Posted by Trigger-Happy Comrade on April 30, 1998 at 06:39:13:
In Reply to: Please take a look at this deck posted by The Elementalist on April 30, 1998 at 06:16:29:
: I need to know if this deck has anything to do in a
: type I tournament. I've tested it against another few
: decks an it seems to work well, but I'm afraid it has
: nothing to do against land-crushing decks.
: What do you thing about it?
: 1 Black Lotus
: 1 Mox Sapphire
: 1 Mox Ruby
: 1 Mox Pearl
: 1 Zuran Orb
: 3 Mana Vault
: 1 Time Walk
: 1 Copy Artifact
: 1 Braingeyser
: 1 Recall
: 1 Deflection
: 2 Counterspell
: 2 Mana Drain
: 2 Drain Power
: 3 Shivan Dragon
: 4 Mana Flare
: 4 Fireball
: 4 Lightning Bolt
: 3 Disintegrate
: 3 Incinerate
: 1 Fork
: 1 Wheel of Fortune
: 8 Mountains
: 6 Island
: 4 Volcanic Island
: 2 City of Brass
: Sideboard:
: 3 Dragon Whelp
: 3 Red Elemental Blast
: 3 Blue Elemental Blast
: 1 Nevinyrral's Disk
: 2 Pyroclasm
: 1 Earthquake
: 1 Shatterstorm
: 1 Force of Will
: As you will already have realized, the key of this deck
: is MANA FLARE.
: The strategy is very simple:
: Mana Flare + Drain Power + Fireball = Death
: What would you add?
: What would you remove?
: Thank you
: (I'm Spanish, so sorry about my English)
If you're afraid of Land Destruction try some Sacred Ground, a white enchantment from Stronghold.
I'm pretty sure this will work against spells (Help me out on this one!).
I would probably take out the 3 Disintegrates for 2 Shocks and 1 more Incinerate.
Also, maybe some more countermagic, Recall is not needed (I never liked it anyways though :) IMHO.
Instead, try another counter of some sort (maybe bump the Force of Will out of the sideboard).
I don't think the Copy Artifact is really needed, but if you want it in, keep it.
I would cut the at least one Mana Vault for at least one Cursed Scroll if you have any, if not another Zuran Orb couldn't hurt.
If you have an Ancestral Recall, put that in (Just saying this because you seem to have most of the Power9).
Also if you want to keep the Deflection in the main deck, replace it with a Rebound as you don't have many creatures to protect.
Another option is putting that into the Sideboard and putting in Nev's Disk or the Earthquake from the sideboard.
Nice deck, and your English is fine! :)
Hope I helped,
THC