Subject: [DECK] submission
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 12:15:55 -0400
From: "Christopher, Keith" <Christopher_Keith@phh.com>
To: "'fkusumot@ix.netcom.com'" <fkusumot@ix.netcom.com>

Frank,

   Here's a deck I and one of my team mates came up with and it seems to
work pretty good. Please post this to the current decks.
For those reading this be sure and try this deck you'll be suprised.
I've beaten (with fair consistency ) the following decks:

Oath of the druids
Pandenaught
Wildebeast recursion decks
Some sligh versions (esp after sideboarding)
hermit druid/misery
WW/armor'd priest (all close matches)

Knowing how to play this deck _vs_ each of the above helps, what cards
disrupt the flow of the deck and which don't affect it until later is
key.
It's not an end all be all but it is a nice prison type lock and series
of soft locks. Mono U and forbidian decks pose the most problems. Nevys
disks are troublesome but the disenchants work nicely if they're gotten.
A good modification to this deck is to add Seismic Assault in lieu of
the custody's if you don't want to go with the prison/decking route.

The Mana Screw

        2 Winter Orb
        2 Humility
        2 Armageddon
        2 Hanna's Custody
        2 Enlightend tutor
        2 Library of Leng
        3 Null Brooch
        3 Propaganda
        2 Ensnaring Bridge
        3 Sky Diamond
        3 Marble Diamond
        3 Mox Diamond
        2 Feldon Cane
        3 Pendrell Mists
        3 Mana Web
        3 Mana Breach
        3 Disenchant
        4 City of Thieves
        4 Gemstone Mine
        2 Undiscovered Paradise
        7 Island
        3 Plains

SideBoard
  2 hanna's custody
  2 Armageddon
  2 Wrath of God
  3 Hydroblast
  3 Pyroblast
  1 Humility
  2 Warmth

        Notes:
                The deck might seem pretty slow but in fact with the
City of Thieves this deck can get going as fast as turn 1 ! more then
once I've done the following: turn 1: me city, mox, mana breach. This is
the kick start. This deck consists of several 2 card "soft locks" which
the opponet has to deal with then is a hard lock with a third card using
any combination of the soft locks. the final lock can consist of, mana
web, pendrell mists, propaganda, bridge, worb. The null brooch is mostly
to stop non creature threats and to protect the lock. Mana breach and
worb slow even the fastest decks down so as not to get overrun. expect
to take some damage when playing this deck until the lock solidifies. I
typically get down to 8-10 before the lock goes solid. The toughest
decks I've played with this are
straight blue- the key being play everything and run them out of cards
so the lock can go hard. if you get a couple or brooch's down while the
person is tapped playing U then the game is most likely yours with the
lock. The feldon's cane gets your stuff back as expected. So far mono U
is the one toughie I've played. the hanna's custody stops the sex
monkeys in their tracks. Humility is for obivious reasons. If you play W
or WW the brooch is key to stopping aura's / disenchant along with the
hanna's. (a shame to see a wasted disenchant on the custody and not the
lock cards.) 8-) mana web/mists is sweet as is mana web/propaganda. I've
used the breach to my advantage by saving gemstones and using the City
or Thieves and then bouncing and playing a basic land. Armageddon/propa
and arma/mists is SWEET. Null brooch's are key to decks using geas to
recycle their GY back to their LIB.

Keith
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