Date: Mon, 04 Aug 1997 23:46:32 -0400
From: Rafael Matsunaga <rafael.matsunaga@brasoft.com.br>
Subject: the G deck


        With so many "intelligent" decks (buried alive, counter *, * geddon)
out there, the T2 scene has become quite slow lately. Almost everything in
those decks costs 4 mana. (Geddon, Wrath, Icy). The only exceptions seem to
be straight burn and some weenies (not so popular now).

        While those decks struggle to the death, I tried to make a (not so)
different approch: I hit, you take.

        It looks quite weak, but it's fast as hell. Yes, it is a swarm deck,
and all creatures cost 1 mana.

        4 Llanowar Elves
        4 Quirion Ranger
        4 Rogue Elefant
        4 Ghazban Ogre
        4 Mtenda Lion
        4 Shanodin Dryad
        4 Scryb Sprite
        4 Rime Dryad (hey, they're 1/2 for 1 mana and some guys do play with
snow-covered forests by "accident" :)
        2 Scavenger Folk
        1 Mwonvuli Ooze (now that's a funny creature)

        3 Winter Orb
        1 Bubble Matrix 
        4 Nature's Resurgence

        19 Forest

        The idea is pretty simple: there is no idea. Just drop lands and
punch away. If things get bad (like 2 or 3 first-strikers on the other
side), wait until your hand is full of creatures again and drop'em all at once.

        The first concept of this deck had more than 40 creatures (it was
before visions appeared) and no orbs. That version was pretty fast too, but
could not make a comeback after a pyroclasm. Now with Nature's Resurgence
and Rogue Elefants, the deck got pretty solid.

        I got 5th in a local tournament last week with a weaker version of
the deck (only 1 resurgence, the lack of other 3 proved to be fatal). I
couldn't take notes during the tournament, so there's no report, but there
were loads of counterposts, 1 buried alive, some necros, and few burns. The
latter two stood no chance against any of the other decks. I lost my matches
against two counterposts, with early posts followed by wraths slowed down my
deck (I really wish I had 3 more resurgences then).

        Anyway, this is a pretty funny and effective deck. I lost only 4
matches in more than 25 during playtests against several decks.

--
Rafael Matsunaga
rafael.matsunaga@brasoft.com.br