Glad to hear the deck did well. For the sideboard, Suture Priest combos with cloudshift and hurts your opponent, so that would be my choice. Pristine Talisman could also be a suitable replacement, but you might rightly argue that you have enough mana ramp.

There are so many viable directions for this deck to go it's crazy. What you're suggesting is absolutely one of them, and I might try it out sometime. But for now, I only have 1 Venser.

The plan for this deck is getting 3-drop on turn 2, and 4-drop on turn 3. It really needs it too because I don't have any 1 or 2 drop
hitters or removal. And Vital Splicer is just badass. That's why there's 3, even though the ability doesn't stack. Hence, green. I was planning Overrun as well earlier, but then you showed me Venser. :)

You're absolutely right on those cards being a little clunky. Here's why they're there though:
Mimic vat is a dandy 3 slot card. I don't really want to go under 6. That gives it a .8/.9 quotient (6/60 x 8/9), which I don't really want to go under since I have no 2 drops, and 1 drops that don't like fighting. Risky enough that it's not above 1.0 with all the emphasis I'm placing on turn one Pilgrim/Bird. On the flip side, mimic vat and Adaptive automaton won't likely be fighting on turn 2 either, but they help declog the packed 4-mana slot. A workable mana tree is integral to this deck. Mimic vat can also copy powerful enemy cards (if I kill them first), and make tokens and tokens and tokens. Haste is cool too. Which goes well with...
Xenograft! Even clunkier, I agree. But I just love the concept of my 1/1s suddenly becoming 3/3 first strike or 2/2 flying. It might have to go after some playtesting though... Feeds extraordinarily well with the Adaptive Automaton though!
And yup, Saving Grasp is a bit clunky. Cool thing is I get to use it twice though. The more unique cards I have, the more difficult it is for my opponent to anticipate and counteract me. That flexibility and leverage is good. But you're right, combined with mimic vat and the others it gives me a blink quotient of 1.5+ . That is really high, maybe unecessarily?

What do you think about Maul Splicer? 7 mana's pricey, but I'm only slotting one...
Crumbling Collosus? With blink, I won't sac him. And face it, that's just a bluntly strong creature - especially if it gets buffs from the other cards. Heck, maybe 2?

Golem Artisan? Kinda pricey, but I can immagine those abilities being gamewinners. He can give trample too, so he has an interesting compete/support relationship with Maul Splicer and Crumbling Collossus.

And what do you think about Solemn Simulacrum? Getting a land of my choice in a 3-mana deck is great. + card draw when it dies, and it could be a viable creature on it's own with the other cards, + I can blink it for land...
But it's still only a 2/2 for 4. And 4 is crowded...


And sensor splicer? As awesome as it is, I'm starting to think Vigilance is unecessary with all the Blinking I have going on. What think you?

OH! Divination? Mentor of the meek? Hunter's insight? Card draw I'm sure would be helpful...
Platinum Emperion? I mean, come on... :)
Fangren Marauder? (LIFE GAIN!)

Strider hardness? Etched champion?
Tumble magnet as my "removal"?


BAH!!! So many directions for this deck to go!! So hard!!!!