Subject: Arena Preconstructed Additions
Date: Sun, 09 Nov 1997 23:10:11 GMT
From: stuartb@interport.net (Stuart Blavatnik)
Newsgroups: rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy

Hello all,

I was challenged to prove that "The Swarm" could be made in into a
decent deck with the addition of 15 cards from Mi/Vi/WL 5th and
Tempest cards.  Here's what I came up with:

Green
----------
3 Skyshroud Elf                      -- Speed Mana
3 Rootwalla                            -- Cheap 4/4
3 Pincher Beetle                     -- Speed Bumps
1 Trained Armodon                 -- Nondescript
2 River Boa                            -- One of Green's Best
1 Wall of Roots                      -- Defense / Speed Mana
4 Quirion Ranger                    -- Kickstart / Confusion
2 Stampeeding Wildebeests  -- Regeneration Break Through

2 Overrun                              -- Game Ender
1 Aluren                                -- Fun
1 Elvish Fury                         -- Fun
2 Recycle                             -- The key

White
---------
3 Master Decoy                     -- AKA Icy Manipulator
1 Soltari Crusader                  -- Token Shadow

2 Pacifism                              -- Removal
1 Enlighten Tutor                   -- In case I need to build combo

Multi
-------
2 Ranger en-Vec                  -- Defense

Artifacts
-------------
2 Library of Leng                   -- I smell a combo...
1 Snake Basket                    -- Bluff card (fits the theme)

Land
--------
14 Forests
7 Plains
2 Vec Townships

Sideboard
---------------
4 Muscle Sliver
2 Trained Armodon
1 Elven Warhound
1 Krakilin
1 Needlestorm
1 City of Solitude
2 Soltari Trooper
1 Disenchant
1 Pacifism
1 Annoint

Once the recycle comes into play, this deck moves at warp speed.  With
the combination of Library of Leng, my hand has the potential to grow
unbounded.  The Quirions are used to kickstart my turn in case I have
"dead" cards in my hand. Aluren as we all know make the deck very
silly.  I played against Deep Freeze and Flames and had my opponents
so confused, they had no idea what hit them once the matches were
over.  Tell me what you think of the deck.  Keeping in mind I could
only add 15 cards and keep the deck in tact otherwise.

Stuart