the card itself really isn't worth the card board its printed on...does it serve a purpose? Sure its a blue 1 drop that might not be a 1/1. I would not put it in a list and expect to win a PTQ or GP though.
In regards to Kevin Jones' list? Makes a lot of sense, his list only runs 3 Snaps and 2 Tasigurs main which is pretty easy to support with normal play. In my option Thought Scour only becomes truly necessary if you are running 4 snaps, 3 Tasigurs and 1-2 Lavamancers, at this point you have a lot of competition for cards in your yard. The main thing is to keep your cantrip count up around 10-13 between cards like Commands, Remands, Visions, Electrolyses, Scours, etc.
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In the yard: RUG Delver, Kiki-Chord, Grixis Twin, Mardu Control, Smallpox, Jeskai Control, Jeskai Delver, Assault Loam, Elves, Deathcloud, Eggs, Storm
It was a point of contention early on but some lists do. I have always liked them over the extra counter magic because it gives you more knowledge about your ability to go off and is the only way to deal with Abrupt Decay without Mizzium Skin. Over all it comes down to personal taste and playstyle.
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In play: Jund Death Shadow, Grixis Control, Eldrazi Stompy, Ponza
In the yard: RUG Delver, Kiki-Chord, Grixis Twin, Mardu Control, Smallpox, Jeskai Control, Jeskai Delver, Assault Loam, Elves, Deathcloud, Eggs, Storm
Here's the list I took to a undefeated finish tonight at a small FNM. The B is interesting. Unsure if I want more B in the main or not. What have you all thought about Kolaghan's Command? Been thinking about trying it out.
Hey guys. I think I'm going to go ahead and run a Grixis build of twin. What sideboard options (if any) do we pick up for dipping into black? The reason I'm going to Grixis is because my meta is overflowing with Abzan and Abrupt Decay wrecks me so I'm looking forward to get me some discard!
Discard isn't particularly amazing against BGx though. I'd prefer to side stuff like Olivia Voldaren, more Tasigurs and removal like Murderous Cut/Terminate.
A sideboard card you could look into if you're up against a lot of BGx is Mizzium Skin. It's a 1 mana Abrupt Decay blowout.
Alas black offers the least about of sideboard cards of nearly any colour. Most of the black cards you want to run are in the main board, cards like: Terminate, Murderous Cut and Tasigur.
However there are a few black cards worth considering:
Extra Tasigurs
Olivia Voldaren
Darkblast - Mostly for Infect and Affinity
Rakdos Charm - Good in a lot of match-ups, although Junk is not one of them
Curse of Death's Hold - Strangely difficult for Junk to get rid of if they aren't on Little Kid. It make's Tasigur eat nearly every creature in their deck and blanks Souls
Damnation - I haven't had a chance to test it yet but I have found myself wanting more and more lately
[edit]Ashiok - I haven't tested him but he has been decent against midrange decks in the past.
On discard: Against Junk discard may not be strong enough to board into but I would never board it out either if you are main decking it. Being able to strip Abrupt Decay, Lili or early aggression can buy us a huge amount of breathing room, plus the information is always important. However, like all discard it can be a horrible top deck. Iok is almost always better than Thoughtseize, we take a decent amount of damage off our manabase so the extra 2 damage is not worth the additional card selection.
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In play: Jund Death Shadow, Grixis Control, Eldrazi Stompy, Ponza
In the yard: RUG Delver, Kiki-Chord, Grixis Twin, Mardu Control, Smallpox, Jeskai Control, Jeskai Delver, Assault Loam, Elves, Deathcloud, Eggs, Storm
Originally I proposed to use Blood Crypt as the deck's black source, but last minute I decided to use Watery Grave instead. The reasoning being that for Terminate, I'm always tapping the black source for black, so having it be able to also tap for red is pointless, since I'm going to need an additional red source for both black cards in the 75 anyway, so I may as well make my Cryptic Commands easier to cast, and have more islands for Shackles. Also, under Blood Moon, they would both be mountains anyway. Then, I figured that Kolaghan's Command being the more versatile card, I would want it in some matchups where I want Blood Moon, so I shaved a Sulfur Falls for a basic swamp. The way the deck performed tonight, I'm convinced this manabase is optimal.
