Subject: Walls are creatures
too. (type 2) Paul Oxford
I've always thought walls were underrated. Where
else can you get a 3/3 creature for 1 red? Or for that matter a 3/5 flying
for 3c and 1 white? Walls.
But walls are
really useless aren't they? They can't do much but block. And for the bigger
ones it's kind of pointless to have a wall out there when you could be getting a
creature out that can actually do damage to your opponent. Most people dismiss
them and either work around them or do some sort of creature control on them
later on after they have built up their army of creatures ready for attack or
just sit back and giggle while they pound you with direct damage that normally
would go to a creature that might be a pain in their side, all the while
thinking what an idiot you are for using walls in your deck. That's about when
you make them cry.
I've found a lot of cards in 8th that I think are
really cool but normally wouldn't use them because either the cost is too high
or well... the cost is too high. I've always wanted to make a really good
artifact deck too. But there weren't really enough of them in type 2 to make a
really good deck (Until Mirrodin comes out anyway) so I combined things as
filler for this fun deck that will definitely cause your opponent to wonder what
the hell is going on.
Walls are creatures too
4 X City of Brass
4 X Mountain
4 X Plains
3 X Urza's Mine
3 X Urza's Power Plant
3 X Urza's Tower
20 Land
CREATURES
4 X Cinder Wall (3/3 can't block for 1 Red)
4 X Wall of Swords (3/5 Flying)
2 X Wall of Spears (2/3 First Strike)
2 X Wall of Stone (0/8 for 1c and 2R)
1 X Crude Rampart (4/5 for 3c and 1W with morph)
2 X Rukh Egg (I love this card. Great for people who like wrath of
god)
2 X Brass Herald (2/2 for 6C High casting cost but it will give all of your
walls +1/+1 and cycle your library)
17 Creatures
SPELLS
4 X Rolling Stones (Makes it so all your walls can attack.)
2 X Ivory Mask (Stops direct damage to you)
2 X Glorious Anthem (Gives all your walls +1/+1)
2 X Skull of Orm ( Just in case people are naturalize happy)
1 X Planar Portal (A 6C Diabolic Tutor. Expensive but I wanted to try it
out to see how well it works.)
1 X Sigil of the new Dawn (if any of your walls go down pay 1c and 1W
to bring em back to your hand)
1 X Defense Grid (I love this card. Slows down the blue.)
1 X Searing Wind (I figure if I'm using the urza land Why not?)
2 X Animal Bone yard (Makes any of your land into a diamond valley- Wall of
stone anyone?)
2 X Peach Garden Oath (I like this card but didn't want to make a soldier
deck- so I threw em in)
1 X Jayemdae Tome (Extra card draw is good- with urzatron out it's even
better)
2 X Pyroclasm (Get's rid of anyone's birds or annoying 1/1 creatures that
can't be the target of spells)
1 X Decree of justice (Another card I really wanted to play but just costs
too much- unless you have....)
1 X Mirari's Wake (A Gauntlet of might enchantment for any color- GREAT
CARD- but expensive and I'm not rich)
23 Spells
60 Cards total
Ok- now I know I don't need all of those cards in there and I could just as
easily thrown in more walls (The crude rampart for one) and direct damage-
gotten rid of the urza land and many of the support cards- but like I said- I
wanted to make a deck where I could use a few of the cards that would usually
never see the light of day in a standard deck and see if they would work. They
do.
Planar Portal is just great when you have Urzatron
out. Need a pyroclasm? No problem! But again- I wouldn't use it in any other
deck except an all artifact deck and I have to wait for Mirrodin for that.
Searing wind? Without the urza land- no way. Too
much of a risk to be countered and costs too much- but if the cards come up
right you could lay it out on turn 5 and that just isn't right.
The best thing about this deck is laying down a
wall the first few turns and then a Rukh Egg... your opponent will instantly
turn their attention to the Rukh... and when you drop a Rolling Stones the next
turn and attack for 12 pts of damage or so they will get flustered. Also Shock
won't get rid of the walls- neither will most of the type 2 direct damage stuff.
Wrath of God will- but Most opponents won't waste it on a wall unless it starts
to hurt them- but by then it's pretty much too late, and if you have an egg out-
the next turn it's a 4/4 flyer.
Mirari's Wake/Decree of Justice combo is good.
Hell it's great- I basically threw it in there as a back up. In case someone
started to counter everything. If you get the urza land out- and three other
land you can put out 3 4/4 flyers...Not a bad back up plan....
Until next time- probably a mirrodin deck
next...
Paul