Subject: A different Oath of Druids deck
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1998 18:16:24 EDT
From: Tdawgs007@aol.com
To: fkusumot@ix.netcom.com

Frank, everyone seems to be playing Oath of Druids these days.  Well the first
version that i saw of the deck was made by Mike Donais, and with some variants
to his awesome theme, i think my version of it is probrably the strongest of
them all.
I have some reasons for saying this.

1.  The deck can actually win without the Oath
2.   The deck controls the board through damage
3. Sylvan library is so strong in it.  With spike feeders and firestorms, i
pay 8 life to draw cards to thrrow away for firestorms, then gain it back.
4.  The deck has spell shocks.  Do they really want to cast that extra
creature  which will be ineffective so that they will take even more damage
against a half damage deck.  Plus, if they do target my Oath, they take damage
for it. Also, i'll oath for a feeder and sack it out at the end of their turn
for 4 life.  Spell shock is not hurting me with that kind of life gain.
Besides, i'm getting creatures from the oath already that i dont have to pay
life for.
5. Pandemonium.  It makes those spike feeders even more effective because now
they damage your opponent.  When you run across that ball lightning, it really
hurts them too.
6 Firestorm can be a kill engine.  Keep them at one creature, and keep
blocking it then sacking out for life.  Always target their head as well.
7. BTW, Kindle kills fatties when you turn over cards looking for creatures
and there are three in your graveyard.
8. Gaes blessing.  Here is your never ending engine.
9. Shattering pulse.  It has a buyback.
10. No card is a bad pull in this deck because they can always be piched away
to firestorm.

The weekness of this deck is that it does not have an effective way to protect
the oath.  You dont need it!  the deck works great without it and i can
gaurantee that you will run into another very quickly because youve more than
likely shuffled it back in and your using sylvans.

I have beaten all the creature heavy formats with this deck and tradewind
decks also.  I have not played it against living death yet.  However, if they
living death, fine. Pull out all the creatures that are in your graveyard from
your life gaining and attacking.  Then Firestorm all of their nice fatties
back to the grave yard where they belong.

G/R Oath

Land

5 Forest
5 Mountain
2 Mountain Valley
3 Karplusan Forest
2 Mogg Hollows
2 Reflecting Pool
1 Undiscovered

Damage

3 Pandemonium
3 Spellshock
3 Firestorm
4 Kindle
4 Incinerate

Combo

3 oath of Druid
3 Gaes Blessing
3 Sylvan Library  you can always throw the extras away :-)

Utility

2 verdant touch
2 Shattering Pulse

Creatures

4 Spike Feeders
3 Ball Lighting
2 Bottle Gnome  I like more life gain to power the deck.  others may prefer
something else in place of these.

I would appreciate any comments.
Richard Taylor  Tdawgs007@aol.com