Reading the below by ivanpei got me thinking...

With the printing of Mental Misstep, Chalice Stompy decks will definitely be pretty effective at taking down Misstep Running decks (+ 4 dead cards). Dragon Stompy and Faerie Stompy are all pretty well established decks. I feel that these decks have some consistency issues like all Stompy decks do. If you deal with the lock pieces, the deck ends up being a bad Equipment Stompy deck. There are simply too few game ending/swinging threats in those colours.
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, but I think that Elspeth + Baneslayer >> Gathan Raiders, Rakdos Pit Dragon, Sea Drake, Serendib Efreet. Power Creep has really weakened previously powerful creatures as modern monsters like KOTR, Stalker and Goyf are just plain bigger.
http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/s...-Brainstorming


Despite Drew Levin's attempts to promote Stompy decks of all colours about a month ago (and make some more cash for SCG) only one has placed in the top 8 of the SCG open series (and that was a breakout deck: Meandeck MUD).

Are the reasons listed above by ivanpei the real reason Stompy decks are not getting the job done and remain Tier 2-3? And will the unpredictable mana always keep them from hitting top 8s, or will it just require something printed (personally, I doubt that card is Mental Misstep)? Another lock piece or creature perhaps?