Quote Originally Posted by Chimera87 View Post
Looks like a nice list... However, I can't help buy think that running anything less than 4 Mishra's Factory is wrong. They are so synergistic together that I would always play 4.
My current list actually runs 4 Factories and 2 Tar Pits. That's been working great so far. We're also testing 2 Dimir Charms in the maindeck to be a flexible answer to both combo-pieces and creatures (any creature that it does not hit, gets hit by Baleful Strix...).

I like the Cabal Pit. I've been thinking about it for a while now and it might be a nice addition to the Loam versions of Landstill.

How's the maindecked discard working out for you?

Oh, and basic Forest is the worst.
My meta is full of aggro and Wasteland decks, so playing 6 manlands is too brutal for me, i just can't afford it. Plus, I'm playing 3 Counterspells, so I need my blue mana.

As for the basic Forest, I definitely lost games where I didn't have green mana. Sad but true. Maybe with more testing I won't need it, but, just irked me that I lost to get repeat Wastelanded on my Trops.

The small bit of discard is nice for information and "big-stuff" removal that Deed nor Abrupt Decay hit. It's also nice to have the opportunity to go Discard into Snapcaster + discard, which is a play I very much enjoyed from Esper control.

If I were to play it again, I'd tune the board more like:

2 Flusterstorm
3 Surgical Extraction
2 Engineered Plague
1 Thrun, the Last Troll
2 Golgari Charm
2 Chill
1 Perish
2 Vendilion Clique