Lands:
12 Island
12 Mountain
4 Shivan Reef
Creatures:
2 Darksteel Gargoyle
4 Jhoira Of The Ghitu
4 Molten Firebird
Other Spells:
4 Counterspell
4 Incinerate
4 Mana Leak
4 Obliterate
2 Sensei's Divining Top
4 Tidings |
  Obliterate
That Jhoira.
Description of deck by its author (quoted):
This deck uses Jhoira and the Firebirds to
have some power available after an Obliterate.
Using Jhoira, the deck wants to suspend every card that
it can, including another Jhoira if you have one, and then play
Obliterate. Then those suspended spells will resolve post-Obliterate.
That's the goal of Jhoira. Note that she's a 2/2, and as such, will serve
decently herself post-Obliterate.
The Molten Firebird works its role just as well in this
deck as its predecessor, Ivory Gargoyle, did in the old Ivory
Gargoyle-Jokulhaups decks of yore. It can die from an Obliterate and come
back, mana free, to serve the beats.
Another option is to run the indestructible Darksteel
Gargoyle. It's a bit expensive, but it still fits the curve coming in
under Obliterate. Besides, you can suspend it with Jhoira. It will stay in
play post-Obliterate, and add its might to your team.
Sensei's Divining Top fits in well here because you can
use it early to protect the quality of your draw and then hide it in your
library when you cast Obliterate. As such, you will have a Top post
Obliterate to help you find useful, things like more mana.
The deck includes a modicum of control. Incinerate is a
great removal spell, while Counterspell and Mana Leak can keep away
annoying cards both before and after an Obliterate. Playability
post-Obliterate was important, so I am running the cheapest versatile
counters that I could find, while also maximizing their usefulness as
counters under normal situations.
Tidings should help to keep your hand full of options,
and before you Obliterate, it will hopefully allow you to get a lot of
cards suspended with Jhoira. If you are lucky, you can suspend another
Tidings under Jhoira.
Mana is a vital element to this deck. As such, I felt
that ensuring we had enough was important. 28 lands are included here. You
don't want to miss mana drops in the early game at all, and if you can
Obliterate on turn 8, that would be ideal.
Other good choices for this type of deck might include
self-phasers like Rainbow Efreet and Frenetic Efreet.
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