Leyline of the Void is a card I should play, but I've never played against Ichorid and I kinda beat Flash most of the time anyway.. I'm playing 3 Annul SB now, I think Energy Flux is more effective but I play 5 Moxen and 5 other artifacts too.. (I like Tinker/DSC and Lotus, Sol Ring both stay after SB) Annul is also very good against Oath and doesn't blow up in my own face..
Curfew is a good card, and I'll play him once in my SB as a wish target. But with Annul, I already have three extra hate cards against Oath. Backed up by FoW's, Mana Drains and Wastelands/Strip Mine>StP (to plow my own spirits) I think the Oath match-up maybe is in my favor..? I have a hard time against Aggro decks, ESPECIALLY against Magus of the Moon. They pressure me, force out my removal and counters too early. And unless I have a really good hand and make no mistakes, it's gg
Running basics will be hard in this deck, but is it a crazy idea to have 1 Plains and 1 Island in my SB to board in against those decks? I can fetch for both, have
for brainstorms and
for StP! I also have Disenchants to destroy the Blood Moons but without access to
it still is a tough creature to deal with.
Against Aggro I experimented with Engineered Plague: it works against Sliver-Flash, but also the Fanatic build, Oath, Goblins and especially that annoying little Goblin Welder. It comes a little late but I play counters so 1 or 2 counters is enough, I resolve Plague and it's their turn to do something about it.. It gives me the time to take control of the game.
Yes, Sui Black is a bad match-up, Hymn absolutely destroys me and FoW'ing it is often times just as bad.. I can do funny tricks like Misdirecting a Sinkhole but it kinda stops there. I have no hand left and get beat to death by Negators and/or Hypnotic Specters.. Luckily, Sui Black is very bad against most other good decks in Vintage so I decided not to waste any SB slots to that potential match-up. I just hope for a sick hand IF I ever face them on tournaments, which is unlikely right? What other decks does Sui Black beat? You guys know better then me.
So I want to save 3 slots for Annul, Vampiric Tutor, 2 x StP, 2 x Engineered Plague? Stifle, Stroke of Genious, REB and Disenchant. I have 3 slots left which I could use for Thoughtseize against Combo decks but maybe there are better ideas out there, I could cut the Plagues but it's a reliable card and works against multiple decks. Stroke of Genious isn't that great.. It's just another way to kill someone via Crucible, Orb, Fastbond, Wish.. Sometimes I use it to draw sick amounts of cards but whenever that happens I'm often already winning big time, it's not like someone is going to Channel/Fireball me and I use Mana Drain into Wish>Stroke.. I counter important stuff and they don't cost a lot of mana most of the time. Is the other kill condition in the deck so important? I think so but Angels or Colossus do the trick most of the time! What do you think?
Stifle is great! Disenchant in the SB is sometimes good as a Wishtarget but as an extra SB card against the right cards he is actually very good. Combined with other hate cards I found out after some testing that 2 Disenchants after SB against the right decks is killing. Vamp Tutor is good to play in your SB in this type of deck, I heard this from a friend. Tested it and it does work, It really took me a while to figure out that Wishes are VERY good with Mana Drains haha.. I always thought Wishing for an answer was too slow but I've just returned to the game so give me a break,
REB for obvious reasons but I think I have at least 3 slots left.. Thoughtseize?
