[Deck] U/G Infect

[dionykos]

I think you'd rather just play a main deck Viridian Corrupter. This has way too much potential to just be a completely dead card.

Agreed Viridian is probably just better, however this is never completely dead, at worse it cantrips.

Ponders are an interesting choice. Pros are it helps smooth out draws while also providing more turn 1 plays and a higher blue count for Force of Will. Cons are it's sorcery speed (we're very reactive and like to leave mana open) and can make opening hands more difficult to evaluate. As it is, I personally feel 2-3 is the correct number, but it seems like there's no correct answer and it's largely predicated on personal preference/local meta.
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So I'm the guy who played the unconventional Mother of Runes list at SCG Worcester, and Sean Brown of MTGGoldfish has a pretty well written summary of the tournament here..

What changed your mind and made you go from 1 Ponder to 4?
A few weeks ago, I remember you trying my 4 Ponder/1 Tundra list and not finding it very impressive (I don't mind obviously, just trying to understand your motivation). At the time you wrote:

Took this out for some playtesting last night. To be frank, I don't see how this deck beats Eldrazi or Miracles outside of the Inkmoth + 2x Invigorate hands. Pondering definitely makes for a more consistent mid/late game, but it seems like every "Deck to Beat" outside of Lands is either going to kill us or establish their soft lock before we can sculpt a winning hand. I appreciate the 4x Ponder build against slower fair decks like Maverick, Shardless, or Deathblade, but there just doesn't seem to be enough time to Ponder against Grixis Tempo, DnT, Eldrazi, or Miracles, which are all a much larger presence in the meta.

I appreciate Eldrazi isn't as popular as it used to be, but I doubt that this alone justifies moving from 1 Ponder + all green lands to 4 + Tundra. The deck does play out quite differently. To be clear, I'm strongly in favor of 4 Ponder, I've been on this set-up for years. The card brings consistency to the deck, which in turns allows you to grind a lot of decks and/or set-up kills better. I'm just curious what your thought process was for this event and whether you're going to stick to it.