Subject: metgame red
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 14:22:39 -0400
From: Craig Sullivan <csullivan@ibm.net>
To: fkusumot@ix.netcom.com

This is a type II deck that has undergone many changes in the past few
months. I was originally playing a typical mana curve/sligh deck (and
winning quite a bit).  I came to the realization that this type of deck
can easily be shut down if it does not win by the fourth or fifth turn.
In my experience, decks like the 5cDonais could rarely be beaten by the
traditional sligh deck without an exceptional draw. This metagame
version has done very well in my current  environment.

Main Deck:
20 mountains
4 Mogg Fanatics
2 Suq'ata Lancers
4 Viashino Sandstalkers
4 Ball Lightning
4 Shock
4 Kindle
4 Incinerate
4 Fireblast
2 Earthquake
4 Cursed Scroll
4 Nevinyrral's Disks

Sideboard:
4 Pyroblasts
3 Shattering Pulse
3 Flashfires
3 Quicksand
2 Earthquake

I built this deck to be a lot more versatile than a typical sligh deck.
With the exception of the lancers, none of the creatures can be wrathed,
earthquaked, or enchanted. The disks give quite a bit of control, along
with excellent card advantage. Bothersome permanents like cop red,
warmth, propoganda, crusade, bad moon, soltari priest, and paladin
en-vec are no longer a major concern. The deck has faced a wide variety
of good decks and has held its own.
The sideboard is very metagame for my environment. White weenie and
sligh are fairly prominent, along with suicide black. The quicksands go
in against white and sligh, as a defense against priests, paladins, ball
lightning, and sandstalkers. The rest of the board is pretty
straightforward.
Any feedback is welcome.
Craig Sullivan
CSullivan@ibm.net