The top decks in tournaments from around the world are listed below. These decks are the decks to either play, or be prepared for... because you will be playing against them . The environment is being redefined by the introduction of "Stronghold", which has given rise to some new deck types, and revitalized older ones. Mana Leak, in particular, has made counters splashable, and Shock has made first turn removal a factor to consider. Sligh style burn, of course, continues to be strong. *Note* - This page best viewed with Netscape 3.0+.
"Piley Blast" by C. Otwell |
4 Hermit Druid 2 Uktabi Orangutan 4 Neckrataal 4 Black Knight 2 Gravedigger 2 Vhati-IlDal 4 Dark Ritual 4 Haunting Misery 4 Vampiric Tutor |
4 Man-o'-war 2 Cloudchaser Eagle 1 Noble Benefactor 4 Mox Diamond Sideboard: 4 Pyroblast 4 Hydroblast |
4 Gemstones Mine 4 Reflecting Pool 4 City of Brass 4 Undiscovered Paradise 2 Pine Barren 1 Volrath's Stronghold Sideboard(Cont): 3 Disenchant 4 Abeyance |
"Draw-Go!" by A. Cuneo |
4 Counterspell 4 Dissipate 4 Dismiss 2 Power Sink 2 Argivan Restoration 3 Capsize 4 Whispers of the Muse 4 Steel Golem 2 Dancing Scimitar |
2 Disrupting Scepter 4 Nevinyrral's Disk 3 Mind Stone Sideboard: 1 Amber Prison 1 Essence Bottle 2 Jester's Cap 3 Dream Tides |
4 Quicksand 1 Winding Canyons 3 Syvenulite Temple 14 Island Sideboard(Cont): 4 Hydroblast 2 Knight of the Mists 1 Rainbow Efreet 1 Steal Artifact |
" Turbo Living Death" by S. McLean |
4 Buried alive 4 Living death 4 Vampiric tutor 4 Dark ritual 1 Spirit of the Night 3 Volcanic Dragon 2 Wall of Blossoms |
3 Pyroblast 2 Force Spike 1 Mana Leak 3 Brainstorm 4 Impulse 2 Mystical Tutor 1 Mox diamond Sideboard: 4 Grindstone 2 Disenchant 2 Rootwater Hunter |
1 City of Brass 3 Crystal Vein 4 Gemstone Mine 2 Reflecting Pool 1 Undiscovered Paradise 3 Underground River 1 Sulfurous Spring 8 Swamp Sideboard(Cont): 3 CoP:Red 2 Lobotomy 2 Mana Leak |
" WW Propa'Geddon" by S. Hutton |
3 Soltari Foot Soldier 3 Nomad en-Kor 4 Soltari Priest 2 Soltari Monk 2 White Knight 2 Knight of Dusk 4 Aura of Silence 3 Armageddon 2 Wrath of God 2 Tradewind Rider 4 Propaganda 4 Mana Leak |
2 Bottle Gnome 2 Winter Orb 2 Fellwar 1 Marble Diamond 1 Sky Diamond Sideboard: 3 Hyrdoblast 3 Sleight of Mind 2 Disenchant |
2 Wasteland 2 Quicksand 4 Adakar Wastes 2 Thalakos Lowland 1 Island 10 Plains Sideboard(Cont): 3 Honorable Passage 1 COP: Red 3 Light of Day |
"5CG" by A. Shvartsman |
4 Birds of Paradise 4 Granger Guildmage 2 Quirion Ranger 4 Wall of Roots 3 Jolrael's Centaur 4 Uktabi Orangutan 1 Maro 4 Armageddon 4 Incinerate |
