@griselbrother Yeah that one slipped thru editing and looks like even though it was pointed out SCG never fixed :(

@zieby brain freeze is just an inferior win condition due to it being dead when you are stuck with it in your hand early. Cards like mentor, tinker, key provide meaningful value when in your opening hand. This is a reason I dislike tendrils.

You do realize that 3-2 is 60% an a great win rate right? Pro Win %

The best players in the entire world are around a 65% win rate are the GP+ level. Losing around half the matches of Magic you play is completely normal. If you don't like that then I don't think Magic is the game for you. The first thing you have to accept as a Magic player trying to improve is that you will lose ALOT and you will continue to lose ALOT until you are Owen Turtenwald where you will still lose ALOT

@hrishi of note. I play a snapcaster in all my personal PO builds like the thoughtcast one mentioned in the article.

@babau I play 0 flusterstorms and 0 mistep. I do not want any cards that are dead draws versus shops. I like to shy away from these very narrow spells.

Erayo is a fun of that I like to include. I cut a mystical in the Delve PO list for one at TMD 19. It was good but can be a little cute.

@hrishi I think at this point. If you arent playing mentor as a win condition that you are just playing an inferior win condition. Thus I classify it as a core part of current PO builds. With your definition of 'shell' i would agree that mentor isnt really part of the 'shell'

Two colors certainly has its upsides but cards are very easy to splash in this deck with as little as one dual land.

Snapcaster is one of the most powerful flex cards and I certainly believe it deserves consideration whenever you build a PO list.

Interesting! Do u cut white or black? Any other green cards? Silvan Library? I tried a PO Oath list for a while about a year ago and I know Andreas has been tinkering with one recently as well.

Like when facing any combo decks across any format there are two keys to success. One: Disruption and Two: An Efficient Clock.

The top disrupting effects are Stony Silence, Null Rod followed closely by cards like Kambal, Leovold and Spirt of the Labyrinth. Combing these cards with counter magic like FoW, Fluster storm , Pyroblast and mental mistep and adding to the clock with other cards that pressure life totals quickly will result in a strong PO matchup

http://www.starcitygames.com/articles/37199_Building-The-Perfect-Paradoxical-Outcome.html

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