Stormbound does too little against too many decks, and costs the same as Geist of Saint Traft. I think that card belongs in Pauper. I’d also rather run dedicated sideboard answers to problem decks than subpar mainboard ones.

Way too expensive IMO.

Maybe you could consider a couple of Stormbound Geist in the sideboard, as they do a profitable job in both blocking fliers from Affinity and offering resilience against Liliana. I know they are subpar cards on their own (as all Spirits are anyways, being a deck based on tribal sinergy), but it being able to gain Flash via Rattlechains may get it playable.

If Burn and Zoo turned out to be problems, Herald would be great here. I just don’t think that’s what we have to worry about in this format. Geist is definitely bad against Goblin Guide, but I think our Shoals make up the difference.

I think Steel of the Godhead and Temporal Isolation, respectively, are better than Veil and Plumes. Those two are just too conditional for my taste.

As a psuedo edit to the above. Perhaps plumes of peace is an option too?

Fetchable with tallowisp, pitchable to both shoals, taps potential geist blockers. It’s the price you pay for being overcosted. It’s not a good turn three play I grant you.

Any love for a singleton Veil of Secrecy to force through Geist and/or return Rattlechains to your hand? Splicing it onto Shoals for additional value?

1U instant – arcane
Target creature gains shroud until end of turn and can’t be blocked this turn.

Splice onto Arcane—Return a blue creature you control to its owner’s hand.

In regards to extra evasion for Geist, don’t forget that you can always toss a Temporal Isolation on him to grant Shadow, letting you swing in with near reckless abandon. You lose the 2 damage from Geist, but it’s great for racing with Angel damage.

Also, if aggro seems to be a problem, would you consider Azorius Herald? It’s 4 life and an unblockable Spirit to toss some lifelink on?

Very glad to see your brewing blood pumping again as April approaches!

Not a bad idea. I haven’t tested it but I assume the Tron matchup is a nightmare. Quarters are better than Moorland Haunt if that’s the case.

Yeah my bad wont happen again :p.
That seems like some solid arguments. Though I think the manabase can support some number of utility lands. Maybe something like 3-4 ghost quarters

Jordan, not Justin 😛

Delirium triggers around turn five if we don’t lose a creature, and around turn three otherwise. Go ahead with the Vials and report back how they fare!

I don’t like fancy lands that much. Good mana/not auto-losing to Blood Moon is much more important to me.

I have, and I tested it. Didn’t like them though. Hierarch (with a G splash) does us a lot of favors, but Vials are clunky in multiples and horrible when we draw them late. Also opens us up to artifact hate, of which Modern has no shortage.

I’ve had my casual tallowisp deck in a box somewhere collecting dust since forever, i might give something similar to your list a spin sometime.

Can’t wait for the breath of fresh air the release of Soi will release in the format. Not just because of bannings, but for the potential tribal love innistrad will gives us. Lots of sweet stuff, really hoping for zombies, humans, vampire to become a thing. Not being tier 1 or 2 doesn’t matter, as long as people can play their pet tribe and be able to collect a few wins at their local fnm.

Tallowisp could never find Coronet since it never was just ‘enchant creature’, it always had additional riders that made it an ineligible target. You were able to find Threads when they were printed, but the new Aura rules and template have disqualified it.

Ah, I had assumed that it was capable of grabbing those. That’s disappointing.