Quote Originally Posted by pocari79 View Post
Went to a local tournament today and went an amazing 0-3 drop. Used the list that Schniggaz proposed a page or two back except I had three Leyline of the Voids instead of the Crop Rotation, Bojuka Bog graveyard hate in the sideboard. I played fairly bad today but felt like I didn't draw that well either so that didn't help. I wasn't that used to the new-ish manabase and felt like I kept on playing the wrong lands and fetching the wrong lands. Just miserable.

Thoughts about the deck as of now:
- I liked having the 3rd loam but only having 1 cycling land really makes the loams not as effective as before when you could dredge with loam and still draw a card with a cycling land.
- I know many people like having the Thespian's Stage + Dark Depth combo in the maindeck or sideboard but I've really grown to dislike it. I've had to mulligan multiple times today where I kept on drawing the Stage or the DD in my opening hand and there just wasn't enough colored sources in hand to keep and that was very frustrating. Going for the combo also felt very clunky and it always seems like the opponent had an answer ready for it.
- Also, this is probably just me but it seems like every time I resolve a Chalice on 1, in the next two draw steps, I always end up drawing the Deathrite Shaman and this has happened in multiple tournaments already which is very annoying. I will definitely change the Deathrite back to an Abrupt Decay as I have found that I missed having a 4th Decay. Maybe I'm not playing the deck right by always using GSZ to get the Deathrite out of the deck ASAP when there's a Chalice on 1 but I just feel I need to save the GSZ for a Knight as a Knight usually has higher impact.
- I've really missed having the Maelstrom Pulse in the sideboard for the past couple of tournaments and I feel like the deck needs some kind of effect like that to deal with problem threats like a fast Jace, the Mind Sculptor. Also, has anybody actually every destroyed multiple permanents with a Pulse? I've never done it and I want to try a Vindicate in place of a Pulse since I have many times wanted to have the ability to destroy a land when I had a Pulse in hand.
- I really want to also have a Pyroclasm type card in the sideboard. Didn't have one today and really felt the need for one. I could see running a Pyroclasm but if there are a lot of Mentors running around, maybe we need something like Sudden Demise instead? It'll cost more to kill big things but at least you're not paying tons of life like Toxic Deluge. The only issue this might have is that now the manabase post board is going to be stretched to need more white for Swords to Plowshares and red for the sweepers. Not sure if our mana can take the strain.
I get what you mean with the fetching, i missed a top 8 yesterday for that reason =(

Statistically speaking, the poor results with getting cards you don't want at the wrong time sounds anomalous. If you have "always" draw deathrite after chalicing or frequently have a piece of the DD combo in your opener, you definitely won the lottery for downside of variance. I suppose it's not wrong to remove any of the aforementioned cards for something else if that's what you prefer but my experience with the cards has been nothing short of spectacular. Having a tutorable 1 turn kill is so powerful for a 2 slot investment, i just can't see dropping it for something else.

Can't say i have a strong opinion on any board wipes as of yet. i tried crop rotation + bojuka bog + tabernacle package yesterday and it worked out ok. it might be worse than a straight up pryoclasm effect but i just can't bring myself to cut it. The tabernacle is one hell of a drug.