So I'm testing different answers to ThopterSword in my sideboard. It appears that Izzet Staticaster could be better than Stony Silence and RIP. The main reasons being it's instant speed and can save us even when tokens are already on the battlefield. Stony Silence and RIP seem more useful in other MUs at first glance, but actually: Affinity is a good MU anyway and Tron is marginal right now. So Stony...not really THAT useful. Not to mention Staticaster is also very strong vs Affinity. And as far as RIP...it hurts ourselves as well. It only makes sense vs decks like Grishoalbrand, but a simple Dispel is better there. So yea. Maybe Staticaster is the best answer to ThopterSword.
That's not a good option at all, it's a creature that they can easily deal with and all it does is clear the Thopters without the Sword attached which doesn't stop the Combo at all. They'll still keep gaining life on your turn after turn.
Stony Silence is INCREDIBLY useful. Affinity is the number one deck in the meta. If you can stop them re-equipping Cranial Plating you can deal with them easily as their stuff stays in Bolt range. If they can re-equip Cranial Plating you're in a lot of trouble, especially now that Etched Champion is becoming popular again with the Eldrazi ban. Not to mention Tron is one of our worst matchups and Stony Silence has a big impact on both their ramp and Oblivion Stone which can take care of Geist.
Static Caster may be okay against certain Affinity hands but not others. It does nothing against Ornithopter which is a very relevant thread with Cranial Plating. It also does nothing against Etched Champion.
R.I.P does hurt us as well with Snapcaster but that doesn't make Staticaster our best option. Our best option like every other deck that runs White right now is Wheel of Sun and Moon
I think both Izzet Staticaster AND Stony Silence are important in sideboards right now as a 1-of and 2-of, respectively. I tend to bring them in to a lot of the same matchups, but Staticaster actually has great use against Lingering Souls, Infect, and Abzan Company. And Stony actually is relevant against Tron, Lantern Control, and Ad Nauseum, which are otherwise shaky matchups. I think they both have use in the current meta.
I agree with Rest in Peace being weak in our deck and actual counterspells are not only stronger for our tempo plan, but a more general answer for a wide field of decks in a tournament.
Lastly, @Sabinfrost, against Affinity, regardless of Cranial Plating being re-equipped or not, Affinity's creatures are almost always in bolt range. Plating only increases power, not toughness. With that said, I still think Affinity can steal games from us and the match-up is not so set in stone game 1. That's why I find Stony Silence to be a critical card in securing a matchup that is about 6% of the field, sometimes more.
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Staticaster can hit some small threats against Company but it doesn't hit Anafenza, Melira, Finks or Redcap who are the Combo pieces. Similarly it's pretty narrow vs. Souls because they always run Anthems which make 1 damage not enough. Infect could be useful but as it says target they could still save it with a Vines. It's not a bad option though, it's repeatable and they often run Twisted Image for Spellskite.
I know Affinities creatures stay in Bolt range but it's very difficult to Bolt Etched Champion as even outside of creatures Springleaf, Plating, Mox Opal, Darksteel etc. quickly give it Protection. Stony Silence is great for not allowing them to turn it into a much faster clock. I'm also a fan of running Wear / Tear on the sideboard for it's overall versatility, it's enough to kill Plating but it can also do work against a number of decks or sideboards.
Wheel of Sun and Moon mostly exists to deal with Thopter but it's a great answer to Living End which can be a shocking matchup. It's also really good against Company as it stops Persist and it's good against Kiki-Chord as it stops the Witness loop. It has a bunch of other odd applications as well but those are the main ones. It also doesn't effect your Snapcaster.
