MTG Salvation

You have 3 Tectonic Edge MB and 2 in the SB by the way. Just thought you might need to fix that.

If you've already cast a Volt Charge, if you have a PA on the field it would get a counter on the second Volt Charge and then a second when it resolves from the proliferate.

Staggershock and Volt Charge make for an active Ascension on their second cast.

He means it takes a Vault Charge in the graveyard + cast = active, and a Staggershock in the graveyard + cast = active.

Staggershock is far superior imo, though. If they're main plan is creatures, then it can timewalk them because they can't just...play into the impending removal.

Vault Charge is only good when the PA has exactly 1 counter on it. I would consider it if I ran Planeswalkers or something that would make copied Proliferate relevant, but for now, the spell is a 1-for-1 and I try to minimize those (with the exception of the 1CMC spells.)

Virtually lowering the mana curve of the deck via Phyrexian Mana spells has drastically improved the decks efficiency.

staggershock does not also auto-activate ascension. rebound exiles the card after it resolves the first time, and it is cast from exile the second time around.
I think which card is played in the deck is going to be largely up to personal opinion since they fill the same spot in the deck

Volt charge is meh compared to staggershock, rebounds killing two guys and it also auto-activates ascension.

ur not running volt charge? i had the deck when the time warps were legal and yes i get that they are missed. but it is what it is. having said that volt charge yes its 3 mana but the cool part is it proliferates afterwords. same idea behind tezzerets gambit kinda.

I believe that I'll be changing my SB to the following...



I will also update the SB agenda when I have some more time on my hands. I'm having a really difficult time coming up with card #5 to remove vs. Twin decks, so far...-4 Staggershock, +3 Spellskite, +2 Urabrask The Hidden.

I run Preordain also. The thing with Staggershock is...it's not that I don't want it in those match-ups, because the extra burn power is ALWAYS welcome, it's just the weakest card in the deck, imo. If Staggershock wasn't, something else would be. I can't really justify removing any draw spells, as 12 feels right. Into The Roils are a must, and the 8 R-costed burn spells are the "win." That leaves the Ascensions and Mana Leak/Call To Mind. Staggershocks could be removed for a "SB-ish" card, like Slagstorm, that's good in some MUs and then swapped out when it's bad, but I simply don't have any other spells I'm willing to SB out typically.

Mystifying Maze is awesome and underrated. It becomes relevant right when you need it to, turns 5-7, when you barely run out of gas, but as soon as you draw anything relevant you have the win.

Just an observation: In 6 of the 8 matchups you have listed for sideboarding plans, you take out all 4 staggershocks. Is it even worth it to main deck them if you only want them in 2 of 8 matchups? Now, i have no idea what you would put in for them, but yeah. Just an observation. Props for putting all this thought into explaining the deck. Very helpful. I think my list looks just like yours except i have preordains instead of tezz's gambit. And i don't have mystifying maze... I should really get some of those. They seem really good.