This isn't quite a midrange list, but I've been tinkering with a lower to the ground, more aggressive RWU build for a couple of weeks now and having pretty good success at my local shop. I won't swear that it's amazing, but it has caught people off guard.
Previously, I was running 4 Colonnades and the mana was a fair bit shakier, but I've since discarded them in favor of faster early mana. It was nice to have a late game Colonnade to sink mana into, but the deck doesn't lack for those anyway. The strangest card in the list is probably Figure of Destiny, but he's been very strong. I needed an additional turn 1 play, and he fits the bill while being extremely easy to cast. I rarely grow him past a 4/4, but just having a threat that can push beyond Bolt range is fairly significant.
Like I said, I won't swear it's the next big thing, but there's definitely room in the RWU shell for a very aggressive version of the deck.
@hespacc: You make a good point deflective palm got me quite excited at first b/c I had been searching for something that did the exact same thing for the exact same cost just a week or two before it was spoiled... now that it has been printed I find that I don't have any room for it either. Yeah I've been thinking about sarkhan, the dragonspeaker, while I'm glad I waited to pick up stormbreath dragon I'm not sure Sarkhan is a good replacement for thundermaw hellkite with the rise in lingering souls. Might wind up being a meta-dependent option.
@Cambriel: That list looks like a lot of fun. I like the move with the colonnades in this type of deck. This exemplifies why I love the UWR shell, it can be so versatile. Have you tried Delver or do you feel that there wouldn't be enough spells to activate him.
@Cambriel: That list looks like a lot of fun. I like the move with the colonnades in this type of deck. This exemplifies why I love the UWR shell, it can be so versatile. Have you tried Delver or do you feel that there wouldn't be enough spells to activate him.
Delver is pretty bad in modern, if you ask me. In a deck like this with 20 spells, he's a semi-evasive 1.66/1 for 1 mana, which just doesn't cut it. You can't ride him to a free win like you can in Legacy, and he dies to pretty much everything without immediately impacting the board. I could see an argument for his inclusion over Figure and Lavamancer, but I really wanted my turn 1 plays to all be castable off red mana. This is functionally a burn deck with tempo elements and Searing Blaze is hard enough to cast as it is, so turn 1 red is vital. Goblin Guide into Searing Blaze is incredibly painful and difficult to recover from, especially backed by counter magic on the following turns.
This isn't quite a midrange list, but I've been tinkering with a lower to the ground, more aggressive RWU build for a couple of weeks now and having pretty good success at my local shop. I won't swear that it's amazing, but it has caught people off guard.
Previously, I was running 4 Colonnades and the mana was a fair bit shakier, but I've since discarded them in favor of faster early mana. It was nice to have a late game Colonnade to sink mana into, but the deck doesn't lack for those anyway. The strangest card in the list is probably Figure of Destiny, but he's been very strong. I needed an additional turn 1 play, and he fits the bill while being extremely easy to cast. I rarely grow him past a 4/4, but just having a threat that can push beyond Bolt range is fairly significant.
Like I said, I won't swear it's the next big thing, but there's definitely room in the RWU shell for a very aggressive version of the deck.
Figure of Destiny's not so odd a card, though I am curious how he plays out in a 3 color deck, since every time I consider edging out of Boros I put him on the list of candidates for cutting (recent example being, over in the UWR Delver thread, to drop him for the namesake Delver of Secrets); when all your mana is effectively Red or White he's great but I dunno how safe he'd be when he starts siphoning off Blue sources. Granted, he does his stuff at instant speed so it shouldn't matter so much, but in a competition for resources FoD is quite greedy about anything that taps for R or W...
That said, with your reasoning in your subsequent post, it does make sense to play him if you're pivoting around Red first and foremost. With 24 lands I'd anticipate he'll scale quite elegantly alongside the boardstate no matter when you get him out, and nothing's quite as fun as actually being able to utilize a line of play involving turning FoD into his 8/8 flying first strike final form if the game goes long.
It's rare, but the danger is always there. Generally speaking he's just a decent 4/4 threat in a deck that doesn't generally present creatures that tough. I deliberately built the mana so that nearly everything taps for red or white. It's also why I have avoided any UU or WW cards. As much as I would love to play a Cryptic Command or two, triple blue just isn't something I want to be chasing.
