Subject: The Spoof
Date: 17 Feb 1998 02:54:10 GMT
From: cth91082@aol.com (CTH91082)
Newsgroups: rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy

Several days ago I posted a Type 2 Weissman Style Control deck, that post can
be seen on the dojo, in the deck workshop section.  I was very happy to get so
much feedback, I had about 15 email messages talking about changes and opinions
on the deck.  The Spoof is the name given to the deck by a friend.
I have decided to write a second article, this will post some changes to the
deck plus some additional strategy, for those interested.  I got in to this
game because of the many strategies that I could attempt to master.  I played
chess for a long while (although I wasn't all that good)  when I started
playing magic I liked it from the start more than chess because of the
seemingly endless strategies that can be explored.  So I am sorry if I bother
you with strategical information that you do not want.  Anyways, here......

BLUE
4xCounterspell
3xDismiss
1xDissipate
2xImpulse
1xWhispers of the Muse
2xRainbow Efreet
BLACK
4xDiabolic Edict
4xFuneral Charms
ARTIFACT
4xSky Diamond
2xCharcoal Diamond
2xMind Stone
2xDisrupting Scepter
2xSnake basket
1xJayemdae Tome
LAND
2xIce Floe
4xWasteland
1xUnderground River
1xGemstone Mine
12xIsland
6xSwamp
SIDEBOARD
2xLegerdemain
3xChill
3xHydroblast
1xDisrupt
3xPerish
2xGloom
1xPauper's Cage

The deck has changed from the last post a lot.  It now has 26 lands, along with
the 8 mana producing artifacts.  Many times around the 4th-5th turn your hand
will be whittled down to 3-4 cards, during this time you are vulnerable to
discard spells, if a discard spell does get through during this time you will
most likely lose.  So when you lay a second turn mana-fact and a 3rd turn
mana-fact, stop tapping out there  when facing black, Impulse at the end of
your opponents turn when you are coming up on your 4th turn if you do not have
a counter.
Playing against Pox you do not counter the pox, you counter the Stupor
following, or just before pox.  Even if you are holding 2 counters and have the
ability to cast both, do not counter pox.  Save all counters for the Stupors,
because if they get through that is when a pox will hurt you, if they do not
get through the pox goes off and you come w/ your mana-facts and card
denial-drawing abilities and you will have a good chance of winning.  The
drains will not be big, they never are, but they will be all forced on you due
to your lack of creatures.  This is ok but it will slowly take down your life
making the scroll deadly.  Counter the scroll if you can.
Second and third game pull Jayemdae Tome and a Dismiss for 2 Legerdemains
this card will be a problem for them.  It will give them a diamond (although
that will help them more than it would most decks due to the fact that Pox
forces land to be buried)  and you take a Golem, a Sphere, a scroll, or even a
mindstone in some situations. Do the same in the third game except remove a
Snake Basket for a Pauper's Cage, Evincar's Justice really puts the snakes to
bed.
On a scale from 1 to 10 the amount of threats Schneider-Pox poses on this
deck........   7
Pox probably poses more of a threat than any other deck right now.  I well
played counter-burn deck can win the first game a lot.
And if a Necropotence hits the table it is usually over, because my removal is
limited and with a big necro+disk the creatures that follow usually come in
waves of two that never end.
Here are some more things I want to say about the new form the deck has taken.
4 Wastelands can be used because of their ability to produce colorless mana,
that is the problem with Ice Floe.  The deck is how I really wanted it and how
I like it, it is all the potent cards the deck is based around and is not
watered down as much as it was.  The Sideboard will contain a Breathstealer's
Crypt if any non-green swarm decks start surfacing around here again.
Well that's all I have time to write at the moment, email me with comments at
cth91082@aol.com,            Bye,   CT Hildreth