@phazonmutant:

Ok, this data set is sweet. I'm still not sold on the no-Tendrils build (particularly due to a couple games I've won specifically because of Tendrils - I view it more as a safety net for bizarre game states), but I do like where you are going with the analysis and reasoning. I'd like to see a larger data set though, as 25 hands doesn't seem statistically significant (although who's to say 100 hands is either). I like your kill turn confidence as well - I should run that on my data too.

That said, I don't think you need to cut down to 1 LDV (or Tendrils) to run Top. I've been playing a 3 Ponder 1 SDT maindeck build lately, and I've very much been liking it. As I mentioned in my goldfishing above, it never got in the way and I think does help you with grindier games (as you mentioned as well). As far as my data goes, I can post it here, or it's also in the same google sheet that my original data and Acclimation's data is in as well.

and I LOVE your account of Mentor boarding with Tops. That's exactly the kind of line I was talking about with adding Tops to a Mentor board - some tricksy shit right there. Love it.

@Richard Cheese

The only case I can think of for this is if they like, surgical your Petals and Rituals or something in the midst of you going off. But if they did that, why didn't they hit Griselbrand to begin with?

And I've never ever used a mini-tendrils line to draw more since we added Children to the deck. I almost did once pre-combat, but then realized that casting LDV, attacking, and then drawing was more of a sure thing.