Yeah I was getting at 4 Delver vs the Lavamancer and FoD. I'm pretty new to modern tbh so I don't have much firsthand experience with Delver in the format but I've heard similar arguments against using it.
Thanks for sharing your results Corporal Levinyan Stubborn Denial seems more like a card that needs testing in a Bant Midrange deck, I feel that in this situation you are simply better off with Spell Pierce. It's good to see Jeskai Charm working out for you, really seems to be shaping up as a good compliment for Geist. As for Dig Through Time, I must admit I was very skeptical at first. For the most part Delve has no place in a deck running Snapcaster Mage. BUT we are running fetch lands and I think that often times Dig should be cast with 4-5 mana so in all reality you won't be ravaging your graveyard as much as it initially appears. [Edit] after further review I'm still skeptical lol.
Hey guys! Just butting in real quick to say hi and that I'm back I guess. Khans looks like a great set and for me, it's breathing life back into the game. So here I am!
Eventually I'll catch up on the discussion and start doing some testing of my own, but I'm pretty out of touch with the Modern format at the moment. My decklists are still from several months ago. Anyway, carry on good sirs.
I'm not sold to Dig Through Time... Dont get me wrong, It looks a great card, but for decks with only a few threats, like UWR Control or Cruel Control. For UWR Midrange, since we run so many threats (geist, colonade, clique, resto, etc...) It just takes the spot of a better card (burn, removal or pseudo-counter...).
The charm doesnt look bad, but i would prefer something that would draw us cards as one of the options. It almost seems that boros charm is a better option (indestructible or burn for 2 mana...)
Engineered Explosives is so good, i'm considering running 2 main deck. got rid of my Remands, don't miss them at all. GW Hatebears is still a problem though.
I run 4 Tarn 4 Mesa. Considering dropping 2 Mesa for 2 Flooded Strand. If you're running Cryptics it's really important to always have access to blue, so running more blue fetches is definitely a good thing. Then, you need your red for bolts so there should always be 4 Tarns. I honestly don't think it will matter that much since you can get every combination of shock land with the fetches we have now.
I personally run 4 Flooded Strand 2 Mesa 2 Tarn. I like to have the option to get a basic Plains more than basic Island against Blood Moon and normally my first nonbasic search is generally for Steam Vents anyways. It probably doesn't matter but Blood Moon is a beating so having 2 extra sources of 'basic Plains' is kinda nice.
Hey guys, just wanted to chime in after this week's Modern night at my store. I ran UWR Midrange (Teamgeist) with 1x Deflecting Palm in the sideboard. Every time I boarded it in, I loved it. It won me a game in spectacular fashion when I cast it when Emrakul was attacking. It's also very decent as a burn spell/fog effect vs. burn decks. Even against "regular" modern decks like Jund it's a 4-mana burn spell that buys you a turn for the crackback. I can see applications vs. Hexproof too.
Another guy at my store went all in on R/W Burn and ran at least 3 copies of Deflecting Palm. It was definitely the card du jour from KTK, at least in my meta this week.
Hey guys, relatively new to the modern scene and looking to build this deck after failing miserably with Wafo-Tapa's esper control. I currently do not own Cliques or Tarns and probably cannot justify buying them right now. With that in mind, I'm interested in running the following creature base:
4 Geist of Saint Traft
4 Restoration Angel
4 Snapcaster Mage
3 Blade Splicer
I also plan on running some number of cryptic commands (probably 2-3? What is the correct number here?)
I'm unsure of which direction I should take my noncreature spells in. Things like remand or mana leaks, whether or not helix/electrolyze fit in here, stuff like that. I assume that playing path is also a necessary evil whether there are also mana leaks or not?
Also, do you guys think Keranos has a place in a deck like this? Or is he much too slow?
Thanks a lot in advance guys, I really appreciate any advice.
Hey guys, just wanted to chime in after this week's Modern night at my store. I ran UWR Midrange (Teamgeist) with 1x Deflecting Palm in the sideboard. Every time I boarded it in, I loved it. It won me a game in spectacular fashion when I cast it when Emrakul was attacking.
Now that sir, is what I call a win hahaha. Deflecting Palm is definitely some interesting tech. Usually, it seems like it would never be a dead card. Wish it saved Geist in combat though :/ I'll have to test it out and see how it performs.
im seeing Pulse of the Fields popping up in SBs now too. anyone else tried it out? burn is pretty big in my meta. i like the idea of it.
also has anyone figured out a comfortable mana base? right now im at 4 tarn 2 strand 2 mesa. i play 2 cryptics and it seems to be working out okay.
