Generally speaking, the deck with higher spell density and lower mana count will be better against blue decks and worse off against shop decks. So it's really about picking your poison in that regard.

Also, I don't think I'd ever say this, but I just don't think Jace is a good card right now. With delver/mentor decks around, Jace will often just be a brainstorm + 3 life.

I personally like the consistency of a low mana count / high spell density deck. I don't mind losing to shops game 1, as that matchup is tough for most blue decks game 1 regardless, but hopefully play a ton of SB cards to make up for it.

Try an emrakul in place of a griselbrand. With the death of storm, and dearth of other combo decks, oathing up an emrakul is not that bad. And the following turn you can oath up griselbrand to seal the deal. Omniscience looks awful on paper, but in practice it gets around containment priest and allows you to truly "combo" off regradless of your life total, which seems to be an issue vs. mentor. Worst case, they pitch to FOW.

Vault Key is what is truly out of place in an oath deck, yes you will get those random wins by assembly vault key early, but if you have griselbrand, you don't really need the vault key to win. Too many times they are just completely dead draws that do nothing in this deck (and there are ALOT of dead draws in this deck already).

Lastly, dig is absurd, and 1 copy is just not enough.

PS mox ruby and pearl are secretly the worst cards in this card, yawg will is also mediocre until you already have griselbrand out.

In all honesty, a U/R delver deck without the 5 restricted cards it plays is not that far off from being competitive.

Hi All,

I desperately need a ride for this event.

I live in New York City (Queens).

I'm open to going for Legacy and Vintage, in which case I can book a hotel nearby, or just going for Vintage.

Wiling to split gas/toll as needed.

Please let me know if anyone has an extra spot in their car coming from the NYC area. Thanks a ton!

-Hank