Quote Originally Posted by Jona View Post
First off, thank you.

The thing about Grim is that it's just not good. Also, just because the card is successful doesn't mean it's good. People win with supoptimal lists all the time, myself included. Just look at the pile Timo played way back in Ghent. As I said in the article, I really don't get how you end up with that card in your deck. If it wasn't as widely played, I would never have included it in that section but kept it for the bad cards section.
Regarding Wish, I actually stated that the card is very narrow an only has one use. Should I rewrite that bit to make it clearer that I think you should never play more than the one you might want to play as Extraction insurance?
I really think you are selling yourself short with a statement like this. I like your article and think it's an impressive piece but I agree with Phazon in that the particular bit about Grim Tutor smacks of personal taste and not of analysis. "The thing is, it's not good" is quite an unsatisfactory statement. What you should do is explain why you don't think it's good.

You give three arguments in your article as to why you think Grim Tutor is a bad magic card in ANT but I was wondering if you can expand on why? 2 of your reasons refer to Ad Nauseam and one to Past in Flames. I think you are missing a dimension in your critique of the card because a lot of players that have had success with the card are playing lists without Ad Nauseam in the main deck. If we want to streamline our deck for Ad Nauseam with that card as a main deck player, then I would be hesitant about playing Grim Tutor. I wouldn't rule it out, but Grim Tutor's faults become apparent when paired with AN. When you don't, however, run AN in the main and instead rely more on Past in Flames (a lot of us are playing 2 PiF in the main with AN in the sideboard and have done so for a long time) then Grim Tutor is, I would argue, a pretty good supporting player in the deck. Without AN the life loss, while still not trivial, becomes much less critical. The biggest issue is the extra mana, but in a plethora of situations it still equals a win when a Preordain doesn't.

Yeah, so anyway, I enjoyed your article a lot