Why no Cabal Ritual? Yawgmoth's Will would be an auto include if you have one or are willing to get one.

HelixSnapHelix no Cabal Ritual because can't always depend on the yard, speed is of the essence...

sorta the same reasoning behind yawgmoth's will, along with not owning one... The yard isn't reliably filled with win conditions, the main path to victory is combat damage using little dudes and surprising opponents with the black pump spells nobody ever uses outside of limited environments...

Ohhhh okay I see I see. I saw the creatures but kind of looked past them thinking they were more of the clean up crew if Skittles couldn’t finish the job. What about hand disruption? It seems important in a voltron/semi combo esque deck that doesn’t use counters.

HelixSnapHelix TBH this deck is more fun to pilot with Skithy as the parachute... I can usually win by turn 5 or 6 without casting from the command zone, its part of the challenge... my playgroup calls this deck "the cheatcode" :P

its strictly for 1v1 formats, and it can be pretty fragile, but when executed properly it's one of my favourite things in/about my mtg collection. thanks for the chat about it. feels good man!

re: hand disruption, I think dedicating enough spells to that strategy would take away from the surprise speed from pumping... I tend to build decks with one-track-minds, check out my Gonti deck if you like hand disruption: https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/gonti-lord-of-discard-8-rack-1v1-edh/ *needs an update, but you'll get the picture.