Subject: Smoke and Mirrors
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 17:03:16 -0700
From: Claude Mona <cmona@ucsd.edu>
To: fkusumot@ix.netcom.com, cmona@ucsd.edu

This is essentially an InfiniHaups deck, tweaked to minimize the impact
of the creature swarm.

RED
Smoke x 3
Incinerate x 4
Jokulhaups x 3
(10)--(10)
    Smoke really works wonders for me.  Carnophage swarm bothering you?
No problem.  In fact, Smoke encourages the swarmer to play more
creatures so as to maintain a large damage advantage.  This helps
tremendously in setting up a wrath, or (against Living Death
decks--Haups!).
GREEN
Gaea's Blessing (best card in WL) x 3
Sylvan Library x 2
Harrow x 3
Mulch x 3
Maro x 2
(13)--(23)
    Essentially a huge mana producing engine, with a couple of Marii.
Splendid for jumping back after a 'Haups. Mulch and Maro--almost always
good.   As always...Gaea's Blessing shines through.  What a card!
WHITE
Gerrard's Wisdom x 2
Wrath of God x 4
Disenchant x 3
Enlightened Tutor x 1
Pursuit of Knowledge x 1
Eye of Singularity x 1 (yes...really)
Spirit Mirror x 2
(14)--(37)
    I can already hear the calls of "scrub"..."chumly"...etc.  Eye of
Singularity has helped me in so many ways.  Diamond decks crumble, 4 of
a kind decks are limited to one in play at a time.  As this affects
land, against many of the 5c decks, this has a detrimental impact. :-)
    The mirrors are there to provide blockers and eventually (after
multiple uses of wrath and jokulhaups) to inflict damage along with
maro.
LAND
Grasslands x 1
Mountain Valley x 1
Gemstone Mine x 1
Karplusan Forest x 1
Brushland x 1
City of Brass x 1
Undiscovered Paradise x 1
Mountain x 6
Plains x 6
Forest x 6
(25)--(62)
SB: As always, this is for what I have to deal with...
Phyrexian Furnace x 3
Light of Day x 2
Wall of Blossoms x 4
City of Solitude x 3
Jokulhaups x 1
Aura of Silence x 2
*

It's not a speedy kill, although an unopposed Maro can prove fatal from
time to time.  The Mirror will provide defense and offense while you
clear the board again and again.  Look for signs of intense unhappiness
on the part of your opponent.

Claude
--
I intend to live forever.  So far, so good