Subject: Re: 5E/VI practice
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 1997 12:09:22 -0500
From: lacrosse@lucent.com
To: fkusumot@ix.netcom.com

   Brushland
4  Forest
5  Island
4  Mountain
4  Plains
5  Swamp
   Urza's Tower
                                                 Artifacts

                                            ____________________

   Coral Helm
   Jalum Tome
   Sisay's Ring
   Tawnos's Weaponry

                                                    Gold                                            ____________________

   Tempest Drake
                                                    Black

                                            ____________________

   Ashes to Ashes
   Blight
   Brood Of Cockroaches
   Coercion
   Crypt Rats
   Drain Life
   Fallen Angel
   Fallen Askari
   Funeral March
   Greater Werewolf
   Howl from Beyond
   Mind Ravel
   Paralyze
   Plague Rats
   Suq'Ata Assassin
   Tar Pit Warrior
   Terror
   Urborg Mindsucker
   Vampire Bats

                                                    Blue


   Cloud Elemental
   Dream Tides
   Krovikan Sorcerer
   Memory Lapse
   Merfolk of the Pearl Trident
   Mind Bomb
   Power Sink
   Ray of Command
   Unsummon
   Vanishing
   Waterspout Djinn
   Zephyr Falcon

                                                   Green

                                            ____________________

   Chub Toad
   Elven Cache
   Giant Caterpillar
   Katabatic Winds
   Mortal Wound
   Panther Warriors
   Pradesh Gypsies
   Shanodin Dryads
   Spider Climb
   Tarpan

                                                    Red

                                            ____________________

   Dwarven Soldier
   Fireblast
   Flare
   Goblin Recruiter
   Goblin Swine-Rider
   Rock Slide
   Song Of Blood
   Talruum Champion
   Wall of Stone

                                                   White

                                            ____________________

   Armor of Faith
   Circle of Protection: Green
   Disenchant
   Gossamer Chains
   Healing Salve
   Hope Charm
   Jamuraan Lion
   Justice
   Retribution of the Meek
   Shield Wall
   Warrior's Honor


   I won't waste a lot time telling you how I figure
   out what to put in.

   The deck:

   Land:
5  Island
4  Mountain
8  Swamp

   Artifact:
   Jalum Tome           - Card Drawing

   Black:
   Ashes to Ashes       removal + Card Advantage
   Coercion             hand destruction+free look
   Crypt Rats           "Rats of God"
   Drain Life           life gain + direct damage
   Fallen Angel         3/3 Flyer+ability
   Fallen Askari        2/2 Flanker
   Funeral March        play on a phaser
   Greater Werewolf     2/4 + ability
   Howl from Beyond     X spell
   Terror               removal
   Urborg Mindsucker    creature or hand destruction
   Vampire Bats         flyer+ability

   Cloud Elemental      flyer-some disadvantage
   Krovikan Sorcerer    pinger
   Power Sink           good counterspell
   Ray of Command       awesome in sealed
   Waterspout Djinn     4/4 flyer-some disadvantage
   Zephyr Falcon        1/1 flyer+ability

   Dwarven Soldier      2/1
   Flare                1 Direct Damage+Draw
   Rock Slide           Mass attacker removal
   Talruum Champion     3/3 Double First Strike

   Comments:

   This is a good deck of 40 Cards, though I wouldn't
   exactly call it a "God" deck since it's somewhat
   vulnerable to Swampwalk and Island Walk.  I would save
   Ashes to Ashes for those when playing vs. Black.

   I hope to do this well in the upcoming tournament(s) at
   Pro Tour Chicago.

   Some side items of interest:

   Fireblast - not playing enough red but could add
        1 Mountain to tweak if I think I should need it.

   Memory Laspe - not bad but not that great in sealed.

   Coral Helm - lost out in number's crunch, good card.

   Brood - lost out in number's crunch, good defensive card.

   Wall of Stone - Get past this one without a flyer ..

   Vanishing - Would work great with Funeral March.

   I welcome any comments...

        - Matt LaCrosse