Quote Originally Posted by CUB3X View Post
After looking at the storm piles I'm notincing typically you have you already have roughly 5 spells played before you make a pile since the majority of piles storm for 4-6. Can someone give me a basic rundown of what would go on before making a DD pile. Thanks
You will usually be playing Mystical on upkeep, mana spells, mana artifacts, and chants before you DD into a pile. Remember that with DD, you can choose to go off later rather than sooner. Obviously it depends on matchup, but usually you can afford to wait since you only need at least 2 life. Against aggro, you can use the IGG piles that require extra cards in hand. Against control, you can wait and sculpt your hand so you have more spells to play and fight through counters (and subsequently build up storm). Another thing - if you have extra mana, replace the petal in your pile with another top (assuming you already have one), and you can trade 1 mana for 1 storm.

Also, you have to remember how you're counting. I know you're just looking at the DD piles page and seeing the descriptions that say "storms for 4-6 + tendrils". There are always 5 spells in the pile, meaning your storm will be at LEAST 6 (because 5 cards in pile + casting Doomsday). This doesn't include all the stuff I've mentioned before, like casting a petal, chant, and two rituals before going off.