March 28, 2010

Deck 1 of 3
Psst - this was posted

I’ve built a lot of decks in my day, but I keep returning to three in particular. In this and future posts, I’m going to outline each of the three, talking about what they do and I still plan to change about them.

The first deck: Discard

God I love discard. I loved Hymn to Tourach and Wheel of Fortune back in the day and with some of the newer cards out there now, there is even more chance to be a jerk and make you a target and make everyone angry with you.

The contents of this deck:

  • Megrim12x Islands
  • 8x Swamps
  • 1x Reliquary Tower
  • 4x Howling Mine
  • 4x Megrim
  • 4x Windfall
  • 4x Remand
  • 1x Time Spiral
  • 1x Feldon’s Cane
  • 1x Ivory Tower
  • 3x Mulldrifter
  • 3x Dark Ritual
  • 1x Delirium Skeins
  • 4x Prosperity
  • 1x Forced Fruition
  • 1x Arcane Denial
  • 2x Lore Broker
  • 2x Capsize
  • 3x Perplex

That’s the deck in a nutshell. It’s designed to force players to draw lots of cards and discard them quickly, taking two damage from each discard, courtesy of each Megrim in play.

While playing, the deck is pretty fun - for me. I can often get hands full of cards and start the damage train down the track pretty quickly. This deck is especially dangerous in a multiplayer game with unsuspecting opponents. A couple of Megrims, and a Windfall and it’s game over.

That said, there are a few cards I’m not happy with:

  • Forced Fruition - I think it should be replaced with a Dark Ritual
  • 1 of the Perplex - I think it should be replaced with another Arcane Denial
  • 3x Mulldrifter - Should be replaced with some Hedron Crabs

I also think the deck would benefit from a suite of Hedron Crabs to add another win mechanism to the game. If my Megrims are found out quickly, being able to deck my opponent seems like a great way to pull the win out from under them. And if that’s the case, I’d better add 4x Polluted Deltas (Black/Blue fetchland) to the mix.

Anyway, the deck does pretty well in four-player multiplayer matchups. You can often take out two players at once when you start cooking. Give it a try and let us know what you think!

-MH