jonathan Morris' rationale was behind some of his card choices at SCG Cincinnati? I did a double take when I saw a pair of Flayers MD, and only 10 dredgers. You can't argue with the success he had for the event, but I wonder how much was just due to running hot- The Flayers can be explained as a metagame call, but only 10 dredgers?
I kind of hope JM is active on these forums, I would love to hear a breakdown of his choices and a tournament report. :wink:
His list, for reference:
Creatures (23)
2 Flayer of the Hatebound
4 Golgari Grave-Troll
2 Golgari Thug
3 Ichorid
4 Narcomoeba
4 Putrid Imp
4 Stinkweed Imp
Lands (12)
4 Cephalid Coliseum
4 City of Brass
4 Gemstone Mine
Spells (25)
4 Lion's Eye Diamond
4 Bridge from Below
3 Breakthrough
4 Cabal Therapy
4 Careful Study
2 Dread Return
4 Faithless Looting
Sideboard
2 Pithing Needle
2 Nether Shadow
2 Ancient Grudge
4 Nature's Claim
3 Surgical Extraction
1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
1 Iona, Shield of Emeria
It's probably a combination of things: the right match-ups, the right draws, few mulligans, etc. He probably just ran into a slew of decks unprepared to deal with Dredge, and he was able to capitalize.
10 Dredgers? Jesus. 11 makes me fizzle a LOT.
@HammafistRoob
My maindeck is the same as yours. Pretty good stuff, right? My board is kinda different:
4 Nature's Claim
4 Firestorm
2 Chain of Vapor
3 Nether Shadow
1 Dread Return
1 Ancient Grudge
@thread
Nether Shadows are pulling their weight, they're better than Ashen Ghoul, probably. I've played plenty of games where I boarded in Ashen Ghoul and couldn't return him in upkeep due to lack of mana (Wasteland is a thing).
Just got a delivery today of most of the cards I need for this. I am building now. Now while I read what I can, I learn better though watching people play. Does anyone know where I can find some good videos of the deck in action? I am building LED Dredge but the build would not be an issue for me to watch and learn with.
Thanks.
Hey Dice_Box, welcome! Goldfish a lot. The deck is very complex, and requires a lot of decisions to pilot correctly. I goldfished maybe a hundred games before I felt comfortable with what I was doing. Then I started playing real games, and it took me a while to get the hang of. Game one is usually a free-roll, so try to play as many post board games as possible to get a feel for how to play around hate- games 2 and 3 are what separates skilled Dredge pilots from the inexperienced.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dice_Box
Go to the first page of this thread and read Hollywood's primer. It is very well written, and provides a list of links for articles and videos detailing the finer points of dredging.
Good luck!
Thank you man. I have read the primer, it influenced the choices of cards I laid down money for about 2 weeks back. I have been reading all the talks for the past 2 weeks or so as well. But until I had the actual deck on me I did not feel like I had anything to gain by asking questions. Again because there is only so much I can learn from reading and need to watch or do something myself to drill it in. Now I have everything but LED, something I expect to arive today if tracking is telling the truth, and Ichorid (expected next week) I can test the deck. I am happy to Prox the 8 cards I do not yet have to test with.
What I am mostly looking at is a DR build. Mostly because I like the look of having more Sac targets. I am not sold on the Flayer build, looking strongly at Flame-Kin Zealot as my target but I am sure that people will point out things I have yet to learn and my views will change if needed in time. The only thing I am set on is that I want a Darkblast in my side. My Meta calls for it. Question for the table, do people run Dakmor alongside Blast or is it unneeded?
Dice.
Dakmor isn't usually run in lists that I know of, mostly because its effect is too weak and it's too slow to be used as a mana source. I love DR packages myself, but they are usually win-more. It seems to be more or less the consensus in this forum that dedicated DR targets main are unnecessary when Ichorids, 'Moebas, and zombies does the job just fine.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dice_Box
I like running 1 DR main to have a way to create a ton of zombies on the spot, and the Trolls end up being pretty huge and game-ending anyway.
But that is one of the things I love about this deck. The flex slots may be very few, but the customization options are great if you feel like doing something really flashy and over the top (Zealot) or inexorable and grindy. Hell, there was a time not long ago when everyone in my meta was playing combo decks and I MD'ed Iona for lots of wins.
OK so drop DR targets main and throw in more cards that bounce out of the grave? Run the DR's main tho and in a pinch target Troll? I can see how that would work out. I see testing in my future.
I have some cards I want in my side as DR targets. Elesh Norn and Iona are by far the most desirable. A Reanimator deck and a 12 post deck make me wish to run Angel of Despair too but she seems like a card that mostly does not help outside of limited matchups. What do you think about the Angel?
I think that Angel is going to be too narrow. Elesh Norn and Iona have been locks in my SB for about a year now, and they shine in a large number of matchups.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dice_Box
Some small things that are important to keep in mind when playing the deck (just in case you didn't already know):
You CAN exile one Ichorid to another if you don't have any other black creatures.