I cannot praise Kolaghan's Command enough. I boarded it in for every single matchup tonight, and it was amazing whenever I drew it. At it's absolute worst, it was an electrolyze to the dome that discarded their cards instead of drawing our cards. At best, I killed a Damping Matrix and made my opponent discard an answer to the combo. If I haven't sold you on the card yet, let me ask you this? How many Game 2's and 3's have you been unsure whether or not to bring in Ancient Grudge, not knowing if your opponent played Spellskite or Torpor Orb? Do you board it in in case they have it? Or do you keep it in the board because you don't want a dead draw? What if I told you that you can board in an answer to those cards, that will not be a dead draw if they don't run those cards, or just don't draw them? Enter Kolaghan's Command. You can board this card in just in case, and still have it be a live draw that creates so much value. It is conducive to both protecting the combo, and being a grindy blood moon control deck post-board.
Terminate was also quite welcome. I love me some Roast, but come on. Terminate is a catch-all removal spell that doesn't care how big the creature is, and is an instant. The 'downside' of potentially drawing when you don't have a black source is there, sure, but this is easily avoidable if you play and fetch (or don't) accordingly. I never ran into a color issue once tonight, even in games where I did draw the Terminate.
Anyway, enough about the card choices, onto the breakdown of the games:
Round 1 - UW Tron 2-0
Game 1 I played the tempo game, leading off with a bolt to the dome, making lands, then draw step Clique to get the Sphinx's Revelation out of his hand, seeing an Elesh Norn. Top deck a tec edge like a boss to kill one of the tron pieces, and then eventually forced him to tap out, and I had the combo.
Game 2 he had a turn 4 Ugin, but I kept time walking him with Remands and Snap-Remands and eventually found a Cryptic to hard counter the Ugin. Untap, slam Keranos, and eventually he died. A funny thing happened where I flashed an Exarch into play and revealed a Twin to Keranos the next draw step. He had the path, but I still thought it was saucy.
Round 2 - Janky Bant Legendary Deck 2-1
Game 1 all I saw was Thalia and Hero's Blade, and the I turn 4'd him. Game 2 I got stuck on 2 lands with the combo in hand, and not much else, and I eventually scooped when he had 5 lands, Brimaz and Thalia in play. Game 3 was a long grindy one. We got into this board state where he had Ghostly Prison, Hero's Blade and Damping Matrix in play, and I had a Shackles with 5 Islands altogether. I have the combo in hand, but not much else. I topdeck a Kolaghan's Command, to blow up his Matrix and make him discard while he had two cards in hand. He discards a Dromoka's Command. I then flash in Exarch, untap, and slam Twin.
Round 3 - Elves 1-2
I feel like this matchup is supposed to be insanely easy for us, but I had trouble finding action. My lightning bolts were nowhere to be found, as was the second piece of the combo, whichever one I had. Game 1 he vomited his hand into play with heritage druids and nettle sentinels, and eventually he resolved an Ezuri and overran me. Game 2 I started with explosives in my opening hand, and he puts 3 1 drops into play. I pop explosives and then he plays more 1 drops. I got my second explosives and the game was shortly over. Game 3, the same thing happened as in Game 1. Could not find action. I do my best to keep his board from being too explosive, but I hit a few unfortunate draws. I'm sure I didn't play this matchup optimally, because I had never played it before, and wasn't sure about what the important cards to fight over are. I feel like with normal draws that Twin gets, it should be in our favor.
Round 4 - Affinity 2-0
Matches like these are what make me sure that Affinity is one of our best matchups. My opener Game 1 was Spell Snare, Bolt, Snap, Electrolyze, Fetch, Swamp, Sulfur Falls. I looked at it and felt like I couldn't lose, and I didn't. I was on the draw, and turn 1 he went Thopter, Thopter, Memnite, Inkmoth, Opal, Drum, Plating, pass. I bolted the first thing he tried to equip Plating onto. Next turn I Snared a Ravager. Next turn, he played another Memnite and then tried to equip plating. In combat, I electrolyzed his two Memnites. Then I snap bolted a thing, and eventually I won with Snapcaster beats, zapping the occasional topdecked threat along the journey. Game 2 I opened with explosives and spellskite in hand. Snap keep. He plays a hand with double Opal and some Memnites, a Skirge, and Signal Pest and turn 2 I play explosives on 0 and pop immediately. He has no colored sources, and eventually I found the creature to go with the Twin I had in my hand. I flash in Exarch EoT and then decide whether or not to play around Dismember. I didn't. He didn't have it. Easy game.