Lol, you can't have a card that hits an entire deck...but Izzet Staticaster will hit a large chunk of Abzan Company's cards. Viscera Seer, Birds of Paradise, Noble Hierarch, Eternal Witness, and even persisted Kitchen Finks. You can argue Anger of the Gods is just better, but in a tempo deck where we actually have threats on board that we don't want to die, having a one-sided consistent removal spell is pretty strong. And only BW tokens decks can pump Lingering Souls. Abzan Midrange cannot. Also, even against BW tokens I would bring it in because if you counter their relevant anthem effects (which are many times 2cmc *cough*Spell Snare*cough*), you have a great card. Arguably, Engineered Explosives is just better here too, but the versatility of threats and the wide range of Modern decks is what makes it necessary to have flexible sideboard cards that apply to many matchups.
@SabinFrost, I think we agree on the necessity of Stony Silence right now. Etched Champion is always gonna be their best threat against the fair attrition decks of the format (Jund, Abzan, UWx variants). It's a card we need to just sideboard against or use our limited counterspells on. Discussing the bolt-factor on Etched Champion is something not worth discussion at all, imo, especially because we agree. I don't think any player ever expects to bolt an Etched Champion in 99% of games.
@TheAller, I find that Tron and Ad Nauseum are increasing in my local meta, although Thopters has yet to take off. I think its definitely a matter of meta call and if you're adjusting your sideboard once a week or every event, you're doing it right. If you felt like Stony Silence was not suited for your personal meta, don't run it but I'm sure you already know most of this!
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In many ways this list adds a lot to our discussions. Clearly, 3 Serum Visions produces results! I also like the 24 lands, I really think that's the right place to be. Counterspell suite is pretty standard, going for the 2-2 split with Remand-Mana Leak instead of the all-in on Remand. 1-of Cryptic Command is also correct I think.
I think with the surge of Abzan Company, we definitely need at least 1 Anger of the Gods, maybe even 2. I'm also interested as to why he went Wrath of God over Supreme Verdict in the sideboard. Castability? Or is "cannot regenerate" better than "can't be countered"? I feel like Merfolk is a bigger deck that actually runs counters but would love to get your opinions on this as well.
Rest of the list looks really solid and I'd love to give Nick Hensen a big congratulations from the Geist family!
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In many ways this list adds a lot to our discussions. Clearly, 3 Serum Visions produces results! I also like the 24 lands, I really think that's the right place to be. Counterspell suite is pretty standard, going for the 2-2 split with Remand-Mana Leak instead of the all-in on Remand. 1-of Cryptic Command is also correct I think.
I think with the surge of Abzan Company, we definitely need at least 1 Anger of the Gods, maybe even 2. I'm also interested as to why he went Wrath of God over Supreme Verdict in the sideboard. Castability? Or is "cannot regenerate" better than "can't be countered"? I feel like Merfolk is a bigger deck that actually runs counters but would love to get your opinions on this as well.
Rest of the list looks really solid and I'd love to give Nick Hensen a big congratulations from the Geist family!
Nicely done, Nick! Great to hear that Geist made it that far! List looks stock. The stock list is really solid though. I've always liked the split on Mana Leak-Remand. My list runs 3 Remands, 2 Mana Leaks. I think I'd rather run 2-3 Cryptic Commands, but that's a personal choice. It's probably correct to just run one though. Lol
Electrolyze as a 1-of has never felt "right" to me, but it's probably the first card to get cut when finding room. Again though, player-preference/meta-call. 3x Serum Visions seems alright. Some people use them, some people don't. Definitely like 24 lands though. I really don't think we can compromise on that, even with 3 Serum Visions, honestly.
Wrath of God prevents you from losing to Thrun. I guess. Other than that, I honestly have no idea why people opt for Wrath over Supreme Verdict. Yeah, I've been considering running Anger of the Gods again. Somewhere in the 75. Tron matchup has always been bad, so it may not be worth preparing for; however, I tend to feel a little safer if I ran two additional land-hate cards alongside the Stony Silences and Ghost Quarters. Perhaps Fulminator Mage x2 or Crumble to Dust x2. It might not be worth preparing against though, since it used to be so bad for us. I haven't played against Tron after Eye was banned.
Reprints the one card that people point to when saying that art objectifies women.
