  SnakeDrake.
Description of deck by it's author
(quoted):
Brooding Saurian is 4/4 beater for a mere four
mana, making him efficient as a creature. In addition, the Saurian can
allow you to regain all permanents you own. This allows you to have a
shield against Control Magic effects, which is a little useful in
multiplayer.
This deck has the same trick in it twice, so let’s go
over the trick in general first. You play a creature that, when it comes
into play, exchanges control of two permanents. Then, you sacrifice the
freshly stolen permanent and get yours back at the end of the turn.
Lastly, you then bounce the creature back to your hand and repeat the next
turn.
The first of these tricks revolves around the Gilded
Drake. You play the Drake for just two mana, switch control of it and
another creature, then sacrifice the creature to an Altar of Dementia. The
Altar mills your opponent a number of cards equal to the stolen creature’s
power. Then you get your Drake back, and you bounce it back to your hand
with an Erratic Portal. The total amount of mana that you spend for this
is three.
In order to supplement the milling of the Altar, I
tossed in a pair of Traumatizes. This should help get your started or
scare your opponent.
The nastier combo in the deck revolves around Vedalken
Plotter and Zuran Orb. You play the Plotter, exchange control of lands,
then sac your new land to the Zuran Orb for two life and get your own land
back. Remember to bounce the Plotter. The total amount of mana spent per
turn with this combo is four.
Your opponent having a sacrifice outlet of his own is
nasty. As such, four Naturalizes also appear here. Note that creature
removal isn’t necessary because you can just steal it with the Drake.
In order to protect your key creatures, like the
Saurian, I included a full set of Confound. This will counter a removal
spell while also getting you a card.
The Portals will also cause your opponent to keep mana
available every turn equal to the number of Portals you have. Not only
does this slow your opponent down, but it also is a nice addition to the
Plotter-Orb strategy of sacrificing your opponent’s lands.
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