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Swirling Sanctuaries. |
Deck of
the Day - Thursday, May 8, 2008 |
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Swirling
Sanctuaries. To quote the great Neuromancer on his deck: "This deck
revolves around Swirl The Mists' color-altering effect. That effect is
put to use with the Apocalypse Sanctuaries to generate massive card
advantage and a veritable win condition with Necra Sanctuary. Drift of
Phantasms and Academy Rector find the combo pieces, and the deck has a
solid disruption package with Duress, Cabal Therapy, Vindicate and STP..." |
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What the Muck! |
Deck of
the Day - Wednesday, May 7, 2008 |
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What the Muck!
Here's a LITE (cheap to put together) deck for your perusal including
some not-so-often used black cards. Ironic though that since this deck
was created some of these commons and uncommons have actually gone up in
price. Anyway, this deck uses cards like Fog of Gnats, Endless Scream,
Bubbling Much, Spike Cannibal and others to win the game. Besides being
a fun mono-black beatdown deck, it has a fantastically creative name.
What the Muck? What's not to love? |
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The Blue Zone. |
Deck of
the Day - Tuesday, May 6, 2008 |
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The Blue Zone. For
the record, I didn't plan on having Guma in today's deck as I picked the
deck pretty much at random. This deck features cards like Fylamarid,
Metathran Transport, Razorfin Hunter and one of my favorites --
Curiosity! Combined with Parch, Fire/Ice and Seal of Removal, you have
yourself a fun little blue-red control/combo-like deck. This is also a
LITE deck. |
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Guma Glasses. |
Deck of
the Day - Monday, May 5, 2008 |
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Guma Glasses.
Distorting Lens works well with a variety of cards, especially cards
like Pyroblast (Destroy target blue permanent for one mana). This deck
takes advantage of said card interaction while mixing it with a Cat
tribal theme. The ending result is a terribly fun deck to play.
Note that it includes Blistering Firecat, Anarchy and Guma! You
know you want to see the deck... |
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100% Relentless Rats Free. |
Deck of
the Day - Friday, May 2, 2008 |
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100% Relentless
Rats Free. As the title suggests, you won't
find a sinlge Relentless Rat card in this decklist. You will,
however, find the evil combo fo Momir Vig & Thrumming Stone. If
you click the link you'll find everything you ever wanted to know about
the combo and this deck. |
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Storming Arcanix. |
Deck of
the Day - Thursday, May 1, 2008 |
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Storming Arcanix.
Vexing Arcanix was one of those cards I was super excited about it being
reprinted in Eighth Edition. This deck was most likely inspired by its
reprinting. This is a mill deck by Mr. Alongi over at
www.magicthegathering.com that involves both the Arcanix and Brain
Freeze... and Millstone... and Vision Charm... and Whetstone... I love
artifacts. And I certainly love Mill. If you do too, click on today's
deck of the day. |
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Burning Hatred. |
Deck of
the Day - Wednesday, April 30, 2008 |
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Burning Hatred. This
is one of the decks that was featured during Evil Combo Week last week.
If you checked out the content for that week stop by the
forum thread and let us know what you thought. If you missed
out on Evil Combo Week, you can find all of the content
here. This deck is a mean deck
using Burning Sands, as Cashew described
here. Enjoy! |
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UG Threshold 2008. |
Deck of
the Day - Tuesday, April 29, 2008 |
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UG
Threshold 2008. This deck took Kacper Pękala to 7th Place @
Rzeszowie Extended in January 2008. (I only know that because I found
this deck on deckcheck.net). So this is what UG Threshold looks like in
Extended... It appears as nasty as it was when it was in Standard
settings. Of course, what do I know about the current T2 or Extended
formats? Nothing. I do know this is a fun deck to play and equally
powerful in casual. |
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Alpha Bits. |
Deck of
the Day - Monday, April 28, 2008 |
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Alpha Bits. If you are a
fan of the UN sets like Unhinged and Unglues, you should enjoy today's
deck. This uses ____________ in combination with other cards with
uncommon letters of the alphabet in their name... to win the game with
Now I Know My ABC's. Also included in the deck are Johnny, Combo Player
and Richard Garfield, Ph.D. Have fun. |
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Eternal Slide. |
Deck of
the Day - Friday, April 25, 2008 |
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Eternal Slide. This
deck is straight from MDV's
Historical Database of decks. If you
see any 'historic' decks missing from this list, please let me
know. This deck, played by Julien Nuijten, 2004 World Champion,
combines Astral Slide with Eternal Witness which can keep recurring
cycling cards or other cards like Plow Under for a lockdown strategy.