Well done Wizards.
Liliana does not objectify women in any way at all. We have gotten to a point in our society that every single picture of a women must be objectifying a women in some negative way......blah blah blah.. That is not the case. (((Sarcasm)))Picture of a girl drinking a milk shake, must be sex related and putting women down, picture of girl sitting on a beach, picture of a girl driving a car, picture of a girl on the moon at a new space station.)))
You have a picture of an attractive strong power women who girls dress up as for anime conventions. What more do you want? The picture is fine, happy to see a reprint. Sick of of seeing people claim that everything in existence must be putting women down. Then all I have to do is replace the word "women" with anything else to get the same mentality; fish, cats, arabs, blacks, jews, men, environment, whites, chinese, old people, etc. It doesn't matter what word I put in. Stop sucking life out of everything man. That artwork of her is awesome. Stop putting stuff down man. Just stop. If the picture was really as negative as you claim she would totally nude, in a kitchen, making sandwiches and giving blow jobs. Her abilities would be horrible as well. +1 do nothing -2 do nothing -6 do nothing. Instead liliana of the veil is an amazing planeswalker comparable to jace, the mind sculpter with great art to appreciate.
My suggestion listen to some comedy radio for a while, pandora is free, youtube is free there is something out there for you. ***** go make fun of somebody. The whole world is so serious and campaigning for some cause, or someones rights, everything is a hate crime, racist, sexist. blah blah blah.
"O no mcdonalds must be slandering a hate crime against skinny people every time they make a big mac." hahaha jeeze You're just someone perpetuating another groups negative perspective that they've made you believe is correct. Look at the picture for a hour and tell me what's wrong with it? I don't see anything.
I have heard vague rumors of a moustache-dispensing vending machine in a distant laundromat, across the street from a tattoo parlor. However, this information is shaky, and time is of the essence.
the thing with jund is that you have to beat them on the board and not the stack... the extra cards help but the reason keranos was so awesome was that you were usually in top deck mode against them and keranos is a permanent clock...
extra cards do help but there's a chance that you don't draw the right cards... and AV is really only good against the control mirrors...
I decided to run Wrath of God over Supreme Verdict, because I expected Jund and Elves to be present and wanted the cannot regen clause. There aren't enough blue decks running a large number of creatures, where I feel Supreme is necessary. Also *** is easier to cast.
In many ways this list adds a lot to our discussions. Clearly, 3 Serum Visions produces results! I also like the 24 lands, I really think that's the right place to be. Counterspell suite is pretty standard, going for the 2-2 split with Remand-Mana Leak instead of the all-in on Remand. 1-of Cryptic Command is also correct I think.
I think with the surge of Abzan Company, we definitely need at least 1 Anger of the Gods, maybe even 2. I'm also interested as to why he went Wrath of God over Supreme Verdict in the sideboard. Castability? Or is "cannot regenerate" better than "can't be countered"? I feel like Merfolk is a bigger deck that actually runs counters but would love to get your opinions on this as well.
Rest of the list looks really solid and I'd love to give Nick Hensen a big congratulations from the Geist family!
Also I apologize for being brief in my response. It's hard to be detailed when responding on a phone, haha. Thank you all very much for the kind words of congratulations. I definitely didn't expect to do as well as I did, and can't believe I came one loss away from making top 8.
You board in Wrath of God vs Jund? Interesting. I don't board in board wipes vs Jund 'cause they don't run Thrun nowadays.
And at least in my area Merfolk sees more play than Elves (the tournament I took my deck to last week was won by Merfolks).
But hey congrats again on the result, basically the same list did well twice the same week (my 25th and your 13th place).
Given you're here I'll ask you directly two questions:
1). Why the Remand/Mana Leak split? I know a lot of people do that, but I don't understand it. Isn't Remand simply better for us? The cantrip is so valuable.
2). Why running an Engineered Explosives over the second Anger of the Gods, in a time where Abzan Company is at its peek?
