Quote Originally Posted by Tacosnape View Post
2. Yep. As an example, in my most recent tournament report against Pox, I drew Loam both times with exactly two land in play, and both games my opponent was holding a Vindicate at the time I drew it. If Loam were Crucible, I'd have gone 0-2 in this matchup. Instead, I went 2-0. It's also worth noting that in one of the earlier matches, I forget which, I had only two lands and a Loam in hand, and I stabilized my manabse by Loaming a fetchland. It's also worth noting that the Quagnoth in my board has since reverted to being Loam #2 due to ridiculous numbers of Wastelands in my metagame.
This seems like a ridiculously contrived example. Crucible is way better than Life from the Loam under a significant few scenarios, the most important being under a Standstill and Wastelocking or recurring chump-factories with counterspell/drawing mana up, whereas the most significant time LftL is better is when you've got 2 lands and none(?) in hand, or against a deck that can win the counter war against you(which very few can?). Do you really believe, based on your playtesting, that these scenarios come up more often than the ones where Crucible is favored?
-Slay