Subject: decks
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1998 03:49:35 EDT
From: NHP16m@aol.com
To: fkusumot@ix.netcom.com

I have not won any tournaments with these decks but I believe that they are
very strong and think you might want to consider posting them in the decks to
beat section.  Here they are:

(This first one is actually by my friend Kyle Flynn)
Weenie control

4 white knight
3 warrior enkor
4 soltari priests
2 soltari monk
3 empyrial armor
2 disenchant
3 wrath of god
3 winter orb
3 propaganda
4 manowars
3 uktabi orangutan
3 firestorm
4 tithes

4 undiscovered paradises
4 cities of brass
2 gemstone mines
9 plains

Sideboard:
1 propaganda
1 winter orb
2 disenchant
4 chill
3 needlestorm
2 perish
2 pyroblast

Explanation of SB:  green is fairly popular around here hence the perishes.
The needlestorms are great against 5cg,big blue beatdown and flying slivers.
Pyroblast for extra punch against blue.  Chill and orb together crush red.

Control sliver by Neil Parsont

4 crystalline sliver
4 muscle sliver
3 winged sliver
2 acidic slivers
3 winter orbs
4 counterspells
4 mana leaks
2 firestorms
3 disenchants
3 uktabi orangutan
4 manowar
3 mox diamond

4 undiscovered paradises
4 cities of brass
4 plains
4 islands
3 forests
2 wasteland

Sideboard:
3 chill
1 disenchant
1 uktabi orangutan
3 earthquake
2 propaganda
4 pyroblast
1 winter orb

SB: due to the amount of multicolor lands, it can be modified depending upon
the current metagame in your area.

Oath of balls by Neil Parsont

4 oath of druids
3 ball lightning
4 gaea's blessing
4 scroll rack
3 seismic assault
3 furnace of rath
4 fireblast
4 shock
4 incinerate
2 sylvan library

4 undiscovered paradises
3 wastelands
7 forests
11 mountains

Explanation:
Once the oath hits the board, as long as your opponent has a creature, you can
get a ball lightning every turn.  The gaea's recycle the balls and deck when
they go to the graveyard from the oath.  The furnace works great with seismic
assault already in play and fireblast in hand.  Also, with the oath generating
a ball lightning every turn, you get to use the furnace first with a ball
lightning.  The deck can kill on turn four at best.  Second turn scroll rack
with third turn scroll and get the oath or just play the oath on turn two.
Fourth turn, play a furnace, attack for 12 and fireblast for 8.  Your opponent
won't know what hit them.  Deck is still being tuned as I am thinking about
trying to add in vampiric tutors or enlightened ones to fetch the oaths.

Sideboard:
4 pyroblasts
4 uktabi orangutan
4 wall of blossoms
3 spike feeders

SB: pyroblast are a must with all those riders flying about.  Uktabi
orangutans are great against scroll, tongs, bridge, disk etc...  Wall of
blossoms net you a card and stick around to block and hold of their attack for
a little while till you can kill them.  Spike feeders are good against burn
decks as you can just cycle them instead and gain 4 life each turn.