Bloodbraiding into a Fiery Justice looks like the nut against creature decks, and I really like the idea. But if you're running fetches and no arbiters, would Knight of the Reliquary not just be better than Thoctar? 3 Mountains also seems too much, I personally don't see the merit in running any. A couple of other interesting cascade targets for this deck could be Domri Rade and Ajani, Caller of the Pride if you aren't going the CoCo route.
EDIT: I just realized a Fiery Justice is a blowout against GDS if they're at 8 or higher, and quality removal if they have 3 or more life. Kills all of their threats reliably.
Thank you both for your input, it seems we have two sides to the discussion!
How I justify Terminus and Telling Time is by looking at my manabase. It's gradually improving for me, but I often had times when I began building my deck to have untapped mana turn 1. And since this deck is combo focused, if I can get the manabase to work with me before turn 2, I would love to run Serum Visions.
As for Remand, I'm probably not valuing it enough. I find myself taking this deck to the long game a lot with the setup I have, and delaying a card can't do me much unless I can dig for the combo. I keep telling myself that unless I can remand and snap remand the next turn, I'd rather just be countering the spell. Or am I incorrect in the aggressive meta of today?
In regards to the original question, points have been proven but I still don't know if I want Censor or Peek. I guess it will just be personal preference and if I end up finding myself in situations to know if I should worry about opposing untapped mana.
This is a fairly vague question, but I'm wondering if anyone has any insight as to whether Peek or Censor is a better card? I'm looking at it this way:
With Peek, you have one option. You look at the opponent's hand, and draw your card. You can't do anything else, but you get added value rather than just drawing a card.
With Censor, you have two options. Tax a spell for one mana (countering it in any situation you would use it for this effect), and lose a card. If this option doesn't look pleasing, you can simply pay your one mana and draw a card, with no value. So you have more options with censor, but you don't get the same value you would with Peek by choosing one of the effects.
Which one would you put in your deck, if you wanted to fill this type of slot?
If this question can only be answered with a situation in mind, here is my deck: http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/a-miraculous-combo/
It's going through an overhaul after playtesting and seeing some FNM play. I feel like I need this slot filled with a card like this to be able to Miracle on an opponent's turn, which doesn't happen as often now that I'm cutting down to 3 miracles. This makes me inclined to run Censor, so I have the additional option of countering a spell in situations I need that. However, I am trying to resolve a combo that is broken by some fairly common cards in the format, so having the opportunity to look at what I'm dealing with sounds enticing.
EDIT: I just realized a Fiery Justice is a blowout against GDS if they're at 8 or higher, and quality removal if they have 3 or more life. Kills all of their threats reliably.
How I justify Terminus and Telling Time is by looking at my manabase. It's gradually improving for me, but I often had times when I began building my deck to have untapped mana turn 1. And since this deck is combo focused, if I can get the manabase to work with me before turn 2, I would love to run Serum Visions.
As for Remand, I'm probably not valuing it enough. I find myself taking this deck to the long game a lot with the setup I have, and delaying a card can't do me much unless I can dig for the combo. I keep telling myself that unless I can remand and snap remand the next turn, I'd rather just be countering the spell. Or am I incorrect in the aggressive meta of today?
In regards to the original question, points have been proven but I still don't know if I want Censor or Peek. I guess it will just be personal preference and if I end up finding myself in situations to know if I should worry about opposing untapped mana.
With Peek, you have one option. You look at the opponent's hand, and draw your card. You can't do anything else, but you get added value rather than just drawing a card.
With Censor, you have two options. Tax a spell for one mana (countering it in any situation you would use it for this effect), and lose a card. If this option doesn't look pleasing, you can simply pay your one mana and draw a card, with no value. So you have more options with censor, but you don't get the same value you would with Peek by choosing one of the effects.
Which one would you put in your deck, if you wanted to fill this type of slot?
If this question can only be answered with a situation in mind, here is my deck: http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/a-miraculous-combo/
It's going through an overhaul after playtesting and seeing some FNM play. I feel like I need this slot filled with a card like this to be able to Miracle on an opponent's turn, which doesn't happen as often now that I'm cutting down to 3 miracles. This makes me inclined to run Censor, so I have the additional option of countering a spell in situations I need that. However, I am trying to resolve a combo that is broken by some fairly common cards in the format, so having the opportunity to look at what I'm dealing with sounds enticing.