The whole deck. I've won with 0 removal before, and I've lost with 8 removal before.
Yeah, I've lost with a deck with 11 removal spells in it before. Removal has diminishing returns, since every creature that can block is also a potential removal spell.
We took two tightening coils over both mire's malice. In retrospect we should have taken at least one. Not sure which UB deck is better. I would have played the oracle of dust instead of roilmage's trick. Your deck doesn't seem like one where digging is necessary. (The oracle can dig, too, if need be anyway.) There are no bomb to find.
PS: I looked again at the packs. Boy! Did we get shafted. In pack 2, we us passing to you, p2p1, p2p2 were amazing for you just at the right time. Meanwhile, in pack 3, we actually got p3p1 and p3p2 the two worst UB packs of the 24! There is one or two packs approaching their level of awfulness, but I do think they were the worst of the lot. Swap those packs around and our deck would be soooooo amazing. I still think ours is slightly better, but not by much.
Yeah I like your deck more. It has Windrider Patrol and a better high end. Our deck seems like it wants Ruination Guide or the opponent to just do nothing.
This is our current curve
1
2 ccs
3 ccccccss
4 ccs
5 ccs
6 s
We need 3 more creatures and spells to round out the deck and are fortunate to be able to take the best card available. Ideally we'll get awaken cards, that are flexible enough to be early plays but provide additional late game staying power.
Yeah, I've lost with a deck with 11 removal spells in it before. Removal has diminishing returns, since every creature that can block is also a potential removal spell.
1 Culling Drone
1 Halimar Tidecaller
1 Ruination Guide
2 Eldrazi Skyspawner
1 Benthic Infiltrator
1 Dominator Drone
2 Incubator Drone
2 Murk Strider
1 Cloud Manta
1 Kozilek's Channeler
1 Tightening Coils
1 Swarm Surge
1 Titan's Presence
1 Scatter to the Winds
2 Mire's Malice
1 Roilmage's Trick
1 Grip of Desolation
2 Sunken Hollow
1 Skyline Cascade
7 Island
7 Swamp
1 Transgress the Mind
1 Nirkana Assassin
1 Oracle of Dust
1 Brilliant Spectrum
1 Dutiful Return
1 Geyserfield Stalker
1 Ghostly Sentinel
1 Void Attendant
1 Mind Raker
1 Natural Connection
1 Reclaiming Vines
1 Retreat to Hagra
1 Retreat to Valakut
1 Roil Spout
1 Salvage Drone
1 Shrine of the Forsaken Gods
We need 3 more cards to round out this list:
1 Culling Drone
1 Ruination Guide
1 Benthic Infiltrator
1 Dominator Drone
2 Eldrazi Skyspawner
1 Halimar Tidecaller
1 Nirkana Assassin (*)
1 Murk Strider
1 Incubator Drone
1 Geyserfield Stalker
1 Kozilek's Channeler
1 Scatter to the Winds
1 Titan's Presence
1 Mire's Malice
1 Rush of Ice
1 Grip of Desolation
1 Skyline Cascade
8 Island
8 Swamp
1 Transgress the Mind
1 Sunken Hollow
1 Mind Raker
1 Oracle of Dust
1 Void Attendant
1 Roilmage's Trick
1 Reclaiming Vines
1 Mire's Malice
1 Roil Spout
1 Ghostly Sentinel
1 Retreat to Hagra
1 Brilliant Spectrum
This is our current curve
1
2 ccs
3 ccccccss
4 ccs
5 ccs
6 s
We need 3 more creatures and spells to round out the deck and are fortunate to be able to take the best card available. Ideally we'll get awaken cards, that are flexible enough to be early plays but provide additional late game staying power.