Subject: New Forgotten Orb Deck
Date: Thu, 1 Jan 1998 23:33:04 +0800
From: gochris@philonline.com.ph
To: fkusumot@ix.netcom.com

Here's the thing.  I'm really a cheap (read: inexpensive) sort of guy, and
about a year ago, put together a deck which vaguely resembled Forgotten Orb.
It was a hoot to play: priceless looks on opponents who got Lapsed and
locked down next turn made it all worth it. Well, the deck lost a good deal
when Alliances departed (Arcane Denial and Contagion were integral parts of
defense), and it sort of languished in for a while... also in part because I
really didn't like Forg-Orb's cousin 4CB/5CB) that is, till Tempest arrived.
Now it looks, well, kind of funny -- at any rate, I hope it's doable. It's
kinda does good in testing.

Anyway, while the components of the Forg-Orb deck are still pretty viable
(Guildmages, Fallen Askaris, Memory Lapses, Nekrataal and Orbs), a good deal
of the control aspect went away; Tempest has blessed black and blue with new
ways to clamp down with Propaganda and Diabolic Edict.  Splash in some fast
shadow, and you've got it made. Also I removed the Raiders, with what all
the Propaganda-Orb running around.

Here's the deck.

The "Department of Misinformation" Deck
Black
2 Dauthi Slayers
2 Dauthi Horrors
2 Black Knights
2 Fallen Askari
2 Skulking Ghosts
2 Shadow Guildmages (ping-power in a shadow environment; most of them are
X/1. Just don't use them on Mogg Maniacs. Just trust me on this one.)
3 Nekrataal
2 Diabolic Edicts (Okay, I guess... I'm not sure if it lives up to all the
hype, though.)
2 Terror (When Edicts just won't work)
1 Vampiric Tutor
Blue
4 Memory Lapse
1 Power Sink (This is a lame attempt to replace Arcane Denial.)
3 Man O'War
3 Propaganda
Artifact
4 Winter Orb
2 Serrated Biskelion
Lands
2 Rootwater Depths
2 Undiscovered Paradise
2 City of Brass
2 Gemstone Mine
2 Quicksand
8 Swamps
5 Islands

Propaganda works wonders in this deck, Diabolic Edicts make pro-black
creatures fair game, and the Shadow creatures deliver their share of damage
-- Dauthi Horror is especially good when fighting white Shadow.

I haven't really thought up much of a sideboard, but I assume it will
include Disenchant and Hydroblast.  Other ideas I'm toying with for
sideboard include Mox Monkeys and Cloudchaser Eagles, maybe even the
top-secret Bottle Gnomes for burn decks (oops).
Feel free to drop any comments, etc. etc.

Rinaldo Gonzales
gochris@philonline.com.ph
Laguna, Philippines