good point on the burn but i feel Leyline covers me well in that matchup. im not sure about the UR delver matchup as never done it but i really dislike sac'ing slivers when they cant be counterd and have shroud anyway to protect Syphon. i think if I didnt have leyline in SB it would be worth a Darkheart v burn, ive not used leyline much in other match ups yet tbh but seems to work really well v burn.
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Yes force is needed to beat unfair decks but is out of budget, cavern also is too much but like hive it can make casting eladamris call difficult (4 mutavaults already). I like the idea of decay but also feel 2 instead of 1 mana is often the difference in games. Also I only have 6 black sources (AV helps cast red n black slivers if needed). Harmonic sliver smashes artifact and or enchantment decks anyway. Hibernation sliver is a sweet answer to terminus btw so not worried there.necrotic is too slow compared to harmonic or just killing opponent fast with more muscle. Haste is just worst than muscle from what I have seen as they are pusdo haste anyway.Can u explain darkheart sliver more? I don't get him, he just seems worst than syphon, maybe hes a poor answer to board wipe and removal and aslo helps with life gain? I don't get him as i say.With 4 crystalline and 1 hibernation and 3 tutors I don't think I need diffusion as hes a weaker card. I think GSZ is weaker here than E-Call as it offers a limited selection. I find myself mostly searching for crystalline/hibernation or galerider unless the game calls for lifegain, first strike, copy a creature or more lords.I think I will consider swapping out manaleak from SB to decay as leyline does the job of manaleak against games that I would add I manaleak most of the time anyway, retrospective removal might br better than holding open mana for manaleak, especially if AV isn't in play.