MTG Salvation

Quote from Rigged Spindown Die

They only printed 5 M10 lands for a while and then printed the last five in a random block, so it could happen.

Not in this case, no. There's 0 chance that they don't print them, further backed up by other posts here that previews of sorts for them have already been shown. M10 lands are, again, a much different story than the Ravnica shocks, which represent the guilds. M10 lands are only there to be duals, Ravnica shocks are there to fix in a widely multicolor environment and embody their guild's colors.

Quote from Rigged Spindown Die

But the uncounterable cycle was not completed, so I don't know if we can be sure...

There's a difference between not completing an uncounterable cycle, which likely won't bother people as much, and not reprinting the rest of the shockland cycle, which might prompt people to riot and storm WotC's headquarters in outrage. The rest of the shocklands will definitely be there.

Quote from pauvro

I understand why taking stormtide leviathan out makes sense. The card is very powerful and I have won twice with it, but I understand trimming down the deck to focus more on Talrand's win scenario. Spelltwine I've used a few times with success. Most opponents will utilize an instant that I could also utilize as well, and I'm always doing so with my deck so while I understand the reasoning I could still see usage from it. Still it is situational and I'd rather everything be more finely tuned, so I see where you're coming from

I see your thought process on removing mystic retrieval, kraken, artful dodge and clone. While I believe clone to be a versatile card, it isn't needed. Nor is the kraken (although it's nice for defense, a fog bank is better) increasing vengeance wouldn't be too useful only for a handful of times. Although you don't think charmbreaker devils is a good idea? I believe they fit perfectly with this deck, always allowing me to bring back instants and sorceries and rewarding me for playing them just like talrand does. Please tell me why you suggested taking charmbreaker out. Other than that some decent suggestions, so I thank you. Why do you prefer dissipate?

Charmbreaker Devils suffers from costing too much and not immediately impacting the board. You have to hope that it survives a turn for it to get you back that Instant or Sorcery. Even then, that's really all it does beneficial. While it does get bigger when you cast Instants and Sorceries, its lack of evasion means it will rarely get through. You might think this means the Dodges should go back, but build-your-own-creature is not usually a game you want to play. You want cards that are good on their own and immediately impact the board.

Even Talrand suffers a bit from this, but being cheaper, you can usually cast him and have mana up to right away play a spell or defend him. Also, Talrand rewards you with separate creatures that stay around after Talrand is gone. Those Instants and Sorceries won't be coming back anymore after the Devils are gone.

If you insist on Spelltwine, I think it'd be better sideboard, for when you KNOW you opponent will have an awesome spell for you to nick.

As for Dissipate, while it costs one more, I prefer the ability to counter any spell over the more situational counter one or the other kind of thing. Not to say that Negate and Essence Scatter are bad, just that you get caught with your pants around your ankles in certain situations with them (An aggro deck with Negate; a near/creatureless control deck with Essence Scatter). Dissipate counters anything legally counterable AND makes sure it isn't coming back from the yard to bite you in the butt later.