Magic: The Gathering - DOS/Windows
Magic: The Gathering: Spells Of The Ancients - DOS/Windows
Powerful Deck Guide - written by Eric42 (
[email protected])
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Version 1.00 - Initial public release - Monday, August 16, 2004
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Magic: The Gathering - DOS/Windows - by Microprose
Magic: TG: Spells Of The Ancients - DOS/Windows - by Microprose
08/16/04 - Brand New!
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MAGIC: THE GATHERING
MAGIC: THE GATHERING: SPELLS OF THE ANICENTS
The purpose of this guide is to document very powerful decks that can
be built in the two listed Microprose games. As of this update, there
are only two decks, but I am always willing to add any others that
anyone out there is willing to send to me.
I define power as a deck that controls the game or wins within a couple
turns.
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Deck Name: CHANNEL FIREBALL
This deck wins most of it's games during the very first turn, making it
one of the most powerful decks the Microprose games can produce.
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Lands Spells Artifacts
8 Forest 4 Fireball 4 Black Lotus
8 Mountain 4 Channel 4 Mox Emerald
4 Taiga 4 Mox Ruby
Total Cards: 40
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In real life, this deck would cost over $4,000 to say the least, thanks
to the Black Lotus and Moxes.
The deck is very easy to play. If in your initial hand, you can get
at least 1 Black Lotus, 1 Mountain, 1 Channel, and 1 Fireball, you
win the game. Here's how...
(You could get three of the Moxes in your initial hand and get the
first turn kill as well, but the cards listed above and explained
below use less cards so I explained it instead.)
Play the Mountain and Black Lotus, then sac the Black Lotus for three
green mana, using two to play Channel. Then play Fireball (tapping
the Mountain), using the Channel to sac 19 of your life. For that last
point of damage, be sure to use the last remaining green mana from the
Black Lotus or else next step you'll take one point of damage from
mana and loose the game.
You could instead get three Mox into inital hand and get the same
results, but you would need at least two Mox Emerald. You would need
two green mana to cast Channel.
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Deck Name: Blue Death
This deck controls the game out right.
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Lands Spells Artifacts
16 Island 4 Ancestral Recall 4 Black Vise
4 Braingeyser 4 Mox Sapphire
4 Time Walk
4 Timetwister
Total Cards: 40
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This deck in real life would also cost well over $4,000 to purchase.
This deck defines what blue has always done best: Control. With
Ancestral Recall and Braingeyser, you draw enough cards to find all
the Black Vise. All the while you play you play Time Walk to keep
your turns going and Timetwister to resuffle and have a second try
at finding the cards you need.
If done correctly, you can have all four Black Vise in play and have
several cards in your opponent hand. When I say several, I mean more
than a dozen or two.
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If you would like to submit a deck, email me!
[email protected]
Guidelines:
* The deck MUST be powerful. Deck that can't win right away, or control
the game in some fashion aren't powerful.
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Eric42 -
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