And since I'm talking about cutting delve threats, I'd like to say that I have a REAAALLY bad relationship with Thought Scour. It's like a recipe for frustration.
Hi there! I also have a strong dislike toward Thought Scour. It's been a large amount of tilt fuel or disappointment fuel for me as I've played the deck. Sooo to fix this, I did a little bit of my own changes: http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/09-11-17-grixis-deaths-shadow/
I personally LOVE Search for Azcanta in this deck. Helps fuel delve in a way that I'm happy with, and in the late game it helps me find answers to threats I need to clear out of the way before I can seal the deal. (It's also helped me dig for a K-command to shock for lethal.) It can be a bit slower, but it fits my playstyle for the deck. Been personally considering adding a either W or G splash for either
A. White for Path to Exile, Geist of St.Traft, and other potential SB options.
B. Green for Goyf, a Maelstrom Pulse, and SB cards like Abrupt Decay and Golgari Charm
Please let me know what you think about this.
First, I'd never run less than 3 Street Wraiths, specially running TBR maindeck. It allows free draws, free damage, interacts well with Scry and also has a weird oupside of being easy to know when to side it out. (and if it wasn't weird enough, I won two mirrors by actually playing it hahahahah)
Search for Azcanta is....Interesting.
I have considered this card on a control shell for Modern but never really thought about it on DS because it doesn't draws you cards for a while. It also seems counterintuictive with tasigur or Angler but it's definitely a card I'd try out on either Grixis or 4c Shadow (since it enables one more card type in the graveyard) to see what happens. It also helps on both filtering your draws and getting a extra land. What I don't like about it is how it pushes your threats to the bottom of library, which could be mitigated with Traverse.
Your list seems more midrange-control, which I'd think that might have issues against decks where you need to be agressive.
About splashes, I don't really consider white as a viable option for splash since it doesn't add much outside of Path to Exile. You already have enough tools to fight against Affinity, Storm and RiP Isn't exatly a sideboard card you'd want.
Green adds a lot of cards to our current pool: Tarmogoyf as a quicker threat, although weaker to removal, Traverse as a tutor for our threats, Decay and Maelstrom Pulse as answers to problematic permanents such as Blood Moon and Phyrexian Unlife and Ancient Grudge. But makes our manabase weaker to cards such as Ghost Quarter or Tectonic Edge.
I'd definitely try 1 or 2 Azcanta on the 4 color lists to see how it works, though.
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First, I'd never run less than 3 Street Wraiths, specially running TBR maindeck. It allows free draws, free damage, interacts well with Scry and also has a weird oupside of being easy to know when to side it out. (and if it wasn't weird enough, I won two mirrors by actually playing it hahahahah)
Search for Azcanta is....Interesting.
I have considered this card on a control shell for Modern but never really thought about it on DS because it doesn't draws you cards for a while. It also seems counterintuictive with tasigur or Angler but it's definitely a card I'd try out on either Grixis or 4c Shadow (since it enables one more card type in the graveyard) to see what happens. It also helps on both filtering your draws and getting a extra land. What I don't like about it is how it pushes your threats to the bottom of library, which could be mitigated with Traverse.
Your list seems more midrange-control, which I'd think that might have issues against decks where you need to be agressive.
About splashes, I don't really consider white as a viable option for splash since it doesn't add much outside of Path to Exile. You already have enough tools to fight against Affinity, Storm and RiP Isn't exatly a sideboard card you'd want.
Green adds a lot of cards to our current pool: Tarmogoyf as a quicker threat, although weaker to removal, Traverse as a tutor for our threats, Decay and Maelstrom Pulse as answers to problematic permanents such as Blood Moon and Phyrexian Unlife and Ancient Grudge. But makes our manabase weaker to cards such as Ghost Quarter or Tectonic Edge.
I'd definitely try 1 or 2 Azcanta on the 4 color lists to see how it works, though.