Subject: [DECK]
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 11:50:47 EDT
From: Tarek15@aol.com
To: fkusumot@ix.netcom.com

        This deck was designed for the ultimate creature kill:

4       Grave Pact
4       Pillar Tombs of Aku
4       Crypt Rats
4       Rats of Rath
4       Bottle Gnomes
4       Dark Rituals
4       Necromancy
2       Hornet Cannon
2       Drain Life
2       Crovax the Cursed
2       Yotian Soldier
2       Jinzed Idol
2       Corpse Dance
1       Necrosavant
1       Revenant
1       Volrath's Stronghold
19      Swamps

        Obviously, the guts of this deck is the Grave Pacts and Pillar Tombs of Aku.
Each take four mana to bring out.  That's why the Dark Rituals were put in.
Example:  Second turn, you have two swamps out a Dark Ritual, Pillar Tombs of
Aku in your hand, and your opponent has no creatures out.  Since he has no
creatures out, he'll be losing 5 life next turn.  Another important piece of
this deck are the rats.  As long as you have at least one Grave Pact out and a
Rats of Rath or Crypt Rats you can easily knock off one of your creatures
causing your opponent to sacrifice one of his own.  Another nice combo would
be Hornet Cannon and Pillar Tombs of Aku.  This one takes a little longer to
pull out considering both cost you four mana to bring out, but even if your
opponent has creatures out to sacrifice to Pillar Tombs of Aku you can still
make a hornet token to sacrifice to Pillar Tombs of Aku during your upkeep.
Eventually, your opponent will run out of creatures and lose 5 life.  Also,
who could forget the "Dancing  Gnomes" ability with Bottle Gnomes and Corpse
Dance.  Obvioulsy, with Crypt Rats dealing damage to everything you just might
need the life provided by the Bottle Gnomes.  You also might want to speed
this deck up by putting some Mox Diamonds.
Maker of this Deck:  Christopher Sigman
Working E-mail Address: Tarek 15@aol.com