Subject: Counterhammer Decklist
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 1997 20:06:17 -0500 (EST)
From: MagkMan598@aol.com
To: fkusumot@ix.netcom.com

The following decklist can be credited in design in part to Pat Chapin and
myself, although, mad props go out to Erik Lauer who came up with the
original post-Tempest counterhammer concept.  Here's Erik's original
Counterhammer decklist:

13 island
9 mountains
4 reflecting pool
2 searing touch
4 incinerate
4 hammer
4 disk
4 whisper
4 disrupt
4 counterspell
4 dissipate
4 dismiss

Now, here's the newly revised decklist:

4 Counterspell
4 Dissmiss
4 Dissipate
2 Disrupt
4 Whispers of the Muse
4 Impulse
4 Incinerate
2 Earthquake
1 Fireball
3 Hammer of Bogardan
3 Nevinryal's Disk
1 Shatter
2 Quicksand
1 Undiscovered Paradise
4 Reflecting Pool
7 Mountain
10 Island

Noteable revisions include the main deck shatter, 2 quake and 4 impulse.  The
impulse usually fetch land in the early game, and grab whispers or something
needed in the mid to late game.  Quakes give the deck an edge over 5cb and
5cg clones.

The deck has been played on a local level of late by Jeff Sluzenski, Pat
Chapin, and myself.  The main deck shatter was added as a local metagame
decision, as Winter Orb wrecks the deck.  Also, the Undiscovered Paradise
replaced the Caldera Lake in a less-recent version for similiar reasons.

The deck's sideboard should look something along the lines of the following:

4 Hydroblast
4 Pyroblast
3 Shatter
2 Propaganda
1 Nevinryal's Disk
1 Earthquake

Steal Enchantments should be added to the sideboard in numbers based on the
amount of ProsBloom expected.  Other adjustments should also, of course, be
made accordingly to the local enviroment.

If you have questions, comments, or PHONE NUMBERS , I can be reached at
MagkMan598@aol.com.

J. Tackett

Underrated but talented player at 1776 pts in Standard
Overrated and confused player at 1828 pts in Classic
#1 Mother-sexin' Mo' Fo' of all time!!