The only change I think I may make is to play an Anger of the Gods over one of the Engineered Explosives in the board. It would have definitely come in handy vs Elves, when the board was flooded with a bunch of 1's, 2's and 3's. The deck is becoming more popular, and now that a player at my LGS is playing it, I may do this switch. I do have a fair bit of Bogles at my LGS, however, where explosives shines and anger is only okay if you have on 3, and sometimes thats not even good enough. Overall, the list was fantastic, and I will be continuing to play it, and make tweaks as I go. The deck is still the same old UR Twin I'm used to. It just now has better answers to threats, and a more flexible Ancient Grudge.
Hello! I've just converted from pure UR Twin to RUG mainly because the local meta is flooded with UR Twin and Grixis Delver.
I think playing Tarmogoyf should help our beatdown plan. However I'm pretty new to this deck (played Scapeshift for years) and I'll gladly accept tips about the list I'm running:
Now my concerns are: should I play 3x Pestermite and 3x Exarch just to help the beatdown plan? How do you guys feel about Mana Leak vs. Remand. I usually play the second just because it helps us keep the card advantage and because in most of the games we just need to tempo to play our threats under no pressure. I'm thinking about moving to just the singleton Cryptic Command because early is not a card that makes the difference and I'd rather cast any of the other spells before Cryptic but I could be completely wrong
I've considered to play 2x Vendilion Clique maindeck and to move the Spellskite in sideboard but atm the 1x are working fine for me.
I only played a few games yesterday against UR Twin and Blue Moon and it doesn't seem like Blood Moon could hurt us very much...
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Hello! I've just converted from pure UR Twin to RUG mainly because the local meta is flooded with UR Twin and Grixis Delver.
I think playing Tarmogoyf should help our beatdown plan. However I'm pretty new to this deck (played Scapeshift for years) and I'll gladly accept tips about the list I'm running:
Now my concerns are: should I play 3x Pestermite and 3x Exarch just to help the beatdown plan? How do you guys feel about Mana Leak vs. Remand. I usually play the second just because it helps us keep the card advantage and because in most of the games we just need to tempo to play our threats under no pressure. I'm thinking about moving to just the singleton Cryptic Command because early is not a card that makes the difference and I'd rather cast any of the other spells before Cryptic but I could be completely wrong
I've considered to play 2x Vendilion Clique maindeck and to move the Spellskite in sideboard but atm the 1x are working fine for me.
I only played a few games yesterday against UR Twin and Blue Moon and it doesn't seem like Blood Moon could hurt us very much...
If there are lots of bolts in your meta like you say then 4 exarchs can be a decent meta choice. I have personally not liked a spellskite main because you arent really trying to force the combo through as much. as it is goyf is your spellskite in this deck. I like one in the board but not in the main. Redirecting spells is nice so I am not sure. Other than that I dont see any problems with this list, itss stock and should do fine with fine personal tweaks.
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Legacy: UWxuwr miracles and stonebladeUWx
Commander: UWRShu Yun/Ruhan SmashUWR
Hello! I've just converted from pure UR Twin to RUG mainly because the local meta is flooded with UR Twin and Grixis Delver.
I think playing Tarmogoyf should help our beatdown plan. However I'm pretty new to this deck (played Scapeshift for years) and I'll gladly accept tips about the list I'm running:
Now my concerns are: should I play 3x Pestermite and 3x Exarch just to help the beatdown plan? How do you guys feel about Mana Leak vs. Remand. I usually play the second just because it helps us keep the card advantage and because in most of the games we just need to tempo to play our threats under no pressure. I'm thinking about moving to just the singleton Cryptic Command because early is not a card that makes the difference and I'd rather cast any of the other spells before Cryptic but I could be completely wrong
I've considered to play 2x Vendilion Clique maindeck and to move the Spellskite in sideboard but atm the 1x are working fine for me.
I only played a few games yesterday against UR Twin and Blue Moon and it doesn't seem like Blood Moon could hurt us very much...
If there are lots of bolts in your meta like you say then 4 exarchs can be a decent meta choice. I have personally not liked a spellskite main because you arent really trying to force the combo through as much. as it is goyf is your spellskite in this deck. I like one in the board but not in the main. Redirecting spells is nice so I am not sure. Other than that I dont see any problems with this list, itss stock and should do fine with fine personal tweaks.
