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Author Topic: Paul Mastriano's Perfect Storm  (Read 1017 times)
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« on: January 20, 2009, 10:19:37 pm »

Paul Mastriano's storm is very similar to a deck I built 2 years ago and wrote down so I could always rebuild it. I called this work of art "Strain of Thought". At the time I had just discovered the power of Memory Jar in its restricted state. The use of Dark Rituals and Cabal Rituals to power a storm count then using Yawgmoth's Will to storm out for even more was ingenious. I used Brain Freeze and Tendril's of Agony to both mill and kill. The idea for the deck came to me after my friend Eric showed me how his "Mean-deck Gifts" deck operated.
Though my other deck ideas may seem a little out there, this is the one I love the most and have already built several times to accommodate changes in the meta as well as better tech. The turn 1 and 2 capabilities are high, this deck can power its way through turn 2 without worry of disruption. Here's the list, hate on it:

Landbase
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1 Tolarian Academy
2 Island
2 Swamp
2 Underground sea
2 Polluted Delta
2 Volcanic Island
1 Gemstone Mine

Brown
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1 Emerald
1 Sapphire
1 Jet
1 Pearl
1 Ruby
1 Black lotus
1 Lotus Petal
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Memory Jar
1 Darksteel Colossus

Black
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1 Yawgmoth's Bargain
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
2 Cabal Ritual
2 Tendrils of Agony
4 Duress
4 Dark Ritual

Blue
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1 Ancestral Recall
1 Mystical Tutor
4 Force of Will
4 Brainstorm
2 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Windfall
1 Tinker
1 Brain Freeze
1 Stifle
1 Time Twister

Red
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1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Rack and Ruin

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Things that changed for my recent rebuild:
- 3 brainstorm
+ 1 merchant Scroll
+ 2 Meditate
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Here's Paul's Deck
Main Deck

1  Bloodstained Mire
2  Island
4  Polluted Delta
2  Swamp
3  Underground Sea


1  Darksteel Colossus
1  Ancestral Recall
1  Black Lotus
1  Brainstorm
2  Cabal Ritual
1  Chain of Vapor
4  Dark Ritual
1  Demonic Tutor
4  Duress
1  Fact or Fiction
4  Force of Will
1  Gifts Ungiven
3  Grim Tutor
1  Hurkyl's Recall
1  Lotus Petal
1  Mana Crypt
1  Mana Vault
1  Memory Jar
1  Merchant Scroll
1  Misdirection
1  Mox Emerald
1  Mox Jet
1  Mox Pearl
1  Mox Ruby
1  Mox Sapphire
1  Mystical Tutor
1  Necropotence
1  Ponder
1  Sol Ring
1  Tendrils of Agony
1  Time Walk
1  Timetwister
1  Tinker
1  Vampiric Tutor
1  Yawgmoth's Bargain
1  Yawgmoth's Will

The differences are subtle, he utilized Necropotence and Grim Tutor as method of attaining Will or Tendrils. He also used Gifts Ungiven, Fact or Fiction and Time Walk in the blue area for obvious reasons.
I guess the point of this is from the stand point of a deck being viable, I think I know how to judge best myself... fact in point being I don't need most of your affirmations on the greatness of my beck building abilities. Please don't poop in my punchbowl again, thanks

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« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2009, 10:34:11 pm »

I think I know how to judge best myself... fact in point being I don't need most of your affirmations on the greatness of my beck building abilities.

Now I know for a fact you're a troll. 

Or you're just a retard.

Either way, Cover blown!
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« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2009, 11:03:02 pm »

Thread closed for falling below TMD's standards for discussion.  Full Warning to AshThaReaper for trolling. 
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