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Aubrey Horn
(12/24/2003)
During the first month of the Mirrodon release I was disgusted at the
massive ammounts of artifacts; ´´...unless you discard an artifact.´´ and
´´Sacrafice an Artifact...´´. Little catch phrases like that bugged the heck
out of me until I actually sat down and realized the dumbfounding potential
in the actual set.
Within the past week or two, I have bought a pack here and a tournament pack
there but I was completely shocked at one of the packs I got. A foil Grid
Monitor and an Isochron ScepterIsochron Scepter
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 | Set: Mirrodin Cost: 2 Color: Colorless Type: Artifact Rarity: U Number: 188 Artist: Mark Harrison Text: Imprint - When Isochron Scepter comes into play, you may remove an instant card with converted mana cost 2 or less in your hand from the game. (The removed card is imprinted on this artifact.) 2, T: You may copy the imprinted instant card and play the copy without paying its mana cost. |
. Seeing this pack just made my brain run
like mad thinking of the possibilties. So I descided to make a Scepter based
deck that will win Friday Night Magic and a tourni or two.
I thought a deck with a few Scepters and a moderate 28 instants(21 of those
being imprintable) would flow nicley. So on to the decklist!
Mana(20)
4-Great FurnaceGreat Furnace
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 | Set: Mirrodin Color: Land Type: Artifact Land Rarity: C Number: 282 Artist: Rob Alexander Text: (Great Furnace isn't a spell.) T: Add R to your mana pool. |
5-Moutain
4-Seat of the SynodSeat of the Synod
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 | Set: Mirrodin Color: Land Type: Artifact Land Rarity: C Number: 283 Artist: John Avon Text: (Seat of the Synod isn't a spell.) T: Add U to your mana pool. |
6-IslandIsland
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 | Set: Oversize Cards Color: Land Type: Land Rarity: X Artist: Tony Roberts Text: T: Add U to your mana pool. |
1-Chrome MoxChrome Mox
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 | Set: Mirrodin Color: Colorless Type: Artifact Rarity: R Number: 152 Artist: Donato Giancola Text: Imprint - When Chrome Mox comes into play, you may remove a nonartifact, nonland card in your hand from the game. (The removed card is imprinted on this artifact.) T: Add one mana of any of the imprinted card's colors to your mana pool. |
(only one because of the lack of things to get rid of)
Instants(28/21 imprintable on Scepter)
Blue-(19)
3-ThirstThirst
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 | Set: Mirage Cost: 3 Color: Blue Type: Enchant Creature Rarity: C Artist: Roger Raupp Text: When Thirst comes into play, tap enchanted creature.During your upkeep, pay U or bury Thirst.Enchanted creature does not untap during its controller's untap phase. |
IGZvciBLbm93bGVkZ2U=-good card drawing
4-RewindRewind
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 | Set: Urza's Saga Cost: 4 Color: Blue Type: Instant Rarity: C Number: 93 Artist: Carl Critchlow Text: Counter target spell. Untap up to four lands. |
-decent counter of 0 cost when the mana is open
4-Mana LeakMana Leak
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 | Set: Stronghold Cost: 2 Color: Blue Type: Instant Rarity: C Number: 36 Artist: Christopher Rush Text: Counter target spell unless its caster pays an additional 3. |
-when on a stick, delays plans for opponet by 3 turns
1-StifleStifle
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 | Set: Scourge Cost: 1 Color: Blue Type: Instant Rarity: R Number: 52 Artist: Dany Orizio Text: Counter target activated or triggered ability.
