Subject: BlackBarry Date: Wed, 31 Dec 1997 10:11:23 -0500 From: Jeff To: "'fkusumot@ix.netcom.com'" This is a deck a friend of mine (Barry) is playing that has been doing well against me, my girlfriend and anyone else he seems to play. It is similar in some sorts to the "Kenny Deck" posted previously on the Dojo, but the idea was started about 2 months ago - It's ready to show now. Also we welcome any comments, advice or whatever. Take a look at it, MY comments follow. Land: 1 Bad River (need more, thins the deck out) 3 Rootwater Depths (U+B land of course) 2 Undiscovered Paradise 2 Quicksand (In case they DO attack) 2 Lotus Vale (Real nice for Man-O-Wars, Gravediggers, gets the stuff out) 7 Island 7 Swamp 24 land? Creatures: 4 Abyssal Gatekeeper (Borrowed this creature from the Kenny deck after seeing it...works well) 4 GraveDigger (Let's see what creature do I want the most from my Graveyard?) 2 Rats of Rath (Works REAL well with Helm of Possession) 3 Ophidian (Just another problem for them to deal with also is good defense) 3 Mundungu (He Mundungu's EVERYTHING - real annoying and does add up) 3 Man-O-War's (Hmm I would like to cast a gravedigger again...no nekrataal..no...) 3 Rootwater Hunter (Ping you at the end of your turn, or ping the Gatekeeper) 4 Nekrataal (Bury this Bury that...la de da) 1 Necrosavant ( A lil beef) 27 Creatures Other: 3 Lobotomy (Oh hell, you won't need that....) 2 Dragon Mask (+2 +2 AND I get to return him to my hand? Great!) 2 Helm Of Possession (Oh cool can I have that?) 1 Nevinyrrals Disk (Ahh full graveyard :) 4 Counterspell (Enchantment? What? Ha!) 2 Puppet Strings (Ya know, got that extra mana, time to remundungu or reping) 14 Artifacts/Spells 65 Total (Needs to get a little more focused I guess ;) This Deck is just a pain in the ass to play against. He used to have Buried Alives and Disturbed Burials in here to get 3 Mundungu's out early and make you pay extra life and mana every time you want to cast something. We thought about adding some Jet Medallions and using "Hanna" in the Vanguard II this coming arena season. This deck may not seem so, but the engine (Man-O's, Gravediggers; Nekrataal) is actually efficient putting away every creature you have into the graveyard. Because you have to keep up with his creatures you keep putting out things you draw which are mundungu'd over and over. Eventually you'll draw a land and then he is free to attack. Most of all, this deck is fun also. Anywayz, play it, look at it or whatever, and comments of any kind about the deck are welcome... Diogenes@journey.com