Subject: Deck listing
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 18:06:01 +0000 (GMT)
From: johannm@rhi.hi.is (Johann Moller)
To: fkusumot@ix.netcom.com

I made this deck after a recent tournament where I was struck by the
immense ammount of weenie decks in the current environment.  It is 
also a strong matchup against control decks because my counters tend 
to be cheaper (and more numerous) than theirs.

Weenie control deck (type II - mono blue)
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CREATUERS:
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4x Suq'Ata Firewalker   - weenie control
4x Man-O'-War           - no brainer
4x Ophidian             - no brainer
3x Azimaet Drake        - these could be tradewinds but I like the low
casting cost.
2x Waterspout Djinn     - heavy finisher

SPELLS:
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3x Disrupt              - cheap counter/cantrip
4x Memory Lapse         - cheap counter
4x Counterspell         - no brainer
4x Boomerang            - great for early game disruption or late game control
1x Capsize              - this is really just a 5th boomerang

ARTIFACTS:
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3x Mind Stone           - extra mana/cantrip/worb protection

LAND:
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4x Quicksand            - need creature control
2x Svyelunite Temple
18x Island

SIDEBOARD:
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4x Chill                - die sligh boy die!
2x Energy Flux          - anti PropaOrb
2x Undo                 - great against weenies
3x Nevinyrral´s Disk    - to take care of the evil Scragnoth & othe threats
2x Knight of the Mists  - more weenie control
2x Disrupting Scepter   - great against other mono-blue decks

I know that Tradewinds are all the rage now but generally I would rather
most of my creatures attack or tap to ping & since I only have 17 creatures 
I rarely get out 3 at once.

I chose boomerang instead of more Capsizes because boomerang is cheap &
effective & usually when I draw a Capsize I don´t like to cast it unless 
I can pay the buyback. I also love it when the following happens:

Me: Island.
Op: Land.
Me: Island. Tap for 2 blue. Boomerang your land.
Op: Land. Discard a card.

This gives me land advantage as well as forcing my opponent to discard
one card (as long as he doesn´t cast anything for 1 mana on the first 
2 turns.)

And it becomes even more fun if your opponent is playing with Undiscovered 
Paradise.

Jóhann Möller
johannm@rhi.hi.is