Lands:
3 Adarkar Wastes
2 Caves of Koilos
3 Island
2 Plains
4 River of Tears
1 Swamp
4 Terramorphic Expanse
4 Vivid Creek
Creatures:
4 Mangara of Corondor
4 Merieke Ri Berit
4 Mulldrifter
4 Shadowmage Infiltrator
4 Shriekmaw
2 Sower of Temptation
3 Venser, Shaper Savant
Other Spells:
4 Familiar's Ruse
4 Momentary Blink
4 Thousand-Year Elixir
Sideboard
4 Aven Riftwatcher
2 Brigid, Hero of Kinsbaile
3 Burrenton Forge-Tender
1 Damnation
3 Extirpate |
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Description of deck by it's author
(quoted):
Granting haste to your guys is cool, but
granting them "skillhaste" is probably cooler. That goes double if no
one knows what you're talking about (That's always cool, right?). Back
in the future, in a segment on the relative futuristic-ness of Bonded
Fetch, Aaron Forsythe wrote:
It was Matt Cavotta, I believe, that came up with the
ability named "skillhaste" that would have meant "This creature can use
tap abilities the turn it comes into play" but not allow the creature to
attack." I thought there was some interesting space there—a card like
Viashino Fangtail with skillhaste would be able to ping the turn you
played it, but not attack for 3. Pretty neat. But the word didn't pick
up enough supporters to warrant an increase in the number of keywords in
the set, which is already at an all-time high.
While "skillhaste" didn't end up being a keyword, its
legacy lives on with Lorwyn's Thousand-Year Elixir. It powers up
creatures with tap abilities in two ways: it effectively gives them "skillhaste,"
and it allows you to untap a creature. In conjunction, these abilities
let you get two quick uses out of your, say, Prodigal Pyromancer before
your opponent can even blink.
Speaking of blinking, if you want to make a
competitive Thousand-Year Elixir deck, it probably doesn't get better
than Conley Woods's Momentary Blink hybrid from Colorado States. It's
got arguably the two best creatures to pair with the Elixir in Merieke
Ri Berit and Mangara of Corondor, as well as the Heaviest Ballista,
Brigid, Hero of Kinsbaile, in the sideboard. |
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