3
Aphetto Alchemist
3 Archivist
1 Aven Redeemer
3 Birds of Paradise
1 Goblin Sharpshooter
1 Master Healer
4 Puppeteer
1 Voltaic Construct
2 Seeker of Skybreak
4 Solarion
3 Thought Courier
4 Gerrard's Command
3 Grab the Reins
2 Inspirit
1 Pemmin's Aura
3 Island
3 Forest
2 Adarkar Wastes
2 Brushland
2 Coastal Tower
2 Elfhame Palace
2 Grand Coliseum
1 Karplusan Forest
4 Mirrodin's Core
2 Shivan Oasis
1 Yavimaya Coast
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Description of deck by it's author
(quoted):
Speaking of rare sunburst cards, one of the most interesting
ones is Solarion. That thing has a built in challenge: “How big can
you make me?” Since I'm sick of Solarion (or the voices inside my head
claiming to be Solarion) taunting me, I guess I'll just have to give it
a shot.
The funny thing is that you don't need
to tap it that many times to make it lethal. In fact, if you pull off
the full sunburst when you summon it, using its ability a scant twice—meaning
you only need to untap it once—will make it big enough to fling at
your opponent's head for 20 damage. That's hardly fun, though. It should
really be at least 80/80 before you toss it over with Grab the Reins…
y'know, just in case your opponent has a Healing Salve.
This plan requires a marriage of the
sunburst monstrosity and some untappers. I hear wedding bells for
Solarion and Seeker of Skybreak, Aphetto Alchemist, and Puppeteer (which
is also good on defense). Hm, I guess I probably should have mentioned
that Solarion is a polygamist. Spells such as Gerrard's Command and
Inspirit can also untap the Solarion so it can tap itself some more.
They're defensively valuable as well; you can create a surprise blocker
in the early game to take out one of your opponent's aggressive
attackers while you're still setting up your board.
I suppose I guess I definitely probably
should have mentioned that the Seeker, Alchemist, and Puppeteer are also
polygamists, because love is in the air for them and a cadre of
creatures with tap abilities. As long as the deck is full of cheap
untappers, it might as well take advantage of them while waiting for the
Solarion. There are plenty of choices out there; I went with card
drawing (Archivist), card filtering (Thought Courier), damage prevention
(Aven Redeemer and Master Healer), damage creation (Goblin
Sharpshooter), and mana production (the sunburst-friendly Birds of
Paradise).
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