4 Tradewind Rider 3 Mana Leak 2 Derelor 2 Diabolic Edict Sideboard: 3 Pyroblast 3 Propaganda 2 Honorable Passage 2 Disenchant |
4 Gemstone Mine 3 City of Brass 3 Undiscovered Paradise 9 Forest Sideboard(Cont): 2 Mangara's Blessing 2 Tranquil Domain 1 Living Death |
"Cursed Sligh" by P. Poulter |
4 Mogg Fanatic 4 Jackal Pup 1 Goblin Vandal 4 Ironclaw Orcs 4 Fireslinger 3 Ball Lightning 4 Incinerate 4 Kindle 4 Fireblast |
4 Serrated Biskelion 4 Cursed Scroll Sideboard: 4 Pyroblast 2 Thunderbolt 3 Shatter |
4 Wasteland 17 Mountain Sideboard(Cont): 2 Firestorm 3 Sand Golem 1 Searing Touch |
"Steel Necro" by D. Kuykendall |
4 Diabolic Edict 4 Drain Life 2 Spinning Darkness 2 Funeral Charm 4 Stupor 2 Agonizing Memories 4 Necropotence 1 Infernal Tribute 3 Dark Ritual 2 Lobotomy |
4 Steel Golem 1 Snake Basket 4 Nevinyrral's Disk Sideboard: 3 Forsaken Wastes 1 Terror 3 Dread of Night 2 Perish |
4 Rootwater Depths 2 Quicksand 3 Stalking Stones 15 Swamp Sideboard(Cont): 1 Interdict 1 Nekrataal 3 Dauthi Horror 1 Black Knight |
"LobottleNecro" by D. Bull |
4 Drain Life 4 Diabolic Edict 3 Funeral Charms 3 Stupor 1 Agonizing Memories 3 Dark Ritual 4 Necropotence 2 Corpse Dance 1 Necrosavant |
2 Lobotomy 4 Steel Golem 4 Bottle Gnomes 4 Nevinyrral's Disk Sideboard: 2 Touchstone 3 Spinning Darkness 3 Persih |
2 Quicksand 1 Undiscovered 4 Underground River 2 Volrath's Stronghold 13 Swamp Sideboard(Cont): 4 Bottomless Pit 3 Dread of Knight |
"Fish" by J. Nguyen |
4 Manta Riders 4 Tidal Warrior 4 Sea Scryer 4 Lord of Atlantis 2 Seasinger 2 Rootwater Hunter 4 Man-o'-War 4 Winter Orb |
4 Counterspell 4 Power Sink 1 Mana Leak 2 Dissipate 1 Dismiss Sideboard: 4 Hydroblast 3 Propaganda 2 Disrupt |
1 Undiscovered Paradise 19 Island Sideboard(Cont): 1 Disrupting Scepter 1 Memory Lapse 3 Mana Leak 1 Sky Diamond |
"3CW" by A. Prokopin |
3 Freewind Falcon 3 Longbow Archer 4 Order of the White Shield 3 Soltari Monk 4 Soltari Priest 4 White Knight 3 Aura of Silence 3 Empyrial Armor 4 Tithe |
4 Man-o'-War 4 Incinerate 3 Cursed Scroll Sideboard: 1 Aura of Silence 4 Pyroblast 3 Sleight of Mind 2 Disenchant |
2 City of Brass 2 Gemstone Mine 4 Undiscovered Paradise 10 Plains Sideboard(Cont): 2 Flickering Ward 2 Honorable Passage 1 Cursed Scroll |
"5C Cursed Sliver" by D. Algood |
4 Birds of Paradise 4 Muscle Sliver 4 Winged Sliver 4 Acidic Sliver 4 Spined Sliver 4 Crystalline Sliver 3 Sliver Queen |
3 Harrow 3 Counterspell 3 Disenchant 4 Cursed Scroll Sideboard: 2 Pyroblast 1 Counterspell 2 Tranquil Domain 1 Disenchant |
3 Undiscovered Paradise 4 City of Brass 4 Gemstone Mine 1 Mountain 1 Swamp 2 Islands 2 Plains 3 Forest Sideboard(Cont): 2 Simoon 3 Propaganda 2 Warmth 2 Hydroblast |
