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I'm currently playing this list:

Creatures [14]
4 Deathrite Shaman
4 Shardless Agent
4 Tarmogoyf
2 Baleful Strix

Instants [12]
4 Abrupt Decay
4 Brainstorm
4 Force of Will

Sorceries [7]
2 Toxic Deluge
4 Ancestral Vision
1 Maelstrom Pulse

Enchantments [1]
1 Sylvan Library

Planeswalkers [5]
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Liliana of the Veil

Lands [22]
1 Forest
1 Swamp
4 Misty Rainforest
2 Bayou
1 Creeping Tar Pit
1 Tropical Island
3 Wasteland
4 Underground Sea
1 Marsh Flats
4 Verdant Catacombs

Sideboard
4 Meddling Mage
1 Savannah
2 Duress
2 Thoughtseize
1 Notion Thief (but I'm contemplating playing a Golgari Charm instead)
1 Night of Souls' Betrayal
2 Pithing Needle
2 Surgical Extraction

How would you side against D&T and Lands (both the RG combo and the one with Reliquary)? I'm interested in the reasons behind the choices too.

Thanks in andvance.

I have a lot of experience with shardless, and your maindeck is almost identical to mine. The only difference is I move one of the deluges to the sideboard and I have a 3rd Lili, and for the record I think either configuration is fantastic in a creature meta.

First off, I would take out the Notion Thief for a Golgari charm, so let's assume that you have.
against DnT: Turn your 2 for 1's into 1 for 2's.
-4 FoW
+1 Night of Soul's Betrayal
+1 Golgari Charm
+2 Pithing Needle
The only spell in their deck FoW will most likely do anything against is Aether Vial, and I'd rather just let them use the card, then kill everything they put in play with it. If you live long enough to resolve NOSB you will win the game. Toxic Deluge will win the game. Golgari charm will almost win the game by itself. Take over the game with Goyfs and Planeswalkers.

Lands is much harder, and unlike DnT you will still be unfavored even after sideboard, but you could improve the matchup. I have less experience with this matchup but I still have some theories, and I still don't like Fow here:
-2 Toxic Deluge
-4 Fow
-2 Baleful Strix
-1 Sylvan Library (this card is fine but we need more room)
+2 Surgical Extractions
+4 Meddling Mage (should probably name Punishing fire then Loam)
+1 Savannah
+2 Pithing needle (almost always naming Thespian's Stage or whatever it's copying)