Remora Meditation - discussion and suggestions

[Juzam_Jim]

Of course everyone should know of this deck by now, I just need some suggestions on this particular build, as I'm attending a tournament in some days.

I've decided to switch from the Key/Vault win condition to 3 x Lorescale Coatl because I'm having quite a few problems against aggro/fish decks, and Lorescale actually helps a lot in this situation.
I does get a little slower and a bit more unstable, but I think it might be a good choice. However, I'm tempted to switch back again if I can get some suggestions for what the sideboard should look like - so that's another subject for discussion, and actually a quite important one: what would your sideboard look like assuming a unknown meta?

First off, here's the decklist:

Creatures:
1   Inkwell Leviathan     
3   Lorescale Coatl     

Spells 
1   Ancestral Recall     
1   Brainstorm     
3   Commandeer     
1   Demonic Tutor     
1   Echoing Truth     
4   Force of Will     
1   Gush       
4   Mana Drain   
4   Meditate   
1   Misdirection     
1   Ponder     
1   Regrowth
1   Repeal     
1   Time Walk     
1   Tinker
1   Vampiric Tutor   
1   Yawgmoth's Will

Enchantments 
1   Fastbond   
4   Mystic Remora   

Artifacts 
1   Black Lotus 
1   Mox Emerald   
1   Mox Jet   
1   Mox Pearl 
1   Mox Ruby   
1   Mox Sapphire   
1   Sol Ring 

Lands 
2   Flooded Strand
5   Island
1   Library of Alexandria   
3   Polluted Delta     
2   Tropical Island   
3   Underground Sea 


Some card explanations:

1 Inkwell Leviathan: still in here as another win condition, and is of course irreplaceable.

1 Echoing Truth / 1 Repeal: at the moment I like this combination. Repeal is great with Coatl and is mostly used on Remora, while ETruth also can be used on opponents DSC/Inkwell etc.

1 Gush: might seem a bit off, but has proven really good in the deck with Fastbond.

1 Regrowth: as I've added green to the deck, this has become a very potent card. However I'm open for suggestions as to replacements.

1 Fastbond: adding green gave the option to include this badboy, and I think it's been a gamebreaker at times (which of course it should be!)

So basically - any suggestions? New ideas I haven't hear of? And also some suggestions for sideboard are very much appreciated!

[MirariKnight]

I know that Coatl can get huge in this deck, but Tarmogoyf is always huge and comes out faster. I think it would be worth trying but I'm not sure which is really better.
If you do go with Coatl Sylvan Library helps him get gigantic pretty quickly.

[JudasKilled]

Why not run a coutl/gof SB option or if yer having trouble with fish aggro run sowers in the bord or even an oath SB?

[MirariKnight]

Oath SB is an interesting option, with the added benefit that you can still run Vault/Key maindeck then.
You can Oath up Empyrial Archangel as there are 0 ways for Fish to answer it.

[silvernail]

Meditate / Remora seems bad in an aggro field since your opponents will be not playing non creature spells as much and will be swinging while you skip your turn(s).

Aside from the engine being sub par in most such matchups ( I'd consider Standstill + manlands superior in an aggro meta), you have options like Engineered Explosives, Pernicious Deed, Vedalken Shackles, Sower of Temptation, Massacre, Moment of Peace, Damnation, Propaganda, Energy Field, Old Man of the Sea, Masitcore, Maze of Ith, Overburden and many other potential things.

Also one might consider playing Berserk to hit Coatl with for a quicker kill.