Subject: Merfolk 98 deck and a challenge
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 1997 15:04:49 -0500
From: David Eisenstein <dre@ACEKIDS.COM>

Hey -

Happy and healthy new year to all.

Here's a cute little rogue deck that takes advantage
of phasing and Sands of Time. Playing this main deck
completely hoses all the Winter Orb decks and throws
many of your opponents into confusion.
As I played around with the different cards, I noticed
the new "doesn't untap next turn" lands from Tempest,
like my faves, Thalakos Lowlands and Rootwater Depths,
are awesome under SoT. Instant dual lands! Hence, the
challenge. Using SoT and as many of these lands as you
can, make a killer type II legal deck.
Here's a little weenie deck that uses SoT to its fullest.

Merfolk 98

3 Power Sink
4 Counterspell
3 Rootwater Hunter
2 Whim of Volrath
3 Disenchant
4 Manta Rider
4 Rootwater Diver
3 Merfolk Raiders
4 Voldalian Illusionist
4 LOA
4 Sands of Time
18 Island
4 Thalakos Lowlands

sb:

3 Shimmer
4 Hydroblast
4 Propaganda
2 Equipoise
2 Enlightened Tutor

It plays very fast and can compete with the Cursed Sligh
and other fast type II decks.

L8R,
Dave