Subject: [TOURNAMENT]--Type II Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 14:13:35 -0700 From: "Patrick Escarcega" To: Type II Tournament This is a B/W/g Necro deck that I have been working on for several weeks. I will give the first iteration and then the final deck 1st Version 4 Diabolic Edict 4 Stupor 3 Necropotence 3 Gerrard's Wisdom 3 Disenchant 3 Nevinyrral's Disk 3 Nekrataal 3 Dark Ritual 3 Mind Stone 2 Staunch Defenders 2 Peace of Mind 2 Funeral Charm 2 Agonizing Memories 3 Quicksand 4 Salt Flats 8 Swamp 8 Plains 60 Cards Total I playtested this version many times, and I kept on coming up with the same problem, I would gain control and be unable the defeat them before running out of cards. In addition, fast creature deck had a good chance if they could get rid of the disk. Several people suggested I should be running Wrath of God. Also I was having trouble casting Necro..So I thought more funky lands would help. 2nd Version 4 Stupor 3 Diabolic Edict 3 Gerrard's Wisdom 3 Necropotence 3 Nevinyrral's Disk 3 Dark Ritual 3 Mind Stone 2 Gaie's Blessing 2 Wrath of God 2 Peace of Mind 2 Funeral Charm 2 Agonizing Memories 2 Nekrataal 2 Disenchant 1 Snake Basket 3 Quicksand 2 Undiscovered Paradise 2 City of Brass 1 Reflecting Pool 3 Salt Flats 7 Swamp 6 Plains The Gaie's were put in to fix the problem of running out of cards. The snake basket is a much faster kill than Staunch Defenders. 2 Wraths is just about right. The Necro-Peace of Mind-Gaie's works like Browse-Digger. All in all a solid deck. The Sideboard should fix holes left by any specific deck types. Sideboard 2 Ebony Charms 3 COP Red 2 Wrath of God 4 Coercion 3 Abeyance 1 Disenchant Anyway on to the actual tournament report It was held in C&C comics on July, 30 in Madison, WI There were about 13 people. Just a small tourney. It was 4 rounds of Swiss, cut to top 4. 1st Match Guilerme--Playing mono-black fatty reanimator with Coffin Queen He drops a swamp, and I am thinking Oh-no suicide black, but no creatures, then on his third turn he drops a jalum tome..4th turn coffin queen, discard verdant force, I wrath..he Shallow Graves Verdant force...ok..anyway, I keep an untapped disk on the board while destroying his hand and Gerrard's up to ~50 life. Make about 12 snakes and wreck him.. SB...out 4 Stupor, 1 Agonizing Memories ...in 2 Ebony Charms, 2 Wrath of God, 1 Disenchant(I assumed he played necromancy) He buries alive third turn..hmm..ok...Living Death...hmmm...Ebony Charm? ..Anyway Gerrad's past sixty drawing +5 cards a turn with Necro...13 snakes finish this up in a hurry.. Nice kid..I think it was his first tournament. (1-0) 2nd Match David Vitale--Sligh (I'll just list his turns) 1-Mtn, Conscript 20 Life 2-Mtn, Flunky 18 Life 3-Flunky 13 Life 4-Ball Lightning 0 Life --:( SB..out 3 Nev's Disk, 2 Agonizing Memories ....in 3 COP Red, 2 Wrath of God 2nd Game See Game 1 :\ Oh well..that's why this is a game. (1-1) 3rd Match ????(can't remember) mono-red weenie He drops dwarven miner 2nd turn :( ...then he attacks with it :) take 1! I wrath..gerrad's high...necro 5 cards a turn...kill with many snakes SB..out 3 Nev's Disk, 2 Agonizing Memories ....in 3 COP Red, 2 Wrath of God 2nd Game 2nd turn COP Red....game. (2-1) 4th Match Matt White U/b Ophidian 1st Game It's ~12th turn we both have 1 card in hand, nothing in play except land I Snake basket for 13(dark Ritual) He's at 20. I get him to 2, before I only have 1 snake left compared to his manowar and silver wyvern..I am at 43...I guess I die :( SB..out 2 Wrath, 1 Diabolic Edict,1 Nekrataal, 1 Nev's Disk, 1 Salt Flats, 1 Disenchant ....in 3 Abeyance, 4 Coercion 2nd Game Key Play...Necro is out...I am at 2, 7 Cards in hand he has a Suq'ata Firewalker in play, I diabolic Edict during his discard.. he pimps me I am at 1.My turn...I stupor..Forbid bought back.. so he has one card in hand, and I am at 1, I gerrards for 8, it resolves (my other cards in hand were all land)...necro for 3, get gerrards & stupor stupor--gerrards...get engine going...kill him with snakes...if he would have countered Gerrard's he would have won. 3rd Game 3rd turn coercion him..getting rid of lobotomy. Next turn he tops deck lobotomy, and I have 2 Gerrard, 1 Disk, 2 Land, and 1 Gaie's blessing.. He picks Gerrard's..But..I managed to force through a snake basket with Abeyance Snake for 10...this time he can't recover. (3-1) I make top 4 as the 4th seed..play the sligh deck from 2nd round 1st game..he does the sligh thing.. 2nd Game 2nd turn COP Red..keep drawing land...Gerrard's past 40..he concedes. 3rd Game 2nd turn COP Red..see game 2. Finals...Adam playing Red-Burn-Scroll We draw , I played him earlier and beat him..but it's late. Anyway thoughts on the deck...It is really strong..both mid and late game.. if you are playing against a counterspell deck..always make sure they do no have a counter when you are casting Gaie's Blessing..Anybody have any feelback feel free to email me Patrick J. Escarcega patrickj@itis.com