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-keeps nasty imprints and things like BoomerangBoomerang
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 | Set: Fifth Edition Cost: 2 Color: Blue Type: Instant Rarity: C Artist: Alan Rabinowitz Text: Return target permanent to owner's hand. |
away
4-BoomerangBoomerang
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 | Set: Fifth Edition Cost: 2 Color: Blue Type: Instant Rarity: C Artist: Alan Rabinowitz Text: Return target permanent to owner's hand. |
-turn 1 on a stick, opponet folds
3-Brain FreezeBrain Freeze
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 | Set: Scourge Cost: 2 Color: Blue Type: Instant Rarity: U Number: 29 Text: Target player puts the top three cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard. Storm |
-secondary win condidion
Red-(9)
4-ShockShock
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 | Set: Classic Sixth Edition Cost: 1 Color: Red Type: Instant Rarity: C Number: 206 Artist: Randy Gallegos Text: Shock deals 2 damage to target creature or player. |
-keep goblins of your back and other small creatures. No creatures,
shock your opponet
3-Fists of the AnvilFists of the Anvil
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 | Set: Mirrodin Cost: 2 Color: Red Type: Instant Rarity: C Number: 91 Artist: Pete Venters Text: Target creature gets +4/+0 until end of turn. |
-nice on a stick when Nuisance EngineNuisance Engine
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 | Set: Mirrodin Cost: 3 Color: Colorless Type: Artifact Rarity: U Number: 221 Artist: Stephen Tappin Text: 2, T: Put a 0/1 Pest artifact creature token into play. |
is out
2-Shrapnel BlastShrapnel Blast
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 | Set: Mirrodin Cost: 2 Color: Red Type: Instant Rarity: U Number: 106 Artist: Dave Dorman Text: As an additional cost to play Shrapnel Blast, sacrifice an artifact. Shrapnel Blast deals 5 damage to target creature or player. |
-beautiful on a stick, 5 damage up front
Artifacts(12)
4-Isochron ScepterIsochron Scepter
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 | Set: Mirrodin Cost: 2 Color: Colorless Type: Artifact Rarity: U Number: 188 Artist: Mark Harrison Text: Imprint - When Isochron Scepter comes into play, you may remove an instant card with converted mana cost 2 or less in your hand from the game. (The removed card is imprinted on this artifact.) 2, T: You may copy the imprinted instant card and play the copy without paying its mana cost. |
-the deck basis
4-Grid MonitorGrid Monitor
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 | Set: Mirrodin Cost: 4 Color: Colorless Type: Artifact Creature Rarity: R Number: 183 Artist: Arnie Swekel Text: You can't play creature spells. |
-win condition(one of them anyway)
3-Nuisance EngineNuisance Engine
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 | Set: Mirrodin Cost: 3 Color: Colorless Type: Artifact Rarity: U Number: 221 Artist: Stephen Tappin Text: 2, T: Put a 0/1 Pest artifact creature token into play. |
-chump blockers, shrapnel blasters, fists of the
anvilers,etc..
1-Tower of FortunesTower of Fortunes
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 | Set: Mirrodin Cost: 4 Color: Colorless Type: Artifact Rarity: R Number: 267 Artist: Matt Cavotta Text: 8, T: Draw four cards. |
-excelent card drawer for late game finishings
A strong sideboard-(15)
2-Electrostatic BoltElectrostatic Bolt
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 | Set: Mirrodin Cost: 1 Color: Red Type: Instant Rarity: C Number: 89 Artist: Randy Gallegos Text: Electrostatic Bolt deals 2 damage to target creature. If it's an artifact creature, Electrostatic Bolt deals 4 damage to it instead. |
-Artifact/affinity
3-AnnulAnnul
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 | Set: Urza's Saga Cost: 1 Color: Blue Type: Instant Rarity: C Number: 59 Artist: Greg Simanson Text: Counter target artifact or enchantment spell. |
-1st turn counter
3-ShatterShatter
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 | Set: Revised Edition Cost: 2 Color: Red Type: Instant Rarity: C Artist: Amy Weber Text: Shatter destroys target artifact. |
-whatever gets past the heap of counters
1-PyroclasmPyroclasm
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 | Set: Ice Age Cost: 2 Color: Red Type: Sorcery Rarity: U Artist: Pat Morrissey Text: Pyroclasm deals 2 damage to each creature. |
-gets rid of goblins
2-Scrabbling ClawsScrabbling Claws
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 | Set: Mirrodin Cost: 1 Color: Colorless Type: Artifact Rarity: U Number: 237 Artist: Thomas M. Baxa Text: T: Target player removes a card in his or her graveyard from the game. 1, Sacrifice Scrabbling Claws: Remove target card in a graveyard from the game. Draw a card. |
-no goblin/bidding
2-BoilBoil
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 | Set: Classic Sixth Edition Cost: 4 Color: Red Type: Instant Rarity: U Number: 169 Artist: Jason Alexander Behnke Text: Destroy all islands. |
-dosen't hurt badly all you normaly have to pay is colorless
2-FlashfiresFlashfires
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 | Set: Revised Edition Cost: 4 Color: Red Type: Sorcery Rarity: U Artist: Dameon Willich Text: All plains in play are destroyed. |
-in combo with boil, it nocks down those annoying U/W control
Even though this deck is very solid, do not by any means keep it the same at all costs.
Thanks for reading and have happy holidays!
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