yeah, I was deffinitely thinking it could increase the mana opportunities for charbelcher, make it a little more flexible in that area.

I think the only serious drawback of the card may be that its a card from your hand that won't contribute to storm count, but if you have draw 7's or good draw engines, there could be very easy ways to remedy that. Though as you said, that kind of play is pretty unstable, and it seems people are moving away from the put all your chips in type of deck. Personally I kind of like the excitement in the risk, and the surgeon skill decisions you have to make with that kind of commitment. The only thing with the spirit guide is it may be taking a spot that could be filled with something more efficient. It is, after all, only one shot of mana, so in that case it really could go either way. In my (extremely little experience) with vintage, mana is always welcome. So once again it comes down to the stormless factor of it.

I'm gonna think about it for a while. Honestly, I just think this card is really cool and I want to use it, if I find it's a real deadweight in the hand I'll drop it, but I'm deffinitely gonna try it out for now.

Hi, excuse me, I'm a little bit of a vintage newb, and this is my first post.

Anyway, I was wondering if Simian Spirit guide has any viability in vintage. I know many decks at least used to use elvish spirit guide. Seems like the free red mana could be pretty damn useful. I don't really have any incredibly specific deck ideas, especially since I'm still getting used to the format, but I'd just like to hear what you guys think about it in general.