Magic: The Gathering - DOS/Windows Magic: The Gathering: Spells Of The Ancients - DOS/Windows Powerful Deck Guide - written by Eric42 (eric42@gmail.com) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.00 - Initial public release - Monday, August 16, 2004 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Magic: The Gathering - DOS/Windows - by Microprose Magic: TG: Spells Of The Ancients - DOS/Windows - by Microprose 08/16/04 - Brand New! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Deck Name: Blue Death This deck controls the game out right. ------------------------------------------------------- Lands Spells Artifacts 16 Island 4 Ancestral Recall 4 Black Vise 4 Braingeyser 4 Mox Sapphire 4 Time Walk 4 Timetwister Total Cards: 40 ------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- If you would like to submit a deck, email me! eric42@gmail.com Guidelines: * The deck MUST be powerful. Deck that can't win right away, or control the game in some fashion aren't powerful. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric42 - eric42@gmail.com