Today's article is a bit of a divergence from what I'm used to.  Normally, I am mindful of my client's budget in that I try not to recommend expensive rares, under the assumption that uncommons and commons are fairly easy to come by.  But this deck has very specific needs, as you will see.

Dear Deck Garage:

 

I've a deck that I'm considering entering in a Prince & Pauper tournament at the end of September.  For your readers who are not familiar with the format - To enter one needs to have 2 decks to compete.  The Prince deck is made up of only uncommon and rare cards with the exception of land cards which can be basic lands.  The second deck is a deck made up of entirely common cards.  Once the pairings are decided both players roll a single die.  Odds = Prince Even = Pauper.  So basically I need a common deck that will have some game in the event it is drawn against a Prince Deck.  The odds may not be great, but I'm hoping you have some suggestions or alternative ways to go with the deck.  The deck consists of black and white common cards that lulls my opponent into thinking I am playing a straight discard deck that evolves into a removal deck as they quickly attempt to play out their hand.

 

	Land
8	Swamp
7	Plains
2	Barren Moor
2	Secluded Steppe
4	Orzhov Basilica
	Creatures
4	Ravenous Rats
1	Starlight Invoker
4	Shrieking Grotesque
3	Stinkweed Imp
4	Faceless Butcher
4	Twisted Abomination
	Spells
4	Castigate
3	Last Gasp
3	Vulshok Morningstar
1	Arrest
2	Pillory of the Sleepless
2	Faith's Fetters
2	Death Denied
	Sideboard
3	Duress
3	Innocent Blood
3	Nezumi Cutthroat
2	Okiba-Gang Shinobi
1	Disenchant
1	Ray of Distortion
2	Rend Flesh

 

Thanks for your time and help in advance!

 

Greg