Subject: Reap / Time Warp Deck
Date: 5 Jan 1998 15:08:15 GMT
From: sheckleyj@aol.com (Sheckley J)
Newsgroups: rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy

Hello all, wanted to let you know about a deck idea i found on the net,
twiddled with a bit, and played this past weekend.

first off, the deck:

 4  Reap
 4  Harrow
 3  Gaea's Blessing
 4  Mystical Tutor
 4  Prismatic Lace
 3  Time Warp
 1  Intuition
 4  Impulse
 2  Helm of Awakening
 2  Sapphire Medallion
 4  Lotus Petal
 4  Peace Talks
 1  Ebony Charm
 1  Incinerate
 1  Kaervac's Torch
 4  Gemstone Mine
 2  Undiscovered Paradise
 1  Reflecting Pool
 7  Island
 7  Forest

Sideboard is not yet made, but i will most likely be including some or all of
the following:

Abeyance
Chill
Disenchant
X4B
Thumbscrews
Whirling Dervish
Boomerang
Emerald Charm

okay, so here's what we discovered:

Infinite Mana:
If you Primatic Lace 4 of the opponent's permanents, and you have 3 lotus
petals and a reap in your graveyard, you can get infinte mana!  with a reap in
hand, reap for the 3 lotus petals and a reap:
sac the lotus petals for at least 1 green and 2, whatever (red, most likely),
use the new reap to reap for the 3 lotus petals and a reap
repeat until satisfied.
use mana generated to throw a torch or two.

Choke Sucks:
Choke really sucked when played against me. it absolutely destroys the
reap/warp combo if it's not destroyed, returned to hand, etc.
Stasis or any deck, really, will utterly kill a recursion deck of this nature,
i found out the hard way to include some way get rid of nasty hoser permanents.

Love those Charms!
Also discovered that Ebony Charm works extremely well in a reap deck of any
type, i will most likely up the number i put in the deck listed above.
Not only is it a mini-drain-life, but if used in response to an opponent's
reap, you can remove the cards the opponent wants!
They try to reap for a time warp, reap, and incinerate?  Ebony charm all three!
Combo Killer!

besides the above, here's what else happened:

I got the combo off 2 out of 3 times.

Died once because of Choke (i had no permanent destruction spells except 1
disenchant, and i had to let opp. take another turn so i could reap it instead
of the time warp), and of course, got killed because i was only at three life
and only had two of his permanents laced.

Dunno why everyone's so hard up about Time Warp, it seemed to work perfectly in
this deck.  I had plenty of mana every turn  thanks to harrow, the helm, and
the medallion.

Really wanted to try the Whirling Dervish bit, where i lace the creatures
black, but didn't have a chance.

Black-only decks will utterly die against a reap deck, my opp. played one the
last game we played, and said he'd never play another one against it ever
again!  :)

k, thanks everyone!

comments, etc. accepted, no spam or flames, please.