Subject: Scroll Rack in T2
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 14:31:18 -0500
From: Jeremy Friesen <jeremynf@GOSHEN.EDU>

Scroll Rack with Goofy Gaea is a little obscene

For Example:  (from the Library of Dominia)
Deck by Crovax

2       Scroll Rack
3       Thran Tome
1       Jalum Tome

4       Incinerates
2       Kaervek's Torch
3       Aether Flash            (Perhaps 2 and 1 EarthQuake)

3       Creeping Molds
2       Disenchants
4       Gaea's Blessing         (Selective Cane Cantrip!!!)
4       Harrow                  (Perhaps 2 and 2 Rampants)
2       Sylvan Library
1       Preferred Selection

3       Wrath of God
3       Gerrards Wisdom
1       Island Sanctuary

        The power of recursion is obvious but what if they wise up and save
counters to stop your Gaea's blessing?  Solution:  Stack your library via
your Scroll Rack or Sylvan library until the top three cards are 3 Gaea's
Blessing.
Then Thran Tome and you get 2 Blessings and a free Feldon's Cane.  I had my
opponent nearly weep when he realized he had be saving 5 counters for nothing.

So the lesson is, you need ways to remove the top cards after you've Scroll
Racked.

Some choices:
        Rowen
        Thran Tome
        Nature's Lore, Rampant Growth, Harrow, Sac&Search Lands, Tithe
        Petra Shpinx (Non-T2), Vexing Arcanix, Land Tax
        Vision Charm, Millstone, Grindstone (be careful how you set this up ;)
        Song of Blood (Could be +4/+0 land)  Chaos Harlequin
        Polymorph?

Anyway, Scroll Rack is a strong card early in the Game, it is a reusable
Portence.  Mix a couple combo cards and Draw Power.
Jeremy Friesen
jeremynf@goshen.edu