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Sammy Dead-O
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I've been thinking about this for a while; it might be because I have a tendency to be very unfocused when deciding what decks to build and tweak. I think I've found a way to focus myself and have a lot of fun with deckbuilding (and with the history of Magic).
I am now taking championship decks from the past and attempting to build them pretty much card-by-card with the closest choices available in the current Type II. This can then serve as the starting point for my tweaking. I get to play with a deck that probably won't suck and that gives me a feel for Magic's history at the same time.
One of the main decks I've been looking at is Olle Rade's Pro Tour III-winning Spider Deck. It looked like this:
4 Deadly Insect
4 Fyndhorn Elves
2 Giant Growth
4 Woolly Spider
1 Gorilla Shaman
4 Incinerate
1 Jokulhaups
2 Lava Burst
2 Orcish Cannoneers
3 Pillage
1 Pyroclasm
2 Storm Shaman
4 Giant Trap Door Spider
2 Stormbind
2 Lodestone Bauble
4 Urza's Bauble
7 Forest
4 Karplusan Forest
7 Mountain
My T2 version, with a little metagame tweaking, comes out like this (for now):
4 Blastoderm
4 Llanowar Elves
2 Wax/Wane
4 Pincer Spider
1 Kris Mage
2 Scorching Lava
2 Seal of Fire
1 Jokulhaups
2 Ghitu Fire
2 Orcish Artillery
3 Pillage
2 Skizzik
4 Hunting Kavu
2 Arc Mage
1 Groundskeeper
1 Creeping Mold
2 Karplusan Forest
2 Shivan Oasis
2 Brushland
8 Forest
8 Mountain
It's random, I know, but it seems like it would be a surprising deck to play against. Anyway, please give me your opinions on this approach to deckbuilding. I'd like to hear 'em. Thanks for reading!
I am now taking championship decks from the past and attempting to build them pretty much card-by-card with the closest choices available in the current Type II. This can then serve as the starting point for my tweaking. I get to play with a deck that probably won't suck and that gives me a feel for Magic's history at the same time.
One of the main decks I've been looking at is Olle Rade's Pro Tour III-winning Spider Deck. It looked like this:
4 Deadly Insect
4 Fyndhorn Elves
2 Giant Growth
4 Woolly Spider
1 Gorilla Shaman
4 Incinerate
1 Jokulhaups
2 Lava Burst
2 Orcish Cannoneers
3 Pillage
1 Pyroclasm
2 Storm Shaman
4 Giant Trap Door Spider
2 Stormbind
2 Lodestone Bauble
4 Urza's Bauble
7 Forest
4 Karplusan Forest
7 Mountain
My T2 version, with a little metagame tweaking, comes out like this (for now):
4 Blastoderm
4 Llanowar Elves
2 Wax/Wane
4 Pincer Spider
1 Kris Mage
2 Scorching Lava
2 Seal of Fire
1 Jokulhaups
2 Ghitu Fire
2 Orcish Artillery
3 Pillage
2 Skizzik
4 Hunting Kavu
2 Arc Mage
1 Groundskeeper
1 Creeping Mold
2 Karplusan Forest
2 Shivan Oasis
2 Brushland
8 Forest
8 Mountain
It's random, I know, but it seems like it would be a surprising deck to play against. Anyway, please give me your opinions on this approach to deckbuilding. I'd like to hear 'em. Thanks for reading!