[Deck] ANT (Ad Nauseam Tendrils) Storm Combo

[jtos84]

Here is what my s/b looks like at the moment.

// Sideboard
SB: 2 Chain of Vapor
SB: 1 Karakas
SB: 3 Abrupt Decay
SB: 1 Dread of Night
SB: 1 Massacre
SB: 1 Tropical Island
SB: 2 Xantid Swarm
SB: 1 Thoughtseize
SB: 1 Tormod's Crypt
SB: 1 Surgical Extraction
SB: 1 Grim Tutor

There is not always readily available s/b advice or reasoning here, so I had to come up with ideas myself over time. I will give my reasoning for each slot, and any feedback is welcome. I am also going to criticize a few options from other lists although they have proven successful in the past.

Two chain of vapors come in from the s/b in every game two and three match I play in the place of two gitaxian probes. The reason being any deck can bring in artifact hate like gafdigger's cage.

Against Death and Taxes I bring in two chain of vapors, one dread of night, one massacre, one thoughtseize, and one Karakas; I bring out four gitaxian probes and one duress. The reason I do not run so many dread of nights is that one will not stop an ethersworn canonist, and it does not address phyrexian revoker. I can also search up the proper removal and stack my deck with Lim-Dul's Vault.

When I play against U/W/R delver I bring out four gitaxian probes, one island, and one preordain; I bring in massacre, two chain of vapor, two xantid swarm, and a tropical island. The reasoning behind only two xantid swarms is that I want to combo off with Ad Nauseum quickly if possible because they will only draw more counters, so if I have too many green spells in my hand that I cannot cast, I am potentially stopping myself from using a tutor. The discard works well, so three green spells can cause trouble sometimes.

Against Rug Delver I will have the same plan as above except I will substitute the thoughtseize for massacre. Carpet of Flowers can be good in this match, but not as good in others. Xantid swarm works well because they either counter it, or possibly tap an island for a lightning bolt. That is a win/win situation. The Lim-Dul's Vault in the main deck serves a similar purpose. It can act as a discard spell because it is likely to be countered if the opponent is holding one while at the same time acting as a more powerful preordain.

I have moved grim tutor to the s/b because it has been increasingly difficult to remain consistent with it in the main. It is good against certain decks like reanimator and Deathblade, but it is not always good when players are using three spell pierces which has become common. Because Team America has become more prevalent as well as reanimator, I was forced to make a decision about the three dark confidants I was previously s/bing. I have opted to use one tormod's crypt, one surgical extraction, and the grim tutor in in their place because dark confidant was not exactly an adequate answer to a deck running so many spells that are good against storm. Reanimator seems like a more promising matchup.