This is a good deck, but I'm not completely sure it stacks up with the pauper meta. A lot of decks seek to cast really cheap, synergistic stuff early in the game, and some actually have a flooding problem as the game goes on. Also, Gush and Daze aren't uncommon and they can stifle the land destruction spells. With the right opening hand, this deck can probably pretty consistently beat a lot of other decks, but it just needs to get there. Actually, I think an early Thresher Beast could disrupt enough decks to pull off a decent win percentage. People probably won't be expecting to sideboard for a Ponza deck. On that note, I am curious as to why you have more Naturalizes than Ancient Grudges in your SB.Good luck!
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I see what Jaded was trying to do with it. He/she was trying to assemble an intricate combo to cheat it out: 1) Discard Army of the Damned to Cathartic Reunion 2) Exile both with Spellweaver Helix 3) Cast another Cathartic Reunion, which also casts a copy of Army of the Damned, creating 13 2/2 Zombies.However, I do think this is too complicated. It requires four cards, two of which have to be the same, which is very rarely going to happen. Also, the combo has a number of weaknesses, including grave hate, countermagic on any of the parts but the first Cathartic Reunion, removal on the Spellweaver Helix, or destroying the zombies with an effect like Pyroclasm, Maelstrom Pulse or Echoing Truth. Not to mention that the combo takes 7 mana and three turns at minimum for the zombies to be able to attack, during which time the opponent could easily kill you. Also, Army of the Damned is a dead card in the vast majority of games. It should be taken out.
Hey Jaded, The card you're thinking of is Artful Dodge. It's a powerhouse in my Nivix Storm deck, and it's usually pretty versatile. However, if your playgroup usually doesn't play much removal, Aqueous Form might be better because of both its permanence and the scry, which is more useful when you think when you're playing a deck like infect. Maybe something to sideboard in.Another card to consider might be Slip Through Space, although it's probably worse because it's only a one-time effect.