Dies to Removal

I would like to start off by saying again, that i really do love this list, and i appreciate your time in both maintaining this primer and your card evaluation process. I think I understand Puca's Mischief's application in this deck now. In the games i played with it it was never a turn four option it came very late on blank boards. That's the thing about the MTGO metagame, you never know what the environment will be, or even how tuned the decks will be so its tough to play "metagame" cards which i assumed this was.

After playing a few games with Gideon, i found him to be very strong. i may remove the form of the dragon/second chance combo in favor of a more controlling package with him and planar collapse. although I really like this combo because nobody minds loosing to it, due to awesome factor

In regards to
statecraft, the mono green player w/all the threats was the one who controlled it, making all his creatures ~0 power

Thanks for the quick reply

Puca's Mischief is less about donating than it is about trading Torpor Orb or a Signet for Sol Ring and Humility for Elspeth, Knight-Errant.

I did try Mischief for ~20 games or so. Only one time of the 6-7 times i drew it, did I even want to cast it. I think the problem I have with this card is that this list just doesn't have an excess of "throw-away" permanents w/mid to high CC to get value out of. IMO paying 4 mana, 1 card, and waiting a turn, is not worth trading a signet for a sol ring...However i do agree that this list is soft to plainswalkers, and its a good answer; but if that's what the card is there for, isn't it better to just run O Ring?

As for Statecraft, I will defer to your experience in this matter. I've only
played it once after adding it, and it was a house in that game(stopping multiple eldrazi) and allowing me the extra 3-4 draw steps i needed to lock out the game, but I'm willing to believe that this is results orientated thinking, and that most of the time its a blank. However if this is true, thats how i also feel bout Mischief. Which makes me want to try just another removal enchantment or perhaps something like Porphyry Nodes

My next Question is about Venser, the Sojourner Why is this in the list? Just because the Ult is so back breaking? So far in my testing the best thing this is doing is resetting where Akroan Horse is, or getting a land back that I donated early. Is this just to "combo" W/[card]Puca's Mischief[/card] I might try Tamiyo, the Moon Sage or Gideon Jura in this spot instead.

1st off, I've been playing this list online, and I love it! Enduring Ideal was my favorite deck in standard when it was legal. I like how you don't play any of the cards that make the whole table turn on you, but still have powerful interactions.

I have made 1 change though, I've been running StateCraft over Puca's mischief. The latter seems too random for me, and it feels like it doesn't do anything good unless Zedruu is out, when you could donate anyway. State craft turns Zedruu or other random chumps into walls, and provides a way to slow the ramp/aggro player later in the game. It is also usually the 1st thing an aggro deck must kill w/targeted enchantment removal, providing a pseudo auramancy effect. If you haven't tested this card, i suggest you try it.