@ Drude1- Well I just did not assume what the Storm list is. I considered TES vs Ad Naus. Now yes across the board ad Naus is played more, but you did not give me that info. My answer accounted for the variability in storm builds. I know you wanted to prove the point that spending resources to accomplish other goals in the deck is sometimes the better play, with cards that are sometimes off the stock list(as an aside I have been running one main and one side Cannonist for over a year now). However I think in your zeal to prove me wrong you failed to look at that I did not fall into a trap. I tried to examine a situation in which I had imperfect information(unknown exact list) and provide a rational examination without assumptions. Within that framework I provided what I thought were valid reasonable option. None were correct or wrong I think, some where just better than others.

I do want to stress I have never said fringe cards, and cards that handle corner cases should not be included. Just that a rational, well thought out reasoning of why the card is better in a vacuum and how the cards utility applies to the general linear designs of the deck. Not doing this is moronic because the player is not properly assessing why to play the card and how it will affect future games and thus results.

Also I think people misinterpret what the Blood Moon means. In the situation you presented Cannonist is the same as a Moon effect. It works from a standpoint that it fundamentally alters their game plan. You choke off their resources( in this situation it is nonconventional in that the resource is spell count) but it works the same way. The combo lands and the game is effectively over. In that construct the Early moon "combo" is the same. In some ways you actually confirmed my point.

Where did you end up in Med School, what specialty did you end up in.

seth