CardShark Content - jab238 (1/22/2004)

Hi! I have just returned from the Junior Super Series. There I was playing my affinity deck which wound up going 2-4. However, my match ups were against 5 white decks and 4 of those had vengeance in them. Anyway my friends who were playing MBC and U/W control versed in round one and two against orb. This deck was surprisingly effective against them. U/W control stood no chance especially because ob hit turn three after playing a turn two scepter with a brain freeze imprinted. He lost two games to none. When the friend who played MBC went up against him in the second round we thought he would win because in the first round he had crushed U/W control and this deck was also U/W. Although game 1 he had lost to the orb deck game two he had landed culling scales which killed out the scepter and the orb. Eventually he overpowered him and won game 2. Game three was horrible though. Turn two the opponent landed a scepter boomerang. After they wee having about three boring turns in a row with bouncing the land. The opponent finally drew another boomerang. He bounced both lands and then he had folded. The deck had then gone on to win JSS. Anyway I did not get a decklist from the guy but hear is my version of it.


4 Mesmeric Orb

Mesmeric Orb
	Set: Mirrodin Cost: 2 Color: Colorless Type: Artifact Rarity: R Number: 204 Artist: David Martin Text: Whenever a permanent becomes untapped, that permanent's controller puts the top card of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

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.

4 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

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.

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.

4 Wrath of God

Wrath of God
	Set: Revised Edition Cost: 4 Color: White Type: Sorcery Rarity: R Artist: Quinton Hoover Text: All creatures in play are buried.

2 Story Circle

Story Circle
	Set: Mercadian Masques Cost: 3 Color: White Type: Enchantment Rarity: U Number: 51 Artist: Bradley Williams Text: As Story Circle comes into play, choose a color.W: The next time a source of your choice of the chosen color would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.

4 Aether Spellbomb

Aether Spellbomb
	Set: Mirrodin Cost: 1 Color: Colorless Type: Artifact Rarity: C Number: 141 Artist: Jim Nelson Text: U, Sacrifice Aether Spellbomb: Return target creature to its owner's hand. 1, Sacrifice Aether Spellbomb: Draw a card.

2 Stifle

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

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.

4 Stalking Stones

Stalking Stones
	Set: Tempest Color: Land Type: Land Rarity: U Artist: Stephen Daniele Text: T: Add one colorless mana to your mana pool.6: Stalking Stones becomes a 3/3 artifact creature permanently. (This creature still counts as a land.)

4 Coastal Tower

Coastal Tower
	Set: Invasion Color: Land Type: Land Rarity: U Number: 321 Artist: Don Hazeltine Text: Coastal Tower comes into play tapped.T: Add W or U to your mana pool.

8 Island

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

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8 Plains

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

Breakdown-


Mesmeric Orb

Mesmeric Orb
	Set: Mirrodin Cost: 2 Color: Colorless Type: Artifact Rarity: R Number: 204 Artist: David Martin Text: Whenever a permanent becomes untapped, that permanent's controller puts the top card of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

-Drop on turn 1 with a mox or turn two or turn three. Or another strategy that would be used is wait for them to tap a lot of mana counter what they play and then drop the orb.
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.

- Put a boomerang, mana leak, brain freeze, or stifle on this baby and the game is usually yours.
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

- For obvious reasons but try not to hardcast it without a scepter unless at least two spells were already played.
Boomerang

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

- This card on scepter is pretty unbeatable on turn two if you go first.
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.

- This card is played just to stop their main spells or land it on scepter and just counter everything.
Wrath of God

Wrath of God
	Set: Revised Edition Cost: 4 Color: White Type: Sorcery Rarity: R Artist: Quinton Hoover Text: All creatures in play are buried.

- Just for back up and also if you need to you can play it for no reason and then freeze them.
Story Circle

Story Circle
	Set: Mercadian Masques Cost: 3 Color: White Type: Enchantment Rarity: U Number: 51 Artist: Bradley Williams Text: As Story Circle comes into play, choose a color.W: The next time a source of your choice of the chosen color would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.

- Also for backup against any color deck. This is a separate win condition because some decks can’t get around it.
Aether spellbomb- For early bouncing and card drawing to get the cards you need
Stifle

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

- Helps out with some cards like Siege Gang and Decree of justice.
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.

- Just for the early lands and maybe a turn one scepter or orb.
Stalking Stones

Stalking Stones
	Set: Tempest Color: Land Type: Land Rarity: U Artist: Stephen Daniele Text: T: Add one colorless mana to your mana pool.6: Stalking Stones becomes a 3/3 artifact creature permanently. (This creature still counts as a land.)

- For blockers and another win condition.


There will most likely be some more changes to this deck including a sideboard which I have not been able to come up with yet. Most people won’t give this deck a chance but it is surprisingly good.

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