Quote Originally Posted by Resist_Temptation View Post
Hello sourcers, I played in SCG Detroit over Easter weekend, and Lands was my weapon of choice.
Nice report, I always love reading them! And congrats for the results too!

Miracles is a hard matchup (at least how I experience it). Your sideboard has quite some goodies against it (chalice, abrupt decay, krosan Grip, Engineered Explosives), you probably sided them all? I would really love to hear tips and tricks how to play against Miracles, if anyone has positive experience against it.

Quote Originally Posted by snurly View Post
I tried Sylvan's in my list, and found that in a 4 round tournament, I only used the extra draw once, and it was only to finish a turn quicker in a game I already had locked and won. I found my life total mattering too often to really make use of that feature any other time. I'm thinking of switching to Mirri's Guile. In combination with Loam dredge, it seems like you can get through a lot of cards quickly without accidentally dredging away the spell you need.

Also, as I don't run the blue version, I ran Choke as a 2 of in the sideboard and brought it in often. Quite a blowout when it stuck.
I like Sylvan Library because it helps against certain matchups. Swords to Plowshares + Rest in Peace is a problem because the token is dealt with and the combopieces are gone. So having an alternative drawengine/cardselection, fueled by plowed Marit Lages, is quite nice. It also keeps a Sejiri Steppe in the Library and a crop rotation closeby, if I would like to protect my own token. Also against combo the lifeloss doesn't really count, and drawing cards makes gamble much more reliable. And Library is a tool against Miracles as well.
Other noncombo decks without StP or RiP are in my opinion easier matchups, that need less sideboardoptions, so that's why I prefer Sylvan Library.

Choke is something that I will certainly try, thanks for the suggestion! I can imagine it works nice with rishadan port.