CardShark Content - Brian Baker (3/26/2004)

Trash for Treasure

Trash for Treasure
	Set: Mirrodin Cost: 3 Color: Red Type: Sorcery Rarity: R Number: 109 Artist: Lars Grant-West Text: As an additional cost to play Trash for Treasure, sacrifice an artifact. Return target artifact card from your graveyard to play.

is going for less than a dollar. I just can’t pass up this opportunity.

For one thing, TfT is the new Tinker

Tinker
	Set: Urza's Legacy Cost: 3 Color: Blue Type: Sorcery Rarity: U Number: 45 Artist: Mike Raabe Text: At the time you play Tinker, sacrifice an artifact.Search your library for an artifact card and put that artifact into play. Shuffle your library afterward.

. No, Reshape

Reshape
	Set: Darksteel Cost: 3 Color: Blue Type: Sorcery Rarity: R Number: 31 Artist: Jon Foster Text: As an additional cost to play Reshape sacrifice an artifact. Search your library for an artifact card with converted mana cost X or less and put it into play. Then shuffle your library.

is not Tinker

Tinker
	Set: Urza's Legacy Cost: 3 Color: Blue Type: Sorcery Rarity: U Number: 45 Artist: Mike Raabe Text: At the time you play Tinker, sacrifice an artifact.Search your library for an artifact card and put that artifact into play. Shuffle your library afterward.

fixed, it’s just bad. Sorry

Sorry
	Set: Unglued Cost: 2 Color: Blue Type: Enchantment Rarity: U Number: 27 Artist: Kaja Foglio Text: Before playing any spell, if a copy of that spell card is in any graveyard, the spell's caster may say Sorry. If he or she does not, any other player may counter the spell by saying Sorry as it is cast.If any player says Sorry at any other time, Sorry deals 2 damage to that player.

if this offends anyone. I take it back- if you manage to get a huge amount of mana early on to spend on searching your deck for an artifact, go ahead. But really, why pay more?

Enter Trash. Get an artifact into your graveyard (pretty simple to do… just Wrench Mind

Wrench Mind
	Set: Mirrodin Cost: 2 Color: Black Type: Sorcery Rarity: C Number: 84 Artist: Pete Venters Text: Target player discards two cards from his or her hand unless he or she discards an artifact card from his or her hand.

yourself) on turn one or two, play another artifact, and get the one in the graveyard into play on turn three.

So what kind of artifacts do we want in the graveyard? Preferably something big and splashy, but not unplayable without TfT. Platinum Angel

Platinum Angel
	Set: Mirrodin Cost: 7 Color: Colorless Type: Artifact Creature Sub Type: Angel Rarity: R Number: 228 Artist: Brom Power: 4 Toughness: 4 Text: Flying You can't lose the game and your opponents can't win the game.

, Triskelion

Triskelion
	Set: Fourth Edition Cost: 6 Color: Colorless Type: Artifact Creature Rarity: R Artist: Douglas Shuler Power: 1 Toughness: 1 Text: When Triskelion comes into play, put three +1/+1 counters on it.0: Remove one of these counters from Triskelion to have Triskelion deal 1 damage to target creature or player.

, and Bosh all top the list. Does Gate to the Aether

Gate to the Aether
	Set: Mirrodin Cost: 6 Color: Colorless Type: Artifact Rarity: R Number: 174 Artist: Pete Venters Text: At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player reveals the top card of his or her library. If it's an artifact, creature, enchantment, or land card, the player may put it into play.

get better when it comes down earlier? Survey says, yes! Especially when it helps you pull out all of that other expensive stuff you would Trash for. Want a 7/10 monster that destroys up to five lands? Sundering Titan

Sundering Titan
	Set: Darksteel Cost: 8 Color: Colorless Type: Artifact Creature Rarity: R Number: 146 Artist: Jim Murray Power: 7 Toughness: 10 Text: When Sundering Titan comes into play, choose a land of each basic land type, then destroy those lands. When Sundering Titan leaves play, choose a land of each basic land type, then destroy those lands.

’s your man.

Everybody loves a combo, especially when it still appeals to Timmy by bringing out the deck’s big guns. Here’s a decklist:

Black (6)
Chain of Smog

Chain of Smog
	Set: Onslaught Cost: 2 Color: Black Type: Sorcery Rarity: U Number: 132 Artist: Greg Staples Text: Target player discards two cards from his or her hand. That player may copy this spell and may choose a new target for that copy.

:3
Wrench Mind

Wrench Mind
	Set: Mirrodin Cost: 2 Color: Black Type: Sorcery Rarity: C Number: 84 Artist: Pete Venters Text: Target player discards two cards from his or her hand unless he or she discards an artifact card from his or her hand.

:3

Red (12)
Trash for Treasure

Trash for Treasure
	Set: Mirrodin Cost: 3 Color: Red Type: Sorcery Rarity: R Number: 109 Artist: Lars Grant-West Text: As an additional cost to play Trash for Treasure, sacrifice an artifact. Return target artifact card from your graveyard to play.

