Hey All,

It has been awhile since my last post. I played BUG Delver at locals this week to a 3-1 finish. I went (2-0) against Lands, (2-0) against Infect, (0-2) against Pyroblade, and (2-1) in the BUG Delver pseudo mirror. I tweaked the maindeck from previous configurations to be better equipped to deal with the rise in Baneslayer Angels in my local meta. Here is the list that I ran.

4 Delver of Secrets
4 Deathrite Shaman
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Brainstorm
4 Ponder
2 Spell Pierce
1 Spell Snare
1 Disfigure
4 Daze
1 Sylvan Library
4 Abrupt Decay
1 Dismember
4 Force of Will
3 Treasure Cruise
3 Underground Sea
3 Tropical Island
4 Verdant Catacombs
2 Misty Rainforest
2 Polluted Delta
4 Wasteland

Sideboard
2 Grafdigger's Cage
1 Pithing Needle
2 Flusterstorm
1 Disfigure
1 Dread of Night
1 Null Rod
2 Golgari Charm
1 Engineered Plague
1 Krosan Grip
1 Dismember
1 Maelstrom Pulse
1 Vendilion Clique

I don't remember the 60th card.... I will add it next time that I am home. Dismember over performed. I was able to kill Tarmogoyfs and Quirion Dryads in the pseudo-mirror. It was also great against the infect deck giving not only a way to kill guys but also a way to reduce incoming poison counters. I had played three UWR Stoneblade decks the previous week and found myself facing a number of Baneslayers... so the reason this card was included wasn't even faced. Dismember is probably a bit slow versus UR Delver but it has plenty of match ups where it is great. I decided for Dread of Night in the board as there were 2 Death and taxes decks in the field of 15 players. I really was hoping to get a better feel for the Spell Snare... but unfortunately I only saw it once or twice over the course of the event. Once it was pitched to a FoW and the other time it was not needed to win the game... although it may have helped it the game was to continue. I will probably tweak the list a little bit but it felt pretty good in the current meta game.