Subject: Stronghold deck - Bottomless Rider Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 10:23:52 +0200 (IST) From: Shternshain Alex To: fkusumot@ix.netcom.com Yet another deck built around Bottomless pit follows: Bottomless Rider v0.0 23 Black: 4x Bottomless Pit // Essential 4x Dark Ritual // Essential 3x Spinning Darkness // No problems to cast this one 4x Wall of Souls // Defence 4x Diabolic Edict // Defence 4x Nether Shadow // Discard it!? Hey, why not. 12 Blue: 4x Tradewind Rider // Bounce... 4x Manowar // More bounce... 4x Wall of Tears // Defence and more bounce. 2 Artifacts: 2x Cursed Scroll // Just because I can 23 land: 10x Swamp // I think 4x Island // This is 3x Rootwater Depths // The right 3x Bad River // color mix. 2x Reflecting Pool // Just because I can 1x Volrath's Stronghold // More creatures for the Rider Total 60 Sideboard: (suit to taste) 4x Chill (essential) 2x Hydroblast (essential) 4x Gloom (essential) 1x Living Death (optional) 4x Fallen Askari (if opponent's deck is pit-friendly, replace the pit for a more offensive play) Total 15 Game plan: Cast the Pit and a couple of walls, while defending with Edicts and Spins. Get a Rider, and start bouncing their stuff into their hand. Kill with Scrolls or with creatures (a long affair, since only 4 creatures have power greater than 1). Comments? Flames^H^H^H^H^HCriticism? Let me know what you think. Alex