Date: Mon, 04 Aug 1997 06:23:09 -0400
From: EEYOO <EEYOO@aol.com>
Newsgroups: rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy
Subject: Buried Deep (Black Geddon)

I designed this deck around the following principle:

1. Burying stuff alive is fun, and it's effective in spite of that.
2. Armageddon is better with black weenies than white ones
3. Since there aren't any dual lands in T2, playing b/w you may as well 
splash a lot of other crap in there too.

Decklist

Black

4 Ashen Ghouls
2 Nether Shadow
2 Krovikan Horror
3 Black Knights
1 Drain life
2 Buried Alive
3 Nekrataal
1 Contagion

White 

3 Stp
2 Armageddon

Red

1 Wildfire Emissary
3 Incinerate 
1 Death spark

Blue

2 Man o War

Green 

1 Uktabi orangutan

Artifact

2 Fellwar stone
3 Winter Orb
2 Anvil of Bogardan
1 Serrated Biskellion 

Land

4 Undiscovered
4 Gemstone Mine
2 City of Brass
1 Sulfurous Spring
1 Mountain
1 Plain
1 Lotus Vale
8 Swamps

Sideboard

2 Sleight of Mind
2 Urborg Justice
2 Hydroblast
3 Pyroblast
3 Disenchant
2 Ebony Charm
1 Armageddon

Play notes

Sideboard in the Justice vs. virtually anyone.  'Scalebane elite? Damn, 
attack with 2 ghouls.  Kill one?  Urborg Justice kills the scalebane.' 
Green or white also get the Sleights and possible Disenchants.  SRB 
(stupid red burn) decks deserve extra armageddons and the hydroblasts 
obviously.  Big blue and C-post can provide problems, which can often be 
solved by forcing through a worb or a Buried with Pyroblast backup.  
Depending on your area, you may want to look through the also-ran cards 
for ideas.

Also Ran

Cut at the last minute were a few strong cards that weren't quite good 
enough.  That doesn't mean they may not be more appropriate in someone 
else's version.

Fallen Angel - on the one hand, she flies, is unplowable, and eats 
nether shadows and ghouls to get huge.  On the other hand, she's 5cc in 
a worb/geddon deck with 22 land.

Wildfire - traded at the last minute for a 3rd Knight. May switch back.

Crypt rats - traded for worbs.  Tough call, because they work well with 
urborg justice.

Arcane Denials/Underground River- Traded for the Death spark and another 
Buried.  I sparked ball lightnings on 2 separate occasions, but I was 
also holding it when I needed Denials a couple times.  Very tough call, 
play with both for a while and try it.

Kaerveks spite - its really hard not to throw this in every black deck 
as a finisher.  But what to take out?  It's limited use makes it 
sub-optimal, as an opening hand with a Spite means a wasted card for 
several turns minimum, possibly the whole game.

Anyway, comments and advice are semi-cheerfully accepted as always.  

alan webster
charter member team DMFJ
most spiteful member of Team quarterstaff