I don't even remember the original Urza's Block Wildfire deck list, but I've always liked it.  And with Voltaic Key being unrestricted, I thought I'd make a deck of it again and make use of Type I rules.

2 Creatures
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2 Darksteel Colossus (originally phyrexian colossus)

15 Control
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4 Wildfire
4 Fire / Ice (originally Arc Lightning)
3 Mana Drain (originally Mana Sink)
2 Urza's Rage
2 Confiscate

11 Misc.
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1 Phyrexian Processor
1 Tinker
3 Temporal Aperture
2 Copy Artifact
4 Thoughtcast

28 Mana
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1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Diamond
1 Chrome Mox
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
1 Grim Monolith
4 Gilded Lotus
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Volcanic Island
4 Seat of the Synod
4 Great Furnace
4 Darksteel Citadel
1 Strip Mine

-Tinker + Colossus is an obvious win condition.  Can also get lucky with a Aperture to get him out.  Phyrexian Processor was in the original build.  Sometimes it's just better against some decks.  If all that fails, go for the burn and finish with a Urza's Rage.

-It's only 56 cards so far.  I don't have access to Power 9.  And I only own 3 Mana Drains.
-Too much mana?
-Anything else you think I should add?

I see your point, but CE cards definitely have their own value to them, and I don't remember ever seeing their value go down.  They almost definitely won't see comparable increases in price to the real versions, but at worst I'll be able to make my money back + extra, if I decide to sell.

No?

I've never been to official tourney and I don't intend to.  I've recently sold a bunch of stuff in a MMORPG and been wondering if I should get some of the P9 I always wanted.

Does anyone here use Collector's Edition cards?

It basically comes down to me either buying the entire Power9 Collector's Edition or use that money (and more) to get an Unlimited Black Lotus.  With prices the way they are, I don't know if I want to spend that kind of cash.  (And knowing me, once I got one of them, I'd HAVE to get the other 8.)

Good choice?

I guess that brings another question.

Practically, with opaque sleeves, for all purposes to function while playing a game, there's no reason they can't be able to be used legally if they decided to wave their magic rules wand.

Unless, did they specifically state that the CE cards would never become legal when they released them?

So you're saying I'd be better off using color copies pasted onto normal cards to use casually and save $80 for each mox. 

I found the best way to learn about the stack (and other random rules issues) is to play a little Mtg: online.  I thought I knew how it worked, but never was exactly 100% sure I was using it right.  After mtgo, all cleared up.

So if the event allowed 10 proxies, and you had the entire power 9 as CE versions, you'd still have 10 proxies avaiable?

Thinking about picking up some Collector's Edition power 9 cards.

Do they count towards your proxy count when you enter a tourny? (Not that I ever have been to one, or plan to.  just good to know).

yep.  one in play does the job.

Don't know if anyone else has seem this Guildpact card:

Stitch in Time
Flip a coin.  If you win the flip take an extra turn after this one.

Tempted to put it in, but every time I think about it I want to blow a pay check and buy a Time Walk instead.

And the deck is called "R/U Cheating.dec" as in "Are You Cheating.dec"  *snort*

Anyway, isn't it every casual player's secret dream to build a semi-playable coin flip and poison deck?  Fiery Gambit finally got one of them to work...  Now if I could just get the poison one to not suck.  <--- *wishes they made the Golgari mechanic "Poison" (keyword).

Edit:  Updated Deck List

Creatures
4 Shield Sphere
3 Cloud of Faeries
1 Erayo, Soratami Ascendent
1 Palinchron
1 Platinum Angel
1 Darksteel Colossus

Drawing/Tutor
1 Burning Wish
3 Fiery Gambit
1 Frantic Search
1 Tinker
1 Future Sight
1 Mind's Desire
1 Time Spiral

Control
4 Fire/Ice
1 Snap
2 Treachery

Other
4 Krark's Thumb
4 Mana Flare
1 Mana Crypt
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mox Diamond
1 Chrome Mox
1 Sol Ring
1 Candelabra of Tawnos
1 Copy Artifact

19 Land
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Seat of the Synod
4 Great Furnace
1 Darksteel Citadel
4 Volcanic Island
5 Island

Sideboard:
1 Recoup
1 Pyroclasm
1 Fiery Gambit
1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Rack and Ruin
1 Time Warp
1 Apocalypse
1 Bribery
1 Slice and Dice
1 Upheaval
1 Blatant Thievery
1 Obliterate
1 Time Stretch
1 Kaervek's Torch
1 Earthquake

First deck I turned all foil, always wanted to do that.