I saw an uptick in Thrun this weekend, and had *** save me at least 1x from him this weekend, though it may have been 2x. And I've seen him in more lists on MTGO.
For your questions:
1) I use the split because sometimes I want to remand something, and other times I want Mana Leak. I guess it's mostly personal preference, I found having the split made some of my sideboard decisions easier. I agree the cantrip on remand is important, but sometimes you just want something to be gone from your opponents hand and leak does a decent job of that.
2) I ran a copy engineered explosives partially because I always have, but also because it provides so much versatility. It can help in matches outside of Abzan Coco, while still being useful in that matchup on 1 or 2.
I hope that helps! Also congrats on your 25th place finish!
Here is a quick breakdown of my matches at the open. In my round 3 and round 9 losses I felt like I was still in a good spot to be able to win, but lost to some very lucky opponent top decks.
My loss to Affinity in round 12 was due needing to mulligan to 4 game 3, and even then could have won if I had seen my Wrath of God or Anger of the Gods.
The only match I felt that was difficult was Blue Moon, not sure what needs to change to make that match up better, if anything, since it is a small part of the meta.
I've thought about that. And you're right, I usually run purge but decided to try surgical as a versatile card against many combo decks. However, I may go back to purge.
What about running 1x Teferi in the sideboard for blue control decks?
The usual strategy is running 1 teferi, mage of zhalfir and 1 cavern of souls in the main. I honestly don't know if control decks are prevalent enough to opt for that strategy, but it's part of the usual URx toolbox and always should be considered depending on the meta.
What about running 1x Teferi in the sideboard for blue control decks?
The usual strategy is running 1 teferi, mage of zhalfir and 1 cavern of souls in the main. I honestly don't know if control decks are prevalent enough to opt for that strategy, but it's part of the usual URx toolbox and always should be considered depending on the meta.
I also feel like he's hard to cast at 2UUU with limited return on investment. There are more proactive things that a midrange deck wants to do. If you're playing a combo or control deck I could see running Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir.
What about running 1x Teferi in the sideboard for blue control decks?
The usual strategy is running 1 teferi, mage of zhalfir and 1 cavern of souls in the main. I honestly don't know if control decks are prevalent enough to opt for that strategy, but it's part of the usual URx toolbox and always should be considered depending on the meta.
I also feel like he's hard to cast at 2UUU with limited return on investment. There are more proactive things that a midrange deck wants to do. If you're playing a combo or control deck I could see running Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir.
Yeah, Teferi was a great SB card in splinter twin against grixis control.
Hey guys, how many people are on board the thing in the ice hype train? Here's my take on it, would appreciate some feedback.
Not entirely sure if geist of saint traft and thing in the ice belong in the same deck simultaneously, I know people here have been separating them in the main/side, but the way I look at geist of saint traft is rather than slamming him T3 right away, I like to wait until the last possible moment in the game and use him more as a finisher/win con, because I do like to play this deck in a more control style than aggro. There have been many occasions when I didn't need Geist at all, and times when I don't want to see him ever in certain matchups and situations, and thing in the ice can sometimes be the game winning threat we may want instead of Geist (E.G. Bogles. With thing in the ice we actually have a chance against that deck if we manage to flip Thing and they don't find a path to exile for it).
Card choices are pretty standard, but if something intrigues you or you find something questionable, do let me know!
I decided to run Wrath of God over Supreme Verdict, because I expected Jund and Elves to be present and wanted the cannot regen clause. There aren't enough blue decks running a large number of creatures, where I feel Supreme is necessary. Also *** is easier to cast.
It's also an answer to Etched Champion which can single handedly beat our deck.
I've thought about that. And you're right, I usually run purge but decided to try surgical as a versatile card against many combo decks. However, I may go back to purge.
I'm not convinced we need purge over a high impact one of like rest in peace, or pithing needle as a couple of examples.
I like Purge most when there is many decks to bring it in against.