You're right about Spellskite. Not so great in many matchups so I swapped it with Vendilion Clique and dropped the Izzet Charm to play 1 more Electrolyze. I feel draw 2 discard 2 is a situational effect and I don't want a counter that's way worse than mana leak
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Legacy: UWRMiracles
Vintage: UBRTPS
Olivia Voldaren is good in slower creature matchups such as Abazan (both kinds), Tron, and I personally like bringing it in against Bloom Titan. It's also not terrible against tokens.
In regards to the Talrand's Invocation in Kevin Jones board, I have been trawling through various sites compiling all of the top 8 Tasi-Twin decks, and so far 3 of the 11 Tasi-Twin decks that top 8'd various Starcity events have been running a single copy of Talrand's Invocation in the board, so maybe they are on to something?
Also, if anyone is interested I can post the final compiled list in a google doc.
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In play: Jund Death Shadow, Grixis Control, Eldrazi Stompy, Ponza
In the yard: RUG Delver, Kiki-Chord, Grixis Twin, Mardu Control, Smallpox, Jeskai Control, Jeskai Delver, Assault Loam, Elves, Deathcloud, Eggs, Storm
Some interesting sideboard options in Delay and Bitterblossom. The main deck is pretty stock standard except for the 2 Duress, while they have done work me for in the past I would prefer IoK in that slot.
On a different note, I have been thinking about adding some more sideboard cards for the grindier match-ups. What do people think about a 1-2 of Phyrexian Arena in the board?
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In play: Jund Death Shadow, Grixis Control, Eldrazi Stompy, Ponza
In the yard: RUG Delver, Kiki-Chord, Grixis Twin, Mardu Control, Smallpox, Jeskai Control, Jeskai Delver, Assault Loam, Elves, Deathcloud, Eggs, Storm
I think Phyrexian Arena is better than Outpost Siege and Bob, though I don't think it's where we want to be. I'd rather be playing Keranos for grindy matchups than Arena.
Also, on a completely unrelated note, does anyone know if you can set which version of a card MTGS shows you when you mouse over? I don't think I'll ever be able to take Blue decks seriously again with that stupid ass Serum Visions art.
Some interesting sideboard options in Delay and Bitterblossom. The main deck is pretty stock standard except for the 2 Duress, while they have done work me for in the past I would prefer IoK in that slot.
On a different note, I have been thinking about adding some more sideboard cards for the grindier match-ups. What do people think about a 1-2 of Phyrexian Arena in the board?
I was just considering switching from Delver to Grixis Twin, and lo and behold this list pops up on Starcity this morning. Good timing.
I'm pretty happy about his maindeck card choices, though I agree that the discard spells should probably be IoK or Thoughtsieze. Inquisition seems best right now given the prevalence of Junk, Burn, Affinity, and Delver. It misses some critical stuff like Rhino/Tasigur and Hive Mind/Prime Time, but otherwise it gets the job done of protecting our combo just fine.
I'm going to add another Snapcaster, since it's just so good and 4 still seems correct. I'm really unsure what to cut, but it will either be both discard spells (adding in another spicy card in place of the second discard), or possibly just a Spell Snare. Tough call.
His sideboard is weird, and I don't quite get how to use it, but I do like some of the spiciness. Most likely I'll build a more traditional board with something of a transfer to blood moon control in mind. A couple Moons, Keranos, some harder counters, etc. I'll be building the list tonight and testing it tomorrow at the LGS, so I'll report back after the event with my final list and results.
Delver was fun, but it feels caught between trying to be more controlling and trying to be aggressive. Twin I think is much better suited to playing at instant speed and actually playing tempo games, which is why I'm switching. Free wins also don't hurt either.
