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Pros-Bloom by Mike Long, 1997

Standard*

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Land (25)

Enchantment (8)

Instant (13)

Sorcery (14)

Sideboard

Creature (2)

Enchantment (7)

Instant (5)

Sorcery (1)

Taken from Patrick Chapins Innovations - A History of the Best Decks from the First 17 Years of Magic for StarCityGames.com

"Mike Long was one of the true early greats in Magic not only in playing ability but also with regards to deck building. While he was far from the only player to play Pros-Bloom in Paris that year he did have the best version and took home the trophy.

While combo decks have always existed in Magic Pros-Bloom was the first true combo deck of the modern era. Rather than just being a collection of restricted cards that resulted in enough mana and cards to kill someone on turn 1 (as had existed in Type 1 from time to time) Pros-Bloom used combinations like Infernal Contract/Prosperity + Cadaverous Bloom and Natural Balance + Squandered Resources to trade cards for mana and mana for cards until the Pros-Bloom player had drawn their whole library at which point a lethal Drain Life would finish the job.

Pros-Bloom is one of the most important decks of all time as it marked the beginning of a new era of deck construction. No longer would Magic be viewed from just the Offensive-Defensive paradigm. From this day forward Aggro Control and Combo would always be considered. Before Pros-Bloom cards like Squandered Resources would be laughed at. From this day forward every bad engine card would be reviewed by many looking for new and powerful ways to combine cards to win outside of the traditional model of playing creatures and supporting them with spells."

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