Pulse seems a bit slow for this deck, but I do like its self-recursion and instant speed. The other card I would bring up to compare it with is Timely Reinforcements. Without having personally tested either, I can't say for sure which is better; both will help you against burn, but I doubt Pulse would help much against an aggressive creature based deck like Zoo. Those 1/1's can buy you some time.
See my above post for fetch types/count. Yours seems fine.
i am also not sold with delve. snapcaster is not replaceable in my opinion. and that kind of card would be better in a control list, which needs to draw more, plays one land more (potentially the 8th fetch to put in gy). i don't think i wanna play it in my midrange list.
i think ajani could potentially make a comeback. tron seems to be rising again in my meta and ajani can stop them for turns. any thoughts? i see it as a 1x instead of 1x command ( i actually play 3 of them).
i am also thinking of getting rid of my 2 remands to play a shadow of doubt MB and another cmc2 card.
Yea, I'd say stay away from Delve for Geist Midrange. My graveyard has saved me so often it's not even funny. Ripping Snaps and Helices off the top one after another gave me so much staying power, and there's nothing quite like flashing back Remand.
Which brings me to my next point, I don't think you should drop the Remands. Geist midrange benefits so much from that card. Slow them down long enough to stick Geist and put on the clock. Same reason why it's run in combo decks like Twin. They just need to slow people down till they go off, and nothing does that better than Remand. There are definitely times when it should be boarded out, but unless you expect your meta to be like all Burn and Aggro and Affinity, Remand should be in there.
Hey guys, relatively new to the modern scene and looking to build this deck after failing miserably with Wafo-Tapa's esper control. I currently do not own Cliques or Tarns and probably cannot justify buying them right now. With that in mind, I'm interested in running the following creature base:
4 Geist of Saint Traft
4 Restoration Angel
4 Snapcaster Mage
3 Blade Splicer
I also plan on running some number of cryptic commands (probably 2-3? What is the correct number here?)
I'm unsure of which direction I should take my noncreature spells in. Things like remand or mana leaks, whether or not helix/electrolyze fit in here, stuff like that. I assume that playing path is also a necessary evil whether there are also mana leaks or not?
Also, do you guys think Keranos has a place in a deck like this? Or is he much too slow?
Thanks a lot in advance guys, I really appreciate any advice.
Bolt is an auto 4 of. You can do a split with Remand and Leak if you want, they are in the deck for different reasons though. I am a personal fan of Lightning Helix and Electrolyze, although Electrolyze will depend on how prevalent Lingering Souls and other X/1's are in your meta. My Cryptic count is at 2, but you can run more if you want to be more on the control side, less if you want to be more aggressive. Don't worry about Cliques, the deck can function without them.
If you're going to run Angels I'd recommend just putting Kiki in there too to have an 'oops, I win' condition. Angels are going to benefit you more in a controlish build. They synergize well with decks looking for value, like Melira Pod, and are good when you just want to play spells on their turn (like UWR control), but are generally slow for more aggressive strategies. My buddy really helped me when I was tuning my UWR list. Basically, build aggressive with Geist or just drop him and go control. If you try to do both you'll do neither well. For example, Sphinx's Revelation is awesome and you could make it work, but it just doesn't advance the gameplan of a Geist deck, and therefore takes away a spot that could be better utilized.
@swordknight For the Tarns I would suggest waiting until Fate Reforged releases with the almost certain reprint of Zendikar fetchlands. As for the lack of Cliques, I'm in a similar situation and I can tell you I do miss them in combo match-ups, to make up for their absence I run a bit more counter magic than the average list does. Here's to them seeing a reprint in MM2 next summer.
For your creature base you probably want to chose either Geist or Splicer but not both since too many sorcery speed cards tend to chug up this deck. IMO Splicer helps against Jund/Junk while Geist helps pressure slower, less interactive decks. You can always grab some Splicers to test your meta then spring for the Geists if you feel the need to. A good base would be something like this:
4 Geist of Saint Traft <or> Blade Splicer
3-4 Restoration Angel
4 Snapcaster Mage
IMO Keranos is too slow, seems ok as a one-of in UWR control I suppose. For longevity issues turn to Colonnades when games run long.