I made a Fervent Charge Deck before, but it was nothing like yours.

I started with 2 cards: Fervent Charge + Godo, Bandit Warlord.

Add in a Lightning Greaves, and other cards that add additional combat phases, and creatures with vigilance (not restricted to samurai to have fun).

Was still too slow.  Lost more than I won, but it was fun.

That's what me and my friends call it anyway "Cheating.dec" could also be "R/U Free Spell"

Creatures
4 Shield Sphere
3 Cloud of Faeries
1 Erayo, Soratami Ascendent
1 Palinchron
1 Darksteel Colossus

Drawing/Tutor
1 Burning Wish
3 Fiery Gambit
1 Frantic Search
1 Tinker
1 Future Sight
1 Mind's Desire
1 Time Spiral

Control
3 Fire/Ice
1 Snap
2 Force of Will
1 Treachery
2 Blatant Thievery

Other
4 Krark's Thumb
4 Mana Flare
1 Mana Crypt
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mox Diamond
1 Chrome Mox
1 Sol Ring
1 Candelabra of Tawnos
1 Copy Artifact

Non Basic Land
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Seat of the Synod
4 Great Furnace
1 Darksteel Citadel
4 Volcanic Island
1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds

Sideboard:
1 Blatant Thievery
1 Obliterate
1 Pyroclasm
1 Kaervek's Torch
1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Fiery Gambit

Created it when I realized Fiery Gambit was bascially the most insane free spell ever printed (when it works).  The thumbs are beautiful with the Mana Crypt.

I know I could take out the Darksteel Colossus, Fire/Ice and a few others to pack in 4 Dark Ritual, Necropotence, Yawgmoth's Bargain, Yawgmoth's Will, Tendrils of Agony, but it got very boring for me to play so I decided to keep it R/U.

Blatant Thievery is in there just because I play a lot of FFA (when I play), and it "cheats" in FFA.

Erayo is just stupid.

I'm still waiting for the Izzet guild to see if there's anything good I can add.  I'll probably drop some shield spheres.

Any suggestions to fill out my sideboard?  Usually don't need to burning wish for anything else, other than Time Spiral.

Other Suggestions?

13 creatures
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3 llanowar dead
3 academy rector
2 loxodon hierarch
1 elvish abberation
3 exalted angel
1 kiyomaro, first to stand

12 control
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2 death grasp
2 vindicate
1 spinning darkness
1 contagion
1 balance
3 gerrard's verdict
1 unmask
1 mind twist

10 other
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1 necropotence
1 yawgmoth's bargain
2 mirari's wake
1 land tax
1 ivory tower
1 spellbook
1 zuran orb
1 overgrown estate

25 mana
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4 dark ritual
1 sol ring
1 library of alexandria
1 diamond valley
1 starlit sanctum
4 scrubland
4 bayou
4 savannah
2 swamp
2 plains
1 forest

-Casual Deck
-The people I play with have just about everything except Power 9.
-Wanted to stuff as many gold cards as I could in it.  (Yes, I know there are better critters than Llanowar Dead.)

Very casual deck.  Used to run Cadaverous Bloom/Drain Life, I could win one turn earlier, but that got boring fast.  So I switched to the Wake and went from there.  This version gives me multiple win conditions, and it's just a lot of fun to play.  The new sets got me playing this deck again.  I used to run Multani, but Kiyomaro is just perfect for the deck.  And now Loxodon Hierarchs instead of Teroh's Faithful, which are just better in every single way.

Discard their hand and clear a path for a ground assault with Elves and Clerics, beat them up with a couple exalted angels, use kiyomaro to take them down single handedly, or just burn them with a Death Grasp 4 the win.

Like I said, just a lot of fun to play with lots of win conditions.

Waiting on the WB guild to come out in Ravnica, could be some more goodies.

