From: Jesse Chen [spartanhoplite@netscape.net]

Subject: Peasant Deck: "Duke of Pain"

Peasant Deck: "Duke of Pain"

4 Ravenous Rats
4 Razortooth Rats
4 Corrupt
4 Coertion
4 Duress
3 Vendetta
1 Black Vise
4 The Rack
4 Terror
4 Drudge Skeletons
4 Cruel Edict
4 Diabolic Edict
22 Swamps

Total Cards: 66

Strategy:

If you know what Pain/Suffering is, then you know the idea behind this deck. 
Ravenous Rats and Duress provide hand destruction in the first turns, and then 
Razortooth Rats come out to harass your opponent so he concentrates on getting rid 
of them while Drudge Skeletons provide cheap shields against basic assaults. 
Black Vise is there in case you get lucky, and score a few cheap shots. When your 
Skeletons can't provide sufficient blockage (i.e. creatures with trample, flying, 
unblockable creatures etc...), start killing them off with Vendetta for the cheaper 
creatures, and Terror for the more expensive creatures. "Wait! What about creatures 
with 'Protection From Black'?!", you say... well, that's what Diabolic Edict and 
Cruel Edict are for, duh! Kill the cheaper creatures with Terror/Vendetta, then 
indirectly kill the creatures. Voila! Protection from Black doesn't do jack against 
forced sacrifices. By now, you probably have played at least one of The Racks, which 
means that they'll start chomping at your oppoith it; experiment with different 
combinations. Perhaps Abyssal Specter would do better than The Racks, 
or you can find a more efficient combination, but remember, stray too far 
from the deck's theme and you'll loose its style, plunging you into the dark 
pit of diversified nightmares.

-By Jesse Chen
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