Astral Slide is an evil card in general but with Eternal Witness, its
just cruel. |
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Worldgorger Dragon Combo. |
Deck of
the Day - Thursday, April 24, 2008 |
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Worldgorger
Dragon Combo. Holy Power Nine! This deck was obviously built
with the Eternal formats in mind including the nasty infinite combo
using Wolrdgorger Dragon and Animate Date. The win conditions are
all found in the sideboard and are fetched via a wish. Check out
the deck, figure out how it works and then try to build it. Good
luck getting the power cards. *grin* |
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Bucket of Blood. |
Deck of
the Day - Wednesday, April 23, 2008 |
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Bucket of Blood. I
have to be honest here. This is a deck I actually have built and ready
to play with real Magic: the Gathering cards. I don't know why I love
this deck, but I do. The combo involving Wall of Blood and Grab the
Reins is just evil. It comes out of nowhere and kills an opponent real
fast. Not only is it evil, but its budget too! Check it out, build it,
tweak it, make it your own and have fun playing the game we all love. |
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Channeled. |
Deck of
the Day - Tuesday, April 22, 2008 |
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Channeled. If you've been
playing Magic since the beginning (or even shortly after the beginning)
you will know what is in this deck. If you don't, here it is:
Channel, Fireball and Drain Life. Channel plus either of the
latter cards is fully capable of winning you the game. Channel
lets you pay life for mana. Fireball or Drain Life will deal
damage to your opponent. With the help of a Birds of Paradise and
a quick burn spell, this combo will win you the game. Evil.
Totally Evil. Its no wonder Channel is restricted and/or banned in
tournament formats. |
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Scepter Chant 2006. |
Deck of
the Day - Monday, April 21, 2008 |
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Scepter Chant 2006.
Isochron Scepter and Orim's Chant is an evil combo that is capable of
locking down your opponent's untap step and attack phase. The combo
isn't too difficult to set up with cards like Thirst for Knowledge and
Fact or Fiction. It isn't terribly difficult to protect either with
cards like Counterspell, Fire/Ice and Spell Snare. Overall, this is a
pretty evil deck with a very evil combo. |
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Pango Express |
Deck of
the Day - Friday, April 18, 2008 |
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Pango Express, today's
deck of the day, was one of the first decks added to the MDV Deck
Database that the webmaster didn't build. When MDV first started,
more than 80% of the decks were all by the webmaster. This deck features
Limited Resources with Pangosaur and was built quite some time ago.
Go ahead and update it yourself! |
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Entertaining Idiots. |
Deck of
the Day - Thursday, April 17, 2008 |
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Entertaining Idiots. This deck was created by guest author Lord Sage
of Ronevia in his article "How to Keep an Idiot Busy" article from June
2007. I would talk more about the deck but instead I will encourage you
to read his article. It will be a lot more fulfilling that way. Enjoy!
(Just click on the link and it will take you to the article). |
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Oppenheimer's Atlantis. |
Deck of
the Day - Wednesday, April 16, 2008 |
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Oppenheimer's
Atlantis. This is an older Merfolk deck that doesn't use Stasis Orb
or any of the Orb's lockdown ilk. It does use an ingenious combo
consisting of Booby Trap and Memory Lapse. The combo combined with
some efficient Merfolk drops, Intuition and Brainstorm makes for a
pretty good deck. Check it out. |
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Omnichord 2007. |
Deck of
the Day - Thursday, April 10, 2008 |
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Omnichord 2007.
If you participated in Standard last year you should recognize this
deckname. Omnichord relies on Chord of Calling to pull out whatever
creature would be needed for any given situation. This, of course, is
after accelerating your mana supply with cards like Wall of Roots and
Farseek. The deck also implements the "pickles" lock of Brine Elemental
and Vesuvan Shapeshifter but doesn't absolutely depend on it for a win. |
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Mom's Zombie Deck. |
Deck of
the Day - Wednesday, April 9, 2008 |
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Mom's Zombie Deck.
What on earth is a MOM'S Zombie Deck? If it was Mon's Zombie Deck, I
would assume it was a goblin zombie deck. However, this is Mom's. Is it
an old school zombie deck? Looks like you are just going to have to
click on the link and find out! |
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Bob Visits Egypt. |
Deck of
the Day - Tuesday, April 8, 2008 |
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Bob Visits Egypt.
