Quote Originally Posted by mchainmail View Post
Have you played the combo matchup???????????????????????????

You go 50-50 game 2, after boarding in 2 sphere of resistance and 4 chalice of the void. Let alone what happens game 3 when they're on the play.

You simply don't have the clock or lock pieces to make the game close, and devoting chalices to the combo matchup feels like a horrid waste of sideboard space.

Why is Mindslaver in the sideboard? Firespout?

Crucible absolutely does NOT belong maindeck. It beats the hate, yes. And beating hate game 1 is wasted space.

Post your maindeck too; sideboarded singletons depend on the maindeck a lot.
I saw this coming, as I was typing my post when you were as well. This is My Philosophy:

You go 80/20 against zoo, 70/30 against Goblins, 90/20 against merfolk, 20/80 against combo, actually these statistics were just made up. ANT is not a giant deck now (still around). Philosophy lesson is I'd rather have the "Guaranteed win" against the 95 % of decks, and lose the combo matchup. Kinda sounds like I give up, but I have faith that after my 3 byes at the GP, it will be all tier 1 decks at that point.. lol

SI is a terrible deck, for reasons I don't even know, and with belcher, I'm gambling that 4/60 cards I die, and 7/60 cards Tabernacle/firespout can deal with, and If they dont have it in time, Chasm takes care of that, but that'll probably never happen...

Mind slaver is good against 50% of decks and Mind slaver is Bad against 50% of decks.. Id rather not see it against goblins, zoo, Combo, Even Merfolk and Reanimator. It is good against such decks as Bant Variants, and Tier 2 decks (stacks, Lands, Stompy, etc.)

Firespout Seals the Deal against Z/G/M, as it helps against Mage, Bant Survival, warrens tokens, and any pesky mass creatures that race you, even Magus. Id rather have spout to be honest, because when the deck emerged, it had 4 clasms originally, and they were there for a reason

Crucible is good, as it acts as a totally different strategy, and If you don't see loam its really good, and if you do, its really amazing as well.. Im sold it belongs in the main deck, it hasn't failed me yet. I play in Ohio, which is one of the most competitive legacy regions of the US, and Nobody plays bad decks, they're all tier 1/2, and we test like crazy, and Crucible puts out results. I never side it out, because it just belongs there .