Subject: The Deck of Tempest
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 12:41:37 -0600
From: "Richard P. Dixon" <rpdixon@cookeville.com>
To: <fkusumot@ix.netcom.com>

    Normally I would never write into one of these because I can't stand
the concept of coping the current "champion" deck, but you don't have the
one deck that has gone undefeated in type II in ten different tourneyments
In seven cities. It is called "Living Death" it is most effective in type
II but it has won in Type I also.

  The Deck is as follows:
4     Living Death
3     Buried Alive
3     Coffen Queen
4     Black Knight
4     Knight of Stromgald
1     Necrosavant
1     Spirit of the Night
2     Animate Dead
3     Dark Ritual
2     Drain Life

1     Verdant Force

1     Benthic Behemoth

1     Shivan Dragon

1     Archangel

2     Nevinyrral's Disk

2     Ebony Charm

2     Cursed Scrolls

2     Diabolic Edicts

2     Lotus Petals

4     Gemstone Mines

2     Reflecting Pools

14    Swamps


    It's only weakness is a Mono-blue, a problem that is solved by smart
playing and intelligent sideboarding. The Side board is:

3    Chill
3    Scragnoth
3    Boil
2    Diabolic Edicts
4    Disenchant

    You can put it on your list if you choose, but I co-authored the deck.
T Goralzyck helped in thinking of the bigger creatures to go into the deck.

Thanks,

Richard Dixon