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Sideboard Mana Control Sligh
June 1st, 1999 Standard
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Main
Deck
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Sideboard
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CREATURES (19)
3 Balduvian Horde
4 Canyon Wildcat
4 Goblin Patrol
4 Jackal Pup
4 Mogg Fanatic
SPELLS (19)
4 Cursed Scroll
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3 Hammer of Bogardan
4 Kindle
4 Pillage
4 Shock
LAND (22)
18 Mountain
4 Wasteland
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1 Arc Lightning
4 Avalanche Riders
4 Bottle Gnomes
4 Stone Rain
2 Viashino Heretic
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| Sligh loses Incinerate
and Ball Lightning but it still is on par with the other decks of
the format. Hammer of Bogardan is about as good as Arc Lightning
depending on what you are matched up against. This version has 16
land destruction after sideboarding making it a scary match up for
any deck. |
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Sideboard Mind Over Matter Combo
June 1st, 1999 Standard
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Main
Deck
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Sideboard
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SPELLS (38)
1 Diminishing Returns
4 Grim Monolith
4 Meditate
4 Mind Over Matter
4 Mox Diamond
4 Necrologia
3 Prosperity
4 Show and Tell
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4 Stroke of Genius
4 Vampiric Tutor
2 Yawgmoth's Will
LAND (22)
4 City of Brass
2 City of Traitors
8 Island
4 Swamp
4 Underground River
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3 Duress
2 Hibernation
2 Rescind
4 Chill
4 Defense Grid
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| This deck loses
Mana Vault but gains Vampiric Tutor and Prosperity. Going to zero
life is no longer safe under 6th edition rules so the Ancient Tombs
become City of Traitors. This deck will appear with many small changes
just like Academy and High Tide decks did over the past winter. |
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Sideboard Living Death
June 1st, 1999 Standard
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Main
Deck
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Sideboard
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CREATURES (24)
1 Anarchist
4 Avalanche Riders
4 Birds of Paradise
1 Bone Shredder
1 Fallen Angel
1 Fireslinger
1 Ghitu Slinger
1 Hermit Druid
1 Monk Realist
1 Radiant's Dragoons
1 Spike Weaver
1 Tradewind Rider
1 Uktabi Orangutan
1 Viashino Heretic
4 Wall of Blossoms
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SPELLS (11)
3 Living Death
3 Oath of Ghouls
4 Survival of the Fittest
1 Victimize
LAND (25)
2 Brushland
3 City of Brass
6 Forest
3 Karplusan Forest
1 Mountain
2 Reflecting Pool
4 Swamp
2 Thran Quarry
1 Underground River
1 Volrath's Stronghold
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1 Arcane Laboratory
1 Carrion Beetles
1 Cartographer
2 Duress
1 Fireslinger
2 Lobotomy
1 Megrim
1 Radiant's Dragoons
2 Repopulate
1 Spike Feeder
1 Wood Elves
1 Yavimaya Granger
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| Survival of the
Fittest along with a plethora of different creatures will continue
to be popular until Survival leaves Standard. The exact choice of
creatures will vary depending on what you expect to play against,
but for a well rounded field a well rounded deck like this one will
be perfect. |
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Sideboard Black Disruption
June 1st, 1999 Standard
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Main
Deck
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Sideboard
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CREATURES (4)
4 Skittering Skirge
SPELLS (33)
4 Corrupt
4 Cursed Scroll
4 Dark Ritual
3 Diabolic Edict
4 Duress
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1 Engineered Plague
1 Lurking Evil
1 Persecute
4 Rain of Tears
3 Sicken
4 Yawgmoth's Will
LAND (23)
20 Swamp
3 Wasteland
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type 2. This hurts black control a lot, but if you focus on what
stays you can still make an interesting deck with what is left.
People will take full advantage of Yawgmoth's Will. This means playing
inexpensive spells. Unfortunately Urza's Bauble is gone and so is
Nevinyrral's Disk. Here are all the remaining good black cards.
