I disagree with your choice and explanation of Inkwell Leviathan in the decklist. If you are overly worried about Swords to Plowshares/Path to Exile, then you can name white with iona. Naming white will also shut down future Containment Priests, Stoneforge Mystic, along with those two removal spells. Also: if you Animate Dead Griselbrand first, and they Swords to Plowshares it, you can in response pay 14 life and draw 14 cards. That should normally garuntee you another 'something' to get back.

It would be better if you chose to run Mindbreak Trap or Flusterstorm instead, to deal with storm and win more counterwars.

I appreciate the comment and that you have read what bits of the primer I have up so far.

I am not overly worried about Path to Exile in particular they were just an example given of spot removal that you can run into. I just named those 2 because they are pretty popular. If I am in a situation like that I would do exactly as you mentioned with iona. She is my go to in basically every situation. Inkwell is there fore when it is not enough. I will go and try to clarify that in the primer.

Yup I am very well aware of using Griselbrand's ability by adding it on the stack. Not my personal method of harping on him, but I plan on addressing the variations and things like that further on in the primer. Just have not done it yet XD

I had Mindbreak Trap in the sideboard for what seems like forever. I also did not used to use Hapless Researcher so I have had to reshuffle some cards while I test him out

thanks for commenting