Pierce is good against burn, but the others are all kind of "meh". Counterspell is really slow, daze is easy to play around in most cases, and FoW is anti-card advantage which forces them to pitch usually another counterspell or snapcaster.
I disagree with Gaka; it feels like the best strategy is to throw out everything ASAP, because I'm having a hard time imagining they can counter all of it.
If you wait, they'll just have more answers in their hand.
Then again, I still want it
Worldfire banned makes sense. I played it in my mono-red burnish-EDH and it wasn't hard to win after it resolved.
Mox Opal might accelerate you more, but I don't know if you have enough artifacts to support it.
Idyllic tutor might help as well (though it would make the deck significantly more expensive).
The main counters in legacy are pierce, Force of Will, daze, and counterspell, no?
Pierce is good against burn, but the others are all kind of "meh". Counterspell is really slow, daze is easy to play around in most cases, and FoW is anti-card advantage which forces them to pitch usually another counterspell or snapcaster.
I disagree with Gaka; it feels like the best strategy is to throw out everything ASAP, because I'm having a hard time imagining they can counter all of it.
If you wait, they'll just have more answers in their hand.
I've been waiting for an appropriate time to use the following emoticon:
It's just a free tournament, and he does a lot of work putting it on. Everybody makes mistakes.