Quote Originally Posted by b4r0n View Post
I've been liking Earwig Squad too. Not only is he still a fat beater against a resolved Plague, but he prevents further Plagues from coming down. The same can be said for Goyfs/Firespouts/etc. Also, unlike Extirpate, you don't have to find a way to get that card in the graveyard first.

In regards to the combo matchup: I've basically given up on it. Chalices and Pillars and Thorns can buy you time and maybe win you game 2, but you're still likely to get blown out in games 1 and 3 (barring some sort of ridiculous luck). Also, I haven't been seeing nearly as much combo recently (probably due to the high number of people playing Counterbalances), so I'd rather devote sideboard slots to beating the decks that I can reasonably hope to beat (aka the rest of the metagame).
I only have one issue with not having combo hate, and this might be kind of weird, but what else is there for the sideboard? Earwig Squad, really? I guess I'll try it...maybe a mad auntie too...I would rather not talk about earwig squad too much though because it has been beaten to death in this thread.

I have to agree with you b4ron that I am also seeing less and less combo, but I'm just not sure what to replace it with, I was thinking of just upping everything.

TBH I haven't really tested therapy very much. I originally planned for it to work with extirpate, but since that card has proven to be terrible for me and goes against basic goblin philosophy I probably will drop therapies. I've read before that therapy is only effective against combo and isn't worth the dilution in the control or aggro control matchups. This was from teeniebopper years ago, and of course he is goblins master but this was years ago. Not sure, wondering what other people think about it....my original intent for the card was a combo answer AND answer to decks with EPlague, that I can just cast and not have to worry about conditional things like Earwig Squad.

About CotV: Is this card still worthwhile to board in against thresh? I know in earlier discussion people were boarding it again. But obviously it has lost some effectiveness with people cutting cantrips. This alone might make me think twice about CotV because sure it helps against combo by allowing you to lay it and goldfish, but it was also useful as a "question" for thresh to answer. Is this card still good against modern thresh lists?

Haha, and of course CotV rapes the always-present first round burn :)