4 Izzet Guildmage
4 Barbed Shocker
4 Dragon Mage
1 Djinn Illuminatus
4 Chrome Mox
4 Volcanic Hammer
4 Wheel of Fate
4 Book Burning
4 Seething Song
2 Fireshrieker
3 Viridian Longbow
13 Mountain
4 Vesuva
4 Cloudpost
1 Kher Keep |
 Wheeled
Warriors.
Description of deck by it's author
(quoted):
I was going to tie their use of Barbed Shocker
into my recurring "reject rare" theme, but I was, uh, shocked to
discover that the Time Spiral Insect is not actually a rare. Luckily,
both gentlemen also used Wheel of Fate, which, while no Wheel of Fortune
(or Wheel of Fish, for that matter), is at least a card of appropriate
rarity. I'll start with AJ Impy's Wheel of Fate deck, since his email
had an earlier timestamp. It's always fun to build mono-colour decks
that use strategies normally outside of the colour's range - green burn
decks, blue land destruction decks, that sort of thing. AJ's deck is
basically a red milling deck. He's got the usual suspects (Book Burning,
Dragon Mage, and Wheel of Fate), as well as a few unusual ones. Did you
know that Barbed Shocker's ability triggers when it deals damage, not
just combat damage? This means that you can give the spindly fellow a
Viridian Longbow and cause your opponent to dump their hand (and pick up
a new one) with a simple pinging. You can also get double use out of
your Barbed Shockers by equipping them with a Fireshieker. The 'shrieker
is also very nice when attached to a Dragon Mage. Izzet Guildmage can be
used to copy Book Burning, Wheel of Fate, and Volcanic Hammer, while
Djinn Illuminatus can replicate everything but the Wheels. To get a
quick Dragon Mage (or Djinn), AJ uses a combination of Chrome Mox,
Seething Song, and the Vesuva-Cloudpost "engine." The latter allows for
massive spell replication if you have a Djinn on the board.
If you don't limit yourself to the Magic Online card
pool, you could add the original Shocker, who works just as well with a
Viridian Longbow as his Barbed counterpart. |
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