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3 Canopy Spider
1 Cloudchaser Eagle
3 Oath of Ghouls
2 Spike Weaver
2 Stronghold Taskmaster
1 Stronghold Assassin
2 Thrull Surgeon
1 Verdigris

Horsecraft.

Description of deck by Randy Buehler (quoted):
Earthcraft has proven itself to be one of the best engine cards ever made, and that distinction got it banned in Type 2 and Extended. It is currently legal in Type 1 and 1.5, where it forms a potent combination with Squirrel Nest from Odyssey. If you ever need to play in a Tempest Block Constructed tournament, however, the combo is still legal there.

How it works: Have any creature in play, and other in the graveyard. Put Overgrowth on a swamp, giving you a land that is capable of producing enough mana to play Recurring Nightmare on its own. Play Recur and bring a creature out of the graveyard. Tap that creature to pay for Earthcraft's ability, untapping the enchanted swamp. Repeat.

Now alone, that combo does not generate extra mana, and therefore isn't a mana engine per se. But if one of the creatures you are Recurring is a Workhorse (an Exodus artifact creature that can generate mana by removing counters from itself), then you begin to net mana during each cycle.

What to do with the mana: It isn’t pretty, but the idea is to store up enough mana to eventually win with Corpse Dance and Mogg Fanatic. The Workhorse will provide all the necessary colorless mana, and Earthcraft gives you the black mana (by tapping the Mogg Fanatic each time).

Here is the crazy "Horsecraft" deck played by Randy Buehler and Mike Turian in the block portion of Worlds 1998. With utility creatures like Wall of Blossoms, Spike Feeder, and Spike Breeder, the deck can gain infinite life, draw infinite cards, and create infinite 1/1 tokens in addition to killing the opponent with a Dancing Mogg. Now this is a deck with "horsepower."

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Randy Buehler - Worlds 1998 [Tempest Block Constructed] (featured on www.magicthegathering.com)

COMBO - Recurring Nightmare - Earthcraft / Overgrowth [INFINITY]