Hey Jaco, I'm relatively new to TMD. I was just wondering a few things. I saw your decklist for pitch long, and a few things struck me as odd. I was wondering how you are able to run wheel other than with lotus/ruby/petal. You don't have any badlands. Also, do you feel that 18 blue cards is too little in the deck? I tried your build on mws but I often found that I was left with a force or misd without any other blue cards. Any opinion of yours would be greatly appreciated. Also, very pimp deck- I'm impressed.

Ici

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I've been a control slaver player for nearly 2 years, but the recent shift in the metagame has made me consider pitch long as probably the best deck of choice in the current metagame. I'm trying to find the optimal build that is separate from grim long, but preserves its explosiveness. Here is the build I've been currently using for the past 2 months. Here are the notable changes that are different from most conventional pitch long builds:

lack of imperial seal
inclusion of windfall
lack of 2nd tendrils
inclusion of the 12th land

I've had some mixed results lately, but would like some input on the validity of the inclusions I've made. Let me know what you guys think.

// Lands
    1  Badlands
    2  Bloodstained Mire
    1  Island
    4  Polluted Delta
    1  Swamp
    1  Tolarian Academy
    2  Underground Sea

// Spells
    1  Ancestral Recall
    1  Black Lotus
    4  Brainstorm
    4  Cabal Ritual
    1  Chain of Vapor
    4  Dark Ritual
    1  Demonic Tutor
    4  Force of Will
    3  Grim Tutor
    1  Hurkyl's Recall
    1  Lotus Petal
    1  Mana Crypt
    1  Mana Vault
    1  Memory Jar
    1  Mind's Desire
    2  Misdirection
    1  Mox Emerald
    1  Mox Jet
    1  Mox Pearl
    1  Mox Ruby
    1  Mox Sapphire
    1  Mystical Tutor
    1  Necropotence
    1  Sol Ring
    1  Tendrils of Agony
    1  Time Walk
    1  Timetwister
    1  Tinker
    1  Vampiric Tutor
    1  Wheel of Fortune
    1  Windfall
    1  Yawgmoth's Bargain
    1  Yawgmoth's Will

// Sideboard
SB: 1  Tendrils of Agony
SB: 1  Bayou
SB: 4  Duress
SB: 2  Empty the Warrens
SB: 2  Planar Void
SB: 2  Thrashing Wumpus
SB: 3  Xantid Swarm