Well, if you have to cast and activate Explosives during the same turn when like 2 spheres are in play Hurkyl's Recall might still be the better choice.
Oxidize only answers 1 single lockpiece and is vulnerable to chalice, is that really worth it?

Explosives sound like a decent answer to spheres.

Over the last day I've extensively tested Xantid Swarms instead of Silence.
I must say that that really enlightened me, it really does help in many, many ways.

Thanks for the replies so far.
While it is true that Thoughtseize does clear the way to go off, the same is still true for Silence.
I'm still not convinced that Silence should be cut.
Silence can be used as an alternate Time Walk.

The Dazes have only been in my list during that particular tournament, they were heavily experimental and there hasn't been a single time where I didn't want the Daze to be ANY other random card in my deck.

Chain of Vapor proved to be very strong against decks that pack Null Rod, it's also a highly reliable way to get more mana out of my moxen.

Gandalf pointed out an awesome way to get on-colour mana by adding a few Chrome Moxes.
I really like that idea.
I still like to give Silence a go, but to support it ill switch to some Scrublands instead of Tundras in order to stay on-colour.

My deck would roughly look like this:

Instants

• 4 Ad Nauseam
• 1 Ancestral Recal
• 1 Brainstorm
• 3 Cabal Ritual
• 2 Chain of Vapor
• 4 Dark Ritual
• 1 Demonic Consultation
• 1 Mystical Tutor
• 3 Silence
• 1 Vampiric Tutor

Sorceries

• 1 Tinker
• 1 Demonic Tutor
• 4 Duress
• 1 Ponder
• 3 Tendrils of Agony
• 1 Time Walk
• 1 Yawgmoth's Will

Artifacts

• 1 Black Lotus
• 1 Lotus Petal
• 1 Mana Crypt
• 1 Mana Vault
• 1 Mox Emerald
• 1 Mox Ruby
• 1 Mox Pearl
• 1 Mox Sapphire
• 1 Mox Jet
• 3 Chrome Mox
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Memory Jar

Lands

• 2 Bloodstained Mire
• 4 Polluted Delta
• 2 Swamp
• 2 Scrubland
• 3 Underground Sea

I haven't decided on the sideboard yet.
Any comments are welcome.

Hey there,

My name is Joost van der Pol.
I've played magic for over half my life (12 years now).
The madness mechanic dragged me into competitive magic.
For the last few years I've played competitive Legacy, from Zoo to ANT to all sorts of Threshold builts to Landstill variants, I've played it all.
When you get a taste of power, you keep longing for more.
When I had the chance to get a set of power, bazaars, LoA, Vault, Drains I didn't hesitate at all.
I immediately bought the cards needed to play some serious Vintage.
And wow.. I love the raw power of the format.

I've been experimenting with some of the higher tier Vintage decks.
A bit later I started working on my own ANT-like decklist.
My experience with the Legacy variant of the deck was actually really helpful.
After testing for a few weeks I decided to give the deck a go at a friendly local 10-proxy Vintage tournament. (ended up winning that one, decklists can be found here: http://www.deckcheck.net/event.php?event=Vintage+Achterhoek )

Even though I won that tournament, I found out that my list was (although very explosive) far from optimal.
I missed the protection of Drain and FoW.

I'd like to get some advice on the ANT-list I've been playing.
Is it viable?
Could it be viable if I dedicate more time to further develop the list?
Would it be smarter to play a deck like Drain Tendrils, something like Steel City Vault or perhaps a regular Tezzeret-like deck?
Maybe a Dredge list would be a good option?

I have the necessary experience, cardpool (and time) to pick up either of these decks.

I'm unsure what deck would do best in an unknown meta.
Even though I do have some sense of what the better vintage decks are, I do not have enough experience in Vintage to make proper metagame calls.

Thanks in advance,
Joost

PS.
Please excuse me for my English, I'm aware of the fact that my grammar should be better.