When Dimir Cutpurse was first spoiled before Ravnica was released,
everyone was like, OMG!!! And then it didn't make many appearances. I
could be wrong on that. In any event, this deck combines some masters
from the Kamigawa Block with Dimir Cutpurse and Writ of Passage from
Ravnica in an attempt to make Dimir Cutpurse useful. Check it out; you
might see something you like. |
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Obedience. |
Deck of
the Day - Monday, April 7, 2008 |
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Obedience. Here's an old
deck of mine featuring Helm of Obedience. While the deck is
completely creatureless, don't be surprised when I pull a creature out
of your deck and put it into play. That's the beauty of Helm of
Obedience. To compliment it there is a suite of mill cards,
discard cards and creature removal spells. Can this deck to
improved? Definitely. That's why you need to check it out! |
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Fun With Faeries. |
Deck of
the Day - Friday, April 4, 2008 |
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Fun With Faeries.
Here's a fun Faerie deck I found in the MTGSalvation Forums shortly
after the release of Lorwyn. Did you know that the Faeries of Lorwyn
were the only race to have barely or not changed at all after the Aurora
that brought the world to Shadowmoor? Just thought I'd ask. Many thanks
to MTGS for their rumor mill and spoiler which fuels MDV's own VS Page
during rumor season. |
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Wolfgang Deck. |
Deck of
the Day - Thursday, April 3, 2008 |
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Wolfgang Deck.
BEHOLD! It's the Wolfgang Deck! Actually, its a lockdown/prison style
deck featuring none other than Pygmy Hippo!! ?? And Stasis. And
Opposition. And Survival of the Fittest. Shall I go on? |
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A Pirates Life For Me. |
Deck of
the Day - Wednesday, April 2, 2008 |
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A Pirates Life
For Me. While its name would insist a Pirate Tribal deck, it isn't.
It's a well crafted pseudo-LD control deck utilizing quick land bounce
like Hoodwink and Boomerang. Follow it up with the Rishadan Cutpurse
and/or Footpad and then move in for the kill with Juggernaut. Note the
two copies of Ankh of Mishra. If I were to play a fun control deck, I
would play this one as its fun and mean all at the same time. I love
blue Land Destruction. *evil grin* |
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Worst Deck Possible. |
Deck of
the Day - Tuesday, April 1, 2008 |
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Worst Deck
Possible. And this, my friends, is the Worst Deck Possible. It
could be because today is April Fool's Day, or perhaps its because
that's what Nate Heiss decided to name it. In any event, this deck
uses Shared Fate. From here, you'll just have to click on the link
and find out how he works with or around Shared Fate for a winning deck. |
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April 2008 -- in reverse order.
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Minotaur. |
Deck of
the Day - Monday, March 31, 2008 |
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Minotaur. This here deck
is a tribal Minotaur deck. Yeah, I know. Big Surprise.
Anyway, it is a blue-red deck that includes a lot of Minotaurs,
Didgeridoo and Quicksilver Dagger. Could it be improved?
Most definitely. And I anticipate you to be that person to improve
upon this decklist and make it your own. |
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Counter Madness. |
Deck of
the Day - Friday, March 28, 2008 |
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Counter Madness. This deck was
originally found in Scrye Magazine. To quote the creator of the deck,
"The object of this casual build is to put charge counters and token
creatures on the table as fast as you can (without the use of Slivers,
because it’s been done, done again, and done some more). Winning is a
close second. It’s also a low-budget deck, so you can sink your cash
into fancy tokens – like little wind-up robots..." Please enjoy! |
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Chamber of Madness. |
Deck of
the Day - Thursday, March 27, 2008 |
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Chamber of Madness.
Anyone remember the Magic website called Nexus Prime?
Unfortunately, it is no longer in existence. Fortunately, I found this
decklist on it before it closed. This is an ALT-WIN (Alternative Win
Condition) deck using Test of Endurance with Animal Boneyard and Chamber
of Manipulation. Unlike the other decks from this week, this deck
doesn't use any cards with Madness. |
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Bazaar Madness. |
Deck of
the Day - Wednesday, March 26, 2008 |
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Bazaar Madness.
