Quote Originally Posted by aldaryn View Post
So I guess my basic question is: How important is Spell Snare, and how are OK are you without FoF main, Stifle, or a bigger wishboard.
Yo aldaryn.
Regarding Wish board:
The Core:
1 Extirpate
1 Blue Elemental Blast
1 Pulse ot. Fields
1 Return to Dust or Dismantling Blow (since you're into drawing xtra cards)
1 Enlightened Tutor.
As you realized there are tons of Wish target goodies that you could fit in the remaining 10 slots. Unfortunately, the space NEEDS to be used otherwise:
5-6 combo hate/control dominance/allrounder: "x" Meddling Mage "y" Runed Halo"
4 Graveyard hate i.e.: 1 Extirpate, 1 Tormod's Crypt, 2 Relic of Progenitus.
1 Meta Slot (could be a Wish target, too).
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Regarding Stifle:
Stifle s no longer good in LS.
There are 2 major reasons for that:
1.0) You run enough basics = many lands are wasteland-proofalready
2.0) Storm Combo protects itself nowadays (Chant etc.)
2.1) Ad Nauseam ridicules Stifle as combo hate.

I don't see a reason to not run 1-2 Fact or Fictions beside getting Dazed sucks, the format's gotten faster (though some might be of a different opinion here), making CMC 4 spells less powerfull, potentially. Many have adopted 2 Ponder in the former FOF slot.

Spell Snare:
3 CS ("long term control") + 3 Spellsnares ("fast control") = treating me good sofar. That's all I can say.

Hope that helps.
Klaus.