Quote Originally Posted by Arsenal View Post
Yes, gregtron stated that AnT would switch into Therapy-Thoughtseize (AnT doesn't play Thoughtseize btw) grind mode, that's the definition of 1-for-1 that I was using. And again, if you don't have DoN in your hand when SoL enters play, you're just hoping that you naturally draw into one? And if you do open with DoN, and they drop Canonist/Teeg, then you do what, hope to get another one?
How many hatecats you plan to play? Eleven? For what it's worth, stop pretending that ANT is the only deck that needs to draw something, Mav also needs it, and it even doesn't have the luxury to cantrip into it.
If I'd be playing Storm again, I'd simply cantrip as long as it would be possible into the best possible cards, be it removal, protection or kill or w/e. With Mav, you're bound to your opening hand and then topdeck, topdeck, topdeck, with occasional SFM into the mix. Who will find the needed stuff sooner? Who will find it more often? The deck with library manipulation, or the one with none of it?

If this cat starts some trend or if it even would be a part of some new 8Bear, 12Bear or dare to say even 16Bear deck, then yeah, expect the Storm players to overload their sb with answers. It's not like we/they can't win against control/tempo now, as sometimes all that it takes is Duress the Stifle, then drop the rites->ToA for the win (e.g. Thresh effectively starts at eighteen-sixteen life), so they'll just imporve their only miserable matchup, the prison archetype.

3 Abrupt Decay - kills Counterbalance and bear
3-4 DoN - kill the bear
1-3 sweepers - to kill the bear. Pyroclasm is fast, Virtue's Ruin doesn't care of pro:insertcolor, Infest doesn't care of color
2-4 Chain of Vapor - to remove Leyline or beaver
3 Xantid Swarm - blue matchups
1-2 Thougtseize/IoK - combo, control

Subtract or add to count fifteen and you have a recipe for sb. I may be a deck builder.