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In the yard: RUG Delver, Kiki-Chord, Grixis Twin, Mardu Control, Smallpox, Jeskai Control, Jeskai Delver, Assault Loam, Elves, Deathcloud, Eggs, Storm
In the yard: RUG Delver, Kiki-Chord, Grixis Twin, Mardu Control, Smallpox, Jeskai Control, Jeskai Delver, Assault Loam, Elves, Deathcloud, Eggs, Storm
4 Deceiver Exarch
2 Pestermite
2 Snapcaster Mage
2 Spellskite
1 Vendilion Clique
1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang
Instants and Sorceries
4 Remand
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Serum Visions
2 Dispel
1 Mana Leak
1 Spell Snare
1 Spell Pierce
1 Flame Slash
1 Anticipate
1 Electrolyze
4 Splinter Twin
1 Blood Moon
Lands
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Bloodstained Mire
2 Polluted Delta
2 Misty Rainforest
4 Steam Vents
1 Watery Grave
4 Sulfur Falls
1 Desolate Lighthouse
5 Island
1 Mountain
1 Swamp
1 Engineered Explosives
2 Mizzium Skin
1 Rending Volley
1 Combust
2 Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
2 Anger of the Gods
1 Counterflux
1 Olivia Voldaren
1 Jace, Architect of Thought
1 Murderous Cut
1 Batterskull
1 Keranos, God of the Storms
A sideboard card you could look into if you're up against a lot of BGx is Mizzium Skin. It's a 1 mana Abrupt Decay blowout.
URW Control
WBG Abzan
GRW Burn
EDH
GR Rosheen Meanderer
However there are a few black cards worth considering:
On discard: Against Junk discard may not be strong enough to board into but I would never board it out either if you are main decking it. Being able to strip Abrupt Decay, Lili or early aggression can buy us a huge amount of breathing room, plus the information is always important. However, like all discard it can be a horrible top deck. Iok is almost always better than Thoughtseize, we take a decent amount of damage off our manabase so the extra 2 damage is not worth the additional card selection.
In the yard: RUG Delver, Kiki-Chord, Grixis Twin, Mardu Control, Smallpox, Jeskai Control, Jeskai Delver, Assault Loam, Elves, Deathcloud, Eggs, Storm
Posted from the UR Twin thread.
I think playing Tarmogoyf should help our beatdown plan. However I'm pretty new to this deck (played Scapeshift for years) and I'll gladly accept tips about the list I'm running:
4 Scalding Tarn
1 Wooded Foothills
2 Island
1 Forest
1 Mountain
2 Sulfur Falls
2 Hinterland Harbor
3 Steam Vents
1 Breeding Pool
1 Stomping Ground
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Deceiver Exarch
2 Pestermite
1 Vendilion Clique
1 Spellskite
4 Snapcaster Mage
4 Remand
4 Serum Visions
2 Cryptic Command
1 Electrolyze
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Izzet Charm
4 Lightning Bolt
1 Spell Snare
4 Splinter Twin
1 Vendilion Clique
2 Engineered Explosives
1 Keranos, God of Storms
1 Batterskull
2 Sower of Temptations
2 Ancient Grudge
1 Izzet Staticaster
1 Spellskite
1 Negate
2 Dispel
1 Counterflux
Now my concerns are: should I play 3x Pestermite and 3x Exarch just to help the beatdown plan? How do you guys feel about Mana Leak vs. Remand. I usually play the second just because it helps us keep the card advantage and because in most of the games we just need to tempo to play our threats under no pressure. I'm thinking about moving to just the singleton Cryptic Command because early is not a card that makes the difference and I'd rather cast any of the other spells before Cryptic but I could be completely wrong
I've considered to play 2x Vendilion Clique maindeck and to move the Spellskite in sideboard but atm the 1x are working fine for me.
I only played a few games yesterday against UR Twin and Blue Moon and it doesn't seem like Blood Moon could hurt us very much...
Modern: RUGWBTL Scapeshift UWBAd Nauseam GraceU Mono U Tron
Legacy: UWRMiracles
Vintage: UBRTPS
If there are lots of bolts in your meta like you say then 4 exarchs can be a decent meta choice. I have personally not liked a spellskite main because you arent really trying to force the combo through as much. as it is goyf is your spellskite in this deck. I like one in the board but not in the main. Redirecting spells is nice so I am not sure. Other than that I dont see any problems with this list, itss stock and should do fine with fine personal tweaks.
