One of my current powerhouses
with maximum credit to it's author, Ryan Batt, who took it to 1st at Albuquerque Regional May 1, 2004 (my minor
mods in italics).
Name: Mayday
Main Deck
Card list:
4 Molder Slug (3GG)
4
Ravenous Baloth (2GG) (3 proxies)
4 Troll Ascetic (1GG)
(2 proxies) 4 Vine Trellis (1G)
1 Utopia Tree (1G)
3 Birds of Paradise (G) (1 proxy)
4 Plow Under (3GG)
4 Molten Rain (1RR)
4 Stone Rain (2R)
1 Decree of Annihilation (8RR)
3 Starstorm (XRR) (1 proxy)
9 Forest
6 Mountain
2 Wooded Foothills
(1proxy)
2 Karplusan Forest
3 Contested Cliffs
2 Blinkmoth Nexus
Sideboard:
4 Naturalize, 4 Oxidize, 3 Detonate, 2 Obliterate (1 proxy), 2 Flashfires
(Approx. $215 low Scrye (JAN 2005) assuming no proxies)
This next deck was built more for fun and
inexpensive play. I used the commons bin at the Cardhaus Shop that used to be open in Seattle's University District. I added
Biorhythm as the "gimmick" and only rare to this green/red "weenie" deck. A cheap, fun, and surprisingly effective deck.
Name: Gimmick
(added to TCO: Feb. 18, 2012)
Main Deck
Card list:
1 Titanic Bulvox (6GG)
1 Horned Troll (2G)
1 Pygmy Troll (1G) 4 Llanowar Elves (G)
1 Quirion Elves (1G)
1 Fire Sprites (1G)
2 Elvish Pioneer (G)
1 Scryb Sprites (G)
1 Patron of the Wild (G)
2 Treetop Scout (G)
2 Uthden Troll (2R)
4 Kird Ape (R)
1 Scarred Puma (R)
1 Ali Baba (R)
1 Thunderscape Apprentice
(R) 4 Ornithopter
(0)
2 Brass Man (1)
1 Explosive Growth (G +5K)
3 Giant Growth (G)
1 Battle Frenzy (2R)
1 Savage Offensive (1R +K)
1 Tranquility (2G)
1 Simoon (RG)
1 Shattering Pulse (1R)
1 Last-Ditch Effort (R)
1 Biorhythm (6GG)
2 Fountain of Youth (0)
1 Star Compass (2)
11 Mountain
12 Forest
Sideboard:
None
Working on a Spirit deck Oct./Nov.
2012 for FNM constructed standard - will link when honed a bit further...