Subject: Deck Workshop Post Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 17:40:43 EST From: DBE114 To: fkusumot@IX.NETCOM.COM As I was browsing through The Dojo recently, I came upon the original listing for the Schnieder Pox deck. As more and more is being written about it, I decided to give the original version a try and then change it to my liking. The original version did very well, but I decided to try and change it in a way so as to improve it but not give up the original "feel" of the deck. Directly below is the original version as played by Jay Luo and below that is my version Jay Luo’s version 18 Swamp 4 Wasteland 2 Stalking Stones 4 Cursed Scroll 2 Phyrexian Furnace 4 Stupor 4 Pox 4 Funeral Charm 3 Steel Golem 4 Evincar’s Justice 4 Diabolic Edict 4 Drain Life 4 Spinning Darkness 61 cards total Dan Elitzer’s (that’s me!) version 15 Swamp 4 Rootwater Depths 1 Island 4 Quicksand 4 Cursed Scroll 4 Stupor 4 Pox 2 Funeral Charm 4 Propaganda 3 Steel Golem 2 Evincar’s Justice 4 Diabolic Edict 4 Drain Life 3 Spinning Darkness 60 cards total The big change in my version of this deck was obviously to add blue for Propaganda. While it may not seem worth it to add another color for just one (actually four) card, do not underestimate the usefulness of this card (or the Dark Side). But, since you are obviously very intelligent to have read this far, I will not tell you about all the uses of Propaganda. Instead I will tell you the other reason I added blue. In one word: Sideboard. With blue at your side you can add cards to deal with almost all conceivable deck types. While black alone allows you to sideboard against white (Gloom and Dread of Night) and green (Death Grip and Perish), with blue you can sideboard against red (Chill) or any combo based deck (Lobotomy). As you can see, the main power of adding blue is in the sideboard. If anyone likes this version of the Schneider Pox deck and decides to build it and take it to a tournament, please post an article or response with your experiences with this new and more and more popular deck. Sincerely, Dan Elitzer PS: For strategy information on the cards I added and removed, please refer to previous posts about the Schnieder Pox deck.