Ah, just tried the expedition with underwhelming results, although I don't have any fetches yet. you just don't want to play those two mana spells, you know? It did well when I was already looping.
What do you guys think of changing the deck a little so it runs ior ruin expedition and explore.
For those who haven't seen explore, it's from worldwake and reads
1G
Sorcery?
You may play an additional land this turn.
Draw a card.
Explore is essentially 1 mana for one card, and can get a second ghost quarter into play... which really helps. At worst, you get to play another land, and at best you get to play another ghost quarter. I think it's an automatic inclusion, especially if paired with Ior ruin expedition
Ior ruin expedition, on the other hand, is almost twice as good as a normal egg because it draws two cards! Once you're looping, and there is a ghost quarter going, you can use it every cycle.
Misty rainforest isn't quite as good as ghost quarter, but it does thin the library just as well. I feel like at least an additional 1 or 2 ways to thin the lands out of the library might be worth it. It also has great synergy with Ior Ruin expedition.
What about Ior Ruin Expedition? I'm not sure how good it is off the bat, but once things are looping (ghost quarter + land return, sac ghost quarter, get a third land) it's two cards, for no mana. It's like a double egg.
For those who haven't seen explore, it's from worldwake and reads
1G
Sorcery?
You may play an additional land this turn.
Draw a card.
Explore is essentially 1 mana for one card, and can get a second ghost quarter into play... which really helps. At worst, you get to play another land, and at best you get to play another ghost quarter. I think it's an automatic inclusion, especially if paired with Ior ruin expedition
Ior ruin expedition, on the other hand, is almost twice as good as a normal egg because it draws two cards! Once you're looping, and there is a ghost quarter going, you can use it every cycle.
I was thinking
-4 Elsewhere Flask
-2 Ponder
+3 ior ruin expedition
+3 explore
And maybe even
-3 island
+3 misty rainforest
Misty rainforest isn't quite as good as ghost quarter, but it does thin the library just as well. I feel like at least an additional 1 or 2 ways to thin the lands out of the library might be worth it. It also has great synergy with Ior Ruin expedition.
Search your library for any number of non-land cards and exile them.
You guys know that, right?
Then you can play whatever you want, cascade, tutors, etc; once you find the two pieces, make everything but land go away.
This has decent synergy with that blue hideaway land too.
Eggs is decent too. The only expensive cards are that lotus and pact of negation.