Enjoy. 

I think so.  3 was too many, and 1 is to little.  Just in case there's one already in my hand if i try to Buried Alive.  He's that important.

More Changes (Again):

-1 Swamp
-1 Animate Dead
-1 Crater Hellion

+2 Unmask
+1 Avatar of Woe

More stuff I've noticed:

- Demonic Tutor is almost always cast for Frantic Search.  Having to cast Demonic Tutor usually means I had a slow hand and I'm going into my 3rd turn.  Frantic Search makes beautiful 3rd turns.

- Unmask is just too good not to have more.

- Swapped Hellion for Avatar to up to black card count for more cards to pitch to Unmask.  Now 31 out of 60 cards are black.  And it is true that there might be the off chance of a Wheel of Fortune that gets 10+ creatures in both graves to play it for it's alternate cost.  But now Anger is even more important since Hellion didn't need haste, and Avatar does.

- Trying out Fact or Fiction and Burning Wish.  FoF would be the highest costed spell in the whole deck (hard casted).  That's the only reason it's not in already.

But overall I'm pretty happy to the changes to the deck so far from what it was before.  Instead of getting a 3rd turn hasted Nicol Bolas and occasionally 2nd turn, I get a nice rate of 1st and 2nd turn Bolas + Bladewing the Risen (without counter).

you should try:

Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary
Decree of Savagery
Treetop Village
Rancor
Priest of Titania
Whirlwind
Creeping Mold

my friend had a (very) casual green deck, these cards were in it along with Multani and a few others you already listed.  but I don't know his exact deck list.

looks like no one really cares about this thread, but i'm going to post an update anyway.

played with it a little, but the FoW's got me every time.  here's what it looks like now:

Fatties: 6
2 Nicol Bolas
1 Bladewing the Risen
1 Akroma, Angel of Wrath
1 Crater Hellion
1 Scion of Darkness

Reanimation: 8
4 Exhume
4 Animate Dead

Discard: 5
4 Duress
1 Unmask

Draw/Dumping Spells: 10
3 Buried Alive
4 Careful Study
1 Frantic Search
1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Entomb

Others: 6
2 Anger
1 Bladewing's Thrall
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will

Mana: 25
4 Dark Ritual
1 Sol Ring
1 Mox Diamond
1 Lotus Petal
4 Badlands
4 Underground Sea
2 Volcanic Island
4 Bloodstained Mire
1 Strip Mine
3 Swamp


Here's what I found out:

- I had way too many creatures.  Was trying to do too many things at once.

- Entomb is almost always for Akroma.

- Buried Alive almost always gets Anger, Akroma, Nicol Bolas, Bladewing the Risen, Bladewing's Thrall, Scion of Darkness in that order.

- I don't know how I played without Bladewing the Risen/Thrall before.  I got a first/second turn Buried Alive/hasted Bladewing the Risen + Nicol Bolas a few times.  After that turn they're left with no cards, down 11 life, I can't pay it's upkeep, but Bladewing was there to finish the job.

- Tried out Cabal Therapy but I rarely used it's flashback, and only used it on myself a couple times.  Duress is suprerior to me.  Unmask is great, with 29 black cards in the deck.

- Lotus Petal got thrown back in.  It just works great with Yawgmoth's Will, used it for a Careful Study/Wheel of Fortune a couple times.  It also payed the upkeep cost for Nicol Bolas after a first turn Study, 2nd turn Exhume.

- Scion might be a waste, but I've first turn Dark Ritual/Cycle, second turn exhume enough for me to keep it.

That's about it, if anyone cared.

you can still use the Ambasador's ability if there's only 2 card left in their library (if i remember correctly, this isn't from experience, only experience from other milling effect used on Mtgo).

their last 2 cards plop in their grave, and they lose on their draw step.

Ok, going to take lots of your ideas but for different reasons.

