Originally Posted by supremePINEAPPLE Originally Posted by

The new primer is awesome and I can't believe you put that much work into it, thanks Kevin.



Just to add something here this is what I've been running lately when I play nic fit at my local shop. I think that it's based off of a list Qweerios posted in the old thread with plenty of influence from Jbone.



Boring Stoneforge Nic Fit



Maindeck:

3 Deathrite Shaman

3 Veteran Explorer

1 Gaddock Teeg

1 Qasali Pridemage

1 Scavenging Ooze

4 Stoneforge Mystic

1 Tarmogoyf

1 Eternal Witness

1 Thrun, The Last Troll

1 Sigarda, Host of Herons

1 Thragtusk



1 Umezawa's Jitte

1 Sword of Fire and Ice

1 Batterskull



4 Cabal Therapy

4 Green Sun's Zenith

3 Sensei's Divining Top

2 Thoughtseize

3 Abrupt Decay

2 Pernicious Deed



2 Bayou

3 Forest

1 Karakas

2 Plains

2 Savannah

1 Scrubland

2 Swamp

4 Verdant Catacombs

4 Windswept Heath



Sideboard:

1 Duress

3 Surgical Extraction

2 Thoughtseize

1 Gaddock Teeg

1 Golgari Charm

3 Thalia, Gaurdian of Thraben

2 Council's Judgement

1 Krosan Grip

1 Toxic Deluge



Summary:

This version sacrifices some of nic fit's controlling late-game power for less exotic legacy staples that quickly pressure the opponent. From my experience it hasn't strayed very far from the other variants matchup-wise. It's felt well positioned versus delver variants and burn for the normal reasons, while being ok against elves post board.



It's miracles match-up is the worst problem and the only real option is to voltron-up Thrun or Sigarda and hope to fade a terminus. This list is eagerly waiting for siege rhino and being able to grab a life loss trigger off of a zenith in these colors will be awesome vs. miracles in particular. Another weakness of this version is the shardless match-up due to the more anemic top-end power. It's not horrible but the deck doesn't quickly jump ahead of shardless power-wise like a lot of other versions can.



The upside to this power shift is that the deck can interact a little faster in my combo-infested local meta with some early pressure cards like thoughtseize, stoneforge, and goyf. This is backed up by Thalia, more discard, surgicals, and another Teeg in the board for a decently disruptive presence in combo match-ups. I have to regularly play against ANT and high tide so this package has felt great so far.