Subject: Strong new deck! Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 20:06:46 +0000 From: Killingsworth To: fkusumot@ix.netcom.com [HUMOR] Greetings. I thought that you should all know about a new killer deck to watch out for, or perhaps even play. I call it: Turbo5cNecroWarpBloomSurvivalStasisRecurringTradewindLaceOathGeddonTech Deck Concept and design: O. Killingsworth, G. Aszman The basic idea of this deck is to create a lock, beat your opponent down with striped bears, cast armageddon, and then drain them to death. Deck Contents: 4 Howling Mine Strong! 4 Stasis 4 Squandered Resources 4 Survival of the Fittest 5 Necropotence Gotta Draw 2 in your opening hand 4 Recurring Nightmare 1 Tradewind Rider Counter Bait 4 Oath of Scholars 4 Oath of Mages 4 Oath of Leiges Strong! 4 Oath of Ghouls 4 Oath of Druids Weakest one, but still not too bad 4 Gaea's Blessing 4 Vampiric Tutor Get the Combo 4 Enlightened Tutor Get the Combo 4 Mystical Tutor Get the Combo 4 Demonic Tutor Get the Combo 4 Impulse Get the Combo 4 Brainstorm Get the Combo 4 Portent Get the Combo 4 Mulch Get the Combo 4 Armageddon 4 Coercion Good vs Other combo decks 1 Striped Bears Something to impulse for 1 Bird Maiden Strong! 4 Jackalope Herd Much stronger than Erhnam 1 Purelace 1 Chaoslace 1 Lifelace 1 Thoughtlace 1 Deathlace All the laces are very good vs color hosers 4 Flare Strongest burn 4 Thallid You can recur saprolings 4 Cursed Flesh Multi Purpose 1 Ivory Charm 1 Hope Charm 1 Seedling Charm 2 Shaper Guildmage Multi Purpose Strong! 4 Wall of Wood Outstanding early blocker 2 Cadaverous Bloom Combo 2 Squandered Resources " 1 Infernal Contract " 1 Meditate " 2 Prosperity " 1 Drain Life Best card from US 4 Claws of Gix 1 Dauthi Embrace Imagine shadow saprolings! Strong! 3 Thalakos Sentry Best Shadow creature out there 1 Thumbscrews Alternate winning method 1 Scalding Tongs Alternate winning method 2 Fountain of Youth Very strong! 2 Skyshaper 1 Work Horse Speed mana 4 Overgrowth Speed mana 2 Culling the Weak Speed mana 4 Time Warp Infinite turn combo 4 Prismatic Lace Infinite turn combo 4 Reap Infinite turn combo 100 Swamps (To support Drain Life) 5 Islands 5 Forests Strongest Card in T2. 5 Mountains 5 Plains Total Cards: 284 Now for the brief discussion. The deck itself is pretty self-explanitory and overall, very easy to play. What most people ask me is: Why so many cards? Well, you know how you hear all those whiners talking about card advantage? Think about it. If they play a wimpy 60 card deck and you have a strong 284, that's a 124 card advantage over your opponent. You won't find that in no Ancestral Recall! I have won 11 tounaments in my area and placed in the top 8 in many more. This deck is so strong, most of the people in my area have stopped playing "Good" Decks and have switched over to this. I would recommend this deck for the "Decks to Beat". Owen Killingsworth, kworth@snowcrest.net "Oh my God, what IS that?"