I'd rather hit looting g1 than putting charm in MB and not hitting it when I need it. It's rarely a dead draw in g1 since I usually have some dead cards in hand to recycle. I also think you're wrong about vendilion clique. Disruption and a 3 damage flyer can't be bad in almost any MU.
So, I'm really not sure of izzet charm in the MB vs looting, since I can grab looting with gifts easier than depending on drawing /snapcastering izzet charm. Also, feasible to run 3 GoST and two vendilion clique in MB?
From your list, I'd side out 4 Remand and 4 Lynx for the Pierces, Negate, Ajani, Firewalkers, and Burst Lightnings. Then play the match very patiently, you are ALWAYS the control deck in this matchup. Don't tap out for anything until you can hold up disruption mana (whether for his creatures or spells), and win off of a protected Geist, Firewalker, or Ajani. If you need more blockers, maybe keep in the Lynxes and scrap some of the removal or countermagic, depending on his list. Lynx is hard to kill if you don't fetch and attack aggressively, so force him to use his 3-damage spells on it. Your biggest game is casting early removal into Lightning Helix into Snapcaster on Lightning Helix. Firewalker should just win the game by itself if you protect it.
Keep in mind that your friend's Burn deck represents a small chunk of the format, and if it's tuned to beat you (maindeck Forked Bolts seems wrong otherwise), than you're just getting skewed results. What's his list look like, if you have it?
Thanks for the quick reply, I'm picking up a playset of everything you have listed in the primer, I just need to figure out what hands to keep and what's a good mix for sb.
So my roommate whomped up a RDW deck, and then proceeded to walk on me. I'm new to playing delver in general, but I just can't keep up with his burn and I can't stop him from just forked bolting all of my threats before they can do anything. Any tips?
This is the list he's currently playing with:
http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showpost.php?p=7762632&postcount=139
Not him, just one that he liked when he was looking around.
Here's my current list:
4 steppe lynx
4 snapcaster mage
3 geist of saint traft
4 lightning bolt
4 lightning helix
4 serum visions
4 path to exile
2 pillar of flame
1 mana leak
4 remand
4 arid mesa
3 misty rainforest
2 Marsh flats
1 sacred foundry
2 steam vents
2 hallowed fountain
1 moorland haunt
1 mountain
1 plains
1 island
1 annul
2 spell Pierce
2 burst lightning
2 kor firewalker
1 negate
1 smash to smithereens
1 torpor orb
4 molten rain
1 ajani vengeant