1
Ambassador Laquatus
4 Birds of Paradise
4 Dreamborn Muse
1 Scalpelexis
4 Clear the Land
2 Crumbling Sanctuary
4 Howling Mine
4 Iron Maiden
4 Malignant Growth
2 Mox Diamond
3 Turbulent Dreams
2 Upheaval
2 Wheel and Deal
8 Forest
8 Island
3 City of Brass
4 Yavimaya Coast |
  Much
Maligned.
Description of deck by it's author
(quoted):
Another Mirage card that lured
me in with promises of candy and toys is Malignant Growth. It's right up
my alley because it's so counterintuitive. Enemy colors are hard to work
with. Cumulative upkeep is best avoided. Giving my opponent cards is
certainly not a good idea! Yet this card is a compelling victory
condition. Hmmm . . . .
A few weeks ago, I trotted out a deck
that wins by shoveling more and more cards into your opponent's hand,
and Malignant Growth supports a similar strategy. It deals damage as
well, but that means its focus is divided. The Growth wants to win by
damage and it wants to win by decking. They're both fine ideas, but one
of them is going to be wasted — unless there's a converter of some
sort. Crumbling Sanctuary turns the damage part into a decking strategy.
Iron Maiden turns the decking part into a damage strategy. Dreamborn
Muse turns the decking strategy into an even-more-decking strategy.
Clear the Land is fun because it accelerates your mana so you can keep
up with the cumulative upkeep while slicing off a chunk of your
opponent's deck. Add in some bounce for control, and Malignant Growth is
ready to party. |
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