--- Mike The Magic Player wrote: > Braids Deck > Creatures 4x Braids, cabal minion 4x Mesmeric Fiend 4x Faceless Butcher 4x Nantuko Husk Spells 4x Innocent Blood 4x Chainers Eddict 2x Oversold Cemetery 4x Duress 4x Ostracize 2x Dark Ritual 4x Rancid Earth Lands 20x Swamps I don't have a large budget so I can only spend $30 on magic right now....... :(. Anyways, I have gotten most of these cards by trading my friends. My deck has always served me well but recently, one of my friend has built a "bird deck" with only flying birds. His deck's strategy, is the get cheap birds out fast like suntail hawk. THen, he uses battle screech like crazy, and soon gets out a brigadir n swarms me. His deck does needs some land but even though my braids was out, he still slaughtered me. This was because he had many fast birds. My deck also seems to be weak to my other friends elf deck. He usually get many elves out fast and soon a wellwisher n heedless one. Then he starts to rush. My deck is able usually able to make the opponent run out of creatures with chainer's eddict, innocent blood and also the faceless butchers. I also try to empty the opponents hand with duress, mesmeric fiend and ostracize. I destroy lands with rancid earth and also braids (my friends usually just sacrifice lands). My dark ritual are for poor mana draws. I added in the nantuko husk, because my friend told me that if u use a night mare ability and then in responce sacrifice the creature for nantuko husk, the removed item will stay removed forever. Can you tell me if that is true? By the way, I don't have many good lands so if u want me to add some, plz suggest some uncommon, not rare land. Creatures 4x Braids, cabal minion (Cool) 4x Mesmeric Fiend (I love you too) 4x Faceless Butcher (You pick good cards) 4x Nantuko Husk (In this deck, lol, you'll be saccing enough already, good, but eh...) I'd throw in Hollow Specter! Spells 4x Innocent Blood (You'll be saccing too much of your own stuff now) 4x Chainers Edict (Next best thing) 2x Oversold Cemetery (They'll get pissed) 4x Duress (Awesome) 4x Ostracize (Sub-par) 2x Dark Ritual (Type 2) 4x Rancid Earth (Cool) I'd use Diabolic Tutor to help get Braids out and maybe some the Mirari, think about that! double the pleasure ,double the fun! th....oh well double the pain at least! Skeletal scrying and maybe corrupt and you are on your way... Lands 20x Swamps Throw in a couple more swamps and cabal coffers! Creatures 4x Braids, cabal minion 4x Mesmeric Fiend 4x Faceless Butcher 4x Hollow Specter Spells 4x Chainers Edict 2x Oversold Cemetery 4x Duress 4x Rancid Earth 1x Mirari 3x Diabolic Tutor 2x Skeletal Scrying 2x Corrupt Lands 22x Swamps 2x Cabal Coffers - Brett