I think you should consider using ohran viper and replace some of the draw spells with more counters and other such control. The viper fills two rolls, creature removal and draw, along with the looter you should have no trouble drawing all you need. You may want to think about fiddling with your mana base to fit in terramorphic expanse and vinelasher kudzu.
I am thinking add 4 expanse in the place of the mines, it also helps with the threshold.
Well the thought was to eliminate the life loss altogether... Plus if you use the BR duals you really are just replacing swamps with red producing lands.
I think you should replace demonfire and mabey some other stuff for magus of the scroll as reusable source of damage.
That seems like a good card against control as you can drop it first turn and then proceed to burn the hell out of them.
Hell, i'd even go with that over jaya most of the time, it allows you to use a card for the scroll and then play it, very good.
I would find room for 4 magus of the scroll.
4x Thought Courier
4x Drowned Rusalka
4x Compulsive Research
1x Akroma, Angel of Wrath
1x Simic Sky Swallower
3x Garza Zol, Plague Queen
2x blazing archon
4x Stalking Vengeance
4x Dread Return
2x living end
4x Watery Grave
4x Underground River
4x Terramorphic Expanse
6x Swamp
6x Island
4x Sudden Death
4x dark withering
4x Wipe Away
1x blazing archon
1x Simic Sky Swallower
1x Akroma, Angel of Wrath
With all the discard dark withering is better than death mark by far.
I am thinking add 4 expanse in the place of the mines, it also helps with the threshold.
With vesuva desert becomes deadly, you could also use some snow lands to use with mouth of ronom. Also quicksand should at least be considered.
IMO ths only reason to run vesuva is to abuse those type of lands.
4 of those and the infiltrator and then a couple power creatures.
I think the idea is to make a combo deck, not a control deck.
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