Recently there were some articles about Sligh decks, starting with the one from Jay Schneider about Brawler Sligh. The Sligh deck I played before Invasion looks something like this 3 Goblin Patrol
4 Kris Mage
4 Veteran Brawlers
1 Keldon Vandals
2 Keldon Champion
4 Chimeric Idol
1 Arc Lightning
3 Rhystic Lighting
3 Hammer of Bogardan
3 Shock
4 Seal of Fire
2 Pillage
4 Tangle Wire
2 Ghitu Encampment
1 Dust Bowl
4 Rishadan Port
15 Mountain
It isnīt completed and tested much, but now there is Invasion...and there a strong new enemies for our poor Sligh:
Harsh Judgement
As many controllish decks will crawl out of there holes, white will be seen quite often. And any player who plays white and expects Sligh will put Harsh Judgement in his sideboard. That hurts a lot!
Teferiīs Moat
The turn after he played Harsh Judgement, he plays Teferiīs Moat. Now Chimeric Idol must bring victory...ooops, Disenchant...
Tsaboīs Web/Teferiīs Response
Bye Ports, bye Dust Bowl. Will hurt lots of decks though
And Iīm not mentioning all the other stuff against monocolor decks.
Well, what does Red get? First, the cards that are going out of the above deck: Goblin Patrol, Keldon Vandals, Keldon Champion, Arc Lightning, Ghitu Encampment
Now, from Invasion come:
Goblin Spy
Well, just kidding, but itīs on of only two R CC creature that can attack without other creatures from other colors...
Lighning Dart
Not too bad, we should see lots of White and Blue creatures! Still not good
Overload
Substitutes Keldon Vandals. You might just take another Pillage...
Scorching Lava
Sligh still has enough burn spells, otherwise this might be useful
Skizzik
Sure take. Substitutes Keldon Champion. 2 of 'em should do!
Tectonic Instability
Powers up your Veteran Brawlers. Shuts down Ports. Yours too, but Chimeric Idol does too, so Sligh should play this when using Veteran Brawlers.
Urzaīs Rage
Maybe one main deck and some more sideboard against counter decks!? Forget about the kicker though.
This does not look too good, eh? So what if we take green in? Itīs no Sligh anymore, but well, we need two colors I think. What can we use??
Kavu Lair
Maybe I will try this one out. I have at least 6 creatures with power 4 or greater in the deck. Iīll try one in the deck?!
Kavu Titan
How cool. Small or large, this is always nice!
Scarred Puma
This is the other R CC creature. If you play with some green creatures, 2/1 for R isnīt bad, right?
Stormscape Apprentice/Master
The Apprentice is nice. The Master is HUGE! Maybe less Burn and more creatures may be nice in this deck...
Verduran Emissary
Not too bad. But there are better cards. Try it in playtest.
Artifact Mutation
This is better. It gives you green creatures for your Pumas, and destroys Tsaboīs Web. Sure take!
Fires of Yavimaya
Maybe this is worth a try too.
Overabundance
You are playing burn. Your life is worth nothing. Your opponent will not like to take one damage whenever he taps for mana.
Yavimaya Barbarian
Play this! 2/2 for GR is good, and he has Prot blue.
Shivan Oasis
Need I say more?
Well, I have no Invasion cards but from the Prerelease, but my first version of G/R Sligh will look something like this:
3 Scarred Puma
2 Yavimaya Barbarian
2 Kavu Titan
4 Veteran Brawlers
2 Skizzik
1 Thunderscape Master
3 Chimeric Idol
3 Tectonic Instability
3 Rhystic Lighting
2 Overabundance
2 Hammer of Bogardan
2 Artifact Mutation
4 Seal of Fire
2 Pillage
4 Tangle Wire
4 Shivan Oasis
2 Karplusan Forest
7 Mountain
6 Forest
4 Rishadan Port
Other cards that might prove worth playing are Meteor Storm, Tranquility (sideboard), Troll-Horn Cameo, Keldon Necropolis
Card that might prove worthless are Port and Tangle Wire.
What do you think?
__________________
---
Check out www.rings.de
Magic Online Trading League Bulletin Board
UBBFriend: Email This Page to Someone! 
posted October 02, 2000 11:22 AM