While I'm not totally on top of the
Eternal Formats and scenes, I
believe this is a deck that was once popular. It may still be, but I
don't know for sure. This is an example of combining the powerful
madness mechanic from Odyssey with a land known of Bazaar of Baghdad.
Being that it is an Eternal decklist, it is moxed out with the power
nine... good for MWS play anyway... unless, of course, you are one of
those lucky individuals who own the power nine already. I would assume
the majority of those people live in
southwest Virginia area. |
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It's Maddening. |
Deck of
the Day - Tuesday, March 25, 2008 |
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It's Maddening. This is a
Pauper deck. If you don't know what a pauper deck is, know it is a deck
of all common cards. This particular deck is one that DBB featured in
his Pauper article series. It is a Time Spiral block constructed deck
using cards like Gorgon Recluse, Strangling Soot, Lightning Axe and
Gathan Raiders... all commons and actually pretty good together too! |
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Madness Control. |
Deck of
the Day - Monday, March 24, 2008 |
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Madness Control. It's funny to see
this decklist as its one I haven't seen since I originally created this
website. I built the deck around the Madness mechanic in combination
with Masticore. The rest of the deck is literally control in the form of
Memory Lapse, Forbid, Force Spike and Counterspell. I do have to
question my inclusion of Silver Wyvern... |
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Apple Jacks. |
Deck of
the Day - Friday, March 21, 2008 |
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Apple Jacks. I'm
not sure if this is an official deck name as I found in a forum and not
on an official page of any site, however, this cereal deck is also a
combo deck. It involves Verdant Succession, Elvish Soultiller and Caller
of the Claw. Please click on the deck link to see the deck list. |
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Cocoa Pebbles. |
Deck of
the Day - Thursday, March 20, 2008 |
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Cocoa Pebbles. Cocoa
Pebbles is a version of Fruity Pebbles using the Enduring Renewal combo
with Goblin Bombardment. The major difference between the two decks is
Necropotence. Note the the description of this deck was quoted from
www.phyrexia.com and the first
paragraph of the description really talks about Wheaties. Go, go
cereal decks! |
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Trix 2001. |
Deck of
the Day - Wednesday, March 19, 2008 |
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Trix.
...are for kids... Yet another combo deck named after a cereal - are you
noticing a theme for this week? This deck involves Donate and Illusions
of Grandeur. Play Illusions, gain 20 life. Then Donate it to your
opponent. They will eventually not be able to pay the upkeep and lose 20
life. That's just mean. The rest of the deck is counterspells and
tutors. |
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Raisin Bran. |
Deck of
the Day - Tuesday, March 18, 2008 |
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Raisan Bran.
To quote the creator of this deck, Alex Borteh, "The concept of this
deck is simple. Aluren, Aluren, Aluren. Get out your Wall of Roots and
Blossoms early, then cast a Man O' War... and then your Aluren. Cast the
Cavern Harpy and go to town. Keep drawing card upon card and lay down
card upon card and eventually attack with a hoard of creatures..."
Actually, I'm not sure if that is by Alex Borteh as I don't have the
website credited. In any event, it's a great combo deck. |
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Fruity Pebbles (Budde). |
Deck of
the Day - Monday, March 17, 2008 |
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Fruity
Pebbles. This version of Fruity Pebbles, a term dubbed on decks
using the Enduring Renewal - Goblin Bombardment combo, was played by Kai
Budde at Pro Tour Chicago in 1999. It is one of the historical decks in
the MDV deck database. To see more, please go
here. By the way, if anyone
can find the sideboard from this decklist, please email me. |
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Uyo's Journey. |
Deck of
the Day - Thursday, March 13, 2008 |
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Uyo's Journey.
If the title doesn't give it away, Uyo, Silent Prophet is the main
attraction in today's deck of the day. Some targets for her wonderful
ability include Cunning Wish, Cunning Wish, Cunning Wish, Cunning Wish
and a host of decent toolbox cards in your sidebox. Besides that, the
deck uses a bit of permission (countermagic) and a playset of Birds of
Paradise. Sounds fun, right? |
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Onward Pious Soldiers. |
Deck of
the Day - Wednesday, March 12, 2008 |
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Onward Pious
Soldiers. In case I haven't mentioned it before, MDV has a LITE deck
section that features decks that
are light on your pocketbook. In other words, they don't cost a whole
lot of money to put together, have mostly commons, some uncommons and
few to none rares. This particular deck is influenced heavily by the
Onslaught block and features Soldiers. |
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Recycled Zombies. |
Deck of
the Day - Tuesday, March 11, 2008 |
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Recycled Zombies. At the core of
this deck is recursion in the form of Patriarch's Bidding. Read the
Runes powers out a huge Patriarch's Bidding, provided you play it the
turn before you play Bidding. Then you have a team of Zombies to back
you up. Together with Noxious Ghoul, who is mean to have with Bidding,
you have a decent tribal-recursion deck. Feel free to substitute some of
your own Zombies to make it your own and have fun with it. |
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Our Town. |
Deck of
the Day - Monday, March 10, 2008 |
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Our Town. Holy lack of cohesion!
