CardShark Content - 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 Scepter

Isochron Scepter
	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 Furnace

Great Furnace
	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 Synod

Seat of the Synod
	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-Island

Island
	Set: Oversize Cards Color: Land Type: Land Rarity: X Artist: Tony Roberts Text: T: Add U to your mana pool.

1-Chrome Mox

Chrome Mox
	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-Thirst

Thirst
	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-Rewind

Rewind
	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 Leak

Mana Leak
	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-Stifle

Stifle
	Set: Scourge Cost: 1 Color: Blue Type: Instant Rarity: R Number: 52 Artist: Dany Orizio Text: Counter target activated or triggered ability.

-keeps nasty imprints and things like Boomerang

Boomerang
	Set: Fifth Edition Cost: 2 Color: Blue Type: Instant Rarity: C Artist: Alan Rabinowitz Text: Return target permanent to owner's hand.

away
4-Boomerang

Boomerang
	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 Freeze

Brain Freeze
	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-Shock

Shock
	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 Anvil

Fists of the Anvil
	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 Engine

Nuisance Engine
	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 Blast

Shrapnel Blast
	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 Scepter

Isochron Scepter
	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 Monitor

Grid Monitor
	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 Engine

Nuisance Engine
	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 Fortunes

Tower of Fortunes
	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 Bolt

Electrostatic Bolt
	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-Annul

Annul
	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-Shatter

Shatter
	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-Pyroclasm

Pyroclasm
	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 Claws

Scrabbling Claws
	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-Boil

Boil
	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-Flashfires

Flashfires
	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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