Quote Originally Posted by alderon666 View Post
That is just marginal. While the converted mana cost is higher you can't just analyse it that way with such a small sample of games. Even without the DD package you can just flip Tendrils, IGG, IT, IT, Cabal Ritual.

What I really would like to know is how many games he thought SDT was better/worse than Ponder, now that's relevant.
Analyzing is not about what can happen. It is about what actually did happen.

The simple fact of the matter is running a bunch of Grips, Doomsdays, and other expensive spells makes AN far more likely to fizzle. Guess what? It did fizzle.

It's one thing to write it off as bad luck, but it's a mistake to write it off as bad luck when the deck's construction was a critical part of why he got "unlucky."