Subject: (Stategy/Decks)5 Decks for Type II: The long search for the perfect deck
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 14:46:15 EDT
From: Clamato123@aol.com
To: fkusumot@ix.netcom.com

5 Decks for Type II:  The long search for the perfect deck

While I was watching Invasion America(great show by the way did anyone else
see it) I decided to set out to find best possible Type II deck in the current
metagame.  The purpose of this is to first gain prestige and fame in the magic
community and more importently to get lots of $.  So I thought I would share
my ideas and results with this newsgroup.

So here is my criteria for the deck(which also happens to be criteria for any
deck I build):

1)  It must be somewhat original.  The perfect deck obviosly can't be one that
everyone knows of and has prepared for.

2) It must be monochrome.  I am biased towards monochrome decks but it is
really more of a personal rule.  I prefer them because draws are more
consistent, there are generally less mana problems and you get to use 4
Wastelands to hose all the 5c decks.

3) You must be able to win in a reasonable amount of time.  I don't want to
bore myself to death, risk ties and use all my time in every match.

4) It must be able to overcome problem decks and SB cards that could
potentialy hose it.  I hate when I know I automatically lose to a certain
popular deck.

5) It must be able to compete and take advantage of ther current metagame.
Right now I think the metagame is very creature heavy.  There are 4 types of
decks right now as I see it:

5cX(non donais)-this deck is generally creature-heavy, it sacrifices the
consistency of a monocrome deck for the versitility being able to run multiple
colors.  Varietys are 5cFlagpole, 5cW, 5cB, Peaches etc.

Monocrome-this deck aims to beatdown and uses only one color.  It is
vulnerable to SB hosers but makes up for it by being very consistent.  There
really are 2 different kinds one tries to kill as fast as possible and the
other uses weenies backed up by mana-control or Cursed Scroll.  Varietys are
Suicide Black, Sligh, WW, Fish and Stompy.

Combo-these decks aim to win in the fist 6 turns with some kind if combo.
Varietys are Prosbloom, Zvi and ComerZilla.

Control-this deck wants to take control of the board and then win with a Steel
Golem, Fireball or Fat Blue Flier.  Varietys are 5cDonais, Pox, Necro, Draw-
Go, and Bouncy Blue.

Oh yeah and the ever popular "rogue" deck.

Note:  I used many generlizations and all popular decks must still be dealt
with on an individual basis.

So now that I am done pretending to not be chumly and have spewed out a lot of
BS what is the best deck out there to play?  Well I will give you some options
and leave it up to you to decide there is one of each of the deck types(except
there is 2 monochrome, that is only because they are the best and there are 2
different kinds):

Control:
4 Stupor
2 Agonizing Memories
4 Funeral Charm
4 Diabloic Edict
4 Drain Life
2 Spinning Darkness
4 Necropotence
4 Steel Golem
2 Stronghold Taskmaster
4 Nevinyrral's Disk
4 Dark Ritual
4 Wasteland
1 Volrath's Stronghold
17 Swamps
Sb:  3 Dread of Night, 3 Perish, 2 Touchstone, 2 Coercion, 2 Spinning
Darkness, 2 Ebony Charm, 1 Stronghold Taskmaster

Monochrome(control):
4 Tidal Warrior
4 Manta Riders
4 Lord of Atlantis
2 Sea Scyrer
4 Merfolk Trader
2 Vodalion Illusionists
4 Man-O-War
2 Legacys Allure
2 Waterspout Djinn
4 Counterspell
2 Mana Leak
2 Winter Orb
4 Impulse
4 Wasteland
16 Island
Sb:  4 Chill, 2 Hydroblast, 2 Mana Leak, 1 Legacys Allure, 1 Winter Orb, 3
Propaganda, 2 Energy Flux

Monochrome(Beatdown):
4 Jackal Pups
4 Mogg Fanatics
4 Mogg Conscripts
4 Ironclaw Orcs
4 Mogg Flunkies
2 Goblin Recruiter
4 Ball Lightning
4 Fireblast
4 Shock
2 Firestorm
4 Incinerate
4 Wasteland
16 Mountain
Sb:  4 Pyroblast, 4 Dwarven Miner, 1 Goblin Tinkerer, 2 Invasion Plans, 2
Firestorm, 1 Goblin Digging Team, 1 Shatter

5cX(non-5cDonais):
4 Mox Diamond
4 Tithe
4 White Knight
4 Soltari Priest
2 Soltari Monk
4 Warrior En-Kor
2 Disenchant
2 Freewind Falcon
2 Man-O-War
2 Firestorm
2 Derelor
4 Cursed Scroll
4 Wasteland
3 Undiscovered
2 Gemstone
3 City of Ass
12 Plains
Sb:  4 Warmth, 2 Pyroblast, 2 Slieght, 2 Armegeddon, 1 Uktabi Orangutan, 1
Aura of Silence, 1 Man-O-War, 1 Firestorm, 1 Terror

Combo:
4 Verdant Force
4 Shivan Dragon
2 Necrosavant
2 Sliver Queen
4 Hidden Horror
4 Merfolk Trader
4 Firestorm
4 Dark Ritual
4 Animate Dead
4 Necromancy
2 Living Death
4 Mana Leak
4 City of Brass
3 Underground River
3 Sulphurous Springs
2 Reflecting Pool
2 Undiscovered Paradise
4 Gemstone Mine
1 Swamp
1 Island
Sb:  4 Dread of Night, 4 Pyroblast, 4 Wall of Blossoms, 3 Disenchant

-Chris Hamrin