First of all, sorry for not answering your questions sooner and my awful English.
Kelwyrm, thanks for sharing. How was Ninja of the Deep Hours? Could he be something better?
The "WTF" effect of the Ninja during the tournament was amazing.
I also tested...
-2 Ninjas.
with
+1 Jace.
+1 Engineered Explosives.
or
+2 Snapcasters
... but without any luck.
Also, did you have to make any card sacrifices due to no proxies? Thanks!
We play in a proxy-less environment, but I have a full collection of vintage playable singles, the list that you see is the list I wanted to play.
(1) Since they were so good, would you consider going in a more aggro direction? Eg, using Delvers?
I tested the Delvers with my test group and voted against them... they were a bad choice when your main removal against aggro decks are mass removal cards, like EE, Disk and Pyroclasm.
(2) How often were they hard cast vs. brought in with man lands?
I try not to hard cast them.
4 mana cost with only Lotus and 2 moxen? It leaves you tapped for opponent response (sometimes the 4 manadrains leave you with the feeling that your opponent is drawing to many cards and you are only waiting your dead)
And late in the game if you don't have any man-lands to trick them into play... maybe you already lost the match.
(3) Given how much other removal seems to be about, how often were you protecting them? Was Misstep & Misdirection crucial here?
Crucial and vital for survival, check the LCV metagame, it has shift from control to aggro in the past few months, and the decks have to accommodate lightnings, swords and decays main-board.
Regards.
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