:4
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.

: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.

:4

Artifact (20)
Platinum Angel

Platinum Angel
	Set: Mirrodin Cost: 7 Color: Colorless Type: Artifact Creature Sub Type: Angel Rarity: R Number: 228 Artist: Brom Power: 4 Toughness: 4 Text: Flying You can't lose the game and your opponents can't win the game.

:2
Bosh, Iron Golem

Bosh, Iron Golem
	Set: Mirrodin Cost: 8 Color: Colorless Type: Artifact Creature Sub Type: Golem Legend Rarity: R Number: 147 Artist: Brom Power: 6 Toughness: 7 Text: Trample 3R, Sacrifice an artifact: Bosh, Iron Golem deals damage equal to the sacrificed artifact's converted mana cost to target creature or player.

:1
Sundering Titan

Sundering Titan
	Set: Darksteel Cost: 8 Color: Colorless Type: Artifact Creature Rarity: R Number: 146 Artist: Jim Murray Power: 7 Toughness: 10 Text: When Sundering Titan comes into play, choose a land of each basic land type, then destroy those lands. When Sundering Titan leaves play, choose a land of each basic land type, then destroy those lands.

:2
Darksteel Gargoyle

Darksteel Gargoyle
	Set: Darksteel Cost: 7 Color: Colorless Type: Creature Sub Type: Gargoyle Rarity: U Number: 111 Artist: Ron Spencer Power: 3 Toughness: 3 Text: Flying. Indestructible (Destroy effects and lethal damage don't destroy it.)

:2
Gate to the Aether

Gate to the Aether
	Set: Mirrodin Cost: 6 Color: Colorless Type: Artifact Rarity: R Number: 174 Artist: Pete Venters Text: At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player reveals the top card of his or her library. If it's an artifact, creature, enchantment, or land card, the player may put it into play.

:1
Triskelion

Triskelion
	Set: Fourth Edition Cost: 6 Color: Colorless Type: Artifact Creature Rarity: R Artist: Douglas Shuler Power: 1 Toughness: 1 Text: When Triskelion comes into play, put three +1/+1 counters on it.0: Remove one of these counters from Triskelion to have Triskelion deal 1 damage to target creature or player.

:2
Welding Jar

Welding Jar
	Set: Mirrodin Color: Colorless Type: Artifact Rarity: C Number: 274 Artist: Mark Brill Text: Sacrifice Welding Jar: Regenerate target artifact.

:4
Talisman of Indulgence

Talisman of Indulgence
	Set: Mirrodin Cost: 2 Color: Colorless Type: Artifact Rarity: U Number: 255 Artist: Mike Dringenberg Text: T: Add 1 to your mana pool. T: Add B or R to your mana pool. Talisman of Indulgence deals 1 damage to you.

:4
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.

:2

Obviously, there’s not a lot of subtlety here. Get an artifact- hopefully a big basher- into your graveyard, then raise it with TfT. A turn-three 7/10 land-nuking machine is going to end a lot of games quickly, especially when backed by shrapnel blast.

Welding Jar

Welding Jar
	Set: Mirrodin Color: Colorless Type: Artifact Rarity: C Number: 274 Artist: Mark Brill Text: Sacrifice Welding Jar: Regenerate target artifact.

s, Talismans, and Moxes are here as sacrifices. The mana acceleration is great, but unnecessary rather quickly.

I love shock. It kills all sorts of small-but-important creatures, it thins ranks of weenies, and it can bring an end to a close game, all for one mana.

If you’re worried about games going on long, or if you think you need more firepower, try fireball as a closer. Also, select the artifacts to be Treasured to your own taste. If you really dig bringing out an early Timesifter

Timesifter

Set: Mirrodin Cost: 5 Color: Colorless Type: Artifact Rarity: R Number: 262 Artist: Dany Orizio Text: At the beginning of each player's upkeep, each player removes the top card of his or her library from the game. The player who removed the card with the highest converted mana cost takes an extra turn after this one. If two or more players' cards are tied for highest cost, the tied players repeat this process until the tie is broken.

, so be it. Another candidate that I didn’t use due to a low creature count is Darksteel Forge

Darksteel Forge
	Set: Darksteel Cost: 9 Color: Colorless Type: Artifact Rarity: R Number: 110 Artist: Martina Pilcenova Text: Artifacts you control are indestructible. (Destroy effects and lethal damage don't destroy them.)

, but the thing costs 9 mana for a reason. Feel free to use and abuse the Forge in whatever sick way you want.

This deck can be genuinely fun to play, since there’s no telling what kind of crazy things you can pull out with Trash. Don’t dismiss the tournament potential here either. A closer on turn three should be more than a single opponent can handle.

Whatever your taste, whatever your playing style, I hope that you enjoyed this trip into an offbeat, if not downright wacky, rogue deck. Until next time, have fun pitching huge stuff and bringing it right back!

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