Noncreature spells are a little more tough since there is always a good debate to be had over choosing Remand or Mana Leak. A safe way is to go with a mixture of the two. Path is pretty much an auto-include unless you want to get throw two removal spells at a Goyf or any other essentially Bolt-proof creature. I absolutely think Helix and Electrolyze have places in this deck. Here's my essential noncreature spell breakdown:
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Path to Exile
3-4 Lightning Helix
2-3 Electrolyze
2 Spell Snare
4 Mana Leak <and/or> Remand
Cryptic usually is seen more on the UWR Control end of the spectrum, but I've seen other people more than happy to play it in this deck. I could be wrong but 2-3 sounds about right to me.
A lot of successful midrange decks play an one off keranos. Sry but you're wrong in this point
That may be true but I wonder how many of those are just following the leader? 5cmc is slow on its own but if you don't want to tap yourself out at sorcery speed for something that has zero payoff until you next turn then Keranos is likely coming down turn 7+ At that point why not just Sphinx's Rev for a more powerful/immediate payoff. But the thing is Rev hardly belongs in a midrange list, so logic would have it that Keranos has even less of a place here. Correct me if I'm wrong, but please back it up with evidence more compelling than lemming logic.
Obvious notes are deltas in place of tarns/mesas, and thus the lack of basic mountains in my manabase. It still has 20 blue, 18 white, and 13 red sources, but I don't know if its good at all or not. Mostly something I just put together.
With keranos and cryptics, I'm looking to have a bit more game on matches that go long, but obviously that hurts the all in power of the deck. I'm really optimistic on blade splicer getting me value with resto angel, but I might cut them altogether if it doesn't work out.
The sideboard is more or less random crap, but a lot of the stuff I really like on it too. Suggestions for that will also help.
Are there any glaring problems with my list?
Thanks a lot in advance.
Private Mod Note
():
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
To post a comment, please login or register a new account.
2 Figure of Destiny
4 Goblin Guide
2 Grim Lavamancer
4 Snapcaster Mage
4 Geist of Saint Traft
Spells:20
4 Lightning Bolt
2 Path to Exile
2 Spell Snare
4 Lightning Helix
4 Remand
2 Searing Blaze
2 Electrolyze
4 Arid Mesa
1 Cascade Bluffs
1 Eiganjo Castle
2 Ghost Quarter
2 Hallowed Fountain
1 Island
1 Mountain
1 Plains
2 Sacred Foundry
4 Scalding Tarn
4 Steam Vents
1 Sulfur Falls
1 Relic of Progenitus
1 Celestial Purge
1 Combust
3 Smash to Smithereens
2 Spellskite
2 Stony Silence
2 Molten Rain
2 Vendilion Clique
1 Batterskull
Previously, I was running 4 Colonnades and the mana was a fair bit shakier, but I've since discarded them in favor of faster early mana. It was nice to have a late game Colonnade to sink mana into, but the deck doesn't lack for those anyway. The strangest card in the list is probably Figure of Destiny, but he's been very strong. I needed an additional turn 1 play, and he fits the bill while being extremely easy to cast. I rarely grow him past a 4/4, but just having a threat that can push beyond Bolt range is fairly significant.
Like I said, I won't swear it's the next big thing, but there's definitely room in the RWU shell for a very aggressive version of the deck.
@Cambriel: That list looks like a lot of fun. I like the move with the colonnades in this type of deck. This exemplifies why I love the UWR shell, it can be so versatile. Have you tried Delver or do you feel that there wouldn't be enough spells to activate him.
Delver is pretty bad in modern, if you ask me. In a deck like this with 20 spells, he's a semi-evasive 1.66/1 for 1 mana, which just doesn't cut it. You can't ride him to a free win like you can in Legacy, and he dies to pretty much everything without immediately impacting the board. I could see an argument for his inclusion over Figure and Lavamancer, but I really wanted my turn 1 plays to all be castable off red mana. This is functionally a burn deck with tempo elements and Searing Blaze is hard enough to cast as it is, so turn 1 red is vital. Goblin Guide into Searing Blaze is incredibly painful and difficult to recover from, especially backed by counter magic on the following turns.
