Also I like die Panglacial Wurm idea. It’s kind of like the NO/Progentius inclusion in your rec-sur build.
On the down side, the combo is much weaker.
On the up side, you can get it with every fetch and nearly every game and it’s not even a dead draw, just a huge drop.

Was it my fandom of Taylor Swift, or my elaboration on the Sweet Valley High books? Uhm…

Zeitgeist,

I never considered that. It may be pretty cool, considering all the fetching and searching and fact I have mongo mana! As long as I never drew that fartwaffle, I’d be mega happy with a little building-sized surprise!

Jomp,

Since mana isn’t much of an issue, I’d rather pay 6 for two flying duders than 2 (at best) for one. Not a bad suggestion, as I have zilcho recursion! If only Loam or Crucible were legal; sigh…

With regard to Combo strategies: I am the staunch opinion that you try and find an OVERALL synergy, not just throw some stuff in and hope. These recent Oath up Emrakul/Nest-Craft/Thopter-Sword all in one amalgams perplex me beyond belief. So many of these cards do NOTHING on their lonesome; and most are not autowins. My belief is creature-reliant combo are by far the weakest, as they are the most susceptible to disruption (Painter/Grindstone being the prime example of this). While Thopter/Sword is in and of the colors with the most tutoring to accomplish this feat, I do find it a bit slow. What I am trying to say is this: I still like good ol’ Severance/Belcher. At the worst, you’re eliminating unwanted land draws and perhaps getting some damage in there. I do have faith in Oath, but these super greedy/weird brews with Lifespark Spellbomb and Polymorph just seem a bit over the top.

I dunno: Combo is a hard one in this format with the limited tutoring, but, then again, were these bannings to be lifted I am confident it would be much like its 60-card predecessor: heavily Combo.

Hope this all helps! Sorry for the lapse of banter, I was in the woods, and, literally, was smelled by a bear in my masculine attempt to sleep outdoors, nearly evacuating me from the foothold of this great dimension.

This sounds like a job for Panglacial Wurm.

Yeah, I know that last time I checked he was broken in that you couldn’t cast him and still resolve the search, but turning all of your fetches/STE/etc into 9/5 flash trample dudes seems worthwhile as a sideboard option at the very least.

Maybe you can help me out a little. I’m having trouble building my own brews lately. My issue is that I keep wanting to throw in 2 card I win combos when the colors match up. Obviously the combos suck when you draw the cards separately.

For example: Thopter Foundry/Sword of the Meek when you’re playing UW and have search cards.

Painter’s Servant/Grindstone, Stuffy Doll/Guilty Conscience, Cabal Coffers/Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth, Leyline of the Void/Helm of Obedience (Those are obviously janky).

Do you feel that synergy is fully more important than having a 2 card win combo? Obviously you do…