4 Brass Gnat
4 Jhoira's Timebug
4 Orcish Librarian
4 Barbed Shocker
4 Wheel of Fate
4 Fire Whip
4 Furnace of Rath
4 Bottled Cloister
1 Mirari
4 Conflagrate
4 Swarmyard
4 Boros Garrison
15 Mountain |
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Description of deck by it's author
(quoted):
Since great minds think alike, Redland Jack
(also known as Robby Bullis) happened to send me a deck with Barbed
Shocker and Wheel of Fate at around the same time. He wrote: "I've been
fine-tuning a few decks (which, admittedly, is kind of like fine-tuning
my 1995 Ford Taurus), and I figured I would kick them out the door
before Planar Chaos comes out and makes them obsolete."
Boy, I never thought I'd hear the words "1995 Ford
Taurus" and "obsolete" in the same sentence. A 1991 Ford Tempo I'd
understand. Those things were like Flintstone cars after about five days.
Another surprising juxtaposition of words could be found in a subsequent
sentence, which included both "Brass Gnat" and "holding down the fort." In
case you were wondering how (or, more likely, why) you'd go about
defending yourself with a creature so wimpy, the answer is Swarmyard.
Brass Gnat is an Insect. More importantly, both the suspend-aiding
Jhoira's Timebug and the previously discussed Barbed Shocker are insects.
The deck has two basic paths to victory. The first is by decking, with
Wheel of Fate combining with Barbed Shocker beats (Robby uses Fire Whip
instead of Viridian Longbow, since his deck is Standard legal). The second
way to win is with a huge, Mirari'd, Furnace of Rath'd Conflagrate. With a
Conflagrate in the graveyard, you can pay a measly two mana and dump your
hand (which you can fill with Wheel of Fate and company) to nail your
opponent for at least eight. Double that with Mirari, and double it again
for each Furnace of Rath you have in play. With the help of Jhoira's
Timebug, you can even set off multiple Wheel of Fates in one turn,
stocking and re-stocking your hand, flashing back Conflagrates each time.
This takes surprisingly little mana.
The colour red isn't known for its ability to manipulate
the library or draw cards, so you have to get creative. Robby uses Orcish
Librarian, Bottled Cloister, Wheel of Fate, and a Fire Whip'd Barbed
Shocker (you can ping yourself for a new hand) to get to the cards he
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