Help making the most broken urza's block deck

[TheBirdMan]

As the name states the people in my school's gaming club decided to do a tournament where the only parameters are to pick a block plus it's corresponding core set and play for a box wuith an entry fee of $2. Also, Alpha/Beta and Portal are banned.

Obviously I am going with Urza's block + 6th Edition. This gives me access to Academy, Frantic Search, Time Spiral, Yawg Will, Flash, Rector, Yawg Bargain, Dark Rit, Grim Monolish, Memory jar, Palinchron, Voltaic Key, Vamp tutor, Mystical tutor Etc. I am not sure which direction to go as all these cards are absurd. Lmk what you would build.

[Teknique]

I'm not sure Urza's block is the correct choice for this. All the greatest cards from Urza's block are great because of synergy with cards outside the block (no doubt the block is absurd though). Urza block constructed in my opinion is weaker than Mirrodin block. Just run the original, unhindered Ravager Affinity lists with skullclamp, pretty sure you'll get there. Perhaps even Lorwyn block Faeries is a fine choice too.

[Koby]

I agree, I would go with Tempest Block + 5th or 6th (not sure which is appropriate here, core sets were released every 2 years back then).

This gives you RecSur with Verdant Force; or Hermit Druid; or not using the RecSur engine - Iron Phoenix.

As for Saga block, the better decks were U/R Tinker decks. Masticore and Palinchron were also equally powerful, and Treachery is just mean. Accelerated Blue is a viable option.

ConTroll was also another good deck - Deranged Hermit, Opposition, Miscalculation, Rewind, Treachery, etc.

[emidln]

Is Revised (aka Demonic Tutor, Sol Ring, Mana Vault, Underground Sea, Tropical Island, Wheel of Fortune) legal? Because it shouldn't be.

[from Cairo]

Bargain functions pretty well still keeping the deck Urza's/6th:

Artifacts 11
4 Grim Monolith
3 Voltaic Key
2 Marble Diamond
2 Claws of Gix

Sorceries 9
4 Soul Feast
2 Duress
2 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Reprocess

Instants 8
4 Vampiric Tutor
4 Dark Ritual

Creatures 7
4 Academy Rector
3 Skirge Familiar

Enchantments 3
3 Yawgmoth's Bargain

Land 22
5 Swamp
4 Phyrexian Tower
4 City of Brass
4 Plains
3 Ebon Stronghold
2 Ruins of Trokair

[rufus]

Are you allowed Ice Age block +4E? That offers some pretty mangled cards like Balance, Channel, Mind Twist. Necropotence, and Demonic Consultation and borderline broken cards like Brainstorm or Force of Will

Any deck that can Demonic Consultation->Force of Will is liable to mess with people's heads. If you follow that by using Necropotence to reload your hand... Maybe a Commandeer or two for the really special stuff.

UW Balance/Rack may also be something that people aren't prepared for.

[TheBirdMan]

I went with prosper bloom