I'm still surprised Warping Wail is being slept on in Ramp decks. Made a similar list before, but let's revisit! Here's the latest top 8 results from the SCG Open. Warping Wail can either exile the creature or counter the follwing spells:
1. Atarka Red
Abbot of Keral Keep
Monastery Swiftspear
Reckless Bushwhacker
Dragon Fodder
Hordeling Outburst
Sure, the prowess creatures may grow outta range, but getting them when they are tapped out or forcing them to play a spell to save it can be big. Reckless Bushwacker gets hit regardless. Dragon Fodder/Hordeling Outburst is a bunch of bodies not hitting the battlefield.
2. R/G Ramp
Leaf Gilder
Rattleclaw Mystic
Explosive Vegetation
Nissa's Pilgrimage
Nissa's Renewal
WW hits all of ramp's accelleration spells except Hedron Archive. (it doesn't hit morphed Rattleclaw)
3. Jeskai Black
Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
Wandering Fumarole
Duress
Magmatic Insight
Painful Truths
Roast
Treasure Cruise
Infinite Obliteration
WW doesn't hit many creatures, but it can counter Infinite Obliteration which is huge. Them looping Obliteration feels bad mang. Countering Treasure Cruise is pretty sweet too.
4. Abzan Company
Warden of the First Tree
Duress
Infinite Obliteration
WW misses a lot of targets vs this deck, but eh it hits Obliteration and you can just use the scion mode to chump or ramp.
5. R/B Dragons
Hangarback Walker (possibly)
Duress
Hordeling Outburst
Roast
Transgress the Mind
Roast hits Thought-Knot and our mana dorks, and Transgress the Mind would be great to counter.
6. U/R Prowess
Abbot of Keral Keep
Monastery Swiftspear
Stormchaser Mage
Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
Wandering Fumarole
Roast
Slip Through Space
Treasure Cruise
Duress
Painful Truths
So many targets to hit. Same with all prowess creatures - they can grow outta range, but hopefully you can get them when they are tapped out, or force them to spend a spell at an unideal time to save it.
7. Five-Color Bring to Light
Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
Bring to Light
Duress
Languish
Treasure Cruise
Painful Truths
8. Abzan Blue
Warden of the First Tree
Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
Exert Influence
Painful Truths
Bonus. Four-Color Rally
Fleshbag Marauder
Zulaport Cutthroat
WW doesn't do much for this deck, but exiling Cutthroat is a huge upside. Probably will use the scion mode more than anything else.
I need to test more games, but Warping Wail just seems so versatile for our deck.