KrazyCaley's Deckbuilders' Challenge- Sadism

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KrazyCaley

12 April 2010

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Hello again, deckbuilders. After a tiny hiatus, I'm back with you. And I'd like to share something with you. It's my deepest, darkest Magical secret. What is it?

I'm a griefer. Deep down, one of the main ways I get enjoyment out of the game is revelling in the suffering of my enemies. This probably explains why I love control decks, and in particular BLUE control decks, so very much. When my opponents aren't having any fun, I totally am.

Now, granted, this isn't a good way to play Magic, at least not with great frequency. We griefers have to learn to play nice and build decks that are fun to play against, or no one will be our Magic friends. But deep down we still long to use THAT deck. You know, the one where you bring it out and your friends say "THAT deck? Really?"

For me, "that" deck is Cyanosis. It's just....well....I basically DESIGNED it specifically to inflict suffering. I mean, most control decks like to finish you off as quickly as possible once they achieve their win condition. I deliberately filled the deck with nothing but counterspells and a painfully slow win condition- Field of Dreams plus Millstone for some good old-fashioned painful lockdown that will take forever to win with while your opponent's will to live slowly drains away. I recently added Jace, the Mind Sculptor after I acquired a couple in an attempt to be MERCIFUL with the deck. I wasn't sure if I wanted to add it because I thought that would be too easy on my opponents.

My challenge to you this week is to emulate my sadism and build a deck. Here are the rules.

1- Your deck must be legacy-legal.

2- Your deck must achieve victory via some path that is likely to make your opponent wish they had never agreed to play you, and make them vow internally never to play you with that deck again. In other words, the deck must be as unfun to play against as possible.

3- Your deck may NOT accomplish goal 2 by creating some kind of stall tactic that can be maintained indefinitely (and I mean REALLY indefinitely- it's ok if your idea takes a LONG TIME to execute, just not if it takes as arbitrarily long as you want it to. In other words, no infinite loops, and nothing that looks suspiciously like an infinite loop).

4- Shahrazad is to suffering what Skullclamp was to winning in Mirrodin standard before they banned it; any deck that REALLY aims to make its opponents suffer has to have 4x Shahrazad. Therefore, Shahrazad is banned because it is broken in this suffering-based format. For similar reasons, Isochron Scepter is also banned. It's too easy and obvious, making your opponents suffer using these cards.

5- You WILL be graded on the KrazyCaley Big Three grading criteria- Effectiveness, Theme Adhesion, and Creativity. Worthy of special note in this installment is Effectiveness- your deck has to inflict sadism, but you WILL have moving targets and your opponents WILL be fighting back. Your decks will have to show their opponents that resistance is futile and that life is suffering.

6- You may submit a maximum of three decks; please do so by posting proper links in double square brackets to your deck on Tappedout. If you don't know how to do that, it's easy- just surround your deck name with double square brackets on either side. You can do the same thing to link to usernames and card names. I will consider only the last three decks you submit in the comments, unless you tell me to consider a different three decks.

7- Deadline will be the end of Wednesday, April 21, as measured by Pacific Daylight Time.

Good luck, and bonus points to you if you thought "Shahrazad on an Isochron Scepter" before I banned 'em/realized that sadly, Shahrazad is not an instant.

yankeedave says... #1

Ok, here's my first deck ( and what appears to be the first entry! Old Skool Lockdown!

you-can't-tap-that(http://www.tappedout.net/mtg-decks/you-cant-tap-that/)

April 12, 2010 7:59 a.m.

squire1 says... #2

entry number 1 mishra's power barbs

April 12, 2010 8:27 a.m.

Siegfried says... #3

Shahrazad on Panoptic Mirror with X amount of Paradox Haze s on the field. Even one Haze would be a drag.

April 12, 2010 9:23 a.m.

Darkness1835 says... #4

April 12, 2010 9:50 a.m.

jjmacgrinch66 says... #5

April 12, 2010 10:07 a.m.

mrenglish says... #6

In reference to rule #3, do you mean infinite loop like Isochron Scepter and card:Orim's Chant, or loop like combo?

Because I'm thinking Mystic Decree and Island Sanctuary . While I can do it every turn, its possible to turn it off.

And my first deck, holy--prevented- (http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/holy-prevented-/)

April 12, 2010 10:13 a.m.

yankeedave says... #7

My second deck - everyone hates LD!

Stop That (http://www.tappedout.net/mtg-decks/stop-that/)

April 12, 2010 10:21 a.m.

quiller says... #8

Gwafa King of Stasis heres my first entry

April 12, 2010 10:28 a.m.

jjmacgrinch66 says... #9

April 12, 2010 10:28 a.m.

quiller says... #10

I'm Not Dead Yet got my second one made

April 12, 2010 10:37 a.m.

MagnorCriol says... #11

Oho, I think I might actually be able to do this. I've been mentally tinking around with an idea right up this alley for a while now.

April 12, 2010 11:57 a.m.

squire1 says... #12

actually take out the mana barbs deck for me

April 12, 2010 3:19 p.m.

jinguardium says... #13

April 12, 2010 3:44 p.m.

