I have an old Magic strategy book, Deep Magic by Charles Wolfe and George Baxter, 1996. Aside from the "build a deck" chapters, it breaks down decks into five "basics" (burn, counterspell, fast creature (small and large), hand destruction, and land destruction) and gives examples of each. It also gives examples of "named" decks that are Type I and Type II for that time) that were tourney quality at some point. Is anyone interested in seeing the deck lists for them?
Some of the names are:
Type I
Granville's Explosion Deck
House of Pain
Matt's Eureka Deck
Charles' Liche Deck
Type II
Lazarus Deck
Quake and Surge
Tab's Green Thing
Ken's Sea of Fire
Maysonet's Amish Deck
The Black Sea
The Ping
White Blitzing Winds
Some of the names are:
Type I
Granville's Explosion Deck
House of Pain
Matt's Eureka Deck
Charles' Liche Deck
Type II
Lazarus Deck
Quake and Surge
Tab's Green Thing
Ken's Sea of Fire
Maysonet's Amish Deck
The Black Sea
The Ping
White Blitzing Winds