"Counter'Hammer" by P. Chapin |
2 Disrupt 4 Counterspell 3 Dissipate 4 Dismiss 4 Impulse 4 Whispers of the Muse 3 Nevinyrral's Disk |
4 Incinerate 3 Hammer of Bogarden 2 Earthquake 1 Fireball Sideboard: 4 Suq'ata Firewalker 4 Hydroblast 4 Pyroblast |
3 Quicksand 1 Undiscovered Paradise 4 Reflecting Pool 7 Mountain 11 Island Sideboard(Cont): 2 Shatter 1 Steal Enchantment |
"Casper.Dec" by Dave Williams |
4 Wrath of God 3 Armageddon 4 Gerrard's Wisdom 2 Aura of Silence 1 Disenchant 4 Counter Spell 3 Powersink 4 Propaganda 2 Intuition 1 Impulse |
2 Sylvan Library 2 Gaea's Blessing 3 Winter Orb 3 Marble Diamond 3 Sky Diamond 1 Moss Diamond Sideboard: 4 Chill 2 COP: Black 2 COP: Red |
1 Reflecting Pool 2 Undiscovered Paradise 2 Floodplain 3 Adakar Waste 3 Brushland 3 Plains 4 Island Sideboard(Cont): 2 Aura of Silence 2 Hydroblast 3 Disenchant |
"ProsBloom" by K. Budde |
4 Infernal Contract 2 Vampiric Tutor 1 Drain Life 4 Natural balance 4 Squandered Resources 4 Cadavereous Bloom 3 Abeyance |
3 Prosperity 4 Memory Lapse 4 Impulse 4 Meditate Sideboard: 3 Wall of Roots 2 Emerald Charm 2 Perish 2 Pyroblast |
4 City of Brass 4 Gemstone Mine 5 Swamp 4 Forest 5 Island 1 Plains Sideboard(Cont): 3 City of Solitude 2 Powersink 1 Abeyance |
"Tradewind Prison" by E. Gonzalez |
4 Birds of Paradise 4 Quiron Ranger 4 Wall of Roots 4 Uktabi Orangutang 4 Man-o'-War 4 Tradewind Rider 4 Counterspell 2 Disrupt 3 Impulse |
1 Disenchant 4 Armageddon 3 Winter Orbs Sideboard: 2 Memory Lapse 3 Emerald Charm 1 Scragnoth 1 Winter Orb |
2 Refelecting pool 1 Gemstone Mine 3 Undiscovered Paradise 1 Adakar Waste 5 Island 7 Forest Sideboard(Cont): 3 Disenchant 4 Hydroblast 1 Chill |
"Sylvan Pursuit" by A. Huang |
4 Wall of Essence 4 Wrath of God 4 Gerrard's Wisdom 3 Pursuit of Knowledge 3 Disenchant 2 Island Sanctuary 4 Mana Leak |
4 Wall of Blossoms 4 Sylvan Library 4 Gaea's Blessing 1 Kaervek's Torch 3 Steel Golem Sideboard: 1 Disenchant 3 Light of Day 4 Warmth |
1 Reflecting Pool 2 Undiscovered Paradise 2 Gemstone Mine 2 City of Brass 3 Adarkar Wastes 4 Brushland 3 Forest 7 Plains Sideboard(Cont): 2 COP: Red 3 COP: Black 2 Aura of Silence |
"ACD 5CB" by M. Barnett |
4 Black Knight 4 Fallen Askari 3 Knights of Stromgald 2 Nekrataal 3 Diabolic Edict 2 Granger Guildmage 4 Incinerate |
2 Tradewind Rider 4 Man-o'-War 3 Mana Leak 2 Memory Lapse 1 Power Sink 3 Winter Orb Sideboard: 4 Pyroblast 3 Hydroblast 2 Perish 1 Nekrataal |
4 Reflecting Pool 2 City of Brass 4 Gemstone Mine 2 Undiscovered Paradise 2 Underground River 1 Volrath's Stronghold 8 Swamp Sideboard(Cont): 1 Winter Orb 2 Disenchant 2 Bottle Gnome |
