I have to chime in on the odd atmosphere of the LGS. I returned a while back from a hiatus in the 90's. In the meanwhile I´ve played all the big tm games, GW, FFG stuff and a plethora of CCGs in various competitive environments, but the MTG crowd was a weeeeeird bunch when I fancied to try that again. There´s something alien and awkward going on. In all other games I´ve ever played people welcome you here for joining in their hobby, but this lot was constantly behaving odd. Thus I mostly play MODO for casual which is a pity.
Personally I´m testing an Esper UWB splash. Strange Augmentation comes online faster and is much cheaper than Angelic Destiny, despite it´s recursion which feels narrower in usage to me. Further Drown in the Loch over Mana Leak and Nameless Inversion as flexible Fetch/Buff/Removal. Finally another small buff is Shizo, Death's Storehouse on Traft.