Quote Originally Posted by fearphage View Post
Would IGG have come in handy here? Perhaps it is personal preference, but I generally IGG-loop people to death. I use Ad Nauseam as my 1-of "oh shit" button instead of the centerpiece of the deck which seems to be how it functions for most of the others here.

Yesterday, I participated in a few informal single-elimination tournaments with a few changes to my normal decklist. The biggest change for me was more disruption and moving Empty the Warrens to the board (+1 duress +SB Empty the Warrens). Two Game-1's could have been won, if I'd have had EtW maindeck. It is my secondary kill condition just fyi.

By putting EtW in the side and removing IGG maindeck, it feels like you are putting all your eggs in the Ad Nauseam basket. TES used to have a bevy of threats and outs but now you are narrowing the focus to being dependent on AN with only Burning Wish allowing you to find other threats. This seems like a poor judgement call. I run more acceleration than most lists I've seen lately, and I don't have excess mana most of the time, so infernal -> wish -> IGG is not something I can afford on a consistent basis.
I mulligan and top deck Ill Gotten Gains more than I cast Ill Gotten Gains, while I know I'm going to lose a game here or there to Ad Nauseam, Infernal Tutor for Burning Wish is more than functional if Meddling Mage targets Ad Nauseam (and in that case, why wouldn't Meddling Mage target Infernal Tutor?) As long as you loop Infernal Tutor thru' Burning Wish, you just don't need more than one target for Infernal Tutor.

I removed Mystical Tutor because Mystical Tutor is slow, card disadvantage and gives away information. The deck is more than redundant, knowing what to keep and what to mulligan well goes a long way.

You can 2xGlimmer Void/1x Forbidden Orchard or 2xForbidden Orchard/1xGlimmer Void, but Undiscovered Paradise sucks balls because missing land drops isn't acceptable ever - especially when you want to set up with Burning Wish, Duress, Cantrip or Tinder Wall etc.