[Deck] TES - The EPIC Storm

[Pulp_Fiction]

I don't even want to get into any kind of an argument about what I am testing, I'm posting my most current list for reference:


Instants:
4x Brainstorm
4x Dark Ritual
4x Mystical Tutor
2x Cabal Ritual
1x Ad Nauseam
1x Pact of Negation
1x Wipe Away

Sorceries:
4x Burning Wish
4x Rite of Flame
4x Duress
4x Ponder
2x Infernal Tutor
1x Ill-Gotten Gains

Artifacts:
4x Lion's Eye Diamond
4x Lotus Petal
2x Chrome Mox

Lands:
4x Polluted Delta
4x Bloodstained Mire
2x Underground Sea
2x Volcanic Island
1x Badlands
1x Island

Sideboard:
3x Vexing Shusher
2x Red Elemental Blast
2x Hurkyl's Recall
1x Tendrils of Agony
1x Empty the Warrens
1x Grapeshot
1x Ill-Gotten Gains
1x Diminishing Returns
1x Infernal Tutor
1x Thoughtseize
1x Shattering Spree


Like discussed earlier in the thread, I've been having some terrible luck with my Ad Nauseam flips. I'll be at 16-18 life, cast Ad Nauseam and not be able to win due to life loss, so I cut one Ad Nuaseam and added Ill-Gotten Gains mainboard again.

Also, I feel like Vexing Shusher should be mentioned. He really is the MVP against the Counterbalance match up. Not to mention he's actually got synergy with Lion's Eye Diamond, unlike the blasts. Although he does require a land increase, I really don't think you can play 10-11 land and play Shusher effectively.

If you are having trouble with your manabase this is THE BEST 5 color manabase for TES I have ever tested:

4x City of Brass
3x Bloodstained Mire
3x Polluted Delta
1x Scrubland
1x Bayou
1x Volcanic Island
1x Underground Sea