I finally made it to an FNM after a long month of chaos that kept me from playing any mtg. It was well worth it as I was able to test a build with BtL in it and go completely undefeated(didn't lose a single game). The list below is what I tested and though I only saw BtL twice throughout the night it was nice as it served as extra copies of wraths (used against Humans and Boggles). It never felt like a dead card which I really liked, though I'll have to test it more as seeing it twice is a really small sample size.
Izzet Tempo 2-0
Lingering souls beats game 1 thrunn beats game 2
Humans 2-0
Game one btl for wrath and midrange beats game 2 gifts elsh norn. Player was a young kid that was new to the game
Burning Tree 2-0
Iona lock, elesh norn lock
Boggles 2-0
Pulse and wraths game 1 game 2 runed halo bought me time to get elesh norn on a clean board
Congrats on that finish! Game 4 against Boggles you say that Runed Halo bought you some time but I don't see any on the list, it's sideboard I'm guessing?
Feel free to share your list, we can see how well-aged it seems. What the best shell looks like currently is not really known I think, we are all experimenting, each of us with a (sometimes slightly) different ansatz. The most streamlined Gifts control list is probably the attrition-based Esper version without additional gimmicks involving green. If you want to dive into a midrange strategy, the more creature-heavy Junk Gifts approach of FuneralofGod (see above) is the way to go I think, this one contains silver bullets for many situations and (as always) is heavily customisable.
I don't have a list but I still have all the cards from the deck that I played a few years ago. Seeing 5C Niv-Mizzet being viable makes me want to comeback to the deck. My version was the 4C no red with Life from the Loam and Raven's Crime maindeck, also Sylvan Caryatid Lingering Souls, LoTV and so on. Normal stock I believe at the time.
I really enjoy Gifts but I haven't played the deck in a very long time, what's the overall best shell nowadays? I suppose since the meta slow down a bit it's more viable now.
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Congrats on that finish! Game 4 against Boggles you say that Runed Halo bought you some time but I don't see any on the list, it's sideboard I'm guessing?
I don't have a list but I still have all the cards from the deck that I played a few years ago. Seeing 5C Niv-Mizzet being viable makes me want to comeback to the deck. My version was the 4C no red with Life from the Loam and Raven's Crime maindeck, also Sylvan Caryatid Lingering Souls, LoTV and so on. Normal stock I believe at the time.