True, Storm wasn’t the worst if you were Jon Finkel or Caleb Scherer, however it did rely on getting lucky. Human’s best draws lined up too well for Storm to really power through and the strategy that Caleb used was to Bolt the disruption and then Pieces of the Puzzle his way into a win before Humans clocked him. This could work, but it was still dicey.

Spirits of any stripe isn’t bad against combo, it simply isn’t as good as Humans. Mausoleum Wanderer and Spell Queller are respectively soft and slow compared to Meddling Mage and Kitesail Freebooter against combo. I’m perfect comfortable against combo with UW, but not quite as strong as Humans players.

Yes, most Storm players aren’t Jon Finkel, but I imagine that at least for the most talented Storm pilots, Humans is a manageable matchup. Also from my experience with Bant Spirits, Storm was a fine matchup especially once the sideboard got involved. However, I don’t have a ton of experience in that matchup, only a few matches.