Figure of Destiny's not so odd a card, though I am curious how he plays out in a 3 color deck, since every time I consider edging out of Boros I put him on the list of candidates for cutting (recent example being, over in the UWR Delver thread, to drop him for the namesake Delver of Secrets); when all your mana is effectively Red or White he's great but I dunno how safe he'd be when he starts siphoning off Blue sources. Granted, he does his stuff at instant speed so it shouldn't matter so much, but in a competition for resources FoD is quite greedy about anything that taps for R or W...
That said, with your reasoning in your subsequent post, it does make sense to play him if you're pivoting around Red first and foremost. With 24 lands I'd anticipate he'll scale quite elegantly alongside the boardstate no matter when you get him out, and nothing's quite as fun as actually being able to utilize a line of play involving turning FoD into his 8/8 flying first strike final form if the game goes long.
Stubborn Denial seems more like a card that needs testing in a Bant Midrange deck, I feel that in this situation you are simply better off with Spell Pierce. It's good to see Jeskai Charm working out for you, really seems to be shaping up as a good compliment for Geist. As for Dig Through Time, I must admit I was very skeptical at first. For the most part Delve has no place in a deck running Snapcaster Mage. BUT we are running fetch lands and I think that often times Dig should be cast with 4-5 mana so in all reality you won't be ravaging your graveyard as much as it initially appears. [Edit] after further review I'm still skeptical lol.
Eventually I'll catch up on the discussion and start doing some testing of my own, but I'm pretty out of touch with the Modern format at the moment. My decklists are still from several months ago. Anyway, carry on good sirs.
UWRUWR Midrange/GeistRWU
Retired
GWBMelira PodBWG
The charm doesnt look bad, but i would prefer something that would draw us cards as one of the options. It almost seems that boros charm is a better option (indestructible or burn for 2 mana...)
UR TwinLegacy
UWR MiraclesAbzan Traverse / Traverse Shadow / UR Kiki
UWRUWR Midrange/GeistRWU
Retired
GWBMelira PodBWG
Another guy at my store went all in on R/W Burn and ran at least 3 copies of Deflecting Palm. It was definitely the card du jour from KTK, at least in my meta this week.
im seeing Pulse of the Fields popping up in SBs now too. anyone else tried it out? burn is pretty big in my meta. i like the idea of it.
also has anyone figured out a comfortable mana base? right now im at 4 tarn 2 strand 2 mesa. i play 2 cryptics and it seems to be working out okay.
Pulse of the Fields gets 3 uses usually in my experience. Liking it a lot
4 Geist of Saint Traft
4 Restoration Angel
4 Snapcaster Mage
3 Blade Splicer
I also plan on running some number of cryptic commands (probably 2-3? What is the correct number here?)
I'm unsure of which direction I should take my noncreature spells in. Things like remand or mana leaks, whether or not helix/electrolyze fit in here, stuff like that. I assume that playing path is also a necessary evil whether there are also mana leaks or not?
Also, do you guys think Keranos has a place in a deck like this? Or is he much too slow?
Thanks a lot in advance guys, I really appreciate any advice.
Now that sir, is what I call a win hahaha. Deflecting Palm is definitely some interesting tech. Usually, it seems like it would never be a dead card. Wish it saved Geist in combat though :/ I'll have to test it out and see how it performs.
Pulse seems a bit slow for this deck, but I do like its self-recursion and instant speed. The other card I would bring up to compare it with is Timely Reinforcements. Without having personally tested either, I can't say for sure which is better; both will help you against burn, but I doubt Pulse would help much against an aggressive creature based deck like Zoo. Those 1/1's can buy you some time.
See my above post for fetch types/count. Yours seems fine.
Yea, I'd say stay away from Delve for Geist Midrange. My graveyard has saved me so often it's not even funny. Ripping Snaps and Helices off the top one after another gave me so much staying power, and there's nothing quite like flashing back Remand.
Which brings me to my next point, I don't think you should drop the Remands. Geist midrange benefits so much from that card. Slow them down long enough to stick Geist and put on the clock. Same reason why it's run in combo decks like Twin. They just need to slow people down till they go off, and nothing does that better than Remand. There are definitely times when it should be boarded out, but unless you expect your meta to be like all Burn and Aggro and Affinity, Remand should be in there.
