Subject: Time Advantage (Was: Turn advantage deck..)
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 16:12:52 -0600
From: Njal.Magnusson@USA.NET
Newsgroups: rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy

In article <353632DC.3BA6@Tertio.com>,
  James_Monk@Tertio.com wrote:
>
> Valeriad11 wrote:
> >
> > Hi i got the idea from the dojo. I just made the deck and haven't done to much
> > playtesting but i think it shows promise. Without further adeu here it is:
> >
> Hi I have tried this a few times and never quire got it to work.

Turbo Xerox was a begining in the excercise for turn advantage.  Locally
there is one very consistent Time Advantage deck that can handle most decks
from the main.  Since it is blue and grossly soaked in permission swarm decks
could be problematic.  I have watched it consistently beat swarm decks, like
Sligh, when played by capable hands.  I call the deck Stop & Go Turbo.  The
decks originator is lossed in ambiguity.  It appears to be just an
evolutionary step from Turbo Xerox.

Twisting.. turning.. through the.. never
(The 10 Commandments of Stop & Go Turbo)
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1) Never play a non-land permanent before turn 6.
2) Never Portent yourself unless your opening hand shows your hosed.
3) Never shuffle your opponent's deck from a Portent unless you just can't
   deal with it.
4) Never hold Whispers in the early game to wait on buyback.
5) Never counter something you can Memory Lapse then Dismiss next turn.  That
   is a 3 turn advantage.

6) Always play a land every turn.  With the card drawing you best find them,
   there are only 19 in this permission deck (heavy compared to Turbo Xerox's
   17).
7) Always make the most out of every card.  Don't get bored and Foreshadow
   just to draw.
8) Always stack the Portented cards to control the next 2-3 turns.
   Foreshadowing the last card (if it was a good card to dispose of) is key.
9) Always play a Waterspout if you have a Disk and your opponent poses no
   threat AND you have counters and mana.  This is the epitome of control.
10) Always counter a Quirian Ranger after sideboarding Dream Tides.

Stop & Go Turbo
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4 x Whispers of the Muse
4 x Impulse
4 x Portent
4 x Foreshadow
4 x Memory Lapse
4 x Counterspell
4 x Dissipate
4 x Dismiss
4 x Waterspout Djinn
1 x Rainbow Efreet
4 Nevinyarral's Disk
4 x Wasteland
15 x Island

The sideboard is a matter of taste.  Some cards are standard and should be
considered fixed constants, others are met with debate.

Sideboard:

4 x Hydroblast
4 x Chill
2 x Ertai's Meddling
1 x Mana Leak
2 x Teferi's Realm (see 5CU Donais on the Dojo if you can't figure it out,
    great idea)
2 x Dream Tides

Other notable cards:  Despotic Scepter, Disrupt, Propaganda, Restoration.

Remember:  I didn't design the deck, I just improved it's name (IMO).

Enjoy annoying your fellow Planeswalkers.

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