I think it's about time there was more of a discussion on Legacy Storm that run's treasure cruise. The original list was by Caleb Durward on CFB; I really like how it played out and considering I don't own any LED's, I jumped at the opportunity and have been making my own tweeks to the build. A lot of people asked about consistency without a tutor and with the amount of red mana created, I figured Burning Wish should be the primary tutor. Here is my current list:
I feel I've been able to improve its consistency and I currently like where it's at but it could definitely use some refining, so please any suggestions are welcome
If you're treasure cruise it kind of makes past in flames worthless because you're eating up potential storm count from the graveyard depending on which turn you go off.
I play ANT, and Durward's article really got my attention. However, after toying with both his first and second incarnations of cruise storm, I have come to some sour grape conclusions:
I'll concentrate on your refinement instead of his list.
First, you gave up duress. Having 6-8 discard spells is crucial but won't become apparent in goldfishing. You have opted to rely on (usually) blind therapies. That's no good T1 if they're holding a chalice of the void.
Secondly, this build is more like a TES variant. TES is built to be a bit faster than ANT, so it has a 5c mana base to support all sorts of fun tricks, which makes the basics look out of place. infernal tutor is used in conjunction with BW to find wincons. Without tutor, you have cut yourself down to 5 wincons in the hope of cantripping into them. Also, without the combination of tutor and lion's eye diamond, you lose the ability to "demonic tutor" with hellbent and you lose the explosive mana that LED creates. ad nauseam IS the best current draw engine for storm. Blindly drawing three, in comparison to drawing 10+ makes a huge difference. Not to mention that with nut draws, you can go off T1.
I applaud the effort, and would never encourage anyone to stop brewing but this is where I'm at with cruise storm: You need ad nauseam, because I believe it to be better than cruise. TES has 7 tutors, ANT has 4. Both wish and tutor need LED to be optimal.
Simply put: ANT and TES do what you're trying to do, just better. And in a meta where wasteland and stifle are at an all time low, stock storm builds are a good choice to play.
3 gemstone mine
3 polluted delta
3 scalding tarn
2 underground sea
1 volcanic island
1 island
1 swamp
1 mountain
Spells: 45
4 lotus petal
4 brainstorm
4 cabal therapy
4 dark ritual
4 gitaxian probe
4 ponder
2 preordain
1 rain of filth
4 rite of flame
3 burning wish
4 manamorphose
1 seething song
1 empty the warrens
1 past in flames
1 tendrils of agony
3 treasure cruise
2 chain of vapor
2 deathmark
2 pyroblast
1 grapeshot
3 pyroclasm
1 empty the warrens
2 massacre
1 past in flames
1 tendrils of agony
I feel I've been able to improve its consistency and I currently like where it's at but it could definitely use some refining, so please any suggestions are welcome
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I'll concentrate on your refinement instead of his list.
First, you gave up duress. Having 6-8 discard spells is crucial but won't become apparent in goldfishing. You have opted to rely on (usually) blind therapies. That's no good T1 if they're holding a chalice of the void.
Secondly, this build is more like a TES variant. TES is built to be a bit faster than ANT, so it has a 5c mana base to support all sorts of fun tricks, which makes the basics look out of place. infernal tutor is used in conjunction with BW to find wincons. Without tutor, you have cut yourself down to 5 wincons in the hope of cantripping into them. Also, without the combination of tutor and lion's eye diamond, you lose the ability to "demonic tutor" with hellbent and you lose the explosive mana that LED creates.
ad nauseam IS the best current draw engine for storm. Blindly drawing three, in comparison to drawing 10+ makes a huge difference. Not to mention that with nut draws, you can go off T1.
I applaud the effort, and would never encourage anyone to stop brewing but this is where I'm at with cruise storm: You need ad nauseam, because I believe it to be better than cruise. TES has 7 tutors, ANT has 4. Both wish and tutor need LED to be optimal.
Simply put: ANT and TES do what you're trying to do, just better. And in a meta where wasteland and stifle are at an all time low, stock storm builds are a good choice to play.