Lands:
8 Island
4 Shivan Reef
4 Steam Vents
Creatures:
None.
Other Spells:
4 Lotus Bloom
4 Seething Song
4 Rite of Flame
2 Locket of Yesterdays
4 Hatching Plans
4 Sleight of Hand
4 Empty the Warrens
3 Ignite Memories
3 Claws of Gix
3 Remand
3 Chromatic Star
2 Repeal
4 Perilous Research
Sideboard:
4 Dodecapod
3 Blood Moon
2 Shadow of Doubt
3 Tormod's Crypt
3 Ignorant Bliss |
  Perilous
Storm 2007.
Description of deck by Frank Karsten
@ www.wizards.com
(quoted):
We've seen Empty the Warrens / Ignite Memories
storm decks before, but they used to be red-black. Instead of Dark
Confidant and Infernal Tutor, we now have a new deck that has Hatching
Plans and Perilous Research. Obviously a nice combo that will get you
closer to the Rite of Flames you need for a high storm count. Perilous
Research also works well with Chromatic Star (sacrifice it to draw a
card). Hatching Plans also works well with Claws of Gix (as it gives you
another sac outlet). It's a lot of nice little synergies. All of these
cards have very low mana costs, so they can easily jack up the storm
count, especially when a Locket of Yesterdays is in play.
The above list runs just 16 lands, which seems a bit on
the low side, and I have my doubts about the consistency of the deck. At
some point you will get draws where you get infinite Hatching Plans
without a way to sacrifice it, or you have to start sacrificing lands to
Perilous Research. But I admit that if it works, you can get insanely big
and fun turns, and you can easily make 10 Ignite Memories copies in one
turn. The advantage of this deck over Dragonstorm is that it's better
versus the hate; instead of having to go all-in on one big turn you can
distribute your key cards over various turns. Turn-four Empty the Warrens
for four, turn-five Ignite Memories for a couple, then turn six another
Empty the Warrens is not an uncommon sight with the amount of card draw in
this deck. I don't think the deck breaks the format by any means (yet...),
but it is a fine choice if rogue decks are your thing. |
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