Last night at FNM I played the above decklist. The deck felt great, I went 3-1 beating 8-Whack, Elves and Nexus Reclamation and losing to BW Midrange. A few notes; The aggressive decks were great to play against when I pulled off a Death cloud or a Damnation. Ratchet Bomb didn't feel great, it's a really slow card. Wrench Mind is a terrible top deck, and this deck often falls into a top deck war. I'd like some suggestions on some good sideboard cards for top deck wars if any one has any? I was thinking Bloodghast could be a good inclusion, and as a way to get value from Liliana of the Veil and Death Cloud. I'm also thinking about good cards for playing against Whir/Prison and came up with Torment of Hailfire as a possible way to dome them or make them sacrifice their board. Although Solemn Simulacrum is a cool card, It's incredibly slow and only a 2 for 1 usually, considering it gets swept away with Damnation and Death Cloud. I'd almost rather Phyrexian Totem than Solemn Simulacrum. It leaves a 5/5 after a sweeper, rather than just netting one random card off the top. Even then, I don't know where I would make room for it. Thought-Knot Seer is a bit too much of a non-bo with Death Cloud, giving them a free card draw.
What do you guys think of 2 x Chalice of the Void instead of the 2 x Trinisphere in the sb for the storm/burn/boggles matchups. We currently run 0 maindeck 2 drops so a chalice on 2 against storm and burn seems pretty good, and a chalice on 1 pretty much lights out for boggles.
Fatal push is a lot better than the cheap red creature interaction, it hits Baral, Death Shadow, Thought-Knot Seer, Master of Etherium, Tarmogoyf etc. Lightning bolt/Firespout/Kozilek's Return/Pyroclasm does none of these things.
That said, the fact that storm plays 4 Baral makes we want to play Lightning Bolt over Pyroclasm/Kozilek's return if I were playing the red version. They can easily turn 3 kill you on the play, Firespout is too slow on the draw.
Basically, the cheap interaction just needs to buy you time against creature decks before you can Ugin/O-stone them on turn 4. You wouldn't be able to hold a pyroclasm in hand against counters company if they had devoted druid in play, so again bolt is better in this matchup too.
2 Gemstone Caverns
4 Mutavault
14 Swamp
2 Bojuka Bog
2 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Artifacts:
2 Guardian Idol
4 Mind Stone
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Liliana of the Veil
2 Liliana, the Last Hope
Creatures:
4 Simian Spirit Guide
3 Solemn Simulacrum
2 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
3 Fulminator Mage
Sorceries:
4 Death Cloud
4 Damnation
4 Collective Brutality
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Ravenous Trap
1 Fulminator Mage
2 ratchet bomb
3 wrench mind
Last night at FNM I played the above decklist. The deck felt great, I went 3-1 beating 8-Whack, Elves and Nexus Reclamation and losing to BW Midrange. A few notes; The aggressive decks were great to play against when I pulled off a Death cloud or a Damnation. Ratchet Bomb didn't feel great, it's a really slow card. Wrench Mind is a terrible top deck, and this deck often falls into a top deck war. I'd like some suggestions on some good sideboard cards for top deck wars if any one has any? I was thinking Bloodghast could be a good inclusion, and as a way to get value from Liliana of the Veil and Death Cloud. I'm also thinking about good cards for playing against Whir/Prison and came up with Torment of Hailfire as a possible way to dome them or make them sacrifice their board. Although Solemn Simulacrum is a cool card, It's incredibly slow and only a 2 for 1 usually, considering it gets swept away with Damnation and Death Cloud. I'd almost rather Phyrexian Totem than Solemn Simulacrum. It leaves a 5/5 after a sweeper, rather than just netting one random card off the top. Even then, I don't know where I would make room for it. Thought-Knot Seer is a bit too much of a non-bo with Death Cloud, giving them a free card draw.
This is what I'm considering, going forward:
2 Gemstone Caverns
4 Mutavault
12 Swamp
4 Bojuka Bog
2 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Artifacts:
2 Guardian Idol
4 Mind Stone
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Liliana of the Veil
2 Liliana, the Last Hope
Creatures:
4 Simian Spirit Guide
4 Bloodghast
2 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
3 Fulminator Mage
Sorceries:
3 Damnation
4 Death Cloud
4 Collective Brutality
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Fulminator Mage
1 Damnation
1 Crucible of Worlds
3 Torment of Hailfire
1 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
Any suggestions for good sideboard cards I might be missing? I'd like some suggestions for grindy Black or Colorless cards. I've thought about Pack Rat as well as Gifted Aetherborn, Phyrexian Totem and even Torment of Scarabs.
That said, the fact that storm plays 4 Baral makes we want to play Lightning Bolt over Pyroclasm/Kozilek's return if I were playing the red version. They can easily turn 3 kill you on the play, Firespout is too slow on the draw.
Basically, the cheap interaction just needs to buy you time against creature decks before you can Ugin/O-stone them on turn 4. You wouldn't be able to hold a pyroclasm in hand against counters company if they had devoted druid in play, so again bolt is better in this matchup too.