Subject: [DECK] Summer Greed
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 01:07:22 -0700
From: "Poster SW" <postersw@gte.net>
To: <fkusumot@ix.netcom.com>

Although it does not have very many matches under its belt, I ask that this
(only slightly) interesting combo deck be given some heed.  I will
first go over the list, then how it works and why each card is in the deck.

combo elements:
4 Summer Bloom
4 Horn of Greed
4 Mulch
1 Seismic Assault
3 Squandered Resources
2 Gaea's Blessing

fetch/survival:
2 Vampiric Tutor
2 Reclaim
3 Gerrards Wisdom
3 Wrath of God
4 Mana Leak
4 Wall of Blossoms

land:
1 Plains
2 Reflecting Pool
4 Gemstone Mine
4 City of Brass
5 Island
8 Forest

First, here is how the combo works:

I play a Horn of Greed when I have a few land (mulch substitutes) in my hand
and a summer bloom, or if I need cards.  Once this has been satisfied, I try
and find another Horn by whatever means possible - usually by playing the
summer
bloom and playing land, thereby drawing more cards.  Once there is a
Squandered
Resources in play and at least 2 Horns of Greed, the combo really gets
going.
Play a Summer Bloom, play 2 land, draw 4.  Check to see if there is a bloom
in your
hand - if theres not, tutor for or reclaim one, or blessing and hope - and
play your
last land to draw your next bloom.  Once there are 3 Horns of Greed on the
table,
you are ready to start the kill.  Play a Seismic Assault.  Fairly soon you
should be
running low on cards in library.  The best thing to do here is sac a bunch
of land,
discard a bunch as well, make sure there is a Gaeas close to the top of your
library,
and Mulch.  This should net you a few land and will put your graveyard back
in.
>From this point, mana is no longer a problem and Mulching, Blooming, and
Assaulting is the road to victory.

The cards in the "combo elements" section of the decklist are essential, for
various
reasons.  Obviously, the Summer Bloom, S. Assault, and Horns of Greed are
necessary.  The Mulches are very important for 4 reasons:  they prevent
stalling
through lack of land, they turn over the Blessings, and they increase your
hand size
dramatically for Gerrards Wisdom, and they get land in your hand for the
final kill.
The Squandered Resources are also central in that they put land in your
graveyard
for when it must be returned to your library by way of Blessing - as well as
providing
the mana boost needed for the combo.

Cards in the "fetch/survival" section are, individually, not absolutely
necessary.  They
must be there for the combo to ever have a hope of coming to fruition, but
numbers
can be changed to suit the individual style of a player, and if you want to
test impulse,
be my guest - I was never able to work them, because in a given situation,
there is
often only one card in the deck that will help you survive, hence tutors and
reclaims.
Gerrards and Wraths are obviously useful, the former moreso in this deck
than in
others because of the presence of Mulch.  Mana Leaks prevent the occasional
geddon, fireblast, or living death.  Walls of Blossoms are a cantrip on top
of the
creature defense, I think this card has been well covered in those articles
concerning
5 Color Blue.

24 Land - I'd like to add 2 more but I don't know where to put them.

Please help by critiquing this and sending any comments to
David "Amnausea" Bedoll
postersw@gte.net