Originally Posted by
morpheus31
Hi,
Its my first time on this forum so here goes.
I'll be playing sneak and show at the GP and was wondering if anyone can link me to detailed primers regarding the deck and MUs. Any feedback would be helpful.
Here are some questions I have. I have come up with some answers that are based off of theory and less on playtesting although I've done some of that too.
How can we make the death and taxes MU better?
My answer: Blood moons, wipe aways and pyroclasms. Blood moons are pretty obvious since Karakas, ports and wastelands are annoying. Wipe aways clears a mom out the way so I can clasm their board. It can bounce an o-ring which also seems sweet. Clasm is obvious but its less good if they have mom. Is anarchy at all playable if I'm super worried about it? It seems like casting a 4 mana spell would be rough but it gets around mom...It certainly seems sweet if we played an early blood moon. Am I missing anything.
Sensi's divining top, intuition, pre ordain and/or gitaxian probe? I haven't seen top in many lists until just now. I've been playing preordain, intuition and probes. Probes are whatever but figure I might need the training wheels but am 50/50 on cutting them for good cards. The one of intuition has been super sweet. I'm considering playing another one. In sb games its been especially awesome since eot intuition allows getting defense grid vs the MUs I've wanted them in or just getting 3 tombs. Its a little slow but having access to an instant tutor seems awesome. Preordain has been good and bad. Clearly the worse of the cantrips. How is divinig top? It seems like drawing 2 would be bad and can be a liability vs needle effects (although maybe thats a trap to needle our top), but with the colorless land we produce and all the shuffle effects i can see the upside.
Counter spell suit. Forces seem non negotiable (certainly can be deboarded) but spell pierce, flusterstorms, daze and swan song all have their merrits and downside. I've been unimpressed by spell pierce. It seems like my opponents have been able to play around it when I'm protecting the combo and using it to counter what they are doing as a proactive measure is usually what I don't want to be doing(unless the mu has no good targets usually or its a card that is somewhat proactive anyway like aether vial but I digress). Pierce is probably better vs the tempo decks since they tap out and usally only have 1 or 2 mana open anyway. Swan song seems strongest in the mirror but worse vs tempo decks. Daze seems like low impact but its free-ish. flusterstorm is narrow but real good vs combo and in fow battles.
Threats:
The 8 main threats are insane but is there anything worth considering if I'm specifically worried about certain MUs like taxes, the mirror or tempo decks?
Leyline of sanctity:
seems pretty good vs discard, tendrils and belcher decks. I hate that you can't cast it but maybe its so good you have to play it. Thoughts?
Here is my current list:
lands
2 Intuition
2 Gitaxian probe
1 wipe away
4 Ponder
4 Brainstorm
4 Force of Will
4 Spell Pierce
4 Sneak Attack
4 Show and Tell
4 Griselbrand
4 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
4 Lotus Petal
3 Ancient Tomb
2 City of Traitors
3 Scalding Tarn
4 Polluted Delta
3 Volcanic Island
1 Mountain
3 Island
Sb:
3 Blood moon
3 leyline of sanctity
3 defense grid
2 through the breach
1 wipe away
3 pyroclasm
Possible sb cards:
Red Blast, Jace tms, graftdiggers cage, e truth, e explosives.
Thanks for any feedback.
nick cuenca