From: Pär Hylander <d93ph@efd.lth.se>
Newsgroups: rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy
Subject: My Copenhagen MiViWl deck
Date: Fri, 05 Sep 1997 20:28:07 +0200

Hi all!

I´m decided to post my deck the day before the tourney.
(In case I win :) )

If you wanna know the SB please ask after weekend.

Here it is:

MORE COMMENTS AT THE BOTTOM:

blue:
4 Impulse          (draw and air)

red:
1 Hammer of Bogarden  (killer nr2 + creature denial)
3 Incinerate       (creature denial + killer nr3)
2 AEther Flash
1 Kaervek´s Torch  (killer nr1 + creature denial)

green:
4 Rampant Growth  (this deck is 4 colored right mana early is essential)
4 Gaea`s Blessing  (recycle and air)

white:
4 Abeyance         (air, early speed and against counterspells)
4 Gerrard´s Wisdom  (must get lives back after the slow start)
2 Disenchant       (a must! You never know what to expect)
3 Afterlife        (good creature denial for big creatures and
with                     Aether Flash well..., and Prot red is hard)

Gold:
4 Savage Twister    (with Amber Prison and to sweep up after afterlife)

Artifact:
3 Amber Prison     (set up the Savage Twister and artifacts??)
1 Thran Tome      (must have more card advantage and with gerrards
its                     really great, beside you can always gaea´s
stuff                        back into the deck )

Land:
2 Grasslands       (important to get right mana and especially forest)
2 Mountain Valley  (-"-)
1 Island           (rampant)
2 Forest           (grass, valley no need for many just 1 for gaea´s
and                     early rampant growth)
4 Mountain
4 Plains
4 Undiscovered     (4 colored and good with wisdom) 
1 Gemstone Mine    (there´s not enough permanent mana in the deck so
no                     more than one) 

The Idea:
The idea breaks down in 2 major parts.
1. Good consistent draw.
1.1. Air, the deck got 12 card (abeyance, gaea´s, impulse). This will
allow me to draw the key card depending what I´m playing against.
1.2. Gaea´s blessing is real nice in midgame you have played some lands
(50%) and you want the good cards back like Impulse, Gaea´s and specific
cards depending on what my opponent plays.
2. Anti creature.
2.1 The miviwl enviroment tend to be heavily packed with creatures. So
if you are able to have alot of creature denial most decks will be
beaten. My deck might not be the best anticritter deck in miviwl but its
atleast its concept.
2.2 I don´t play critters, this is a great advantage since there´s alot
of creatures around and every deck need something to deal with critters
like (Nekrataal, Man-o-war, Savage Twister, Pacifism and so fort) these
card will be less usuable or even useless.

Drawbacks:

1. Many colors, may be and advantage though you get very good cards in
sideboard.
2. Slow, It might take time to win and its a tourney.
3. Slow II, Some decks are real fast and I must make it the first 10
rounds after that those speeddecks ought to be under control.
4. Please add some which I´m certain you will find.

Comments are appreciated if they are serious.

-- 
P. Highlander
There can be only one!