Is there a reason you keep referencing everything to Tog, even though it is having a "falling out" of the format?

Perhaps going -1 Scepter +1 Phid would be the answer? Again, maybe I'm missing the whole point of scepter but it seems it'd be better to not draw a Scepter when you want X. Then again, I wouldn't want a Phid when I want X, either. If you want the 3rd Phid I think that would be your best bet.

Don't worry about being harsh unless it's directly at someone that isn't UCB. We can take due rudeness as well as the next man and often it is such treatment that makes us all sit back and think about what's really going on. I'm sure Paul will appreciate the discussion that's going on in his absence when he comes back (His parents are INSANE and like ban him from everything if he sneezes) I'm gonna try and compile a list to give him on what's been going on...unless someone beats me to it.

Yeah, and I'm horrible at putting into text what I'm trying to say...

Impulse on Scepter is insanity on a stick from what I hear. Right up there with Ancestralling(that being the better of the two) in stick form. I like the list you posted, regardless that it doesn't run Blood Moon. It may be outdated, hell it probably is, but maybe that's just my style... Actually I think I like it better than the Phid route.

Paul I think you should just make BillTheDuck's 4xScepter.dec, that was the greatest thing ever. period.

My opinion came from me running a Library-less build of UR Phid at Worcester and I don't think it would have drawn me an insane amount of cards when I was trying to set up a turn 1 Phid or turn 1 counter. There are alot of wastelands running around and in the build I ran there was no room for Library. If he had just used my list without changing it, I don't think Library's absence would have come as that much a problem.

I honestly would cut Library for 1 Island because you'll need it when under Blood Moon with 4 Mountains in play and 2 Islands, and it cuts you down to play 1 spell per 2 turns(yours and theirs). It happened to me 2 or three times in that one tournament, and I know that drawing another Mountain(Library) wouldn't have helped at all.



The reason for a lack of Brainstorm is because with Phids as your only draw you always draw a fresh card, not put in hand what you just put on top(assumably at their EoT). After the tournament, I was considering Shoreline Ranger, however a 3/4 flyer falls miserably to a 4/5 flier with a better ability. At least with Morphling you can beat it out. I know you could just as well play both, however there's really no room for them right now.





Cutting 3 removal spells for three Wishes is a horrible idea, IMO. Regardless of how slow Keg may be it still gets the job done. By cutting one mana source and an emergency removal spell for 2 Scepters is...pretty much the worst idea ever because you're losing a source that you would need if under a Null Rod, replacing it and something that can get rid of Null Rod with 2 cards that lose to it.




2 Blood Moon is all you will ever need. When I ran this in Worcester I had that in play/in hand more than my win condition.