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About Chant: Why do we need it? We're about as fast as combo, so I'd think that 4 Thoughtseize + our speed is probably enough to have a decent MU. Plus, isn't Duress good enough? I know that Chant is versatile, but is it versatile enough to warrant a color splash AND not being able to stop them from playing Balance the next turn? I'd just go with Duress if I had to run 6 pieces of protection.
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It's not really a "color splash", in the same way that grapeshot isn't a splash. It's most useful as a kill card and somewhat more then grapeshot early.

I'm back down to 1x Chant after including Gaea's herald back in the main.

The big reason for not including duress is diving top. It would be sweet if you could just use discard to protect yourself in order to attack, but an explosives or a deed or what not on top of the deck is a stupid way to lose.

"I know that Chant is versatile, but is it versatile enough to warrant a color splash AND not being able to stop them from playing Balance the next turn?"

I'm not sure what you mean. You chant them during their upkeep the turn after you go off, so there are basically no outs they can draw.