The difference in mana cost is rarely an issue (only against a well piloted Numot, the Devastator deck so far) so I'd definitely lean toward Helm of the Ghastlord over Curiosity . I've been able to hit 6-8 mana on board T1. I generally don't have too many problems keeping creatures off the board, but Sigil of Sleep could possibly find a spot. As much as I can draw with this deck, I'm actually considering replacing Psychosis Crawler and that could be a possible replacement. When I draw him, I usually end up holding him because the other cards in hand are the better play at that time or I just don't have enough cards in hand to make him big enough to last long enough to be effective.

I don't run Psychosis Crawler because every "pain effect" triggers off them drawing not me so the crawler is a little out of place however he does combo with the helm quite well especially in multi player with fruition out

How does he combo with Helm? He's neither Black or Blue and his effect is loss of life and not damage.

Have you ever considered Zur's Weirding ? If so, how did it play out? It sounds like it could be useful, and with Tomorrow, it won't affect you that much.

Put helm on nekuzar with crawler out what happens?

Kozelek: I realize that, but I'd consider that more synergy than combo. The problem I have is I usually see Crawler when I don't have enough cards in hand to justify paying 5 mana to cast it and it's left in Bolt range and probably won't survive till I can draw again and get some value out of it.

ducttapedeckbox: I never considered Zur's Weirding . It could definitely make things get very interesting. With Tomorrow out, Weirding won't affect you at all because you get to choose which replacement effect to apply to each card you would draw.

I would look into using Stroke of Genius over Mind Spring . If I could make a recommendation though, Forced Fruition is not a good idea. it's ok in super casual games, but 9/10 times your opponent will just play one or two cheap things and draw into a wincon and answer and then combo out or whatever after blowing up the fruiton.

As for fun stuff to run: Skyscribing is awesome, as is Phyresis / Grafted Exoskeleton (I personally prefer the exoskeleton). I would look into Academy Ruins though if you do, people will not like to see it coming down.

It may pay to look into the counterspells you run. You are only running 6 total and of those, 2 are only really good for countering counters. And then out of that, 2 bounce the spell and the other two are 3 and 4 mana. things like Psychic Strike , Arcane Denial and good old Counterspell are definately worth looking into.

Stroke will most likely replace Mind Spring eventually. Skyscribing is also being considered

I pretty much decided against Forced Fruition already, just haven't updated that on here yet.

Phyresis /Exoskeleton...not gonna happen. No intention to go the infect route.

As far as counterspells go...I have no intention of making this a counter-heavy deck so I'm right around a number that I'm happy with. Also, Tamiyo's Emblem pretty much recycles them for me and Snappy at can at lest let me get a 2nd use. Arcane and Counterspell are most likely to go in at some point if I add a couple more or if Mental Misstep and Spell Snare start to become a problem. I like Dispel over Psychic Spiral because Scry will benefit me more than mill.

Fair enough. Also, if you're after top deck stuff, have you considered Sensei's Divining Top or Melek, Izzet Paragon ? he's pretty decent. I run a Nekusarless Nekusar deck if you wanted to get some ideas: Letting off some steam.

I decided against Top when I first started building it as a Tomorrow, Azami's Familiar deck and decided to keep it that way because I'm able to get her out as early as T3 and even T2 a couple times. Yeah, sometimes I gotta shove a couple cards to the bottom that I could use right away but happen to not be my first choice, but it also helps clear out unneeded lands or higher costed spells that I can't cast right away whereas Top leaves them there to draw. I also tend to do a lot of searching, which cycles more useful cards back up from the bottom.

On another note...as stated in a couple of my previous comments, Psychosis Crawler is likely coming out due to lackluster performance. I'm considering replacing it with Dack Fayden since his first ability can target other players and trigger Nekusar, Megrim , and Liliana's Caress . Thoughts?

Psychosis Crawler is a good card on paper. But from playing it I know two things 1) it pulls A LOT of hate and 2) its not as good as the proportional amount of hate it pulls. Dack seems cool. Plus he steals sol rings so thats never a bad thing. I personally would recommend putting a Comet Storm storm in because its good and if you can get his ult off, well I make the storm do 0 damage and target every creature i have mana for. hehehe.

+1 to a nekusar! how about checking out my drive em crazy nekusar thanks!

How do you feel about the niv combos? Curiosity , Helm of the Ghastlord , Ophidian Eye , Tandem Lookout , and Mind Over Matter ?They usually don't kill the entire table (or at least in my play group) just 1-2 people. Check out my list for more ideas and feel free to critique and give a +1 ;)Nekusar's Perfect Storm

Take a look at my binder, let me know if I have any hatebears stuff that interests you.

I'm not trading the Hierarch or Canopy, but maybe Vial. I meant some of the other hatebears stuff I have. I am interested in big and small stuff from here, ranging from Snapcaster to foil Cyclonic Rift to the Windfall and wheel of Fortune.