Quote Originally Posted by GoboLord View Post
Some time ago I have played against someone using Esperzoa (alongside with 4 Seat of the Synod) in this type of deck.
The card seems quite good for the deck, especially when you are including Illusiory Angel: Esper Zoa makes sure you always cast one of your artifacts (Chalice, Chrome Mox, Jitte). Don't know if that guy has been considered...
-GL
Esperzoa definitely has some synergy in the deck and has been used in the past, but with the rise of RUG Delver and other "fair decks," like Jund, which are packing Lightning Bolt, the Zoa became a little less appealing. You really want to play the flying X/4s (Illusory Angel and Serendib Efreet). I've also seen some people try Fettergeist, but I think the upkeep cost on him is a real issue, since you'll probably have some Cloud of Faeries and Spellstutter Sprites hanging around.

Quote Originally Posted by TArceneaux View Post
Moving along...

Sword of War and Peace provides the most explosive and damaging hands, and also provides the life gain.

As I said, abrupt decay may seem like an issue, and I am not trying to diminish it's brutality versus this deck, but Nemesis solves this problem as I said. I think this card is completely ridiculous, people just don't see it yet...
Sword of War and Peace may present the fastest clock against a number of decks, but I don't know if that is more significant than the card advantage provided by the other Swords (Fire/Ice & Light/Shadow) or the versatility of Umezawa's Jitte, plus the life gain of those cards (including the virtual life gain of SoFI when used to kill opposing creatures) may likely be on par of better than that provided by SoWP.

The issue with True-Name Nemesis is that it costs 1UU. It might be a reasonable or even very good SB card, but I think the mana cost is somewhat prohibitive give the number of colorless sources in the deck. You ideally want your 3-drops to be deployable on turn one.