There was a time when this meant:
Storm, Grixis Delver, Burn, Jund, Abzan, Grixis Control, Splinter Twin (hit the combo, blood moon, keranos)
Now as I see it, it's best use is only against Jund/Abzan. There isn't much Storm, Grixis anything (and our matchups our good against those deck), no Twin
I've thought about that. And you're right, I usually run purge but decided to try surgical as a versatile card against many combo decks. However, I may go back to purge.
I'm not convinced we need purge over a high impact one of like rest in peace, or pithing needle as a couple of examples.
I like Purge most when there is many decks to bring it in against.
There was a time when this meant:
Storm, Grixis Delver, Burn, Jund, Abzan, Grixis Control, Splinter Twin (hit the combo, blood moon, keranos)
Now as I see it, it's best use is only against Jund/Abzan. There isn't much Storm, Grixis anything (and our matchups our good against those deck), no Twin
I've been thinking about it more since we had some discussion on it and have come to the same conclusion. After looking at my notes from the SCG Open, I realized there weren't really any matches that I needed purge and would rather have that slot for something like Surgical Extraction, Rest in Peace, or another silver bullet.
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That's not a good option at all, it's a creature that they can easily deal with and all it does is clear the Thopters without the Sword attached which doesn't stop the Combo at all. They'll still keep gaining life on your turn after turn.
Stony Silence is INCREDIBLY useful. Affinity is the number one deck in the meta. If you can stop them re-equipping Cranial Plating you can deal with them easily as their stuff stays in Bolt range. If they can re-equip Cranial Plating you're in a lot of trouble, especially now that Etched Champion is becoming popular again with the Eldrazi ban. Not to mention Tron is one of our worst matchups and Stony Silence has a big impact on both their ramp and Oblivion Stone which can take care of Geist.
Static Caster may be okay against certain Affinity hands but not others. It does nothing against Ornithopter which is a very relevant thread with Cranial Plating. It also does nothing against Etched Champion.
R.I.P does hurt us as well with Snapcaster but that doesn't make Staticaster our best option. Our best option like every other deck that runs White right now is Wheel of Sun and Moon
I agree with Rest in Peace being weak in our deck and actual counterspells are not only stronger for our tempo plan, but a more general answer for a wide field of decks in a tournament.
Lastly, @Sabinfrost, against Affinity, regardless of Cranial Plating being re-equipped or not, Affinity's creatures are almost always in bolt range. Plating only increases power, not toughness. With that said, I still think Affinity can steal games from us and the match-up is not so set in stone game 1. That's why I find Stony Silence to be a critical card in securing a matchup that is about 6% of the field, sometimes more.
I know Affinities creatures stay in Bolt range but it's very difficult to Bolt Etched Champion as even outside of creatures Springleaf, Plating, Mox Opal, Darksteel etc. quickly give it Protection. Stony Silence is great for not allowing them to turn it into a much faster clock. I'm also a fan of running Wear / Tear on the sideboard for it's overall versatility, it's enough to kill Plating but it can also do work against a number of decks or sideboards.
Wheel of Sun and Moon mostly exists to deal with Thopter but it's a great answer to Living End which can be a shocking matchup. It's also really good against Company as it stops Persist and it's good against Kiki-Chord as it stops the Witness loop. It has a bunch of other odd applications as well but those are the main ones. It also doesn't effect your Snapcaster.
@SabinFrost, I think we agree on the necessity of Stony Silence right now. Etched Champion is always gonna be their best threat against the fair attrition decks of the format (Jund, Abzan, UWx variants). It's a card we need to just sideboard against or use our limited counterspells on. Discussing the bolt-factor on Etched Champion is something not worth discussion at all, imo, especially because we agree. I don't think any player ever expects to bolt an Etched Champion in 99% of games.
@TheAller, I find that Tron and Ad Nauseum are increasing in my local meta, although Thopters has yet to take off. I think its definitely a matter of meta call and if you're adjusting your sideboard once a week or every event, you're doing it right. If you felt like Stony Silence was not suited for your personal meta, don't run it but I'm sure you already know most of this!
