I feel like I need to address some of your points because it seems like you just glanced at the deck without really understanding how all of the pieces fit together. I’ve been playing this deck for a few months, although a different 75, and it is deceptively powerful if it is built and played correctly. I think a lot of people look at this deck and start making “improvements” without understanding the whole package, then conclude that the deck sucks when they play their “improved” version.

Pilgrim’s eye is a key card of the deck. Not the best, but key. One of the most important things to do in this deck is hit your land drops consistently, if you don’t you lose control fast. You believe that solemn simulacrum is an improvement, but it really isn’t because it costs 4 mana. That mana means a lot because it can’t be recurred by sun titan for value. So as soon as you chump block with it, it’s a dead card in the grave unless you get Emeria online.

Court Hussar is actually a combo with sun titan and Emeria. A lot of the time, you will get your engine online but be in the awkward position of not having anything in your grave to bring back. Court hussar fixes this, if there is one in your grave you can recur it over and over again to draw meaningful cards. This interaction is way more useful than getting the 1/3 body back.

Snapcaster is not a very good card in the deck. There just aren’t very many good targets for him, most of our deck is creatures or permanents or high cost spells like ojutai’s command or supreme verdict. Most of the time this deck is tapping out to cast creatures or sorceries, there just isn’t a very good time for snap to come in. We would rather have a Wall of Omens in hand than a Snapcaster, hard as that is to believe.

I have never put up results at a major tournament, so take this with a grain of salt, but I think Silberman is missing a key piece of the deck. It needs 4 Flickerwisps. Flickerwisp is really the best card in the deck, you can use it to blink all of your value creatures, apply pressure, and block and trade favorably. Returning a Flickerwisp with Sun Titan to blink the Sun Titan and get something else is one of the most disgusting value plays in modern. Flickerwisp just does so much for the deck I can not see cutting it, but maybe I’m not getting something because these decks have been putting up results without it. Anyway, I hope this was helpful, please try the deck it’s a ton of fun and actually really good if it’s built correctly.

All great points, I think I might have mentioned Court Hussar in one of the vids (or planned to) but that’s a great point to remember and one that isn’t immediately apparent to those that haven’t played with the card.

I agree with you regarding the budget aspect of the deck, Snapcaster Mage/Remand/Cryptic just seems so much better than Pilgrim’s Eye/Mortarpod/Sun Titan. It’s difficult to say with any certainty, as both versions have their flaws and yet both of them have been putting up great results recently.

Well you could brew on a Jeskai Tokens list until then xD.
I’m trying really hard to get a list going, but i’m having quite some trouble.
BW is fine, but i’d love to bring the explosiveness and unfairness of Jeskai Ascendancy into a common Tokensdeck.

I forgot, the reason there’s no timely is because no snapcaster and ojutai’s command gets back your lifegain fellow.

I think if the goal of Pilgrim’s Eye is to be value, then I think that you really don’t want it. Recurring it only puts the land in your hand and doesn’t help you ramp, which I think would be better for a control deck than just simply hitting your land drow. I don’t like the card much. Solemn Simulacrum in that respect does a lot more for what you want. It’s a 2/2 blocker and is value when it dies from chump blocking a goyf or whatever have you. Pilgrim’s eye seems just like a bad version of that. Plus, if you want to blink your simulacrum, it does a lot more for you in terms of getting there with your ramp / Emeria. That said, I don’t really like either. Both synergize well with Ojutai’s Command and Mortarpod, but you get more value off of the Simulacrum with mortarpod.

Another note on path to exile, most modern decks run fairly few basics. Having 4 GQ’s and 4 paths is really great because it turns into strip mine for most decks after you fire off your paths.

Also, I’m sure you realized that Court Hussar is a nonbo with a blink package since when he ETBs, you never actually spent mana to cast him 😉 He will just sacrifice on ETB. You really should put a comment in the deck tech correcting that.

I think there are way way too many Sun Titans in the deck as well. It’s just not necessary to run that many. I can’t think of a deck where you should. Too much top end.

The deck overall seems to be a budget UW deck and it’s not bad and definitely synergistic as seen in a lot of the card choices, but definitely needs some Snapcaster, Remand, and Cryptic love. There’s a ton of points to critique in it, but that’s my analysis as someone who played UW Tron and who tests regularly against UW control.

That sounds pretty sweet man, thanks for confirming, I was just curious. I enjoyed the videos a lot this week 🙂

Hey David, I plan on holding off on Tokens until I can play with the new Gideon. If everyone decides Gideon isn’t good, maybe I’ll go ahead and do one now, but I think it would be cool to try him in the deck.

Good point, I did not know that card existed 🙂

Will, I was planning on holding off on Tokens until after Battle for Zendikar releases online, so we can try the deck out with some new additions. I plan on doing Retreat Combo week 1, and then B/W Tokens after that. What do you think?

I personally like more the live commentary.

And maybe tokens for next week videos? Seems to be getting some small results lately, and also it´s one of my favorite decks, so would be great to see some videos : D