Posted by Chaos Overlord on June 22, 1998 at 03:57:48:
I've just moved and people here play with stuff like 4 Sol Ring, 4 Wheel, 4 Dem. Tutor, etc. only thing that they play 1 is Mind Twist. I need to get them somehow to play type 1 (4 Sol Rings are wild), but I need some completely broken deck to demostrate the power of cards. I know about one - Timewalk deck (usually wins in 1 turn, sometimes in 2-3), but I don't have the cards (the deck has 4 of each of these: Ancestral Recall, Timewalk, Library of Alexandria, Timetwister, Fork, Mox Ruby, Mox Sapphire, etc. - this is the core of the deck). Recently I've traded away my second LoA (now I have only 1 left). I've thought about a Balance deck, which should be pretty devastating. Almost everybody plays counterspells (it could hurt, but not if I put in enough must-counter stuff).
This is a sketch:
Artifacts (14):
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Ruby
1 Moss Diamond
1 Marble Diamond (these two Diamonds should be Moxes, but since I don't have them, I use these)
4 Sol Ring (he he he)
4 The Rack
1 Zuran Orb (maybe one more?)
1 Candelabra of Tawnos
Green (2):
1 Regrowth
1 Sylvan Library
Red (11):
4 Incinerate
3 Fireball
4 Lightning Bolt
White (8):
4 Balance (obviously)
2 Moat (to hold off critters, and at least this or Balance should go off uncountered; although I'm not sure because of Mishra's Factories; or possibly replace with Icy Manipulators?)
2 Disenchant (I'm thinking about using Aura of Silence because I don't have to hold Aura in hand, I can just play it and wait; if Aura didn't have 2 white in cc, it would definitely go in)
Blue (1):
1 Ancestral Recall (if I only had multiples of these :-0)
Black (4):
3 Demonic Tutor
1 Mind Twist
Multi-color (2):
2 Stormbind (to go down to 0 cards in response when Balance is cast; maybe I should use Cursed Scrolls)
Lands (18):
4 City of Brass
1 Maze of Ith
2 Mishra's Factories
2 Undiscovered Paradise
1 Plateau (I definitely need to get more of these)
2 Savannah
2 Tundra
2 Badlands
1 Tropical Island
1 Scrubland
I still need to get the right mana ratio, but so far it shouldn't be a problem - all but the Moat and Stormbind cost only 1 colored mana.
If a Disk ever goes off, it would really hurt, but I have 2 Disenchants, 3 Tutors and Regrowth...and nobody here plays Disks anyway (don't ask me why).
I know that Mind Twist and Ancestral don't go very well with Balance, but since almost everybody is playing with counterspells, this will be either one or the other spell, so I need more must-counter threats (and, btw, I can shoot anything from hand right away after Ancestral).
I would really appreciate help on this deck. Thanks.