Beyond Dominia July 1997 -- Issue Vol. 2, No. 7

 
by Mariano J. Benito

"My Pet Dug a Hole in Your Garden"
(that it used to enter you home, steal you resources, give them to me, and I splashed them in your face)

When a new expansion enters our magic life, there's always a pack of cards everyone talks about, everyone wishes, everyone make a deck around it and then, are forever forgotten. They proved themselves not so good for playing. So, everybody trades them for "more interesting cards" and don't ever give a damn about them.

That's the right time to get them. Nobody will expect them, and nobody will be able to beat them. Right?

That's the case of Pygmy Hippo.


PYGMY HIPPO -- UG. Summon Hippopotamus (2/2) : If Pygmy Hippo attacks and is not blocked, you may choose to have it deal no combat damage this turn. If you do, defending player draws all mana from his or her lands, then his or her mana pool is emptied. After combat, add an equal amount of colorless mana to your mana pool.

That's the key card of the deck, our pet. He needs something to dig his hole (he ain't used to digging with his legs). Tawnos' Wands are a good artifact for this use.

We're there, your house. People usually Control your pets Magically, or Steal your Artifacts. But taking your resources, I mean, your mana, is something only our Pygmy Pet can do. Ok, I'll use it to Fireball your roof, or feed Kaervek's Torches. I see it finer than keeping it unused at home.

I fear you won't agree with my ideas, but i think you need my help. So i will interrupt anything you do to dismiss my help. It's my duty.

Maybe I will leave out arguments to convince yourself. I will be very Impulsive and Browse for new and better arguments to show you the real truth.

Surely you'll blame my little pet for being Torched. He is not guilty, i know, but you won't find him if he's Mystic Veiled.

Sometimes, your wrath will be directed to my own home. I think that's not fair. But Larry lent me his disks to prevent such unpleasant feelings. My garden is full of Elephant Grass, high enough to lose anyone's path.

Remember, don't be unfair with the animals. You know, they are only playing....

"I Don't Miss My Erhnam"
Pets & Other Stealers

4 Pygmy Hippo
4 Drain Power

Diggers

2 Tawnos' Wand

Mana Eaters

4 Fireball
4 Kaervek's Torch

Reasons

4 CounterSpell
4 Arcane Denial
3 Force of Will
2 Dissipate
1 Mystic Veil

More Reasons

1 Browse
2 Impulse

Keep My House

2 Elephant Grass
4 Nevirrynal's Disks

My Garden

4 Undiscovered Paradise
4 City of Brass
11 Island
2 Mountain

      Mariano J. Benito


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