How is 4xLeyline more effective than 4xTormod's Crypt? The only deck that Leyline is better than Tormod's is in Manaless Ichorid. Any Stax can use Welder to recurr Tormod's Crypt for the same effect as Leyline, without being worried about having it bounced or a dead draw. (Tormod's can't be bounced in an ideal situation, because in response you either RFG or you replay it on your own turn. ) Stax can also discard Tormod's to Bazaar to use with welder, instead of throwing it into the graveyard with no further purposes. Tormod is never a dead draw because multiples help greatly with Trickbind being played more and more.

Leyline is a poor lock piece in Stax, however it looks very solid in Manaless Ichorid. 40% chance that you will greatly hinder your opponent does not look bad. This is not to mention that you can mull into it if necessary, since the deck is made to mulligan. The other "60%" of the time you will dredge it into the graveyard where it would be no more useless than any other piece of disruption you would run in that slot. Even then you have to deal with Echoing Truth, Rushing River, Chain of Vapor, etc. However, the fact that every piece of countermagic would be aimed at Tormod's (Since it is the only spell you cast.) makes Leyline better. Not to mention they will probably be tutoring for their own Tormod's instead of bounce.

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In my opinion any deck that could make room for 4xLeyline might as well run 4xTormod's Crypt instead.
PRO
1. Tinker
2. Bounce-proof
3. Casteable
4. Almost never a dead draw
5. Goblin Welder
6. Tutorable
7. Thirst for Knowledge
8. Good with a non-lethal/card advantage Yawgmoth's Will
CON
1. Null Rod, Pithing Needle, Trickbind (All do the same thing)
2. MAY need 2 to stop them (Rarely if you use Tormod's properly)

Leyline>Tormod's in Ichorid, Tormod's>Leyline in every other deck.

Is Fire Imp slang for something?  I can't find it on gatherer.  I probably sound like a noob.

Oath of Druids reads:

During each player's upkeep, if that player controls fewer creatures than target opponent, the player may reveal cards from his or her library until he or she reveals a creature card. The player puts that creature into play and all other revealed cards into his or her graveyard.

So if I am not mistaken, Pithing Needle prevents players from using this ability. I was unsure of how that worked at first also, but after I read the card text I figured that was how it worked.

Pithing needle is a good card to put in your side imho. Stops vial fish, and oath as well.

what about ;" search for a creature withthe same converted mana cost "

Knowing my opponent's deck also causes me to change my first few turns. Sometimes i prefer to Duress right away or drop a turn 1 Confidant, this of course is depending on what my opponent is playing. I am yet to try the scouting thing but it seems like something i should do in a fairly small tournament (I doubt it would work nearly as well in a large event such as SCG.)

this is a joke, right?

Don't feel bad, i thought he was serious at first as well, but once i got to like Moonlace i knew it was a joke.  When i got to Spectral Elemental i could've swarn this was a serious "New Card Discussion". 

Dude, that Swords to Plowshares is awesome.

good work. Id recomend carefully sharpieing a black border to your unlimited base proxy

I finally found a web browser that loads the above images. good work. Dominik's lotus looks quality.

after taking a couple months off I got back to drawing, and have a lot of cards under work. heres a few completed ones:
Darkblasted welder
Gerrard Capashen: New and Improved!

Grapeshot (1)(R)
Sorcery 
Grapeshot deals 1 damage to target creature or player.
Storm (When you play this spell, copy it for each spell played before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)
Mages often seek to emulate the powerful relics lost to time and apocalypse.
Illus. Pete Venters
#160/301

Meddling Mage on Tendrils slows them down.
A second Meddling Mage that resolves is gg.

if you name Brainstorm or Dark Ritual or Will or Aysen Highway with your first Mage, you can´t kill them with the second mage.

Post-board this becomes different, of course, when they have Massacre/CoV to deal with Mages.


But how much everyone says that Mage on tendrils is good, it doesn´t stop the fact that when your mage is about to resolve, to think if it is also the best call for that particular game. I.e. never stop thinking.

Bobby Fisher once said (something like this): You have found a good move? Excellent! Now let´s see if there is a better move.

What card is at the center of ALL these Paths? .... Tendrils of Agony.  Nameing Tendrils of Agony Isolates all the "short" paths to victory.  Now, the downside is that all 3 highways are still up and running, by no means do we have gridlock  ... but you can only travil on the Threads that include Bounce or Removal. 

Do they prefer Beta or Alpha?

Tolarian and Academy both get one hit, a foil academy would be very very nice. The single hit for Merfolk really disappoints me though. There is a pretty extensive thread about this here: http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=49727 over on mtgsalvation.

This kind of deck was HUGE in Extended years ago. "Angry Ghoul". A quick Hermit Druit mills numerous fatties along with Sutured Ghoul and Dragon Breath. Then you Reclamation so you don't deck and Therapy away your Hermit for more protection while reanimating the Ghoul. I'm sure you could dig up some lists . I played crappy versions long ago but can't remember a lot of the deck =/..

So you're saying if you're good at your deck, you will beat people who are bad at their deck?

Am I oversimplifying here?

Spiderman is a mogg fantic altered so that the artwork has been changed from a goblin to spiderman.
The card look amazing in person trust me!

Now, with all that said, I had a pretty good time at that tournament, despite a 3-3 record. Bane of my deck has been Tinker + artifact, and generally any deck that resolves tinker is usually in a good position. Can't deal with it, can't deal with DSC, I just accept it. (Props to Special K for turn 1 Razormane to smash my face.)

If you want a REAL slop to put on your list, why don't you tell everyone that i topdecked Spiderman to your face?