The problem is tapping out. After t4 sweep I don't have an issue with it so much, but if I do go that route I think I'm going to bring a single pact of negation and slaughter pact into the deck.
His effect is worth it, I think. And he comes down 3/4 turns before a cruel does as well. As with all things, he will need testing. I'm very tempted by his indestructible nature.
Edit: why isn't squelch being looked at in place of shadow of doubt?
In the interest of educating those who might think like you. The point of the charts isn't to make sure you have enough total mana sources. The point is to make sure you have enough colored sources to cast them. You use said chart in addition to a chart like the one provided here http://www.kibble.net/magic/magic10.php.
So I want a 70% chance with no additional card drawing done by myself to have 4 lands on turn 4, while simultaneously having a 90% chance without additional card drawing of having the triple blue to cast cryptic. I use the initial charts to know I need 21/22 sources of blue, and the chart from kibble to know I need 26 lands. So this means in a mono blue deck I could run 22 islands and 4 utility lands to satisfy the requirements of what I want. Dual colored deck I now need to devote some of those slots to dual producing lands and maybe I don't get to run utility. Moving on to triple color decks maybe I don't get to run utility lands at all, or maybe my access to two fetch lands (UWR) enables me to still run a copy of tectonic edge whereas decks with only one on-color fetch (grixis) won't. This is all simple stuff. It needs to be talked about in order to explain why a deck like UWR has the ability to run cryptic and tectonic while grixis does not.
Unfortunately t3 we need to be playing answers or we're dead on opponent's turn 4 so having that dig is nice but a turn too late :/ I'm still going to try it in place of electrolyze, though.
Yeahhh that's probably greedy lol. I like Architect of thought as a two of, I love him. Any thoughts on shatterstorm vs shattering spree? I use it as a damnation but better vs affinity
Edit: no one was able to get the list of the cruel deck that made d2? wish these things were posted on the mothership somewhere
His effect is worth it, I think. And he comes down 3/4 turns before a cruel does as well. As with all things, he will need testing. I'm very tempted by his indestructible nature.
Edit: why isn't squelch being looked at in place of shadow of doubt?
So I want a 70% chance with no additional card drawing done by myself to have 4 lands on turn 4, while simultaneously having a 90% chance without additional card drawing of having the triple blue to cast cryptic. I use the initial charts to know I need 21/22 sources of blue, and the chart from kibble to know I need 26 lands. So this means in a mono blue deck I could run 22 islands and 4 utility lands to satisfy the requirements of what I want. Dual colored deck I now need to devote some of those slots to dual producing lands and maybe I don't get to run utility. Moving on to triple color decks maybe I don't get to run utility lands at all, or maybe my access to two fetch lands (UWR) enables me to still run a copy of tectonic edge whereas decks with only one on-color fetch (grixis) won't. This is all simple stuff. It needs to be talked about in order to explain why a deck like UWR has the ability to run cryptic and tectonic while grixis does not.
Edit: No need to be a passive aggressive dick.
Edit: Source http://www.channelfireball.com/articles/frank-analysis-how-many-colored-mana-sources-do-you-need-to-consistently-cast-your-spells/