Subject: (Commentary -- Exodus) Why We Love to Hatred
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 19:30:07 EDT
From: NewsNBC@aol.com
To: fkusumot@ix.netcom.com

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls of all ages!

Today, I would like to present to you my reasons for saying Hatred is one of
the strongest cards in the Exodus set. Being a magic player who constantly
reads the articles posted on the Dojo, I have heard all of the two-bit notions
that Hatred is weak. Everyone says that a simple shock, incinerate, etc, puts
the end to it. Sure, if you had one or two mana untapped, and I played my
Hatred on my creature, I would deserve to die, because that is just plain
stupid!

What everyone must realize, is that you don't always have a chance to counter
that precious Hatred. From my expierence of playtesting my R/B Hatred and my
mono-black Hatred, molst kill result on turn 2 with 2 Dark Rits and a Hatred
or on turn three with 1 dark rit and a Hatred. During those first couple of
turns, if you keep mana untapped to use a shock against a creature with
Hatred, all the Hatred player has to do is just wait. He will just keep
cranking out creatures, and you are forced to keep mana untapped for a Hatred
he might not even cast. That's the best part of the deck.... it doesn't RELY
on hatred. If you don't draw your hatred, you still are casting 1, 2, or 3
creatures a turn, and when the Bad Moon hits the table, massive beating begin
to occur.

Now, Hatred is even more phat (is that an actual phrase?) in sealed deck. In
the PTQ here in Albuquerque, I got to put the smack down on many opponents
with the Hatred... yumm... it was oh so tasty. (Note: I didn't make top eight
because I had to forfeit the first round because I was late.)

In type two at the moment, what decks out there can produce consistant turn
2,3, and 4 kills? Hatred is just a phat card that makes suicide black that
much more playable....

Roberto Gonzales
Team Omega (Albuquerque)
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