Subject: [G-TECH], Chimera Project, Cabal Rogue, and other serious discussion
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Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 01:37:10 -0700
From: Seth Jaffee <sej@engr.arizona.edu>
Newsgroups: rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy

I'm working on a Necro deck for Rome. No, I didn't qualify, but a friend
did, and I'd like to make this deck good enough that either he decides to
play it, or he at least sufficiently fears it.

I like most of the deck, but I'm wishy-washy on some of the support. I
have included the Urza's stuff that I think would best compliment Necro.

Here's the jist of the deck. Any discussion would be greatly appreciated.
Does this archetype stand a chance in 1.X?
What types of decks will give it problems?
Most of all, what should I do about the weak creature support?

4 Dark Ritual
3 Duress                -Urza tech #1, the obvious.
4 Hymn to Tourach        should I go down to 3?
3 Funeral Charm          creature D puts this above 4th Duress
3 Diabolic Edict
3 Yawgmoth's Will       -Urza tech #2, excelent even w/o BIG COMBO
3 Necropotence
3 Nev's Disk
4 Drain Life
3 Order of the Ebon Hand\
3 Bottle Gnomes         / Crappy creature support
2 Demonic Consultation   More? Less? I could go either way...

16 Swamp
3 Wasteland
3 Lake of the Dead

With the "Regrowth" effect of the Will, I feel confident going down to 3's
of cards I would otherwise want 4 of- which is why I'm thinking of
dropping a Hymn and maybe even a Drain- in favor of a 4th Will and
something useful (creature/Consultaion...)

I am unhappy with the creatures. I used to have 2 Ihsan's Shades and 5
pumpknights. Control Magic inda sucks though, and I don't know if the
Shades will get through that often anyway. The Gnomes were an
afterthought- I didn't have room for a creature swarm, and they give me
life and block weenies. Should I go for a 4th Gnome and replace the other
2 pumpknights with the Fat?

Also, The Rack has crossed my mind, as well as Pox.

Thanks for reading...

Seth Jaffee
Magic : 101
UA Club MtG