Subject: Marsh Viper (Poison counters) with Psionic Gift by Eric Lau


For those of you that are old school magic players, you might have a card 
called Marsh Viper (Fourth and Fifth edition, The Dark).

Marsh Viper  3F,   1/2
If Marsh Viper damages a player, he or she gets two poison counters.  If a 
player has ten or more poison counters, he or she loses the game.

Note that it says damages a player, and not combat damage.  So, combine this 
with

Psionic Gift   1U  (Odyssey)
Enchant Creature, tap to deal 1 damage to any creature or player)

and you have a creature that will end the game in five or less rounds.

I suggest you to combine this with twiddle or other untapping things (puppet 
strings, whatever), and throw in four marsh vipers.  Regardless, if the 
enemy doesnt have disenchant or a creature removal on hand, the game will 
end pretty fast.

Other cards that work with this combo are

Serpent Generator (Legends, Chronicles, Fifth Edition)  6 Colorless 4, 
T: Put a poison snake token into play.  Treat this token as a 1/1 
artifact creature.  Whenever a poison  snake damages a player, he or she 
gets a poison counter.  When a player has ten or more poison counters, he or 
she loses the game.

Pit Scorpion (Legends, Fourth and Fifth Edition) 2B
If Pit Scorpion damages a player, he or she gets a poison counter.  If any 
player has ten or more poison counters, he or she loses the game.

Except for the Serpent Generator, which is a rare, Marsh Viper and Pit 
Scorpion are both commons, so they shouldnt be too costly if you can find 
them.

Eric Kam-Chuing Lau
restrainedsword@hotmail.com