Quote Originally Posted by troopatroop View Post
If the other deck played only 1 copy like it should, the fact that Tendrils was even in his hand for you to Duress away is extremely lucky. Yes, Extirpating Tendrils is strong, but its probably not making it into his hand for you to Duress away very often, making it an improbable strategy at best. Boarding in Extirpate to take their win condition seems like a bad idea, especially because Extirpate is a bad card.
Extirpate is an amazing card for storm combo. See my arguments in the Extirpate thread, which I'll note that nobody refuted. It's not boarded in to take Extirpate. That's an opportunistic use that theoretically could happen, but not the primary purpose. The goal is Extirpate is to win the Orim's Chant war of attrition.