If you had just found a $20 bill in your basement, would you hold on to it for bills or would you blow it as soon as possible? (like on some cool ranch doritos tacos that come out today. Thats where my $20 is going today.) If you would blow it, theres no sense in not opening your packs of the same value.
Alot of great cards already listed in your "card draw, cantrips, kill spells, board clearing, bounce, etc." description, but a couple I think people missed are:
Toss in a couple extort bears and Skynight Legionnaire's and I had myself a deck. also got 3 on color gates for splashing and a Prophetic Prisim. Didn't come close to losing a game.
I was considering a budget version of this list, using the same changes to the basic as Stnkfist but running Duress instead of Thoughseize.
For a budget version, has anyone consider running Despise either mainboard or sideboard to grab things like Primeval Titan and other fatties that Duress and Inquisition of Kozilek can't touch.
I really dont like despise. In that ravens crime spot i think the order is thoughtseize > raven's crime > duress > blackmail > despise. Theres probably something in between im missing, but if your paying 2 mana, you had better be getting 2 discards imo.
What are you bringing in extractions for? (Edit - Found your post above about Combo)
I'm guessing that works for Storm but it seems like it won't help you against Kikipod or Twin. Thing is I think this deck is doing well on MTGO because there aren't many of those decks around.
I'm actually thinking about running this a time or two since i have 90% of the cards.
Well the Surgical Extractions work alot better against twin and pod with the thoughtseizes. Obviously doesnt outright own them but it seems to be working alright. Affinity is the ass matchup, but the SB options for it in black arent great.
Serum Visions is a sorcery
Through the Breach is an instant
Harmonic Sliver
Funeral Charm
journey to nowhere
Ray of Revelation
Manamorphose
Street Wraith
Just to name a few.
Should you maybe run Gemstone Mine instead for the same reason we run Grove over the pain land?
Removal:
2x Mugging
Pit Fight
Arrows of Justice
Clan Defiance
Bombs:
Boros Recokoner
Firemane Avenger
Gideon, Champion of Justice
Foundry Champion
Toss in a couple extort bears and Skynight Legionnaire's and I had myself a deck. also got 3 on color gates for splashing and a Prophetic Prisim. Didn't come close to losing a game.
I really dont like despise. In that ravens crime spot i think the order is thoughtseize > raven's crime > duress > blackmail > despise. Theres probably something in between im missing, but if your paying 2 mana, you had better be getting 2 discards imo.
Well the Surgical Extractions work alot better against twin and pod with the thoughtseizes. Obviously doesnt outright own them but it seems to be working alright. Affinity is the ass matchup, but the SB options for it in black arent great.
Stock list with the following changes.
-4 raven's crime
-1 doom blade
-1 disfigure
-4 vampire nighthawk
+4 thoughtseize
+2 dismember
+4 surgical extraction.