Subject: Urza Saga Ideas Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 21:11:31 +0200 From: Gijsbert dos Santos To: fkusumot@ix.netcom.com Urza Saga Deck ideas 1 - The Juzam Factory 4x Phyrexian Processor (makes all those little BIG 5/5 Juzam tokens) 4x Thran Turbine (makes those tokens almost free) 4x Mana Vault (to get things started early) 4x Voltaic Key (with Mana Vault, this baby turns into a Sol Ring) 4x Hanna’s Custody (now, why do you think I put this in?) 4x Intuition (You really need the Processor) 4x Stroke of Genius (draw immense numbers of cards with this) 4x Mana Leak (counter all those disenchants, shatterstorms, whatever) 4x Counterspell (what did I just say?) 4x Forbid (this is getting repettitive, no?) 3x Tolarian Academy (with 16 artifacts, this one is going to fuel those Geniusses) 4x Blasted Landscape (the best of the cycling lands) 13x Island (or play with something like svyelunite temple or remote island) This deck looks great. Remember that you can untap your mana vault with the voltaic key, creating an extra 2 mana. Thran Turbine can be used to use the key, the processor, untap the vault, or pay for Cycling (yes!). As soon as the Processor hits the table, things get ugly… beat on your opponent outpost-style, only with 5/5 monsters! 2 – CrabCraft 4x Horseshoe Crab 4x Earthcraft 4x Fertile Ground 4x Stroke of Genius 4x Intuition 4x Mana Leak 4x Wall of Blossoms 4x Birds of Paradise 4x Lotus Petal 4x Meditate 4x City of Brass 8x Forest 8x Island Ok, this deck is similar to MesaCraft, only now you don’t have to wait for tokens getting rid of their summoning sickness. The idea is to play a horseshoe crab, an earthcraft and a Fertile Ground (or wild growth) to get an endless supply of mana. Then cast stroke of genius on him. My guess is that he won’t have an endless supply of cards, so he loses. Only time will tell if this will be a competitive deck. 3 - Endless Nightmare 4x Endless Wurm 4x Recurring Nightmare 4x Eladamri’s Vineyard 4x Survival of the fittest 4x Sarcomancy 4x Birds of Paradise 4x Priest of Gix 4x Jet Medaillon 4x Drain Life 4x Dark Ritual 4x City of Brass 8x Swamp 8x Forest Mwahahaha, beware when facing this deck, for it has not one, but TWO DEADLY COMBOS in it. One is not really a combo, but it sure is deadly. The Endless wurm is a serious threat to your opponent. 9/9 trample is nothing to sneer at. There are 16 enchantments in this deck, so keeping the wurm for 3 turns should be no prob. But, when facing a Bridge or something alike, which keeps you from crushing your opponent with this 9/9 beast, there is an alternative. Use the survival to get a Priest of Gix in your hand and one in your graveyard. Make sure there is a Jet Medaillon in play. Cast Priest of Gix for B1, which gives BBB. Now cast Recurring nightmare for B1 and keep sacrificing a priest to fetch the other priest, building up huge amounts of black mana for a monster drain life. Ugly. 4 –Blue Beatdown 4x Imaginary Pet 4x Veiled Crocodile 4x Veil of Birds 4x Sandbar Merfolk 4x Lord of Atlantis 4x Merfolk Looter 4x Coral Merfolk 4x Spindrift Drake 4x Grafted Skullcap 4x Tidal Warrior 20x Island Ahem, this one is really just for fun, just to see what would happen with Imaginary Pet and the Crocodile. Baby, they are BIG. U1 for 4/4 is huge. U2 for 4/4 is also huge. The rest is just a “fish”deck. 5 – Show my Mind 4x Show and Tell 4x Mind over Matter 4x Stroke of Genius 4x Mana Vault 4x Time Spiral 4x Meditate 4x Intuition 4x Lotus Petal 4x Mana Flare 4x Fireball 4x City of Brass 4x Caldera Lake 10x Island 2x Mountain This is the new way to play MoMa, Show and Tell. Draw cards with stroke of genius, discard them to untap the vault and gain mana, draw more cards, discard more, and finally, fireball them to death. Other option in this deck is the weird Mana Flare/ Time Spiral combo. The only problem with this is that it works best when you have 6 land. That’s not good. But when the game takes a while, a very strong way to win the game. So far for the decks I have thought of, and here are the other combo’s I have thought of. Angelic Chorus+Wall of Junk Humble+Tim Pariah+warrior en-kor+Kjeldoran Outpost Serra Avatar+oath of Druids Serra Avatar+Sneak Attack Worship+Kjeldoran Outpost Douse+Sleight of Mind Hermetic Study+Horseshoe Crab Abyssal Horror+Recurring Nightmare Darkest Hour+Absolute Grace (=Bedlam) Sleeper Agent+Wall of Souls Witch Engine+Brand Yawgmoth’s Will+Aluren Destructive Urge+Dauthi Horror Electryte+Bedlam Okk+Ball Lightning Abundance+Sylvan Library Argothian Elder+Earthcraft+Verdant Touch Argothian Wurm+Armageddon Fecundity+Spike Feeder/Bottle Gnomes etc Hidden Predators+Giant Growth Hidden Stag+Skyshroud Ranger Venomous Fangs+Tim Smokestack+Necropotence That’s all the thought I have given US, maybe it’s useful for someone to know these potential killers. Greetings from Gijsbert dos Santos Gsantos1@xs4all.nl PS. I’m NOT mexiacan or anything. I come from Holland.