The Tog list that Ultima posted is very good, the only problem is that Smokestack is a pain to get aound, the deck needs a Deed maindeck or some type of destruction, not just for Trinistax, but for other potential threats against the deck. The basic lands I like because they keep the deck protected from Back to Basics and other land haters. Three Togs, in my opinion is the right number, because against Stax, you want to control them, and in the late game bust him out and win. One should be put in the sideboard for Aggro decks like people suggested. Duress is a good card, but I agree with Ultima, it doesn't need to go in the deck, because it leaves you vulnerable to stupid things that people might play in the early game while that slot can be used for a turn one mana leak.

Yeah, so, Jon calls me at 10:30 Saturday night, and he's like, dude comeover and he comes and picks me up and I sleep over his place, my play a few games and go to sleep at about 3. The next morning I wake up at 8 something and we head off with his mom and we meet our friend Ryan and we get a ride up to the Beanie Baby Exchange. So we register out decks and we come up with different names for them, Ryan's was Liquid Hydration, Jon's was Maltodextrin and mine was Pyridoxine( the names came from my 64 oz. Powerade bottle). So I do some trading and I pick up a Foil Iridescent Angel and a Foil DCI Brainstorm. They put up the pairings and the games begin.

Match 1: Some guy with some artifact deck
Game 1: He goes first turn Trinisphere and I force it and then I play an Oath and he plays a Su Chi and I get Akroma and we attack each other until I'm at 4 and he's at 3, meanwhile he's been taking crypt damage and now it's all up to a die roll, so I call heads and he gets heads and thats game one.

Game 2: He goes first turn Trinisphere and I force it and then I play Mox, Orchard and Oath and that about ends the game.

Match 2: A guy with 5/3
Game 1: He wins the die roll and goes first and plays a trinisphere, it resolves. I playan island and pass, meanwhile I could have went first turn Oath. He plays some stuff and rapes me.

Game 2: I play a land and he plays a welder, it's good. Then I play another land. He plays thirst and pitches Jesters cap,welds it and I scoop.

Match 3: I play Buda using an artifact beats deck
Game 1: I play a land and a mox and he goes. He plays welder which I mana leak. Then I play an Oath and pass. he plays another welder and it resolves. I Oath up Akroma and swing until he's at 6 and then he play Duplicant and removes her. I then Oath up Spirit and swing for the game.

Game two:I lose this because I played Back to Basics an the wrong time but I could have won.

Game 3: I play first turn Oath and that ends the game.

Match 4: Some kid with Joblins
Game 1: He plays first turn Lackie and it's good then next turn he swings and poops out a Seige-Bang. I play an Oath. He swings and poops another Seige-Bang out and I go to 8. I Oath up Akroma and bring him to 5. Next turn he swings and I block Seige-Bang and because of a rules dispute he gets to undo his move, which is tottaly unfair and they were wrong, he taps two and "chucks" Seige at me and then he takes it back. I lose that game.

Game 2: Pretty much he plays Lackie, drops two Seiges and I brainstorm and next turn I wish for an Echoing Truth, I bounce all of his tokens. I win that game.

Game 3: This boils down to his getting a mounain to kill my Platinum Angel while next turn and he doesn't and I win that one.

Match 5: Hale with Trinistax
Game 1: He plays turn one Trinisphere. I play through it for a few turns and drop an Oath when I get three land and I get Akroma. He plays a few Tangle Wires and taps me down and eventually Spirit swings for the win.

Game 2: He muulies to 4 and plays a land and passes, I play an Island and pass back. Pretty much I get a game lose because I fetch and I draw a card because I thought he was done.

Game 3: This ends fast. My opening hand was Mox, Oath, Recall, Back to Basics, Orchard, Island and something else.

Now, my friends Jon and Ryan and myself make top 8.

Match 1: Ryan with Scepter-Control
Game 1: We play some stuff and I win with Akroma.

Game 2: I win this with Spirit.

What helped me win against Ryan was because my friend Jon made Scepter Control and we were play testing all nigth long and Ryan loved the deck so much that he played it and did well.

Match 2:A kid with Dragon
Game 1: He mullies to 5 and plays a bazzar and  a mox and Duresses. I play a Mox and a Fecthland. He then bazzars and goes to one card and then he tries to animate Worldgorger and I Mana Leak it. I then assume board control, I play Oath and I have to Wish and Stufle his Orchard so that I could give him more creatures and I waste it next turn and I win.

Game 2: He mullies to 6. He Duresses me and takes a Force. A few turns go by and I have a butt load of land and he has a Forest and a Swamp. This game I Intuinton three times, one for Oaths another for A.K.s and the other for Recall, Walk and Wish, gives me a Recall. Another few turns go by and I Oath up Akroma and Platinum Angel and I win.

I go to see how my friend Jon was doing and I tell him I lost and so he freaks out but he wins his match and then I'm like, "Sike", so we split, I get the Walk, yay, my first piece of power and he gets the 100 plus I give him 65. So, that concluded my day and I had a good time and it was cool having all three of us make top 8 and I hope everyone else had a good time as well.

Tariq Z