Other than that nice article as usual! I’m glad to see others are as absolutely pumped for Traverse as I am.

Snapcaster is the worst card in this deck, so we really don’t want to see him enough to play two. I only want to see him in Game 1 against attrition decks and against linear aggro decks when I draw 3+ lands. If not for the Traverse package in the sideboard, I would cut him entirely.

All it’s really netting you in that case is a 2/1. It’s probably better most of the time to Traverse for a real card and then Snap-Traverse into another real card when you draw Snapcaster Mage. But yeah, if a 2/1 body will win you the game, we do have that option.

I’m also unsurprised by your conclusions regarding Thing in the Ice – my gut feeling is that it will thrive in Jeskai Control, where it can be fueled by their extensive spot removal package. Its 0/4 form is also relevant in that shell as a way to fend off early aggro pressure.

Skin Invasion feels like a strong card, but I’m not quite sure where it goes yet. Delver can’t afford to gamble with its resources in order to play it, Jund has more efficient threats, and red aggro decks won’t like the 2-part process of enchanting it then killing it. Perhaps Mardu Midrange (which has more removal than it knows what to do with) or Grixis Control?

I also am unsure how I feel about Moldgraf Scavenger. On the one hand, the lack of top-end power is apparent, particularly in decks like the ones in this article (where the whole point behind certain cards being in the 75 is to feed the Goyf). However, it’s more resilient to graveyard hate than Tarmogoyf is (since you at least get to keep a 0/4 blocker), and is always Bolt-proof (so it can be a 2-drop way to stall while you get your graveyard properly filled. Not to say that it will necessarily find a home here, but it should fit in somewhere.