4 Sakura-Tribe Elder
4 Terraformer
3 Eternal Witness
1 Nightmare
1 Uktabi Wildcats
4 Serum Visions
4 Kodama's Reach
3 Beacon of Creation
3 Flow of Ideas
2 Mind Sludge
2 Spitting Earth
2 Last Stand
1 Nightmare Lash
1 Blanchwood Armor
10 Forest
8 Island
3 Swamp
1 Mountain
1 Plains
1 Cabal Coffers
1 Crystal Quarry |
 Terra-Ridiculous.
Description of deck by its author (quoted):
Despite being a beloved - not to mention
delicious - metaphor, I don't much care for it. Actually, that's a lie -
I like it fine. As I said, who doesn't like Pie? Besides, it makes a
building a Mono-Green discard deck or a Mono-Red milling deck a fun
challenge. I suspect, however, that there are some Colour Pie saboteurs
in R&D. Otherwise, why would they give us a card like Terraformer? Ha!
Now Blue mages can have access to cards it shouldn't have, like mass
token generators, discard, and direct damage!
Just imagine this turn sequence:
Turn 1: Land, Serum Visions.
Turn 2: Land, Sakura-Tribe Elder.
Turn 3: Land, Terraformer. Sacrifice the Elder during your opponent's
turn.
Turn 4: Land, Beacon of Creation. Make five Insects.
Turn 5: Land, Mind Sludge. Make your opponent discard six cards.
Turn 6: Land, Flow of Ideas. Draw seven cards.
Good Gravy! Of course, that's with the proverbial “God
draw.” Even without it, your opponent is in for plenty of nasty surprises.
Last Stand and Crystal Quarry is a trick that some old
Mono-Black Control decks would use. Since all of your non-Crystal Quarry
lands were Swamps, a Last Stand would cause massive life-loss for your
opponent. Terraformer makes this trick even more versatile. Nightmare and
Uktabi Wildcats are in the deck mostly for fun. The problem is, they will
die the minute you change your lands to something other than Forests or
Swamps. One way to keep them alive, is to put a Blanchwood Armor on the
Nightmare, or Nightmare Lash on the Wildcats. That way, you can have them
both at “full strength” at the same time.
I would've made the deck Mono-Blue, but I wanted to be
able to at least do something if I didn't draw a Terraformer. If you're
feeling bold, go ahead and play it that way. I think it'd be pretty funny
to play Cabal Coffers in a deck without a single Swamp. |
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