WORKING ON THAT STORMING! I put Snake Umbra combo AND Sprouting Vines in a wild Pauper Storm!

[@johnkater5276]

3 Vines seems like a lot, I'd like to see 1-2 I think. Also the fourth familiar may be mandatory if you're that deep on Big Scores.

[@kalikaiz]

@@johnkater5276 yeah I could definitely see that

[@sergiosanchezruiz4567]

Thanks, kali! Always excited to see some pauper storming :)

[@kalikaiz]

@@sergiosanchezruiz4567 thanks for coming!

[@rsmith524]

I love these brews, keep it up! I am not sure if the redundancy of having two Storm lines in the maindeck is optimal, but I like both of them for different reasons. Sprouting Vines might be better as a grindy sideboard option to juke disruption, similar to Galvanic Relay in Legacy. I also think Lotus Petal really belongs in the list (probably replacing some number of basic lands, depletion lands, or Seething Songs). Getting free Storm count and spell triggers is super valuable, and it also makes nut draws a full turn faster.

[@kalikaiz]

@@rsmith524 yeah lotus petal is just a staple for a reason. I hope you like my next version haha

[@alexneisewander4841]

Mannn am i gonna have to order this.... Sick video

[@kalikaiz]

@@alexneisewander4841 thank you! Appreciate that!

[@mateuszpk5511]

Holy moly haha what a synergy!

[@kalikaiz]

@@mateuszpk5511 that snake umbra goes so hard lol

[@oblobear2093]

Loving the content.

[@kalikaiz]

@@oblobear2093 thanks :)

[@thomasbunn00]

I’d love to see what you could do with Quicksilver Dagger. It’s a weird aura that has potential, I’ve just never been able to crack it.

[@markolson8569]

I thought of that too, but it has three issues: - no benefit from multiple copies - useless on summoning sick - only synergizes with Thermo-Alchemist I would say Ophidian Eye is mostly better, but still too clunky. It's too bad that Keen Instincts isn't common

[@kalikaiz]

@@markolson8569 it feels like this dagger is basically the same as the umbra combo but not as effective unfortunately

[@thomasbunn00]

@@markolson8569 Thermo and blisterspit gremlin both would work, but yeah it’s not as streamlined as it could be.

[@zackb9383]

COMBO TIME

[@kalikaiz]

@@zackb9383 c-c-c-combo!!!

[@FredHawkMTGO]

What if the plan is Vine MD to play better versus removal decks and Umbra SB to change plans versus more aggressive and light on removal decks? You felt the way it is is better?

[@kalikaiz]

@@FredHawkMTGO ah that could work. I was trying to do both at once and perhaps that was just wrong. I'll try it!

[@ValerieEnriquez]

Oh heck yes. I do like the idea of being able to pivot strategies.

[@kalikaiz]

@ValerieEnriquez it definitely seems like a good plan to play towards the blue in game 1

[@nolanstewart2989]

What is the Mountain in the sideboard for?

[@kalikaiz]

In case we need to go up in lands post board vs blue decks

[@dave-kt7sj]

Cutting lotus petal also improves the affordability, and means i dont have to take them out of my poison storm deck.

[@kalikaiz]

@@dave-kt7sj I tried to record a poison with no petal but it was completely unable to compete :( I like to just swap them around haha

[@dangomushi58]

Awesome

[@kalikaiz]

@@dangomushi58 glad you liked it!

[@diegorodrigues9440]

Combo time

[@kalikaiz]

@@diegorodrigues9440 my favorite!

[@tonykit1329]

Where’s glimpse???

[@kalikaiz]

@@tonykit1329 I ended up trying to cut it here because I can kinda force through blue better with the rummage I thought

[@sergiosanchezruiz4567]

​@@kalikaiz I don't understand why rummage (big score and pirate's, isn't it?) is better than glimpse against blue. I see that both are cards that merit a counterspell. But rummage cost you two cards. Is it because big score is an instant?

[@kalikaiz]

@sergiosanchezruiz4567 it's because with big score you have Mana left over on the table for future turns. Glimpse is amazing when you're going off but theoretically big score can help you set up

[@kalikaiz]

I suppose glimpse also leaves Mana on the table but you lose the cards. Idk. It was a test

[@myceliumbug]

😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎

[@kalikaiz]

@@myceliumbug love it :)

[@scottmiller7692]

Ok wait can’t you just add a sprout swarm to this deck and will on the spot like half the time?

[@brandonguffey5959]

I am curious about this as well.

[@kalikaiz]

Not sure how it wins on the spot

[@brandonguffey5959]

@kalikaiz each cast will trigger your pinger and with eno8gh cost reduces it goes infinite. Even without going infinite, because it's an instant youncan cast ot ten times on the opponent end step for example, ping them down then untap and swing for the remainder. It also gives you more game on the board vs creature based decks.

[@kalikaiz]

@brandonguffey5959 I believe you need 4 cost reducers to go infinite with sprout swarm. I guess I can see it being a way to keep drawing here

[@brandonguffey5959]

@kalikaiz my thinking is that for slower matchups where you need to grind advantage more, the fact previous turns saprolings can help paybthe cost of future turns cast of sprout swarm means that even with only a small amount of cost reduces or even none in more niche scenarios. I think it got banned from draft for that format or was it block constructed? Anyways, because the value it provides snowballs into itself over the course of a few turns. I guess that does mean the claim "wins on the spot half the time" isn't quite accurate, but on paper it does sound like thebtype of card that can provide a pretty good amount of advantage with even only a couple cost reducers.

[@CornFlaix]

I love this deck but im afraid to build it paper

[@kalikaiz]

@@CornFlaix why is that? Too much to track?

[@CornFlaix]

@@kalikaiz Because in my local there are a lot of blue deck's player :(

[@kalikaiz]

@CornFlaix oh that's fair. I'm still working to see if I can find a winner vs blue

[@CornFlaix]

@@kalikaiz maybe g1 has a chance but g2+ i think it's pretty hard

[@kalikaiz]

@CornFlaix I totally agree