Subject: Jamie the Tome U/W/r T1.5/T1.X Date: Fri, 26 Dec 1997 23:03:29 EST From: JonPKibble To: fkusumot@ix.netcom.com The following is a deck which I came up with a week or two ago after deciding I wanted to make yet another Counterpost deck. I considerered an idea I saw posted somewhere on the Dojo; splashing in red for a couple fireballs. I took into account ways of dealing with burn and fast decks that take time to establish control against using Gerrards Wisdom. 4 Wisdoms seemed to be too many so the Impulses kicked in there, and a sideboard will help too when needed. Hosers such as Chill and Warmth are the best ways to deal with all the local burn cheese-heads who always seem to beat all my well-thought out decks with Bolts, X-spells, and fireblasts. Against other decks, Jamie holds up pretty well, packing anti-creature spells and Disenchants. The posts, factories, and fireballs are the only sources of damage, but that is all that is needed. With Tomes and Meditates, along with the Digger, the deck cycles through very fast once control is established. Meditate is a broken card when your opponent has been wiped out of creatures, draws a land, and has nothing to do. So you let him or her have another turn to draw and put into play another land while you draw some more counters and defense. The impulses are critical to the deck for getting what is needed ASAP. Counters are backup and outposts are defense and a way of winning. A 17-point fireball usually finishes off the opponent though. Take a look and mail me any comments: "Jamie the Tome" 1.5 / 1.x legal Land 4x Adarkar Wastes 3x Island 2x Kjeldoran Outpost 2x Mishra's Factory 1x Plains 4x Plateau 4x Tundra 4x Volcanic Island Artifacts 2x Jayemdae Tome 1x Soldevi Digger Blue 4x Counterspell 1x Dissipate 2x Force of Will 4x Impulse 2x Meditate 3x Power Sink 1x Remove Soul Red 2x Fireball White 3x Disenchant 1x Exile 2x Gerrard's Wisdom 4x Swords to Plowshares 4x Wrath of God ---------------------- Jon Prywes http://kibble.base.org -----------------------