Sideboarding: On the Play + 1 Pack Rat + 1 Pithing Needle + 1 Devour Flesh + 2 Doom Blade 2 Gray Merchant of Asphodel 2 Whip of Erebos 1 Erebos, God of the Dead On the Draw +2 Duress +2 Doom Blade +1 Pithing Needle +2 Devour Flesh -2 Pack Rat -2 Whip of Erebos -1 Erebos, God of the Dead -2 Gray Merchant of Aphodel With the extra removal, this matchup should get a bit better
With six sets per year and the price increase of Universes Beyond, I'm already priced out of Standard anyway, barring purchasing singles for decks, so I'd rather try to collect the sets I care about the most
Like many price spikes, the future of this archetype could go either way, depending on reprints
For two generic mana and one white mana, Boromir, Warden of the Tower does a lot on its own, and is an auto-inclusion if you play a stax deck with white in it
Log in RULINGS 2017-03-14 Explores effect allows you to play an additional land during your main phase