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It's a good place to start. The better clinchers are ones like the Clement LAS or the Vittoria XN, although both of those are only really suitable for very dry conditions.
If I was only going to run one pair of tubs, then I'd go for something that would be good in intermediate conditions but will also work okay in proper mud, so something like the Challenge Fango, Dugast Small Bird (although I've not used it), the aforementioned FMBs or the Specialized Tracer (which I was very happy with last season). A mud tyre is nice to have, but even in a wet season like last year I think I only used mine twice, whereas an intermediate tyre can be used in more races.
One other point to note with full mud tyres, is that they do throw up significantly more mud and this invariably ends up on the bike, causing fouling issues.