You want Warping Wail against Scapeshift (counters the win-con), UXX Control (counters Ancestral Vision as well as any non-Verdict sweeper), and BGx Midrange (counters mid-to-late-game discard, Crumble to Dust, sweepers like Damnation, and pseudo-sweepers like Maelstrom Pulse). I think it’s worth a try.

On the Sower vs. Endbringer issue… while it’s true that Sower yields immediate benefits, I’d argue that its benefits are pretty marginal compared to Endbringer’s. A 6-drop is the top of your curve – the fact that it gives you ramp doesn’t feel all that relevant. Pinging, disrupting combat math, and drawing cards all sounds much more potent, even if it can come up empty to the likes of a Terminate – only so many of those to go around.

Thanks! Just wait until Friday >:D

Skyspawner/Displacer style builds seem lackluster to me without Eye of Ugin, since they lack the consistent speed to abuse fast starts. Mimic is also pretty bad with just four Sol lands. I think the Eldrazi decks going forward will be much more midrange oriented – probably Bx, Colorless, and GR.

Good catch 😉

I hear you on Endbringer, but I like that Sower nets us advantage even if he immediately eats a removal spell. Endbringer also requires us to play some Caverns, but I don’t think that’s a bad thing. Warping Wail is interesting, but what are the matchups we’d want it for? Lastly, good call on Cage and Relic – it’s great we have these options in colorless.

Thank you so much for finding this. And yeah, you’re right. They enter as a 0/0 which is not what Sword is looking for.

1. What do you think about lands like Cavern of Souls (to fight off counterspell-based control) or Radiant Fountain (to help hang in against aggro)? Sea Gate Wreckage is fine as a 1- or 2-of, but all 4 feels kind of clunky to me.

2. I find myself to be a bit skeptical of Oblivion Sower now that the Eldrazi mirror will be a rarity instead of an inevitability, and thus I think Endbringer should be in the main, since it has more game against the field. Thoughts on this?

3. Do we truly want to move on from Endless One to the extent that you have? I get that an X/X for X isn’t truly impressive now that the ramp factor is much less consistent, but it still does the dirty work of plugging gaps in your curve and providing you with an early board presence on the hands you do get the T1 Eldrazi Temple.

4. I think this deck needs more hate for Abzan Company and Sword + Thopters, which looks like 2 matchups that could ruin your day if left unchecked. I recommend Grafdigger’s Cage and Relic of Progenitus in the sideboard for these purposes (Chalice of the Void will likely be terrible in both those matchups, so it’s an easy swap).

5. I think Warping Wail is good enough to make your 75. It counters some sweepers and can be used for ramp or removal. It might not be mainboard-worthy (same as Invasive Surgery), but it’s probably too good not not have in the sideboard.

Moving on to the other decks…

I like the idea of your Ancestral Sultai (it feels like Shardless BUG, without the Shardless), but I have a bone to pick with the removal package you’ve chosen. I think cards like Maelstrom Pulse and Damnation need to be considered over the likes of Dismember and Sultai Charm, so that you maximize your odds to cash in on your Ancestral Vision (since you can’t cheat it in the way Shardless does).

The Blue Moon splash list is just something I don’t feel comfortable with at all. I think the deck loses a lot of consistency when you try and force it into 3 colors, and lack of consistency tends to be doom for a control brew.