Here's the list, credit to Nick Hansen:
3 Restoration Angel
4 Snapcaster Mage
4 Geist of Saint Traft
2 Vendilion Clique
Lands (24):
2 Island
1 Mountain
1 Plains
2 Arid Mesa
4 Celestial Colonnade
3 Flooded Strand
2 Ghost Quarter
1 Hallowed Fountain
1 Sacred Foundry
3 Scalding Tarn
2 Steam Vents
1 Sulfur Falls
1 Eiganjo Castle
1 Cryptic Command
1 Electrolyze
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Lightning Helix
2 Mana Leak
4 Path to Exile
2 Remand
2 Spell Snare
3 Serum Visions
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Izzet Staticaster
2 Stony Silence
1 Counterflux
1 Dispel
1 Negate
1 Surgical Extraction
1 Wear / Tear
1 Keranos, God of Storms
1 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
1 Anger of the Gods
2 Timely Reinforcements
1 Wrath of God
In many ways this list adds a lot to our discussions. Clearly, 3 Serum Visions produces results! I also like the 24 lands, I really think that's the right place to be. Counterspell suite is pretty standard, going for the 2-2 split with Remand-Mana Leak instead of the all-in on Remand. 1-of Cryptic Command is also correct I think.
I think with the surge of Abzan Company, we definitely need at least 1 Anger of the Gods, maybe even 2. I'm also interested as to why he went Wrath of God over Supreme Verdict in the sideboard. Castability? Or is "cannot regenerate" better than "can't be countered"? I feel like Merfolk is a bigger deck that actually runs counters but would love to get your opinions on this as well.
Rest of the list looks really solid and I'd love to give Nick Hensen a big congratulations from the Geist family!
Nicely done, Nick! Great to hear that Geist made it that far! List looks stock. The stock list is really solid though. I've always liked the split on Mana Leak-Remand. My list runs 3 Remands, 2 Mana Leaks. I think I'd rather run 2-3 Cryptic Commands, but that's a personal choice. It's probably correct to just run one though. Lol
Electrolyze as a 1-of has never felt "right" to me, but it's probably the first card to get cut when finding room. Again though, player-preference/meta-call. 3x Serum Visions seems alright. Some people use them, some people don't. Definitely like 24 lands though. I really don't think we can compromise on that, even with 3 Serum Visions, honestly.
Wrath of God prevents you from losing to Thrun. I guess. Other than that, I honestly have no idea why people opt for Wrath over Supreme Verdict. Yeah, I've been considering running Anger of the Gods again. Somewhere in the 75. Tron matchup has always been bad, so it may not be worth preparing for; however, I tend to feel a little safer if I ran two additional land-hate cards alongside the Stony Silences and Ghost Quarters. Perhaps Fulminator Mage x2 or Crumble to Dust x2. It might not be worth preparing against though, since it used to be so bad for us. I haven't played against Tron after Eye was banned.
extra cards do help but there's a chance that you don't draw the right cards... and AV is really only good against the control mirrors...
Also I apologize for being brief in my response. It's hard to be detailed when responding on a phone, haha. Thank you all very much for the kind words of congratulations. I definitely didn't expect to do as well as I did, and can't believe I came one loss away from making top 8.
I saw an uptick in Thrun this weekend, and had *** save me at least 1x from him this weekend, though it may have been 2x. And I've seen him in more lists on MTGO.
For your questions:
1) I use the split because sometimes I want to remand something, and other times I want Mana Leak. I guess it's mostly personal preference, I found having the split made some of my sideboard decisions easier. I agree the cantrip on remand is important, but sometimes you just want something to be gone from your opponents hand and leak does a decent job of that.
2) I ran a copy engineered explosives partially because I always have, but also because it provides so much versatility. It can help in matches outside of Abzan Coco, while still being useful in that matchup on 1 or 2.
