Subject: MoMma's Boy: An Exodus deck. Be very afraid. Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 09:48:32 -0500 From: Chris Warren Newsgroups: rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy Ok, folks, this is just a prototype deck, I know it can be done better, but as we've said, anything broken at 3UUU, is probably broken at 2UUUU. It is. Card Title: Mind over Matter Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Enchantment Casting Cost: 2UUUU Card Text: Choose and discard a card: Tap or untap target artifact, creature or land. Rarity: Rare Mind you, this is just a prototype deck, and I'm not using any other Exodus cards in it. Mana [31] 10 Island 4 Svyelunite Temple 4 Gemstone Mine 4 City of Brass 1 Lotus Vale 4 Sky Diamond 4 Mana Vault Counter/Control [15] 4 Counterspell 4 Power Sink 3 Mana Leak 4 Impulse Go Boom [14] 4 Mind Over Matter 4 Prosperity 4 Meditate 2 Kaervek's Torch Basically, it's prosbloom in mono-blue. Counter early threats, build to the casting cost, then untap mana vaults and/or the vale a bunch of times for mana, meditate, prosperity, and drop a zillion point Torch on their head. Do it the turn you drop MoM, or the turn after, depending on what you have in hand. Maybe Mox Diamonds will speed it up a little, I don't know if it's worth it for the deck. The reason 3UUU is especially breakable is with mana vault, you can drop a turn 3 mom, this forces you to wait for the 4th to 6th mana source. If you want to go mono-blue, toss the torches for a couple of Paradigm Shifts. Again, this is just an example deck. I don't like combo decks, and I think they're not terribly good for the game, but SOMEONE's going to do it, so I might as well break the bubble now. It's also already been commented how ugly this gets with Turbo Stasis. So, now that we've identified the problem, how do we fix it? Comments more than welcome. --Chris Verdant Spice