Subject: tempest deck
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 1998 14:43:58 EST
From: Dungong@aol.com
To: fkusumot@ix.netcom.com

This is a Tempest Deck I made, looking at the Stronghold spoiler, there isn't
going to be much change, I didn't find many cards to my liking.  This one is
basically anti- creature, with one card that deals damage late in the game.
I'll explain it more later...

Lands
11 islands
11 swamps

Black
4 Diabolic Edict (pincher beetles are annoying, very annoying)
4 Dark Banishing (die anything not black!)
4 Envicar's Justice (die weenies die!)
4 Coercion (die capsize, die!)

Blue
4 Counterspell (don't play blue without it)
4 Dismiss (counter and draw... um ok)
4 Power Sink (or with stronghold, Mana Leak)
4 Propaganda (works with Mana Leak or Power Sink huh?)
3 Whispers of the Muse (draw 2 cards a turn)
3 Capsize (most annoying card in the format)
3 Giant Crab (your damage dealer, stop laughing, hey I told you to...)

Artifacts
3 Puppet Strings (just makes your envicar's justice more effective.)

You basically want to kill all your opponents creatures.  If you start off
with a justice, don't kill anything justicable.  You should be able to kill
off 3 creatures with it.  After this start countering, banishing, and
edicting.  If too many creatures get on the table, props and strings save the
day.  After this start Capsizing lands away, you should be able to take 2
lands per turn. If not, whispers for one every turn.  Eventually, you'll be
able to cast giant crab.  This guy is a type 2 Homarid Warrior.  Before you
get too excited, don't cast it unless you got enough mana for the counter in
your hand and the special ability.  I have found one exception, when Pincher
Beetles get on the table.  If so, cast the crab ASAP.  Noramlly, green mages
aren't posing creaturekill, and a 3/1 creature hitting you every turn isn't
cool.  I've had trouble getting this down to 60 cards, so I just left it at 66
(Grindstone and Altar defense if you want to think of it that way).  I was
thinking about less props and less coercions.  If you have any comments, or
ways to add more Stronghold than Mana Leak, give me a holler.  Dungong@aol.com