I hope that helps! Also congrats on your 25th place finish!
My loss to Affinity in round 12 was due needing to mulligan to 4 game 3, and even then could have won if I had seen my Wrath of God or Anger of the Gods.
The only match I felt that was difficult was Blue Moon, not sure what needs to change to make that match up better, if anything, since it is a small part of the meta.
Round 1: Jund 2-1
Round 2: Abzan Coco 2-0
Round 3: Infect 0-2
Round 4: Grixis Control 2-0
Round 5: Jund 2-0
Round 6: Jeskai Control 2-0
Round 7: Esper Tron/Eldrazi/Gifts 2-0
Round 8: Naya Kiki Chord 2-0
Round 9: Jund 0-2
Round 10: Big Naya Zoo 2-0
Round 11: Jund 2-0
Round 12: Affinity 1-2
Round 13: 5 Color Zoo 2-0
Round 14: Blue Moon 0-2
Round 15: Grishoalbrand 2-0
The usual strategy is running 1 teferi, mage of zhalfir and 1 cavern of souls in the main. I honestly don't know if control decks are prevalent enough to opt for that strategy, but it's part of the usual URx toolbox and always should be considered depending on the meta.
I also feel like he's hard to cast at 2UUU with limited return on investment. There are more proactive things that a midrange deck wants to do. If you're playing a combo or control deck I could see running Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir.
Yeah, Teferi was a great SB card in splinter twin against grixis control.
Not entirely sure if geist of saint traft and thing in the ice belong in the same deck simultaneously, I know people here have been separating them in the main/side, but the way I look at geist of saint traft is rather than slamming him T3 right away, I like to wait until the last possible moment in the game and use him more as a finisher/win con, because I do like to play this deck in a more control style than aggro. There have been many occasions when I didn't need Geist at all, and times when I don't want to see him ever in certain matchups and situations, and thing in the ice can sometimes be the game winning threat we may want instead of Geist (E.G. Bogles. With thing in the ice we actually have a chance against that deck if we manage to flip Thing and they don't find a path to exile for it).
Card choices are pretty standard, but if something intrigues you or you find something questionable, do let me know!
4x Celestial Colonnade
1x Eiganjo Castle
4x Flooded Strand
2x Ghost Quarter
1x Hallowed Fountain
2x Island
1x Mountain
1x Plains
1x Polluted Delta
1x Sacred Foundry
2x Steam Vents
1x Sulfur Falls
1x Wooded Foothills
1x Cryptic Command
1x Electrolyze
4x Lightning Bolt
2x Lightning Helix
2x Logic Knot
4x Path to Exile
3x Remand
2x Spell Snare
2x Geist of Saint Traft
1x Pia and Kiran Nalaar
2x Restoration Angel
4x Snapcaster Mage
4x Thing in the Ice
1x Vendilion Clique
2x Aven Mindcensor
1x Batterskull
1x Crumble to Dust
1x Dispel
1x Engineered Explosives
1x Keranos, God of Storms
1x Negate
1x Rest in Peace
1x Shatterstorm
2x Stony Silence
1x Timely Reinforcements
1x Wear / Tear
1x Wrath of God
It's also an answer to Etched Champion which can single handedly beat our deck.
I'm not convinced we need purge over a high impact one of like rest in peace, or pithing needle as a couple of examples.
I like Purge most when there is many decks to bring it in against.
There was a time when this meant:
Storm, Grixis Delver, Burn, Jund, Abzan, Grixis Control, Splinter Twin (hit the combo, blood moon, keranos)
Now as I see it, it's best use is only against Jund/Abzan. There isn't much Storm, Grixis anything (and our matchups our good against those deck), no Twin
I've been thinking about it more since we had some discussion on it and have come to the same conclusion. After looking at my notes from the SCG Open, I realized there weren't really any matches that I needed purge and would rather have that slot for something like Surgical Extraction, Rest in Peace, or another silver bullet.