"Counter'Mesa" by G. Rush |
4 Counterspell 4 Dissipate 2 Dismiss 3 Intuition 1 Whispers of the Muse 3 Gaea's Blessing |
4 Wrath of God 4 Gerrard's Wisdom 2 Sacred Mesa 3 Disenchant 4 Nevinyrral's Disk Sideboard: 4 Bottle Gnomes 3 Mangara's Blessing 3 Orim's Prayer 2 Aura of Silence |
3 Adarkar Wastes 3 Undiscovered Paradise 1 Thalakos Lowland 1 Grassland 1 Flood Plain 1 Forest 8 Plains 8 Island Sideboard(Cont): 1 Disenchant 1 Gaea's Blessing 1 Jester's Cap |
"Two Pints..." by Joules Haigh |
4 Soltari Priest 4 Warrior en-Kor 3 Repentant Blacksmith 4 White Knight 2 Shaman en-Kor 3 Empyrial Armor 3 Disenchant 4 Tithe 2 Terror |
4 Mogg Maniac 4 Earthquake 3 Firestorm Sideboard: 4 Sleight of Mind 2 Sacred Ground 2 Hidden Retreat 2 Divine Offering |
4 Undiscovered Paradise 3 Gemstone Mine 3 City of Brass 1 Reflecting Pool 9 Plains Sideboard(Cont): 1 Disenchant 3 Honorable Passage 1 Terror |
"Trap" |
4 Pendrell Mists 4 Propaganda 4 Impulse 4 Enlightened Tutor 3 Gerrard's Wisdom 3 Aura of Silence 3 Armageddon |
2 Marble Diamond 2 Sky Diamond 3 Mox Diamond 4 Wall of Blossoms 4 Natures Revolt Sideboard: 2 Disenchant 1 Aura of Silence 3 Scragnoth 4 Karma |
1 Undiscovered Paradise 1 City of Brass 4 Gemstone Mine 2 Vec Townships 2 Skyshround Forests 2 Forests 4 Plains 4 Islands Sideboard(Cont): 2 Gaea's Blessing 2 Chill 1 Mangara's Blessing |
"Wall of Stompy" by J. Finkel |
4 Rogue Elephant 4 Llanowar Elves 4 Quirion Ranger 4 Wall of Blossoms 4 Muscle Sliver 2 Harvest Wurm 2 Fallow Wurm 4 Jolrael's Centaur 4 Uktabi Orangutan 4 Stampeding Wildebeest |
4 Giant Growth 4 Cursed Scroll Sideboard: 3 Tranquil Domains 3 Choke 1 Lifeforce |
16 Forest Sideboard(Cont): 3 Serrated Biskelion 3 Respite 2 City of Solitude |
"Big Blue C.H.M." by J. Crosby |
4 Counterspell 3 Mana Leak 2 Dissipate 1 Dismiss 1 Force Spike 3 Impulse 1 Whispers of the Muse 2 Capsize 3 Legacy's Allure |
4 Ophidian 3 Man-o'-War 3 Suq'Ata Firewalker 3 Tradewind Rider 2 Waterspout Djinn 1 Earthquake Sideboard: 2 Earthquake 3 Nevinyrral's Disk 3 Pyroblast 3 Chill |
3 Sapphire Medallion 2 Quicksand 1 Undiscovered Paradise 1 City of Brass 3 Caldera Lake 16 Island Sideboard(Cont): 1 Hydroblast 2 Shatter 1 Steal Enchantment |
"5C Walls and Stuff" by J. Tackett |
4 Birds of Paradise 4 Wall of Roots 4 Wall of Blossoms 3 Uktabi Orangutang 4 Mistmoon Griffon 3 Armageddon 2 Earthquake |
4 Tradewind Rider 4 Counterspells 4 Impulse 4 Frenetic Efreet Sideboard: 4 Pyroblast 4 Hydroblast 1 Armageddon |
3 City of Brass 2 Undiscovered Paradise 4 Reflecting Pool 3 Gemstone Mine 3 Forest 5 Island Sideboard(Cont): 3 Disenchant 1 Uktabi Orangutang 2 Earthquake |