A deck created by Abe Sargent for Commander '95 discussed here.
"The goal of this deck is to destroy all flyers and then give
Gabriel Angelfire
flying and fly over a newly shorn flying defense. We have a variety of ways to accomplish this.
Hurricane
is the obvious example, but consider our good
Ifh-Biff Efreet
. Just put enough green mana into it to blow up all of the flyers too. (Beware someone else tossing in a bunch of mana to kill you if you're low on life.)
"Outside of those options, I have cards like
Winter Blast
to kill smaller flyers and tap all of them and
Cockatrice
and
Lure
to smash hammer a few.
Radjan Spirit
can drop a flyer to the ground to help swing. Then I have
Urza's Avenger
and
Leaping Lizard
to give flying so they can also swing for some aerial beats. I even have
Flying Carpet
to give one of my guys flying. (I still want to live the dream of sending
Colossus of Sardia
on a
Flying Carpet
.)
"Because of cards like
Hurricane
, I'm only using essential flyers like
Killer Bees
and
Serra Angel
and not running cards like
Seraph
or
Thunder Spirit
.
Yavimaya Gnats
can regenerate from damage and hold the fort. I thought about
Circle of Protection: Green
, but there wasn't enough here to care.
"After the flying folks, I looked at ground-based pounders like
Colossus of Sardia
,
Scaled Wurm
, and more. I have some decent midrange bodies to drop down—
Rashka the Slayer
can block flyers but doesn't get hurt by the flying hate, while guys like
Autumn Willow
,
Lady Caleria
,
Erhnam Djinn
, and
Shapeshifter
hold the fort.
"Because I had the
Lure
, I tossed in both
Thicket Basilisk
s (the other is the
Kjeldoran Frostbeast
). That way I can really have fun! I thought about regeneration effects like
Scarwood Hag
or
Regeneration
, but I decided to keep too many tricks away from the deck. Let's keep it simple. I'm happy to trade my
Lure
and
Thicket Basilisk
for your whole team.
"I added some obvious cards (
Swords to Plowshares
,
Wrath of God
, etc). I also added in some fun tricks of my own. I pulled out
Reverse Damage
at the last minute, but I still have room for cards like
Venomous Breath
and
Spore Cloud
. This isn't a dedicated control deck like the
Chromium
one in my first article, so it doesn't need the same cards in white (such as
Preacher
or
Witch Hunter
). So while they do share a few white cards in common, the decks would not play the same.
"The artifacts include some that I love in the format, like the Book and the Stick (
Jayemdae Tome
and
Disrupting Scepter
) and
Tawnos's Coffin
.
The Hive
is here to make blockers chump flyers until the deck comes online. I'd run
Scarecrow
if I didn't think it'd get blasted by anyone who was bothered by it (since every color would have lots of ways to take it down).
"One fun artifact I like from Homelands is not
Serrated Arrows
(although some people have gotten good results from it). I don't need too much removal, so cards like
Triskelion
, the
Serrated Arrows
, or
Roots
aren't in my deck. Instead,
Joven's Tools
is amazing. It single-handedly breaks a stalemate. That will really help against a deck like my
Chromium
deck or many others. You can make any creature unblockable over and over again. It wins games (and can do so with commander damage)."
