Subject: The Sarcobouncy Concept
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 05:47:15 GMT
From: sparky@militia-watchdog.org (Mark Pitcavage)
Newsgroups: rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy

I've been having tremendous fun recently with a superfast blue-black
deck designed to get some creatures out very quickly and then use
every trick in the book to slow down your opponent just enough that
they can't deal with the onslaught.

Here is the basic deck (I'm still working on sideboard concepts and
would appreciate suggestiongs).

Deckname:  Sarcobouncy
Deck Type:  Black/Blue Bounce/Weenie
Number of Cards: 60

Creatures:
Carnophage (4)
Sarcomancy (4)
Fallen Askari (4)
Dauthi Marauder (2)
Erg Raiders (4)
Man-o-War (4)

Other:
Capsize (2)
Boomerang (2)
Hesitation (2)
Diabolic Edict (4)
Unsummon (1)

Mana Sources:
Islands (8)
Swamps (11)
Lotus Petal (4)
Dark Ritual (4)

I'm pleased with the way the cards work together.  Originally I had 4
Capsizes in it, but I realized that for the purposes of this deck,
Boomerangs were practically as good, and much speedier.  I kept two
Capsizes because of the possibility of using one twice in a turn,
should a game (ack) last that long.  Note that Capsize and Boomerang
can not only be used against your opponent's permanents, but also
against Sarcomancy, allowing you to recast it and create another 2/2
zombie token.

More than once I have been able to do something like the following on
the first turn:

Swamp, lotus petal, dark ritual, Carnophage, Sarcomancy, Erg Raiders.

Having six points worth of creatures out on the first turn is pure
heaven.  Your opponent is unlikely to be able to respond effectively
on his first turn.  On your next turn you might well be able to cast
hesitation to slow him down further while your army of the dead simply
chews up his shopping mall.  Any permanents he gets out, you bounce
back.

I've actually found that this deck works well against almost any other
kind of deck because it is just so fast.  Sideboard cards I'm testing
include substituting some knights for use against white decks, some
dark banishings and more creature removal (esp. against wall of
blossoms, etc.), cursed scrolls for the endgame, etc.  One thing I am
a little concerned about are sligh decks, but the bouncing does upset
the sligh curve.

Well, I posted this because I'm having fun with it and haven't come
across other people using this concept (although I've seen mono
suicide black decks which are not dissimilar).  I'm interested very
much in suggestions, discussions.

Dr. Mark Pitcavage, sparky@militia-watchdog.org
The Militia Watchdog: Http://www.militia-watchdog.org