Quote Originally Posted by Hollywood View Post
Not just any Manaless Dredge in the Top 8: Manaless Dredge with three...yes, three...Cabal Therapies.

Ugh. This is why I fucking can't stand the SCG Open Series and refuse to play in them anymore. Not only has the deck been re-exposed, it's been re-exposed with with a suboptimal variation. I mean, kudos for the placing but seriously that's just ridiculous.

And Leylines in the sideboard? Am I missing something, or is it acceptable somehow to put yourself at a disadvantage to start the game off? If you're afraid of Storm, play the Traps like you did. But that's just terrible, I'm sorry.
The player actually said that he regretted not putting in the 4th Cabal Therapy. I can see cutting a Chancellor or a Shambling Shell for it.

Quote Originally Posted by Final Fortune View Post
Not sure Leyline is that bad, it looks like a "free win" vs Ad Nauseam decks that don't SB against it, if they didn't SB in Empty the Warrens (and why would they vs Dredge) or if they didn't SB in bounce (again why would they vs Dredge) then some opponent's just enter scoop phase. It looks like a cheap attempt at a knock out punch vs a deck that he probably needs to steal at least 1 game from after dropping the first. I can see the merrit of the card because it also pretty much fucks Belcher if they didn't end up on Empty the Warrens or Burning Wish, and considering he isn't playing Unmask anywhere in his 75 he probably has to rely on surprise tactics to pick up game 2.

Yeah, to hell with Balustrade Spy and 3 Cabal Therapy tho', people need to stop playing that stupid shit.

Edit: I also discovered the best argument ever for Sickening Shoal over Contagion last night, after miss Sbing I had a Sickening Shoal in my deck and managed to kill an Elesh Norn by throwing a Phantasmagorian at it and winning on the next turn, I about died laughing. Ironically I realized Griselbrand, Phantasmagorian and Angel of Despair all work with it, so I think it might actually be a viable surprise weapon considering you're running it for Shaman and Ooze anyway.
Ballustrade is actually great as you don't need to pay anything to flip your deck. That 7 Life can mean life or death :)