Subject: Re: Jet Rage Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 23:08:22 -0400 From: Johann Loke To: fkusumot@ix.netcom.com Hi Frank, here's a deck I've just devised bringing in Exodus-type cards that will make Ritual Madness even speedier and Suicide Black much more deadlier. Jet Rage v.1.0 4 Blood Pet 4 Carnophage 4 Black Knight 4 Fallen Askari if you like shadow more, replace them with the Warlord 4 Dauthi Horror 4 Dauthi Slayer 4 Dark Ritual 4 Unholy Strength 3 Bad Moon 2 Haunting Misery better than the burly protector. Card works when opponent keeps 187ing your critters like a one-shot Living Death of sorts. If the card is redundant, that can only mean your critters are doing the job 3 Hatred absolutely ba-roken in such suicidal modes 4 Fatal Blow playtested to be better than Paralyze 16 Swamp SB: 4 Gloom shuts down WW, trap decks 3 Wall of Souls shuts down sligh, stompy 3 Bottomless Pit shuts down permission, U5C, 5cG 2 Perish shuts down green, period 3 Wasteland shuts down non mono-colored decks, or those pesky Quicksand There's a tendency for people playing suicide black to use 4 Carnophage and 4 Sarcomancy as 8 fabulous 1cc creatures (since they're all zombies). I personally prefer the Blood Pets for their mana source provision, which can be quite crucial for a deck running 16 lands. For those feeling particularly adventurous, plonking down an Ornithopter to win with Hatred IS a sight to behold!!! Don't try with the Phyrexian Walkers; the fact they don't fly makes them utterly useless in any other context. This deck is outright scary, and you can win quite easily in second/third turn with rituals,an unblocked critter and Hatred. Unless people insist on playing the cheesiest and jankiest SRB and hold a lucky hand, Jet Rage will forever change the way you play Magic. Or should I say black magic? Johann Loke Schwarzemacht