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Feels a bit too threat light, I would want Monastery Swiftspears, Stormchaser Mage and possibly even Thing in the Ice.Also instead of the 2 mana burn spells, why not just Lava Spike or something like Rift Bolt.
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Believe it or not thermo-alchemist devastates in a deck like this. If they don't remove it he is good for at least 5-8 damage on his own. So far I havn't had a problem finishing out games even without major agro sources or other damage options.I'm not running the 2 mana burn spells for direct damage only, or I would switch it over to the direct burn for 1. This is almost exclusively a control deck that burns to negate creature presence and deals damage with direct spells as a backup. Most of the time I get a few damage off with the delver, some consistent and basically free damage from electrolyze, most of the damage from alchemist, and the finishing blow with a direct burn spell. The rest of the time I'm just controlling the field and keeping mana open. If the opponent isn't running a creature heavy deck then the burn spells go straight to his face and all is well. If he is, I keep em handy to snipe away the threats and/or hoard them up for the finishing blow.So far I've had great success with the build. It does well against creature base decks which it stalls out and then burns over the top of, and non-creature builds that it can just directly burn away without fear of needing the ammo to snipe an annoying creature.Obviously the sideboard needs to reflect some other ways to deal with things, but as blue is in here and I can run counter-tastic stuff I'm not overly worried about it. I definitely respect decks that go for the fast damage with swiftspear and stormchaser, I've made quite a few of them, but for this one I was going for a more control build that occasionally gets lucky with a turn 1 delver but overall relies on control to win the game.
Really like the synnergy with the Thermo-Alchemist! Basically a better version of Gutter snipe in my opinion.
I completely agree. Cheaper and can be used as a blocker