Quote Originally Posted by Clark Kant View Post
I tested against the decks that I have access to,

Deadguy, Zilla Stompy, Fairie Stompy, UW Thres, Reanimator, Burn. Nothing with Vial unfortunately except on MWS. But against those matchups I've never once regretted running Smallpox as a 4 of. Burn is the only very unfavorable matchup for you and that's because of Pox, not Smallpox. Burn is the bane of most any black deck.
Thats funny. Half those decks require winning with a couple creatures. Innocent Blood would do just as much good against them. Try playing Affinity, Goblins, and Loam with Smallpox. The only reason Smallpox was any good against Loam was because of its discard effect. They can't recur a Humility or Confinement.

If you want to test against these matchups, I will be glad to show you the light. Smallpox is, at best, a sideboard card for your combo matchup, but Oppression is there for that already, and does that job 10X better.

EDIT: Also, I would think that Faerie Stompy would be a bad matchup for you because of Chalice at 1 and 2 is SOOOO bad for this deck. Did this happen to you?