7x Mountain
9x Island
Sideboard:
Brought in vs.:
Vengevine (better than Deprive)
Ramp (Eldrazi G, Valakut)
Vampires (Bloodghast - dodges Inquisition, occasional trap cost, better than deprive)
Control - Hard counter. (better than burn)
Brought in vs.:
Ramp (for burn). Man, this seems terrible...
Mono Red, but probably not (over deprive? that seems bad)
Elves (but probably not)
Can't I do better than this?
Great against control. Kills planeswalkers good, good after a T6-8 counter war. Dodges their answers (Flashfreeze, Ench removal, Planeswalkers, Negate, Spell Pierce, Dispel). There is no answer to both Sphynx and Ascension.
Great against aggro.
Since I'm taking Burst out against everything but aggro, and probably taking Burst out against aggro for Arc Trail, why am I not main-decking this?
Bringing this in vs. Valakut, and some control matchups.
Killing manlands is awesome.
Best answer to Ratchet Bomb.
Best answer to Valakut (other than Spread?)
Good against equipment.
(*) Cards that I am not entirely sure about.
Burst could be Arc Trail, or Mana Leak.
Call to Mind could be Foresee
Deprive could be Mana Leak (and most sane people would have that)
Flashfreeze + Demolish could be Spreading Seas, since it does similar things. This is worth discussing. I really don't like the fFashfreeze side.
(**)Some notable people have said Treasure Hunt is a terrible card. (GerryT, some people who have talked to GerryT)
I need to do a post on that, as well as some math, because TH really feels good, and compliments Deprive, and compliments HD, which are both pretty good cards on their own.
See Beyond Anti-compliments Preordain, Foresee, Halimar Depths.
I can't ignore the tested comments of some strong notable people, but I also can't ignore my findings, so that feels like it deserves a post of it's own.
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