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dontbiteitholmes
12-13-2007, 01:16 PM
So I had this deck active a while ago then I shelved it when Solidarity became popular, now I think it's ready to come out the box again in the current meta.

// Lands
1 [TSP] Academy Ruins
4 [B] Swamp
2 [ON] Windswept Heath
2 [SH] Volrath's Stronghold
4 [A] Bayou
1 [IA] Island
1 [A] Underground Sea
1 [B] Tropical Island
4 [ON] Polluted Delta
4 [IN] Forest

// Creatures
4 [WL] Veteran Explorer
1 [ON] Ravenous Baloth
1 [RAV] Grave-Shell Scarab
2 [FD] Eternal Witness
1 [JU] Genesis
1 [CHK] Meloku the Clouded Mirror
3 [FUT] Tarmogoyf
2 [LRW] Shriekmaw

// Spells
4 [JU] Cabal Therapy
3 [CHK] Gifts Ungiven
2 [LRW] Thoughtseize
3 [FE] Hymn to Tourach
2 [AP] Pernicious Deed
1 [PLC] Damnation
1 [SOK] Pithing Needle
2 [TSP] Smallpox
2 [FD] Engineered Explosives
1 [OD] Haunting Echoes

Basically the idea of the deck is that you rip their hand early, lay down some board sweeping control, then drop some fatty bombs and swing. The magic of the deck lies in two things, first being the explosiveness that is Cabal Therapy, Veteran Explorer. This simple interaction allows retarded things like turn 2 Cabal Therapy, Explorer, Flashback, get 2 Swamps, Hymn to Tourach, or turn 3 Gifts with 5 lands in play, or any number of other broken plays. Simply put while giving the opponent 2 free lands may seem like a bad idea, it instantly takes you into the late game where you are at an advantage. Discuss.