Subject: NEW Stompy--Divided we Stand, United we Fall
Date: 6 Nov 1997 23:18:17 GMT
From: jaglom@aol.com (Jaglom)
Newsgroups: rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy

<<I have seen the Muscle Slivers pop into most Neo-Stompy decks.... what do
you all think of this???  is it a risk worth taking???  what do you do when
you go up against other slivers?  I suppose they become the sideboarded
card.... what about metallic Sliver... I'm personally thinking of throwing
in a few (1 or 2) in my sideboard from now on.... suggestions???

Turtle>>

Muscle sliver is good for the reasons that many creatures are good.... it has a
 good power and toughness for it's casting cost... it is a 2 cc 2/2 creature
 much like Lord of Atlantis without other merfolk,  River boa is an especially
 good creature because it is 2/1 for 2 mana as many creatures are with 2 very
 good abilities, an evasion ability (islandwalk) and regeneration ... that is
 why you see river boas in many stompy/5cg/various weenie decks....  an added
 bonus to muscle sliver is that the next muscle sliver makes them all 3/3
 creature so if you only have one they are good, but if you have 2 they are
 even better.... not too many cards work like this... if you drew 1 Light of
 day that would be suffiecient, but if  you drew 2, you would have 1 useless
 card in your hand for example...  what 1 cc creatures are used in a Stompy
 deck??

The answer is often these...  and the reasons why

Gahzban Ogre (2/2 undercosted power and toughness)
Basic Mana Elves  (1/1 Speeds the deck up, and does damage)
Quiron Ranger (1/1  speeds up the deck, good against LD, good w/geddons, good
 against other creatures, very versatile creature...)
Rogue Elephant  (3/3 undercosted power and toughness)

What 2 cc creatures are included and why....

River Boa (2/1 Evasion and durability....  Islandwalk, regeneration)
Whirling Dervish (1/1 Durability and Potential Game winner; Pro: black, +1/+1
 each time it damages the opponent)
Harvest Wurn (3/2 good with Rogue Elephants)
NOW Muscle Sliver (1/1 potential to be many large creatures, all sliver become
 +1\+1)

What 3cc Creatures are included and why

Joeral's Centaur  (2/2, Very durable has to be block by huge creatures; Immune
 to targeting and Flanking)  making it a steady source of damage
NOW  Horned Sliver  (2/2 Trample, potential to be big, and toher big slivers
 are trampling)

4cc
Luhrgofy (large late game creature, game winner)
Sometimes.. Maro (potential to be a large creature)

5cc
None really Until Scragnoth came along
(3/4 Can't be countered and pro blue; but why not play with karoo Merkats)

here is my new take on a potentially good Stompy type deck:

1cc
4 mana elves
4 Quiron Ranger
1 Gahzbaan Ogre  (lots of burn around might not be too safe)
1 Metalic Slivers (could get real buff, otherwise just a 1/1 creature like your
 elves, and will probably be killed anyways, better than something good being
 killed)
2 Rogue Elephant (lots of burn , could lose his head)
4 Giant Growth
2 Emrald Charm (Watch out for Ganda and Prosbloom, surprise blockers)

2cc
2 Whirling Dervish
4 River boa
1 Karoo Merkat
1 Harvest Wurm
4 Muscle Sliver
4 Winter Orbs

3cc
1 Horned Sliver
3 Joreal's Centaur

4cc
2 Lhurgofy
1 Maro
1 Nature's Resurgance

lands:
18 Forests

Sideboard:
2 Emerald Charm  \
1 Tranquil grove    |--- Watch out for those enchantments!!!
1 Tranquil Domain/
2 Reap  (Power card)
1 scragnoth
1 choke
1 City of Solitude
1 Dense Foliage
2 Halls of Gemstones (good aginst counters, and enchant worlds, and gold
 cards....  more versatile)
3 Serrated Biskelion

This type of Stompy deck could have some serious potential....
p.s. please excuse all the typos

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