it's not stupid. if you play the deck, you'll realize that being able to pay one life to shuffle your library if you don't have a black card on top for nocturnus is very good... please think.
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perhaps you're right. in testing, i found emrakul to be much better than iona as he can reclaim board position if the opponent gets off to a fast start. the strategy is to get emrakul out as fast as possible with counterspell back-up if needed and then smack the enemy in the face with him. i've been protecting him with counterspells once he's on the battlefield as well. i increased garruk to a playset to help with the token theme. overall, it works well. i'm still fleshing out a sideboard. suggestions are more than welcome. i've thought about mass polymorph, and i agree that it might be a good direction to take the deck. the only thing that worries me is the mana cost. any ideas? thanks.
i have been testing this deck a lot, and i really like it. it is obviously overpowering vs aggro, and it also does well against many other types of decks- especially ones that love their conventional removal. my question is: what do we sideboard? i have tested planar cleansing a little, and it seems like it's pretty necessary for an artifact match-up... i'm no pro though. any other ideas?
have you found that you need jace, the mind sculptor in the deck to get it to work? i'm throwing a deck like this together, but i don't want to spend the money on him.