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Peasant Affinity

Peasant Affinity

A peasant affinity deck is quite plausable, due 
to it's constant drawing of cards and assault 
power.

(5) Uncommon

4 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Talisman of Dominance

(37) Common

4 Thoughtcast
4 Override
2 Rush of Knowledge
4 Myr Enforcer
4 Frogmite
4 Mindstone
4 Pentad Prism
4 Welding Jar
3 Phyrexian Walker
4 Aether Spellbomb

(18) Land

4 Seat of the Synod
4 Tree of Tales
3 Ancient Den
3 Vault of Whispers
4 Darksteel Citadel 

Thoughtcast, Thirst, and Rush offer massive card
advantage.  You've only got 8 threats in the deck,
so you have to block wisely.  Using the Overrides
correctly can be crutial.  After you run your
opponent down, via blocks, etc, you can start
using the massive card advantage of the deck to
win with.  You want to keep an Enforcer alive so
that you can draw 7 with Rush.  You have Welding
Jars, Aether Spellbombs, and your wits to accomplish
this task.  Not only can you Rush for 5 to draw 7 
cards but you can usually play three of those 
cards right off the bat.

The deck needs a certain amount of blue to run with.
This is obtained throught the Talisman, the Prism,
and the Seat of the Synod.  You can either use
the Prism to store mana or just drop it for zero
to have another artifact out.  The Walkers are there
to achieve quicker affinity and to stay off the 
beatings for a few turns until the deck is set up.

Don't forget that you can use the Mindstone and the
Spellbomb to draw into other cards, especially when
their mana is no longer needed.  Also practice using
affinity.  Some players neglect near-god-draws because
they aren't used to playing it.  For example, turn
two play another land, a Mindstone, and a Frogmite - 
instead of paying two for Frogmite.

This is the closest Peasant magic will ever come to
the power of a T1 deck.  I've played against Stompy
and
Sligh and this deck beats both hands down (around 7/10
games against Sligh and 9/10 against Stompy).  But you

have to be willing to take some hits and understand
what your opponent has in order to prevent sacrificing
your creatures unnessarily.  Those decks to run out of

steam and a well-played Override (and Skullclamp is
very bad thing not to counter), followed by card 
drawing means a sure victory.