Subject: T2 Deck "Large 5CG"
Date: Wed, 05 Nov 1997 23:43:36 -0800
From: Scott West <ljwest@bc.sympatico.ca>
To: fkusumot@ix.netcom.com

First off...thanks to our Dojo's proprietor for providing us an
excellent forum for discussing our little addiction.  Thanks also to all
the knowledgeable and enthusiastic players who post here and to the
newsgroups.  And now on to the deck...

This is a beatdown/control deck or at least it's my approximation of
one.  The idea is to put out a large creature, (take your pick...there's
lots), armageddon, and then control their creature supply.  In practice,
I've found that the first creature to cast is Derelor, watch their
triumphant face as they kill it somehow and then cast the Maro you were
holding.  The walls are there to slow down the expected weenie's, the
Man-o'-War's fill their usual purpose and the Birds of Paradise/Quirion
Ranger mana engine is well-known enough by now.  Enough ado...here's the
deck:

4 Birds of Paradise
4 Quirion Ranger
3 Wall of Roots
3 Maro
1 Uktabi Orangutang
2 Gaea's Blessing

4 Derelor
2 Terror

4 Man-o'-War
1 Cloud Djinn
1 Inspiration

4 Incinerate
1 Thundermare

3 Armageddon
2 Heavy Balista
1 Cloudchaser Eagle

9 Forest
4 Undiscovered Paradise
4 Gemstone Mine
3 City of Brass

Sideboard:

2 City of Solitude
3 Disenchant
2 Hydroblast
2 Knight of the Mists
3 Pyroblast
1 Shadowstorm
1 Terror
1 Tranquil Domain

This deck has been winning for me with about an 80% rate...but I don't
know yet what my new environment it going to be...so we'll see what
happens.  (My environment is hardly ever a good reflection of the world
at large.)  I expect to do badly against Sligh and ProsBloom, but
fortunately, I'm the only one around here who plays Sligh and there's
only 1 ProsBloom worth mentioning.  Eagerly awaiting
comments/criticisms.

                                        Scott West
                                        ljwest@bc.sympatico.ca
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