Today's deck has lots of one of's folks, however, I think you will be
amused to know it is a Tribal Townsfolk deck. I think that explains a
lot. Check it out, update it if you can and give it a try.
You might just like it and win some unique bonus points for using this
tribe. |
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Of Insects and Elves. |
Deck of
the Day - Wednesday, March, 5 2008 |
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Of Insects and Elves. It's
not too often you get a tribal deck that actually has two tribes that
work really well together. There were Ogres and Demons from the Kamigawa
block and then there are the strange tribal interactions of Lorwyn. This
deck combines Elves and Insects! Surprise, right... Anyway, several of
the elves in the deck are capable of generating Insect tokens. Combines
with Kaysa and Slate of Ancestry... you have a mean beatdown tribal
deck. Sure, it could use some improvement. Why don't you be that person? |
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Mooning You. |
Deck of
the Day - Tuesday, March, 4 2008 |
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Mooning You. Here's a deck that used
the Mistform creatures to help power out an early Patron of the Moon
(thus the title of the deck). I think this is one of those decks can can
do nicely, or better really, with some of the Changelings from Lorwyn
block. Check it out, try it out and let me know what you think. |
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Wacko Jacko. |
Deck of
the Day - Monday, March, 3 2008 |
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Wacko Jacko. This deck name is
certainly creative; if you haven't guess, this is a black and white
deck... Anyway, this deck involves Wicked Akuba, Long Forgotten Gohei
and several other cards from the Kamigawa block. I would encourage you
to look at the decklist and at least read the opening paragraph about
the title of the deck. Note: This is a Tribal Spirit deck. |
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February 2008 -- in reverse order.
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Ow About That. |
Deck of
the Day - Friday, February, 29 2008 |
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Ow About That.
To quote the deck's creator: "...finally, Opalescence finds a good home
in a combo deck. With this combo on the table, the next player to be
damaged by a creature will (barring something silly like Worship) lose
the game. It doesn't matter if that player has a million life. In fact,
it's better if that player has a million life. Feel free to spot your
opponent a million life if he lets you go first..." For the record, the
deck creator is Mark Gottlieb. |
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Down with Affinity. |
Deck of
the Day - Thursday, February, 28 2008 |
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Down with Affinity.
Here's a deck I originally found in Inquest Magazine (#107 to be
specific). This deck tries to outwit Affinity decks with a card called
Grim Reminder. If you don't remember Grim Reminder or gasp, affinity, I
would highly encourage you to check this deck out. In other news, I miss
Inquest Magazine. NOTE that I pulled Issue #107 from my bookshelf
and added the deck description for this deck; previously it was missing
from the deck database. |
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Ad Nauseum V02. |
Deck of
the Day - Wednesday, February, 27 2008 |
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Ad Nauseum V02. It's a shame the
original website this deck was found on no longer exists. It's actually
an intricate little deck! Drop as many permanents as you can as early in
the game, not forgetting to get Recycle and Anvil of Bogardan out early.
Then, when your opponent is lacking either cards in hand or permanents
in play, play Forbidden Ritual as the killing card. Sounds interesting,
right? Do you even know what Forbidden Ritual does? I know I had
to look it up. |
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Haakon Y. |
Deck of
the Day - Tuesday, February, 26 2008 |
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Haakon Y. Oooh. Another infinite combo
deck that has some fun with Changeling, Haakon and Basal Sliver. I'll
let you figure out exactly how the combo works... or you could click on
the link. There the deck description should spell things out for you.
The win condition? Grapeshot. Maybe you don't need to click on the
link... |
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Shadow Elves. |
Deck of
the Day - Monday, February, 25 2008 |
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Shadow Elves. If you want to build a
cheap Black-Green Tribal Elf deck, this deck is something you should
look at. It uses some older Elf cards like Defiant Elf, Seeker of
Skybreak and Dauthi Trapper. Wait, Dauthi Trapper isn't an Elf!? Hmm.
