Quote Originally Posted by Serbitar View Post
I'm confused. I said: Add Loam, Port, Bayou, Ghost Quarter and cut 2xUSea, Bojuka Bog, Stronghold (providing explanations why I would make these cuts). About the sideboard I only said you might free another MD slot by moving Crucible there. But to make a comment about your board: What are the advantages of Bojuka Bog over Tormod's Crypt? That it can be recurred more easily? But is this better than the instant speed of crypt - say vs. Vengevines or Reanimator or even Dredge?
The difference is slight. I don't know it's true that yo can drop crypt at T1 an activate it at instant speed. Bojuka is not countereable, no gripeable and tolaria tutoreable (like crypt too). Maybe an split 1/1 is the right thing?

On the other hand if i cut confidant from the side the only reason i want black is for tar pit. So instead of bayou fisrt i will try Urborg, tomb of yawmoth with trasnsforms Iths and Tnacle mana source what is pretty good. I know its not fetcheable but i'll run a fetcheable U. sea.


Quote Originally Posted by Serbitar View Post
Concerning Sphere of Resistance vs Chalice of the Void, I am a proponent of Sphere. Chalice might be better against Storm and have marginal uses against Zoo, Thresh etc. but are you honestly going to bring in Chalice against Zoo etc.? At least I wouldn't. The matchup is perfectly fine without and I cannot fathom what to cut for Chalice there. Sphere on the other hand helps tremendously in those Combo-Matchups, that you actually have a chance to win, i.e., Aluren, Dream Halls, Show and Tell and the like - matchups that Chalice does nothing in. While you may not have the clock to back it up, you have Ports and Wastelands, which is about the same, functionally.
It can also be quite good vs. Storm, as it forces them to either play their artifacts (loosing storm) or try to accumulate Lands for Bounce/Grip, and this deck is really good at killing lands. I also makes cantripping into answers harder (which Chalice at 1 does, but not Chalice at 0). But that said, I am willing to concede that Chalice is better vs Storm, but you cannot possibly win that (consistently) anyway.
The best card vs Storm seems to be Zuran Orb by the way. At least it's the only card that won (or came close to win) me matches against Storm. Manabond + Loam + Orb let you get out of reach quite quickly (but obviously a lot has to go right for that to happen).
Here i agree all.
Yesterday, i overranged a tendryl forcing him to make a really very high storm almost losing the game..