Quote Originally Posted by jdmdave View Post
You need sphere against combo decks like elves
That's not true. I didn't bring it in vs Elves. Half of their guys make mana, and they run Cradle. I did bring in Mindbreak Trap when I played vs them because I would often lose to Natural Order for lethal one turn before I could kill them, not being able to block enough damage. But Sphere is not very good in that matchup. Thorn would probably be better in general. A reason why you might want Sphere instead is actually the weird decks like Belcher, because Tinder Wall, but realistically I think Thorn might be better.