Subject: Secret Green Tech update 3
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 17:47:04 -0400
From: "Jamie & Mare" <thetick@sover.net>
Newsgroups: rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy

For everyone who looked at the deck -

well - many of you expressed disappointment that it could not handle certain
kinds of decks and also were surprised that it is not the new necro.

Well - I said that.

Its mono green. Jeez!

I hope you have as much fun playing it as I do - and I hope you will try it
this weekend in a tourney. And post  a report - to the Dojo and to this
strategy group and most importantly - to me!

I have recieved one tourney report so far from Joey Bonacia who took the
deck to a top 4 in a 12 person tourney.

I also have been working on the deck quite a bit, and it is the only deck
that I have been playtesting for weeks on end now.

I still love it. I  love playing green, and I concentrate harder on playing
green because I don't feel quite so disgusted playing it. (because I do feel
disgusted playing my red burn, my blue bounce and my black Living death -
o.k.?)

This deck reminds me a lot of the deck I took to regionals. - Tons of
weaknesses - true - but also tons of strength.

Went to the shop again last night for one of C&C's non sanctioned WITH
sideboards tourneys. We had eleven people show up and I tied for first with
the deck.

I beat a non standard black deck that got horrible draws. Then I beat a 5cw
deck with tradewinds, a D5C, and then took my only loss to a tradewind,
manowar, wall of blossoms, birds, kinda blue bounce thing. But I took her to
three!!!

Luckily - I never had to play off against Alan's resurected "Call of the
Owl" deck.

Holy God that thing is freaking brutal!

Sorry - can't send you a listing for that as he will probably be playing it
in the Meat Grinder.

But anyway.

If you are happy with the deck - please play it this weekend if you can find
a tourney and then post a report.

 How's my testing going? well - I keep changing it - but each version has
the same essential base - and I find that no version is stronger than
another - just different, and stronger against certain deck types. One
change makes the deck better against bloom, and worse against WW - and
another change makes it better against godzilla and worse against everything
else.

I don't feel like doing a mass mailing - so here's some hints I can give
without revealing too much.

my latest version took the wg's out and replaced them with wastelands.

I added a few more weenies to add a lot more pressure in the early game. I
took out some fat for these.

The 8 3 cc slot creatures never go out - and of the four cc slot ones go
down to 2.

quirrion rangers are pretty cool.

its really all about the sideboard - so here are some suggestions.

Season to taste for your area's metagame

2-3 gnomes
2-3 hall of gemstones - essential
15-18 lifeforce
2-3 elephant grass - "SLOW DOWN blackie, whats your hurry?"
1-3 tranquilites - unholies, godzilla, propaganda, syvan persuit, etc etc
3-7 neddle storm - die tradewinds die

good luck to all -

please post a report this weekend if you decide to risk it - and send one to
me too.

thanks

Jamie C. Wakefield