i have tested with both fetches and land grants. seeing as both fetches and land grants serve the same purpose in snagging land and thinning the deck, i took land grant in the sense that it raises the storm count.

i ran wheel in order to better utilize the tinder walls, as well as potentially throw away things in my hand for songs/yawgmoths will. i find myself often second guessing necro, i tried bargain but that wasnt convenient so it more or less is just filling a slot. as for culling it is essentially in the deck to have clamped creatures sac'd to it for cards and the 4 black mana. the mana helps me to cast necro, cast will, demonic tutor, tendrils, or of course more clamping. I think that culling is better than ritual despite the sacrifice necessity because culling can be used much more efficiently in the situations mentioned above or any other appropriate time in the game.

i played 4 skullclamps because i felt the combo was more secured this way. i consider it a good draw to get an extra clamp for backup in case my one cast beforehand is countered, or to double clamp an ornithopter/tinder wall.

the belcher decks i played against were all the simister builds, so i won those matches based on the fact that they couldn't counter anything i played. so it gave me plenty of free reign.

when i played this deck (about a month ago) the shop i was at was relatively workshop-dominant (about 5 out of the usual 12 people who played). i won the mask through playing fish-tog-belcher-fish-tps.

hope i provided some helpful info. merry christmas.

this is my BG build, won me an illusionary mask in a 17 man tournament.

4 bayou
1 gaea's cradle

4 kobolds of kher keep
4 crimson kobold
4 crookshank kobold
4 elvish spirit guide
3 ornithopter
3 tinder wall

4 songs of the damned
4 culling the weak
4 land grant
4 glimpse of nature
2 tendrils of agony
1 necropotence
1 demonic tutor
1 wheel of fortune
1 yawgmoth's will

4 skullclamp
1 mox sapphire
1 mox emerald
1 mox pearl
1 mox jet
1 mox ruby
1 black lotus
1 mana crypt
1 mana vault

SB
3 Xantid swarm
3 oxidize
2 naturalize
3 ground seal
3 deconstruct
1 tendrils of agony

this deck is very metagame dependant. if there are many workshop decks being played you might as well just tuck the sucker away and play something else. even with the sideboard options of deconstruct (destroy a 3sphere or something and get GGG back) as well as naturalize, now just doesn't seem like the optimal time to play this deck. but if you want a fun deck to play in small 15< tournies, hey man, go nuts.

my build of kobold clamp does very well against oath (which is obvious) and does tend to combo off faster than other decks such as belcher and tps. doomsday does give this deck a bit of a beating because of the aggro that they pack but is still very resilient.

I recently won a 15 participant type 1 tourney with kobold clamp, 1st prize was a beta illusionary mask =)

Here's my build along with match results

4 bayou
1 gaea's cradle

4 kobolds of kher keep
4 crimson kobold
4 crookshank kobold
4 elvish spirit guide
3 ornithopter
3 tinder wall

4 songs of the damned
4 culling the weak
4 land grant
4 glimpse of nature
2 tendrils of agony
1 necropotence
1 demonic tutor
1 wheel of fortune
1 yawgmoth's will

4 skullclamp
1 mox sapphire
1 mox emerald
1 mox pearl
1 mox jet
1 mox ruby
1 black lotus
1 mana crypt
1 mana vault

SB
3 Xantid swarm
3 oxidize
2 naturalize
3 ground seal
3 deconstruct
1 tendrils of agony

im thinking of maybe putting death wish into mainboard =/

matchups

1st: 2-0 FCG

2nd: 2-0 tog
 
3rd: 2-1 wtf

draw into top 4

semifinals: 2-0 fish

finals: 2-1 TPS

wins very consistently on turn 1 (5 turn 1 wins for the tournament)

thanks,
Bopp

i goldfished this for a little bit, it was never meant for serious tournament play. i was kicking myself earlier for not knowing what to take out for wastelands though. I see this deck may have potential if i stick with it though.

This deck is very simple to play. Counter everything, play weenies, win.
Goes a little something like this:

This is an old list, i realize now that some card decision were very poor, but this is the newbie forum so go nuts. It's designed for 5 proxy tournaments.

9 Island
4 Mishra's Factories
1 Strip Mine

1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
2 Null Rod

4 Force of Will
4 Standstill
4 Curiosity
4 Counterspell
3 Unstable Mutation
3 Serum Visions
2 Last Word
2 Daze
2 Stifle
1 Misdirection
1 Time Walk
1 Ancestrall Recall
1 Timetwister

4 Clouds of Faeries
4 Spiketail Hatchling
2 Voidmage Prodigy

SB:
4 Hydroblast
4 B2B?
4 Energy Flux
3 Control Magic

It plays out just like regular ol' fish, except its all blue, baby.

I'd love some feedback or whatever kind of criticism you could offer.