The Decks to Beat, Jan '98

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. Right now the environment is settling down, and a stable base of decks is emerging. Strong tourney cards to emerge from TE include Propaganda, Tradewind Rider, Capsize, Meditate, Sapphire Medallion, the "Shadow" creatures, Cursed Scroll and Mogg Fanatics. The environment is being defined by speed and mana control, most notably Armageddon and Winter Orb. *Note* - This page best viewed with Netscape 3.0+.

"Cursed Sligh" by T. Bui

  4 Mogg Fanatic
  4 Jackal Pup
  1 Goblin Vandal
  4 Ironclaw Orc
  4 Fireslinger
  2 Canyon Wildcat
  4 Ball Lightning

  4 Kindle
  4 Incinerate
  4 Fireblast

  4 Cursed Scroll

 Sideboard:
  4 Ankh of Mishra
  3 Pyroblast
  2 Boil
  2 Shatter

  4 Wastelands
  18 Mountains




 Sideboard(Cont):
  1 Goblin Vandal
  2 Searing Touch
  1 Firestorm

"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

"The Blue" by K. Lignelli

  4 Counterspell
  4 Dissipate
  4 Capsize
  3 Whispers of the Muse
  4 Propaganda
  4 Impulse
  1 Ancestral Knowledge

  4 Suq-Ata Firewalker
  4 Vodalian Illusionist
  2 Thalakos Seer 

 Sideboard:
  4 Chill
  4 Dismiss

  4 Sapphire Meddalion

 22 Island

 Sideboard(Cont):
  4 Hydroblast
  3 Disrupting Scepter

"4CW" by M. Wolfensberger

  4 White Knights
  4 Order of the White Shield
  4 Soltari Priest
  2 Soltari Monk
  2 Benalish Knight

  2 Empyrial Armour
  3 Disenchant
  2 Honorable Passage
  1 Aura of Silence
  4 Tithe

  2 Suq'Ata Lancers
  1 Wildfire Emissary

  4 Incinerate
  1 Earthquake

  4 Man'o-War

  2 Giant Growth

 Sideboard:
  2 Honorable Passage
  1 Disenchant
  2 Aura of Silence
  1 Light of Day

  4 Undiscovered Paradise
  4 Gemstone Mine
 10 Plains







 Sideboard(Cont):
  4 Pyroblasts
  2 Boil
  3 Perish

"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

Erik Lauer's "Discard-Necro"

  4 Knight of Stromgald
  4 Abyssal Specter

  4 Drain Life
  3 Funeral Charm
  3 Diabolic Edict
  4 Dark Ritual
  4 Stupor
  4 Necropotence

  4 Bottle Gnomes

  4 Nevinyrral's Disk

 Sideboard:
  2 Dread of Night
  2 Perish
  2 Spinning Darkness
  2 Terror
  2 Touchstone

  18 Swamp
  4 Wasteland


 Sideboard(Cont):
  2 Agonizing Memories
  1 Disrupting Scepter
  1 Snake Basket
  1 Pestilence

"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

"Overrunner" by A. Weir

  4 Llanowar Elves
  4 Quirion Ranger
  4 Rogue Elephant
  2 Harvest Wurm
  4 Whirling Dervish
  4 River Boa
  3 Elvish Archer
  1 Uktabi Orangutan
  3 Pincher Beetle
  2 Lhurgoyf

  4 Giant Growths
  4 Overrun


Sideboard:
  3 Emerald Charm
  2 Tranquil Grove
  2 City of Solitude
  2 Nature's Resurgence

  4 Winter Orbs

 17 Forest
  
 Sideboard(Cont):
  2 Choke
  2 Downdraft
  2 Scragnoth

"5CB" by K. Koppes

  2 Shadow Guildmage
  4 Black Knight
  4 Knight of Stromgald
  1 Necratog
  4 Nekrataal

  3 Diabolic Edict

  3 Man-o'-War
  3 Memory Lapse
  4 Propaganda

  3 Incinerate

  2 Armageddon
  2 Disenchant

  4 Winter Orb

 Sideboard:
  3 Perish
  2 Coercion
  2 Boil
  2 Pyroblast

  2 Gemstone Mine
  2 City of Brass
  4 Undiscovered Paradise
  2 Underground River
 11 Swamp


 Sideboard(Cont):
  2 Disenchant
  2 Knight of the Mists
  2 Tranquil Domain

"Jay Schneider Pox" by S. McLean

  4 Diabolic Edict
  4 Funeral Charm
  2 Drain Life
  2 Evincar's Justice
  2 Spinning Darkness
  4 Pox
  4 Choking Sands
  4 Stupor
  2 Vampiric Tutor
  1 Kaervek's Spite
  2 Dark Ritual

  3 Steel Golem
  1 Chimeric Sphere

  4 Cursed Scroll

 Sideboard:
  2 Dark Ritual
  4 Bottle Gnome
  2 Dread of Night
  1 Perish

  4 Charcoal Diamond

  2 Quicksand
 16 Swamp
 
 Sideboard(Cont):
  3 Coercion
  2 Nevinyrral's Disk
  1 Forsaken Wastes

"5CG" by D. Algood

  4 Birds of Paradise
  4 Quirion Ranger
  4 Granger Guildmage
  2 Wall of Roots
  4 River Boa
  4 Jolrael's Centaur
  2 Maro

  4 Tradewind Rider
  2 Propaganda

  2 Armageddon
  3 Disenchant

  4 Incinerate


 Sideboard:
  3 Chill
  3 Pyroblast
  3 Light of Day
  2 Terror

  4 Winter Orb

  4 Gemston Mine
  3 Undiscovered Paradise
 10 Forest
  
 Sideboard(Cont):
  2 Sleight of Mind
  1 Disenchant
  1 Propaganda

"The Trap" by C. Manners

  4 Pendrell Mists
  4 Propaganda
  4 Impulse

  4 Gerrard’s Wisdom
  3 Armageddon
  3 Aura of Silence
  3 Enlightened Tutor

  4 Wall of Roots
  3 Natures Revolt
  1 City of Solitude

  3 Marble Diamond
  2 Sky Diamond
  2 Moss Diamond


 Sideboard:
  3 Gaea’s Blessing
  2 Mangara’s Blessing
  2 Chill
  2 City of Solitude
  1 Phyrexian Furnace

  2 Undiscovered Paradise
  3 Gemstone Mine
  2 Vec Townships
  1 Skyshroud Forest
  1 Thakalos Lowlands
  2 Forest
  4 Island
  5 Plains

 Sideboard(Cont):
  1 Null Rod
  1 Choke
  1 Jester’s Cap
  1 Aura of Silence
  1 Disenchant