Quote Originally Posted by Hanni View Post
That's valid, but what countermagic are we talking about? If you really need the Loam, Daze isn't going to counter it if you leave 1 open, and at 3 mana sources, Spell Snare isn't going to counter it if you leave 2 mana open. If you wait to cast Entomb until the midgame, where you would normally want to start casting Loam, Daze and Pierce are pretty much a non-issue.

If they are using Force of Will on Entomb, that's not really a bad trade for this deck. Just means they aren't 2-for-1'ing themselves for your other, more expensive bombs.
The problem is that multiple copies of Entomb are about as useful as multiple copies of Loam - that is, somewhat, but not very much. Once you Entomb for Loam, what else are you going for? Worm Harvest will not be relevant until late, Raven's Crime is bad, Entombing for a land is fine but not something I'd want to spend mana and a card to accomplish, and anything else will require a second card to actually use.

Remember, finding Life from the Loam is not always a pressing concern. With the amount of graveyard hate in the format, running out Loam as quickly as possible can be a good way to lose them, either to a Surgical, a sandbagged Crypt or Relic, or something less common like the new Dryad Militant or Rest in Peace. This deck can - and does - win without ever using or even seeing a LftL, and I feel like this is the direction in which the deck should move. Graveyard dependency is only going to become more of a handicap as time goes on, since Wizards seems to be more cautious about graveyard-centric abilities and more cavalier with the power of the hate.

Quote Originally Posted by Hanni View Post
I'm not expecting many others to agree with me on this, since I think my track record for that in the Aggro Loam thread is pretty bad. I still wanted to throw the idea out there nonetheless.
Please don't try to drum up sympathy for yourself to support your arguments. Ideas are appreciated, but be willing to discuss them.