Do not name a card for Therapy until after it has resolved.
You need to explicitly say "retain priority" after you cast Breakthrough, before you crack your LED.
Thug's ability to return a Narcomoeba to the top of your library is a great trick to be aware of.
Don't forget to stack the BfB triggers during combat so that you net zombies before your Bridges are exiled.
When Hollywood or Parcher says something about the deck, you can trust that they know what they are talking about.
May I ask for a more in depth explanation of BfB triggers? I understand the stack well enough to to use it as an elf or goblin player but I have no idea how it works with combat damage dice they changed the rules back in 2010.
Ok, lets say you have 2 Bridge from Below in your graveyard. You have an Ichorid in play, and attack. Your opponent blocks with a 2/2 creature. Combat damage is dealt and both creatures die. Then 4 Bridge from Below triggers are placed on the stack (2 triggers that say exile all BfB and 2 triggers that say you get a zombie)in the order that you want (since you control the triggers) So you stack them for the zombie triggers to resolve first, and then the "exile all BfB" triggers resolve last. Boom. you now have a pair of zombies and your opponent is down a creature.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dice_Box
This is really important to eak out incremental advantage. If you are going to lose all of your Bridges, you need to be replacing them with board presence so that it doesn't slow you down overmuch.
Ok that you. That helps a lot. Also I am on my phone right now to explain my strange post before. Auto correct likes to make a dick out of me some days.
@Vandalize- Hell yeah man. I'm gonna have to try out the Shadows and I think you could be correct. I'm still missing the LEDs(can probably borrow these tho), Ichorids, 4 gold lands, and the sideboard so I haven't been able to play in a tournament yet. But I have a boatload of experience with Dredge so I figured it would be a good choice for rebuying into the game.
Just to clarify on the Bridge triggers. You must put the exile triggers on the stack first, with the zombie token triggers on top. Also don't forget that when you Dread Return a Troll, he counts himself for an additional
+1/+1.
Ok I have a list, all input is welcomed.
Creatures:
4 Golgari Grave-Troll
3 Golgari Thug
3 Ichorid
4 Narcomoeba
4 Putrid Imp
4 Stinkweed Imp
Spells:
4 Breakthrough
4 Cabal Therapy
3 Careful Study
2 Dread Return
4 Faithless Looting
Artifacts/Enchantments
4 Lion's Eye Diamond
4 Bridge from Below
Land
4 Cephalid Coliseum
4 City of Brass
4 Gemstone Mine
1 Tarnished Citadel
Sideboard
2 Ancient Grudge
4 Chain of Vapor
1 Darkblast
1 Dread Return
1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
2 Firestorm
1 Iona, Shield of Emeria
3 Nature's Claim
My thoughts on Choices:
Ichorid seems to be the fuel of the deck, at least thats what I see on the Vids. Not DR or as much Therapy. But they both help. So I am at 3 right now thinking about pushing 4.
I decided not to run a maindeck DR target. Its seams unneeded game one. While I understand some peoples wish to push Flayer, I am not sold on the idea. My view is that if I am Racing someone then let's see who can win, if I am not racing someone he is just a slot that can be used by something else.
In testing I did not like the land count. Added in the Extra land. Will keep at it. Maybe I am just not use to it yet.
Sideboard is mostly hate. Norn and Iona are the Prison pieces in my mind, I am not looking to use DR to win a game outright, only give myself options to fight other decks. The side is also the thing I am lest set on. I have little skill with this deck and while I feel my main is strong, I think my side may need some help.
Thanks, Dice.
Good start. However, you must play with 10 gold lands and 8 Study effects if you're shooting for consistency. Most hands with only Coliseum as your only land are not keepable(barring LED, or multiple Careful Studies/Breakthroughs). My biggest gripe with traditional Quadlazer was always the 8 gold lands. Ten is the bare minimum, especially for postboard games where more often than not you're looking for green/red cards + gold land + dredger + draw + discard.
Careful Study is miles better than Breakthrough simply because it serves a dual purpose of draw+discard without having to go all-in. It also helps you find sideboard cards to boot. So my suggestions for your main would be -1DR, -1Breakthrough or PImp, +1Citadel, +1 Study.
Sideboard looks good, but I really don't like Elesh in any matchups except the mirror or Elves so if I wasn't expecting those I would play a 2nd Iona. She helps against our toughest matchups, Miracles, AnT, and TES.
Gave that main ago. I can say I see the appeal in having a DR target to kill the turn you combo off. But I was able to, turn two, drop a lot of zombies on the table and DR a Troll. I feel like the Deck runs hot with a DR target, but not sure if killing a turn faster is worth it. Less important once you think that you can rip the other guys hand apart.
I Am testing the 14 mana, 10 Gold. I like it so far. Do you run that always main or do you run some Mana sided for game two?