Subject: Type 1 - The Decking Deck ver 2.5 - Ben Reynolds

Creatures:
-4 Ambassador Laquatus
(2u 1c, 3c: Target player puts the top three cards of his or her
library into his or her graveyard, 1/3)
-4 Scalpelexis
(1u 4c, Flying, Whenever Scalpelexis deals combat damage to a
player, that player removes the top four cards of his or her
library from the game. If two or more of those cards have the
same name, repeat this process, 1/5)
-4 Wall of Air
(2u 1c, Flying, 1/5)
-2 Mahamoti Djinns
(4u 2c, Flying, 5/6)

Sorcerys:
-4 Traumatize
(2u 3c: Target player puts the top half of his or her library,
rounded down, into his or her graveyard)

Instants:
-4 Counterspells
(2u, Counter target spell)
-4 Boomerang
(2u, Return target permanent to its owner's hand.)
-4 Brainfreeze
(1u 1c, Storm, Target player puts the top three cards of his or her
library into his or her graveyard.)

Artifacts:
-3 Millstones
(2c, 2c Tap: Target player puts the top two cards from his or her
library into his or her graveyard.)
-3 Grindstones
(1c, 3c Tap: Put the top two cards of target player's library into
that player's graveyard. If both cards share a color, repeat this
process.)
-4 Jesters Caps
(4c: 2c Tap Sacrifice Jester's Cap: Search target player's library
for three cards and remove them from the game. Then that player
shuffles his or her library.)

Lands:
-20 Islands

14 Creatures
+ 04 Sorceries
+ 12 Instants
+ 10 Artifacts
+ 20 Lands
= 60 cards

Ok, so this is the third version of this deck posted on this site, this time with the correct TYPE, better FORMAT, and actuall card changes from the iast and second posts, which for some reason turned out god-awfull.

Technically I guess I should call this a mill deck, but "Decking Deck" sounds cooler.

When I originally made this change, it was because I had just figured out what the hell the difference between a Millstone and a Grindstone (yea I know, I was stupid) and knew that this deck needed some. So I rush back to it, take out the Cephalid Brokers, and replace them with some. So that works out fine, but then I relalize that this deck now has even LESS protection from early blitzers than in did before. I had a problem. Upon contmplation, I also had a solution. Wall of Air. What a great card, with flying, and 5 toughness, and ANY strength, and for 3 mana, what a great card. So I added some in by taking away 2 Mahamottis (which weren't really in the spirit of the deck) and 1 Mill/Grind-stone apiece.

For those of you who are just tuning in, heres the basic strategy for this deck.

Wall of Air is your defense for the early, middle, and end game phases. Ambassador Laquatous is also good for defense, but try to keep him alive (unless you have a copy sitting in your hand) so you can continuously mill your opponent. Scalpelexis attacks (defends if it HAS to) to decimate your opponents libraries, I was playing a mono red burn deck and from one attack I got 16 cards, hit a mana pocket, then two fireballs. Mahamoti just lands on the field to make your opponent rethink his oppinion of your "creatureless" deck.

Traumatize is just fun, it just is, end of story.

Counterspells and Boomerangs should be saved until they're really needed. Brainfreeze is interesting because of its Storm attribute. Try playing it at the end of one your opponents turns when the went spell happy. Or, if you have mana to burn, intentionally fizzle out a couple Counterspells and/or Boomerangs to feed it.

Mill/Grind-stones are pretty much self explanatory. Jesters cap seems like it would be, but there are some tricks to know what to look for. Counterspell-esque cards are good bets, so are control cards and anything ridiculously powerful. Also if playing against most black decks, the players playing them often don't mind being decked because they can then just Raise Dead (or the like) anything they want right into their hand. No good. So when playing against black decks, aim for those cards first.

Enjoy!

Ben Reynolds - wren_type504@yahoo.com

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