It ends up looking like a Necropotence Deck without the Necropotence. |
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Sideboard Maro-Geddon
July 1st, 1999 Standard
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Main
Deck
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Sideboard
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CREATURES (17)
4 Maro
3 Mother of Runes
4 River Boa
1 Uktabi Orangutan
4 Wall of Blossoms
1 Weatherseed Treefolk
SPELLS (21)
4 Armageddon
1 Disenchant
4 Marble Diamond
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3 Moss Diamond
1 Rancor
4 Spirit Link
4 Wrath of God
LAND (22)
4 Brushland
5 Forest
7 Plains
4 Treetop Village
2 Vec Townships
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| This deck takes
advantage of the Moss Diamond and Marble Diamond which have been
reprinted in Classic (Sixth Edition). The efficient creatures
like the famous Maro (named after expansion set designer Mark Rosewater)
and the River Boa. With red burn being the primary source of removal
these 2 creatures are very strong now. |
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Sideboard UW Control
July 1st, 1999
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Main
Deck
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Sideboard
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SPELLS (35)
4 Caltrops
4 Counterspell
2 Disenchant
1 Enlightened Tutor
4 Forbid
2 Grindstone
3 Humility
1 Mana Leak
4 Miscalculation
1 RoP: Red
1 RoP: Artifacts
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1 Sacred Ground
1 Spirit Link
2 Stroke of Genius
4 Wrath of God
LAND (25)
4 Adarkar Wastes
2 Forbidding Watchtower
9 Island
2 Plains
2 Reflecting Pool
4 Thalakos Lowlands
2 Wasteland
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1 CoP: Black
1 CoP: Blue
1 CoP: Green
1 CoP: Red
1 CoP: White
1 Disenchant
1 Dismiss
1 Disrupting Scepter
1 Quash
1 Humility
1 Grindstone
2 Spirit Link
1 Warmth
1 Wasteland
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| This UW control
deck is a throwback to the old days of counterpost. Making use of
Caltrops from UD it metagames towards weenie decks, while the 13
counterspells allows it to fight combo decks. The Enlightened Tutor
allows the deck to find its win card against many decks (Humility,
ROP - Red, Sacred Ground, Caltrops, or even Spirit Link). Note the
synergy between Humility and Caltrops. |
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Sideboard Minty White Deck
July 1st, 1999 Standard
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Main
Deck
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Sideboard
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CREATURES (23)
2 Emperor Crocodile
2 Longbow Archer
3 Mother of Runes
4 River Boa
4 Soltari Monk
4 Soltari Priest
4 Wall of Blossoms
SPELLS (17)
2 Armageddon
4 Cursed Scroll
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3 Disenchant
3 Mox Diamond
4 Rancor
1 Spirit Link
LAND (20)
4 Brushland
3 City of Brass
2 Forest
10 Plains
1 Vec Townships
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| White Weenie
is one of those decks that will never die. This version takes advantage
of green for the amazing Rancor as well as River Boa and Wall of
Blossoms. |
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Sideboard Counter-Pie
July 1st, 1999
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Main
Deck
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Sideboard
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CREATURES (14)
4 Cloud of Faeries
3 Morphling
4 Thieving Magpies
3 Tradewind Rider
SPELLS (23)
4 Counterspell
4 Forbid
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2 Mana Leak
3 Miscalculation
4 Sapphire Medallion
4 Treachery
2 Whispers of the Muse
LAND (23)
23 Island
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| Blue gains some
great cards in Urza's Destiny, this deck takes advantage
of the two best ones. Treachery and Thieving Magpie are even stronger
than comparable old favourites Control Magic and Ophidian. |
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Sideboard Black Speed
June 1st, 1999 Standard
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Main
Deck
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Sideboard
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CREATURES (24)
4 Carnophage
4 Dauthi Horror
4 Dauthi Slayer
4 Dauthi Warlord
4 Sarcomancy
4 Skittering Skirge
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SPELLS (16)
4 Cursed Scroll
4 Dark Ritual
4 Duress
4 Hatred
LAND (20)
3 City of Traitors
17 Swamp
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3 Diabolic Edict
1 Dread of Night
1 Perish
2 Planar Void
3 Rain of Tears
2 Thran Lens
3 Wall of Souls
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| Black Speed is
an old favourite, and despite losing several strong black cards
with the rotation of Classic (6th Edition) the deck performs
well and is capable of turn 2 kills. |
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Sideboard Merfolk
July 1st, 1999 Standard
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Main
Deck
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Sideboard
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CREATURES (18)
4 Cloud of Faeries
4 Fledgling Osprey
1 Fleeting Image
4 Manta Riders
2 Spindrift Drake
1 Thalakos Seer
2 Veiled Sentry
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SPELLS (20)
4 Counterspell
4 Curiosity
4 Forbid
3 Mana Leak
3 Sigil of Sleep
2 Treachery
LAND (22)
18 Island
4 Wasteland
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2 Cursed Scroll
2 Hammerhead Shark
3 Stern Proctor
2 Thalakos Drifters
1 Thalakos Seer
2 Treachery
3 Weatherseed Faeries
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Sideboard Land Destruction
June 1st, 1999 Standard
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Main
Deck
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Sideboard
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CREATURES (8)
4 Avalanche Riders
4 Wall of Blossoms
SPELLS (24)
3 Creeping Mold
4 Cursed Scroll
3 Earthquake
4 Pillage
4 Shock
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4 Stone Rain
2 Wildfire
LAND(28)
5 Forest
4 Karplusan Forest
2 Mogg Hollows
9 Mountain
4 Treetop Village
4 Wasteland
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