It’s more that we’re working hard for Traverse, and Goyf happens to get really big as a result. As noted in my comment above, I’m still shopping around ways to deal with opposing Goyfs. Looks like a pair of EEs in the side is the place to start.

It’s true that Goyf is worse in a world full of Pushes, but Mandrills arguably gets better, and so do Bedlam Reveler, Huntmaster, and Blood Moon. The Reveler plan is great against the BGx shells and Monkey Grow has always been good against Tron. We’ll see if Push changes that.

Leveraging resources for sure. Spite is not really a main-deckable card, although I have tried it in a few shells. Dismember is much stronger because it interacts at instant speed and is less conditional.

But Spite has a better time killing Goyfs! Dealing with a 6/7 across the table has been my biggest obstacle in this new build. I’m starting by trying a second EE in the side and replacing Snag with Simic.

If that’s the meta, isn’t this a bad time for the new monkey grow given Aether Revolt’s new removal? What deck preys on those three instead?

Counter-Cat could only run a pair of Probes because of the damage it took from its manabase. Losing Probe from the deck doesn’t hurt that badly, but the metagame slowing down and Push coming to town does. CC lacks access to tools like Reveler that just hammer midrange. Mutagenic Growth also night become a less reliable answer to 1CMC removal.