Fatties: 10
2 Nicol Bolas
1 Bladewing the Risen
1 Dragon Tyrant
1 Akroma, Angel of Wrath
1 Phantom Nishoba
1 Crater Hellion
1 Avatar of Woe
1 Petradon
1 Scion of Darkness

1 Bladewing's Thrall

Reanimation: 11
4 Exhume
4 Animate Dead
3 Necromancy

Draw/Dumping Spells: 11
4 Buried Alive
4 Careful Study
1 Frantic Search
1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Entomb

Others: 6
3 Anger
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Yawgmoth's Will

Mana: 24
4 Dark Ritual
1 Sol Ring
1 Mox Diamond
4 Badlands
4 Underground Sea
2 Volcanic Island
4 Bloodstained Mire
1 Strip Mine
3 Swamp

Yeah so it's 63 cards right now.

I know, I know... weaker version of what you posted.  But I really wanted to make a "Nicol Bolas Deck" not a Reanimator.  Less effective, but just personal taste.  When I said I know some people who would whine about the Dragon combo I also meant I wouldn't have fun with it.

I forgot about Bladewing, in this deck he has 2 targets, Bolas or Tyrant.  And I also like him because if you use a Animate Dead or Necromancy on him the other Dragon isn't vulnerable to enchantment kill/bounce/hate.  

I also like how Animate Dead, Necromancy, and Scion can steal critters from their grave after Nicol Bolas hits.  Probably overkill at that point, but eh.  I didn't mention that half the time we play Free For All games.  Gives it a little more staying power (but I really just play this deck to trash one person, laugh in their face, then get jumped by everyone else).  Also the reason for Arcanis, but I'll play without him for a while.  Reanimates really weren't an option.

Crater Hellion saved me lots of times against my friend's Budget Green Stompy deck.  It might get cut later on, i'll see.  And I know 2 Nicol Bolas barely increases the chance of him popping out with so many tutors, but like I said, personal taste.

Thanks for the feedback.

I like Petradon a lot, and I think I got one laying around here somewhere.  And I don't know why I didn't add Entomb on the list.  Just threw this deck together after not playing over half a year.  

But I really don't want to go for the Dragon combo.  Definitely will make the deck a lot stronger, but I know some people who will whine about it.

I have a few questions:

1) Why 2 Mountains and 1 Island?  Why not 3 Volcanic Islands?  There's no Blood Moons being thrown down here if that's the reason, but a few Wastelands.

2) Your thoughts on Mox Diamond?  I like it a lot in my deck.  Of course it also pushed my graveyard over the edge to threshold after 2 Careful Study.  Not worth it?

Hello, my first post.  I hope it's in the right forum.

Anyway here's my deck:

Fatties:
Nicol Bolas x2
Arcanis the Omnipotent x1
Phantom Nishoba x1
Akroma, Angel of Wrath x1
Symbiotic Wurm x1
Crater Hellion x1
Visara the Dreadful x1
Scion of Darkness x1
Reya Dawnbringer x1

Reanimation Spells:
Stitch Together x3
Doomed Necromancer x3
Zombify x1

Draw/Dumping spells:
Careful Study x4
Frantic Search x1
Deep Analysis x2
Buried Alive x2
Wheel of Fortune x1

Others:
Anger x3
Squee, Goblin Nabob x1
Chainer's Edict x1
Fire/Ice x2
Demonic Tutor x1
Vampiric Tutor x1
Yawgmoth's Will x1

Mana:
Dark Ritual x3
Sol Ring x1
Mox Diamond x1
Lotus Petal x1
Badlands x4
Underground Sea x4
Volcanic Island x4
Bloodstained Mire x4
Strip Mine x1
Library of Alexandria x1
Swamp x3
Island x3

First of all, of the people I play with, no one has any of the power 9.  But there's just about everything else:  Mishra's Workshops, Library of Alexandria, Mirror Universe, Mana Drain, Force of Will... It's very casual, but we still play by Type I rules.  And we also don't play with sideboards, we could, but we know each others decks already.

The deck can usually pull off a 2nd or 3rd turn Nicol Bolas, most of the time hasted.  He also has good synergy with Scion of Darkness & Wheel of Fortune.  He's really the main focus of the deck.  Even if he's just sitting in my grave being intimidating.

The deck is 67 cards right now (if I counted correctly).  Any suggestions?

I'm thinking 10 critters to animate seems fine for 67, but if it's at 60 cards 9 or even 8 might be good enough?

How many animation spells do you play in your decks?