Haven't been posting here much bc discord, but I wanted to mention something potentially important about moving towards Living Wish (which I don't think is a bad option at all, incidentally, as long as the deck space works out). If we opt for Wish over Leap, then I think that puts Starfield back on the table as an option. Starfield + Deed is still incredibly strong, let's not forget -- we just moved away from Deed a bit with the advent of Leap+Souls. Starfield additionally lets us have a way to get back big enchantments if something bad happens -- discard, counter, random destruction (unlikely but possible).

If Starfield is an option again, then we might want to consider looking into how the math changes if we run some number of Cast Outs, which can be cycled cheaply and then returned with Nyx. I'm not sure on Cast Out since it doesn't feel super relevant most of the time, I'm just asking the question since it would let us play a smaller deck, functionally.

Side relevance: if we move to Wish over Leap, that also lets us have Green Sun targets again, which in turn makes us want to run the full 4 Zeniths again, which also would increase our consistency a bit.

There's definitely a lot to like that -- but there is also the downside that without Leap, we are substantially less broken. It becomes much harder to get the 2nd Rector trigger, which is something that I think needs to be a concern in the math. Nyx Fit has been successful because it is efficient at resolving not one trigger, but two -- assembling a lock of some kind to functionally end the game. Just one trigger is likely not sufficient against most opponents.

A couple brief mentions for the discussion -- as I've mentioned in the discord, I made a large number of changes to the build I was tinkering around with, including three which have all overperformed: a miser's Crop Rot, the Starved Rusalka, and maindecking Sandwurm Convergence over Cruel Reality.

I think that Sandwurm is better maindeck because of two reasons: it forms a backup lock with Dovescape against spell-heavy decks, and it combos well with Evolutionary Leap. Now, if we end up moving away from Leap, that might change my opinion there -- but, we'll see. Sandwurm has been very good for me, while Cruel was always kind of mediocre in my personal experience. Of course, Cruel is another curse for Bitterheart, so, if we end up with like 3 Rector 1 Bitterheart maindeck, that might be a compelling reason to stick with Cruel, as well.