Quote Originally Posted by mujadaddy View Post
I'm running 4 smallpox, 2 pox at the moment. I'm starting to think like you, though. I wonder if 4 pox, 2 smallpox would be the way to go. (just wondering publicly My reasoning is partially to do with spell snare running around, not to mention counterbalance...)

re: Nether Spirit -- nevermind -- I use Tombstalkers as three of my kill conditions. So I can't really "manage" to use NinjaSpirit, as I might have a creature in the yard (although, more often he's RFG from StP )
I just run a full 4/4, and call it a day. You can always discard spares. The best cards in the deck are probably Hymn to Tourach, Pox, Duress, Smallpox, in that order.

As far as Nether Spirit goes, I find he synergies more than conflicts with Tombstalker. He allows you to Blood/Pox/Smallpox with Tombstalker out, holds the line while Tombstalker swings in, and Tombstalker's later copies can clear their predecessors and redundant Nether Spirits. Most importantly, Nether Spirit is never bad. At best, he's an excellent utility player and blocker breaking the symmetry of Pox or Smallpox. At worst, he's another guy in the yard powering out the next Tombstalker (and you would have ended up discarding something else to that Pox or Smallpox anyway).