Modern:
RUGScapeshift[RUG...Occasionally with goyfs
RUGTarmotwinRUG(RIP)
Legacy:
UWxuwr miracles and stonebladeUWx
Commander:
UWRShu Yun/Ruhan SmashUWR
You're right about Spellskite. Not so great in many matchups so I swapped it with Vendilion Clique and dropped the Izzet Charm to play 1 more Electrolyze. I feel draw 2 discard 2 is a situational effect and I don't want a counter that's way worse than mana leak
Modern: RUGWBTL Scapeshift UWBAd Nauseam GraceU Mono U Tron
Legacy: UWRMiracles
Vintage: UBRTPS
Modern:
RUGScapeshift[RUG...Occasionally with goyfs
RUGTarmotwinRUG(RIP)
Legacy:
UWxuwr miracles and stonebladeUWx
Commander:
UWRShu Yun/Ruhan SmashUWR
Also, if anyone is interested I can post the final compiled list in a google doc.
In the yard: RUG Delver, Kiki-Chord, Grixis Twin, Mardu Control, Smallpox, Jeskai Control, Jeskai Delver, Assault Loam, Elves, Deathcloud, Eggs, Storm
4 Deceiver Exarch
2 Pestermite
3 Snapcaster Mage
2 Tasigur, the Golden Fang
Lands (22)
4 Island
1 Mountain
1 Swamp
1 Blood Crypt
1 Desolate Lighthouse
4 Polluted Delta
3 Scalding Tarn
3 Steam Vents
3 Sulfur Falls
1 Watery Grave
4 Splinter Twin
2 Cryptic Command
1 Dispel
1 Electrolyze
1 Kolaghan's Command
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Remand
2 Spell Snare
2 Terminate
2 Duress
4 Serum Visions
1 Engineered Explosives
2 Delay
1 Dispel
2 Kolaghan's Command
1 Murderous Cut
2 Negate
2 Shadow of Doubt
2 Anger of the Gods
2 Bitterblossom
Some interesting sideboard options in Delay and Bitterblossom. The main deck is pretty stock standard except for the 2 Duress, while they have done work me for in the past I would prefer IoK in that slot.
On a different note, I have been thinking about adding some more sideboard cards for the grindier match-ups. What do people think about a 1-2 of Phyrexian Arena in the board?
In the yard: RUG Delver, Kiki-Chord, Grixis Twin, Mardu Control, Smallpox, Jeskai Control, Jeskai Delver, Assault Loam, Elves, Deathcloud, Eggs, Storm
Also, on a completely unrelated note, does anyone know if you can set which version of a card MTGS shows you when you mouse over? I don't think I'll ever be able to take Blue decks seriously again with that stupid ass Serum Visions art.
URW Control
WBG Abzan
GRW Burn
EDH
GR Rosheen Meanderer
As for Serum Visions. You want to format it as " [test]Serum Visions|fifth dawn[/test] " and replace "test" with "card".
In the yard: RUG Delver, Kiki-Chord, Grixis Twin, Mardu Control, Smallpox, Jeskai Control, Jeskai Delver, Assault Loam, Elves, Deathcloud, Eggs, Storm
I was just considering switching from Delver to Grixis Twin, and lo and behold this list pops up on Starcity this morning. Good timing.
I'm pretty happy about his maindeck card choices, though I agree that the discard spells should probably be IoK or Thoughtsieze. Inquisition seems best right now given the prevalence of Junk, Burn, Affinity, and Delver. It misses some critical stuff like Rhino/Tasigur and Hive Mind/Prime Time, but otherwise it gets the job done of protecting our combo just fine.
I'm going to add another Snapcaster, since it's just so good and 4 still seems correct. I'm really unsure what to cut, but it will either be both discard spells (adding in another spicy card in place of the second discard), or possibly just a Spell Snare. Tough call.
His sideboard is weird, and I don't quite get how to use it, but I do like some of the spiciness. Most likely I'll build a more traditional board with something of a transfer to blood moon control in mind. A couple Moons, Keranos, some harder counters, etc. I'll be building the list tonight and testing it tomorrow at the LGS, so I'll report back after the event with my final list and results.
Delver was fun, but it feels caught between trying to be more controlling and trying to be aggressive. Twin I think is much better suited to playing at instant speed and actually playing tempo games, which is why I'm switching. Free wins also don't hurt either.
RGB Jund BGR
WGB Junk/Abzan Company WGB
LEGACY
RUGB Delver GURB
EDH
UW Geist of Saint Traft Aggro-Control WU
RUG Riku of Two Reflections Combo GUR
BBB Skithiryx Control BB