Quote Originally Posted by btm10 View Post
I think Leovold (and Hierarch) are fine cards, but the Shardless shell already has enough expensive value guys and mana creatures. I've been thinking of Leovold as the centerpiece of a non-Shardless BUG deck, but I haven't liked him in Shardless.
I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss Leovold, he generates value in a very different way than Shardless Agent and is a proactively good card in the maindeck for combo. He's also fantastic vs Lands, which is a pretty tough matchup. You may be right though, maybe he's best in a non-Shardless shell. He's breathed a fresh breath of air into BUG decks anyway which is exciting.

But I have to disagree that Shardless has enough mana creatures, in my experience it's the opposite. Why I've moved away from the deck is I feel like it's about half a turn behind the format at the moment. While Hierarch is a bad cascade, smoothing out clunky draws is potentially what the deck wants. I'll try and get some games in with this build and see how it goes.