Wow, this Peasant Magic format sounds awesome.  I only wish I could get to

GenCon to play in it.  To anyone who has never played with an all common

Magic deck, you don't know what you're missing.  Anyway, I'll quit the

chatter and get onto the deck.

I must admit that I am not the creator of this deck, although I did modify it

just a slight bit with a more powerful card.  I discovered it on the old

Magic Campus website, which is sadly not with us anymore.  The creator's

name, I believe, is Jason Standlea, if I remember correctly, and he actually

had a column about playing common cards.  It was really quite good. 

Regardless, if I were going to GenCon, this is the deck I would play.  For

being an entirely common deck, it is really very powerful.  Without further

delay, I present to you:

$7.50

4 Carnophage

4 Skittering Skirge

4 Dauthi Slayer

4 Dark Ritual

4 Duress

4 Paralyze

4 Diabolic Edict

4 Drain Life

4 Unholy Strength

3 Sinister Strength

3 Grave Servitude

18 Swamp

Sideboard:

4 Coercion

4 Vendetta

4 Terror

3 Soul Kiss

This deck is basically, a poor man's version of the old Tempest-block Suicide

Black/Hatred decks.  Its incredibly fast.  The general principal of this deck

is to get a creature out ASAP, throw mass creature enhancers on it, and "lay

the smack down".  This deck was originally designed for extended, but with

the banning of Dark Ritual, it took a large hit; Dark Ritual being a serious

burst of speed.  The deck was capable of first turn plays that were nothing

short of amazing.  For example, first turn Dark Ritual, Carnophage, Unholy

Strength, Duress.  Or my personal favorite, first turn Dark Ritual, Dauthi

Slayer, Unholy Strength, which you then follow up with a second turn Sinister

Strength and walk over for 7 on turn 2, which most often can not be blocked. 

All the removal spells (Diabolic Edict, Paralyze, and Drain Life) are simply

used to clear your path, with Drain Life serving as the killing blow in a lot

of cases.

Although the deck doesn't have many creatures, only 12, they are all

incredibly powerful and efficient, and you generally only need a couple (if

not only 1) to win, so don't worry about them too much.  You do need

creatures to win however, so if you don't draw any, mulligan immediately.

The pump spells should be pretty self explanatory.  Grave Servitude is

perhaps the best one in this deck, simply because it does so much.  Its a

permanent creature enhancement, a one-shot creature enhancement if you need

it, and even small creature destruction that can deal with pesky regenerators.

The sideboard is fairly self explanatory.  The main deck is built to be able

to deal with another black deck during the first game.  If your not playing

another black deck, Vendettas and Terrors go in for Paralyzes and Diabolic

Edicts, respectfully.  Coercion/Soul Kiss are for playing against Combo or

Control, where creature destruction isn't really needed, or needed as much.

Well, that's about it.  If you decide to play it, good luck, and I hope it

serves you well too.

(By the way, the deck is called $7.50 because the original creator claimed to

have created it from his local store's common bin for the mere price of

$7.50.)

~Andy Dominguez (Mingy1@aol.com)

Team Sneaky Homunculus

"He who walks on fire will burn his feet."