Misery Charm, Duress, Unholy Strength... perhaps you should look at this
deck. Oh, it's a LITE deck too! (Easy on the pocketbook). |
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Cauldron Combos. |
Deck of
the Day - Friday, February, 22 2008 |
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Cauldron Combos. One
thing I look for in deck construction is card choice. If a deck uses a
card that you don't see too often, like Burgeoning or Lifegift, it has a
good chance of being reviewed for deck database inclusion. This deck in
particular was submitted in the MDV Forums and the minute I saw it I
knew I wanted it in the deck database. You uses Burgeoning?! You
uses Storm Cauldron!?! |
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Necrotasia. |
Deck of
the Day - Thursday, February, 21 2008 |
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Necrotasia. This is a
recent deck database addition that I found over at Star City Games(SCG).
There are a few places I consistently find good deck database material
and the two top sites are SCG and MTG.COM. While I normally find SCG's
decks in Abe Sargent's articles, Chris Romeo (who created this deck) and
Bennie Smith are runner-ups. One of these days I should analyze the
number of decks each deck creator has in the database… for now, enjoy
the deck! |
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Swap Meet (2007). |
Deck of
the Day - Wednesday, February 20, 2008 |
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Swap Meet (2007) Can
you see this week's theme for Card of the Day? If not, here's a deck
from the recent MDV Deck Database updates. Swap Meet is a theme deck
that aims at swapping permanents with your opponent. Bronze Bombshell
and Legerdemain should give you a good idea what to expect in this
blue-red, fun deck. |
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Thallid Shooter. |
Deck of
the Day - Tuesday, February, 19 2008 |
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Thallid Shooter.
Here's another recent additional to the MDV Deck Database. Made by our
own Cashew it was designed to show his clan mates on Magic Online how a
Thallid Deck can actually BEAT your opponent. Not lose to them... Chord
of Calling, Squall Line, Dark Confidant and a host of great Thallids
make this deck a killer. |
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Frankenfish. |
Deck of
the Day - Monday, February 18, 2008 |
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Frankenfish. This
recent addition to the MDV Deck Database is all about fish. Dandan,
Hammerhead Shark, Giant Shark, Sea's Claim, Part Water. They are all
there with some others like Crypic Commands. Not only is this a
tribal Fish deck, it is like an Under the Sea theme deck too! |
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Green Elements. |
Deck of
the Day - Friday, February 15, 2008 |
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Green Elements. Much
like the Blue Elements deck I featured earlier this week, this is an
older deck that I made trying to use some of the best green Elementals
at its time. Unfortunately for this deck there have been much better
elementals since it was created. However, this is also a fortunate
matter since you can now tweak this deck using some of the Elemental
cards in YOUR collection. Go for it. Give it a try! |
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Blistering Elementals. |
Deck of
the Day - Thursday, February 14, 2008 |
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Blistering
Elementals. "Blistering Elementals is an aggressive deck
build that utilizes cards such as Smokebraider, Rite of Flame, and
Seething Song to produce a lot of mana to cast powerful and hastely
elementals such as Skizzik, Blistering Firecat, or Hostility quickly to
drop your oponents life points to zero as fast as possible, as is any
aggro deck's point." This intro to the deck was created by the
deck creator, Jason. |
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K.G. Bird. |
Deck of
the Day - Wednesday,
February 13, 2008 |
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K.G. Bird.
Back when the Elemental tribe wasn't such an overcrowded mass, this deck
was overjoyed to get Squall Drifter from Coldsnap. The deck uses white
and/or blue elementals like Pride of the Clouds, Air Elemental,
Celestial Ancient and Windweaver. Where it goes from there... you'll
just have to find out for yourself. |
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Blue Elements. |
Deck of
the Day - Tuesday, February 12, 2008 |
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Blue Elements.
WOW! This is an old deck. It was created long
before the many elementals of Ravnica, Time Spiral and Ravnica. I'm sure
this deck could use a dramatic update -- and you just might be the one
to make that update. The original decklist, as shown in the link, was
full of big fat blue elemental creatures in combination with Dream Halls
for an easier way to cast them. Is this deck amazing? Probably not --
however, I think you can make it amazing. |
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Elemental Breakdance. |
Deck of
the Day - Monday, February 11, 2008 |
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Elemental
Breakdance.
