Quote Originally Posted by Koby View Post
On a completely unrelated note, seeing as this is the defacto Vintage thread until the Vintage forum is established (hopefully),

Thoughts on UB/R Welder-Snap control:
Dark Confidant vs Forbidden Alchemy?
Dark Confidant proved incremental advantage and a decent clock, but is weak against random aggro decks
Forbidden Alchemy digs, removes chaffs off the top, and setups insane Y-Will turns. At the expense of high mana cost. It does make good use of Drain mana in the mid-game, and has built in flash-back.
Admittedly I haven't tried it, but while it sounds good in theory, I worry a bit about the casting cost. I don't think that I'd play it over Bob, but I could see it as 1-2 of. Even though Bob is somewhat fragile, he can provide more card advantage and is good vs. shops, which is a matchup that I suspect Alchemy would be terrible in due to the CMC and not being a creature/artifact. If you are already playing Welders, Baleful Strix is fun. It's card advantage, decent vs. aggro, and can be a house vs. shops. I'm currently trying out ditching snapcasters for welder/strix to see where that leads, but I'll try to test out an Alchemy to see how it plays out since it does appear to have some synergy with Will and welders. Have you done much testing with it? If so, how has it been?