Grow

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Wait, wait, wait.

Matt, did you see that Razor said TAPPED City of Brass?

That can't be right can it? The damage still triggers?

[Abra_Volta]

That Hippo is wrong. If the lands are tapped they do not generate mana. Think of the ability more like a Powersink/Mana Drain combo. It empties the remaining untapped lands of mana.

[Matt The Great]

Quote (grey area @ Aug. 29 2002,21:18)Wait, wait, wait.

Matt, did you see that Razor said TAPPED City of Brass?

That can't be right can it? The damage still triggers?

WHOOPS. I didn't see the 'tapped'. So I was completely wrong.

[herby]

i think that kirdape is entirely wrong about grow.  grow is a very fast deck and it's very hard to stop.  i actually only run 7 creatures in my build- 4 dryads, 3 ophidian, and it's works great.

i've been testing grow for some time now and i think that the deck that pat chapin played at gencon was a good build.  but i do disagree with some of his choices (e.i. merchant scroll over mystical tutor).

i think that one of the biggest problems for grow is powder keg.  i side 2 crumbles and main deck 2 cunning wish.

[kaiser von hugal]

Your orinal list:

MANA
4 tropical island
4 land grant
4 island
1 black lotus
1 mox sapphire
1 mox emerald

BLUE SPELLS
1 time walk
1 ancestral recall
4 force of will
4 misdirection
4 foil
4 daze
4 gush
4 brainstorm
4 slight of hand
4 mental note

CREATURES
4 quirion dryad
4 nimble mongoose

3 SLOTS REMAINING
currently
3 opt

Instead of mental note - have you tried urza's bauble? It helps with threshold because its fast but does rip the top two off you deck.

[Bastian]

The bauble is good, but remember that it doesn't pump dryad.

[Mattdog]

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Change the target of target spell with a single target unless that spell's controller pays .

This Card works wonders if played in the right environment. Another misdirection is all ways good.

I really would have to say that no one should ever run 4 Foil's. Foil works in the deck late game but u never want to see 2 of them in the same hand i.m.o.