Quote Originally Posted by somethingdotdotdot View Post
From my testing so far, the times when cyclonic rift is better than tide is when its in the starting hand or when you draw it while the board is empty. A tide stuck in hand w/o brainstorm is basically -1 card from the starting hand, while a cyclonic rift can still turn 2/3 bounce a delver. I will concede that once you have enough mana, the tide tends to be better because it is 2 less mana (but the UU is what kills it for me) and All is Dust's permanence is a lot more satisfying.

If Team America takes off more, cyclonic rift bouncing a tombstalker is really good. It'll buy at least 2-3 turns for 1U while repeal would need 8U.
If Team America starts becoming prominent over BuG Control, then All is Dust would just replace repeal. The ONLY logic that cyclonic rift trumps the other better removal spells is if its instant-ness is relevant. Right now, that isn't the case.