Bolt is an auto 4 of. You can do a split with Remand and Leak if you want, they are in the deck for different reasons though. I am a personal fan of Lightning Helix and Electrolyze, although Electrolyze will depend on how prevalent Lingering Souls and other X/1's are in your meta. My Cryptic count is at 2, but you can run more if you want to be more on the control side, less if you want to be more aggressive. Don't worry about Cliques, the deck can function without them.
If you're going to run Angels I'd recommend just putting Kiki in there too to have an 'oops, I win' condition. Angels are going to benefit you more in a controlish build. They synergize well with decks looking for value, like Melira Pod, and are good when you just want to play spells on their turn (like UWR control), but are generally slow for more aggressive strategies. My buddy really helped me when I was tuning my UWR list. Basically, build aggressive with Geist or just drop him and go control. If you try to do both you'll do neither well. For example, Sphinx's Revelation is awesome and you could make it work, but it just doesn't advance the gameplan of a Geist deck, and therefore takes away a spot that could be better utilized.
Keranos is a control card through and through. It has no place in Geist midrange. 5cmc cards you'd want to play are Thundermaw Hellkite, Stormbreath Dragon, or (maybe, haven't tested yet) Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker.
UWRUWR Midrange/GeistRWU
Retired
GWBMelira PodBWG
For your creature base you probably want to chose either Geist or Splicer but not both since too many sorcery speed cards tend to chug up this deck. IMO Splicer helps against Jund/Junk while Geist helps pressure slower, less interactive decks. You can always grab some Splicers to test your meta then spring for the Geists if you feel the need to. A good base would be something like this:
4 Geist of Saint Traft <or> Blade Splicer
3-4 Restoration Angel
4 Snapcaster Mage
IMO Keranos is too slow, seems ok as a one-of in UWR control I suppose. For longevity issues turn to Colonnades when games run long.
Noncreature spells are a little more tough since there is always a good debate to be had over choosing Remand or Mana Leak. A safe way is to go with a mixture of the two. Path is pretty much an auto-include unless you want to get throw two removal spells at a Goyf or any other essentially Bolt-proof creature. I absolutely think Helix and Electrolyze have places in this deck. Here's my essential noncreature spell breakdown:
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Path to Exile
3-4 Lightning Helix
2-3 Electrolyze
2 Spell Snare
4 Mana Leak <and/or> Remand
Cryptic usually is seen more on the UWR Control end of the spectrum, but I've seen other people more than happy to play it in this deck. I could be wrong but 2-3 sounds about right to me.
Good luck with the deck. Hopefully this helps.
That may be true but I wonder how many of those are just following the leader? 5cmc is slow on its own but if you don't want to tap yourself out at sorcery speed for something that has zero payoff until you next turn then Keranos is likely coming down turn 7+ At that point why not just Sphinx's Rev for a more powerful/immediate payoff. But the thing is Rev hardly belongs in a midrange list, so logic would have it that Keranos has even less of a place here. Correct me if I'm wrong, but please back it up with evidence more compelling than lemming logic.
4 Geist of Saint Traft
3 Restoration Angel
4 Snapcaster Mage
1 Keranos, God of Storms
3 Blade Splicer
//Spells
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Path to Exile
3 Lightning Helix
1 Jeskai Charm
2 Cryptic Command
4 Mana Leak
2 Spell Snare
4 Flooded Strand
4 Polluted Delta
4 Celestial Colonnade
1 Eiganjo Castle
2 Steam Vents
1 Sacred Foundry
1 Hallowed Fountain
2 Sulfur Falls
1 Glacial Fortress
2 Island
2 Plains
1 Ghost Quarter
1 Engineered Explosives
2 Anger of the Gods
1 Wrath of God
2 Stony Silence
2 Counterflux
1 Celestial Purge
1 Shadow of Doubt
2 Wear // Tear
1 Dispel
1 Combust
1 Relic of Progenitus
Obvious notes are deltas in place of tarns/mesas, and thus the lack of basic mountains in my manabase. It still has 20 blue, 18 white, and 13 red sources, but I don't know if its good at all or not. Mostly something I just put together.
With keranos and cryptics, I'm looking to have a bit more game on matches that go long, but obviously that hurts the all in power of the deck. I'm really optimistic on blade splicer getting me value with resto angel, but I might cut them altogether if it doesn't work out.
The sideboard is more or less random crap, but a lot of the stuff I really like on it too. Suggestions for that will also help.
Are there any glaring problems with my list?
Thanks a lot in advance.