From: obriense@mail.dec.com (Sean O'Brien) Newsgroups: rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy Subject: Re: Extended deck Date: Fri, 22 Aug 1997 08:17:38 GMT On Wed, 20 Aug 1997 17:30:05 +0100, Ben Sherliker wrote: >I am taking part in an extended tournament soon and going to try this >deck, which has worked well so far. > >4 hymn to tourachs >4 hypnotic spectres >4 disks 12 fine core cheese cards >3 dancing scimitars -- don't laugh good against serras sengirs etc. And Erhnams ... so you want to play defense I guess ... >3 nekrataals These are good defense ... but expect alot of black >3 necropotences Good >2 infernal tributes Necro is sooooo much better ditch these. >4 stupors 4 hymn is enough ... >3 disrupting scepters Mean ... you are going really defensive. These don't mesh so well with your disks, though I suppose they'll draw arty-D >4 racks Barf ... by the time these become useful you'll have 4-5 mana and then I'd rather drop a Vampire and eat my opponent. Sides you have disks .. >3 dark rituals >2 drain lifes You're kidding right? >19 swamps >2 quicksands >It has worked quite well so far but I am afraid of burn decks, >especially with 9 bolts and 4 forks! If this is the case why not 4 Drain Life ... So a controlling black extended deck 4 Drain Life 4 Nevinyrral's Disk 4 Hymn to Tourach 3 Dark Ritual 1 Ihsan Shade 4 Hypnotic Specter 2 Sengir Vampire 2 Dancing Scimitar 3 Nekrataal 1 Demonic Consultation 2 Disrupting Scepters 2 Serrated Arrows 1 Dance of the Dead (Erhnams are a great thing to raise) 1 Lake of the Dead 3 Necropotence 4 Mishra's Factory (we're back) 20 Swamp --61 cards Sideboard ---------------- 3 Soul Burn (v. Red) 2 Serrated Arrows 2 Dance of the Dead (versus Sand Golem and other phatness) 3 Contagion 4 Dystopia 1 Eater of the Dead ;) Obligatory Dark Card and Sand Golem Eater