Subject: TSE DECK Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 00:32:55 -0500 From: "Dreamweaver" To: Hey all This is the first deck I have put on the dojo. I have been playing this deck in my area and I have had good success with it so far. I took the deck to the Dallas, Sept 12, PTQ. I didn't fair as well there due to a couple of dumb mistakes on my part, but I was pleased with the way the deck ran. Anyway, here is the deck. Ertai's Death Lock. 2 Ertai. 4 Bottomless Pit 3 Megrim 2 Lobotomy 3 Ensnaring Bridge 2 Bottle Gnomes 2 Thrill Surgeon 4 Tradewind Rider 4 Wall of Souls 4 Wall of Tears 2 Null Brooch 4 Dark Ritual 2 Capsize 2 Wasteland 2 Volrath's Stronghold 2 Rootwater Depths 7 island 9 swamp SideBoard 2 counterspell 4 manaleak 2 stronghold task master 2 chill 1 capsize 2 perish 2 dread of night. The strategy is fairly obvious, empty your hand and sit behind the bridge. However, once you get them to one card and you have Ertai out, most people will concede. The Tradewind/Bottomless pit idea was actually taken from a deck I saw at a Dallas qualifier for PTQ-Chicago. The guy was using cat-burglar/ Ertai, and applying a wyvern B-Ting. The surgeons are a nice way to keep there hand down if you don't have a pit( and you have the many to stronghold them over and over.) I am looking for some feed back on ways to improve the deck, so if you see any, please send them to raiden@wf.net thanks David Lyons