Subject: Oath of Scholars fueled bounce deck
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 01:52:34 GMT
From: Arthur Kimes <artki@ANNEX.COM>
To: MTG-STRATEGY-L@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM

   As Nestor says, Oath of Scholars costs more than the other Oaths so it
MUST be better!
   Here's my first attempt at an OaS deck.

Island               15
Plains                4
Marble Diamond        4
Mox Diamond           1

Feldon's Cane         3 (believe it or not... BARELY ENOUGH!)
Impulse               4 (Perhaps an Intuition or two could be squeezed in)
Peace of Mind         2 (MASSIVE lifegaining!)
Sacred Ground         2 (I fear 'geddon)

Oath of Scholars      4
Boomerang             4
Unsummon              4

Mindless Automaton    1 (All I have - could use 2-4 in this deck)
Harbor Guardian       4 (Hazerider drakes might be better)
Man-O'-War            4
Thalakos Drifters     2
Tradewind Rider       2

  I would have incorporated Null Brooches in the deck but I didn't have
any at the time.

  Playing it is simple.  Bounce stuff the opponent puts in play - draw 3
(or 6 or 9) cards during your upkeep.  Your bounciness will keep him from
exploiting the Oath.
  Although you wind up drawing LOTS of cards while playing this deck you
do draw lots of non-power cards so winning isn't really fast.
  Note that Peace of Mind/Oath/white mana means you can gain 12 life a
turn if you need to hang on.  (Dump the 3 oath cards to the Peace of Mind
plus the card you draw.)

  How well does it work?  DAMN WELL!  Check it out.

"All I wanted to do was sail my boat. Navigate by the stars, watch
dolphins swim alongside, maybe kill a few of 'em." -Cisco