1 Acquire
4 Annex
1 Bribery
1 Confiscate
4 Darksteel Ingot
2 Extract
3 Fabricate
2 Krosan Reclamation
4 Lantern of Insight
4 Ornate Kanzashi
4 Tahngarth's Glare
1 Talisman of Dominance
2 Talisman of Impulse
1 Talisman of Progress
2 Threads of Disloyalty
10 Island
1 Adarkar Wastes
1 Coastal Tower
4 Grand Coliseum
2 Mirrodin's Core
1 Salt Marsh
1 Shivan Reef
2 Tendo Ice Bridge
1 Underground River
1 Yavimaya Coast |
 Yes
You Kanzashi.
Description of deck by its author (quoted):
That's why I'm going to turn my attention to a
rather different Betrayers of Kamigawa artifact. One whose very concept
(they're giant—uh, magical—hair pins!) absolutely reeks of silliness. Oh
yes, it's Ornate Kanzashi (when Understated Kanzashi just won't do). So
here's my game plan: You, my opponent, have a good deck. It's so good
that I want to do what you're doing. It's so good that I'm willing to
pay 2 more mana than you are for each of your cards that I play. It's so
good that I'll leech off of it despite the fact that my mana base isn't
built to support it while yours is.
Seems like a great plan, doesn't it?
Ah, but here's where the combo magic happens. Pair
Ornate Kanzashi with… Lantern of Insight! Now I can see what's on top of
your deck. I know whether I want to activate my Kanzashi and play it (or
just remove it from the game so you can't have it), or whether I'm happy
leaving that card there for you to draw. Now not only am I playing your
spells, I am (to some degree) controlling what you draw.
I can't always control what you draw, though. Let's say
I use the Kanzashi on my turn because the top card of your deck is too
juicy to resist. The new top card will be what you draw, and my Kanzashi
is now tapped—what if the revealed card is a Naturalize? Or let's say that
it's the beginning of my turn, and I've got a Kanzashi itch, but the top
card of your library is unplayable or, worse, boring. I need to shuffle
your library! The Lantern has that built-in, but then the Lantern would be
gone. That's why the deck features a variety of shuffle effects of varying
quality levels. (I'm going to be playing your cards—my own cards can be
dreck!) Extract is efficient; it shuffles your library for . Krosan
Reclamation does it twice for each time. It's the wrong color, but my mana
base is already set up to expect spells of any color—so they might as well
be in my own deck. On the high end, Bribery and Acquire continue the theme
of playing with your stuff while shuffling that library of yours. The
secret weapon here is Tahngarth's Glare. No, really. Really! By arranging
the top of your library, I give myself access to the two best among your
next three cards while giving you the worst one. I don't care that you do
it back to me—my deck's full of crappy cards like Tahngarth's Glare. |
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