There was a time in the very beginning of Magic Deck Vortex when I
hosted a deck clinic. Due to the overwhelming growth of the site from
the start, this deck clinic was destined for failure because of the
number of submissions I received. However, this is one of the decks that
I fixed in the deck clinic. It is a mono-green deck using quick Elf mana
acceleration coupled with big beats like Silvos and Thorn Elemental. How
does this deck stand up now? Only you can make that call. |
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Dead Clone. |
Deck of
the Day - Friday, February 8, 2008 |
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Dead Clone.
Recursion is fun... Throwing some creatures
into the graveyard and then casting Zombify on it makes big creatures
look not so hard to cast. However, this deck doesn't use Zombify.
Instead it uses Dawn of the Dead and Corpse Dance. And these two spells
only bring the creature back for a turn. Why not exploit the for a turn
and Clone the creature you just reanimated. When the one goes to the
graveyard, Clone will stick around and be there for good. |
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Ideal Tokens. |
Deck of
the Day - Thursday, February 7, 2008 |
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Ideal Tokens. This deck was
originally submitted in the Casual Deck Forum found in the main MDV
forums. It is an Enduring Ideal deck centered around lots of
enchantments. It includes token generators like Squirrel Nest and
Centaur Glade to stall your opponent until you eventually cast the
Ideal. Then, as a finishing touch , you can cast Day of the Dragons for
the win. Check it out, make it your own, and have fun playing Magic: the
Gathering! |
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Tim Walk. |
Deck of
the Day - Wednesday, February 6, 2008 |
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Tim Walk. The creator of this deck
decided his win condition was going to be Prodigal Sorcerer, notoriously
known as Tim. The only problem was that his win condition needed 20
turns untouched to win you the game. No problem there, just combo Azusa,
Lost but Seeking, Walk the Aeons and Crucible of Worlds to keep your
turns consecutive (i.e. not let your opponent play his turns ever).
This way your Tim will be able to do his job. Great Deck.
Just build it, play it once or twice and then dismantle it to keep your
opponents from hating you forever. |
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Goon Squad. |
Deck of
the Day - Tuesday, February 5, 2008 |
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Goon Squad. As if Goblins weren't a
powerful force already, this deck combines some powerful and synergistic
goblins with Shock, Sulfuric Vortex and Clickslither. Talk about an
aggressive clock. What goblins are in this deck? Well, you'll just have
to clik on the link to see... |
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Needle Lift. |
Deck of
the Day - Monday, February 4, 2008 |
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Needle Lift. To quote the deck
creator's own deck description: "The deck strives to win either via decking or
by attacking with man-lands across a (presumably) clear battlefield. The
Needle-Vapors or Needle-Storm combo won't win the game on its own, it's
disruptable, and (as demonstrated in this very deck) there are ways to
attack with creatures anyway. But it should throw enough of a monkey
wrench into your opponent's plans to let you take control of the game…
or at least be very, very annoying." This deck was created by mark
Gottlieb over at www.wizards.com. |
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Ingrid's Angels. |
Deck of
the Day - Friday, February 1, 2008 |
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Ingrid's Angels. Now this is an
odd decks. It's a casual tribal deck using Angels, but it also has
powerful cards like Mox Sapphire, Sol Ring, Mana Vault and Grim
Monolith! I guess you have to have a lot of mana to play all of those
big angel cards... |
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January 2008 -- in reverse order.
Discuss Here |
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Nine Moon Gales. |
Deck of
the Day - Thursday, January 31, 2008 |
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Nine Moon Gales. Intruder
Alarm... if you see this in a deck you know the deck is going to be
infinite on some level. And this deck is no different. Combine Keeper of
the Nine Gales, Intruder Alarm, two other Birds, a mana-producting
creature and a 1-mana creature... Finish off your opponent with an
infinite damage Blaze or a Sharpshooter. Have fun! |
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Ripple Rats. |
Deck of
the Day - Wednesday, January 30, 2008 |
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Ripple Rats.
If you actually own 22 Relentlass Rats, or you use Magic Workstation to
play decks, this deck is for you! Combined with cards like Thrumming
Stone, Relentless Rats, Sensei's Diving Top, Relentless Rats and
Relentless Rats... this is a mean deck. I've played against a variant of
this deck, and I've lost almost everytime. Where was Echoing Truth when
I needed it??? |
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Orcs Away. |
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