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Depending on the deck, I personally find Young Pyromancer to be a particularly good replacement. Needs the right home though.

I would recommend mana dredge. Manaless dredge is fun and all, but it can be kinda slow sometimes and in any meta with graveyard hate, you're gonna have a bad time. Mana dredge is a pretty consistent combo deck that has handy things such as Cabal Therapy, and your sideboard has a good amount of enchantment and artifact hate, then just mulligan till you have what you need. Plus the deck has the ability to go off turn 1 to set up a turn 2 win. I personally prefer a slightly less combo version with 4 Ichorid and 4 Street Wraith so you can grind out 4-5 turns for consistent results.

This is my first home brew deck and it happened to be legacy when I first found out about Contamination and immediately seeing a more powerful Blood Moon.

The idea of this deck is to be able to shut down most legacy decks and be resilient to Force of Will. Adding Bitterblossom and Ophiomancer to provide the playability of Contamination. To work around FoW I jumped right into the discard engine. I found the synergy in this deck to be quite better than I expected.

Note: Liliana's Caress is only a placeholder for Waste Not when it's released. It will make the deck very well rounded and stable.

Let me know your thoughts and feedback! ;)

[Canadian Contamination]

Canadian Contamination 60 cards, 15 sideboard 5 {Swamp} 4 {Bayou} 4 {Bloodstained Mire} 4 {Verdant Catacombs} 4 {Phyrexian Tower} 21 lands 2 {Abyssal Persecutor} 3 {Ophiomancer} 4 {Deathrite Shaman} 4 {Phyrexian Obliterator} 13 creatures 3 {Liliana of the Veil} 3 {Hymn to Tourach} 4 {Cabal Therapy} 4 {Liliana's Caress} 2 {Sensei's Divining Top} 4 {Bitterblossom} 3 {Thoughtseize} 3 {Contamination} 26 other spells Sideboard 1 {Thoughtseize} 2 {Abyssal Persecutor} 1 {Contamination} 3 {Dismember} 3 {Gitaxian Probe} 4 {Leyline of the Void} 1 {Liliana of the Veil} 15 sideboard cards