KrazyCaley says... #14

@MrEnglish

I wouldn't really consider that an infinite loop; creatures just can't attack you. Infinite loop would be more like yes, card:Orim's Chant + Isochron Scepter .

-C

April 12, 2010 4:45 p.m.

honeymomo says... #15

My 1st entry:

leather-studded-kiss-in-the-sand

April 12, 2010 4:53 p.m.

Iezzo says... #16

I'll give it a go.

Odd Ball

Fast enough to work, slow enough to make your opponent get up and make a sandwich... true story.

April 12, 2010 4:59 p.m.

zimek22 says... #17

My entry whirlpool-of-pain

being denied the land you have in play as well as the land in your library must be extremely frustrating

April 12, 2010 5:33 p.m.

sporkife says... #18

This is begging for an card:Ashnod's Coupon + r&d's-secret-lair + Academy Ruins deck. Sadly, two of those aren't Legacy legal.

Ain't you looking cheerful today.

April 12, 2010 7:24 p.m.

Anovarius says... #19

Entering this deck Bleh

April 12, 2010 8:08 p.m.

squire1 says... #20

April 12, 2010 8:45 p.m.

Zanven says... #21

1st entry : Ling Chi.

April 13, 2010 12:56 a.m.

Zanven says... #22

2nd entry : Hnnnnghhh.

April 13, 2010 1:25 a.m.
April 13, 2010 1:26 a.m.

http://www.tappedout.net/mtg-decks/land-destruction-3/

April 13, 2010 1:27 a.m.

swear I put brackets around both attempts...

April 13, 2010 1:27 a.m.

Zanven says... #26

3rd entry : i'm-not-stalling,-it's-a-legitimate-tactic.

zero, you need to put [ [ ] ] around the name of your deck and it'll auto link it for you. No spaces between the brackets though, or either side of your text though.

April 13, 2010 1:43 a.m.

l0ki says... #27

First entry: Landstill

April 13, 2010 2:32 a.m.

SirNips says... #28

u/w-painful-control will be my only entry.

April 13, 2010 2:50 a.m.

acewilliams says... #29

April 13, 2010 5 a.m.

acewilliams says... #30

April 13, 2010 5:54 a.m.

acewilliams says... #31

April 13, 2010 6:24 a.m.

TAMA says... #32

welcome-to-highlander.

April 13, 2010 7:43 a.m.

Ignus says... #33

A Watery Prison, it's a bitch of a deck to play against

April 13, 2010 10:44 a.m.

notsoodtom says... #34

April 13, 2010 11:07 a.m.

notsoodtom says... #35

Deleted the deck needs some work.

April 13, 2010 12:16 p.m.

Brute108 says... #36

I'm sure this guy is a little slow to play, but its fun when it gets rolling.

Anger leads to hate...

April 13, 2010 2:41 p.m.

notsoodtom says... #37

My trial at a U/G control for the sadism challenge..

doubling-reactor

April 13, 2010 3:59 p.m.

Darkness1835 says... #38

lockdown-counter. Enjoy.

April 13, 2010 8:07 p.m.

Darkness1835 says... #39

WAIT! better name. Counter Lock.

April 13, 2010 8:07 p.m.

eze01 says... #40

Nothing like what I've seen so far so here is my entry. We're on Fire

April 14, 2010 1:46 a.m.

it's-only-a-matter-of-time...counters

April 14, 2010 8:35 a.m.
April 14, 2010 8:44 a.m.

Xander574 says... #43

why not bazar-control(http://www.tappedout.net/mtg-decks/bazar-control/)

April 14, 2010 4:49 p.m.

NoWai says... #44

Sorry new to site not sure how to link the deck... Anyway its called, Sadly Magic Cards are to thick to cut wrists

April 15, 2010 2:49 a.m.

NoWai says... #45

Ahhh Supposed to have Brackets [Sadly Magic Cards are to thick to cut wrists]

April 15, 2010 2:56 a.m.

NoWai says... #46

Never mind i cant do anything right lol >.>

April 15, 2010 2:57 a.m.

NoWai says... #47

April 15, 2010 3 a.m.

Ben9Breaker says... #48

deck entry number 1 The Pinnacle of Annoyance

April 15, 2010 10:08 a.m.

jokercrow says... #49

I love this challenge so much !!! It reminds me all those years I've been playing magic with my friends. For the last (and only one) challenge I've been playing, I made two decks on the spot especially for the challenge. But this time, no need to rush. I already have this deck and I experience the feeling, asked for the challenged, more than once ! So here it is. : )

May I ?

April 15, 2010 3:33 p.m.

jokercrow says... #50

And then, I also made that deck, but this one, just for the challenge: whatever--you-do...

April 15, 2010 5:37 p.m.

jredelstein says... #51

April 15, 2010 8:23 p.m.

palmer165 says... #52

I love this challenge! You're all very evil. It makes me feel at home. I also hope to make one or two of these decks to see how my regular group handles them.

Here's my 1st entry: walls-of-agony

April 15, 2010 9:03 p.m.

I_Call_BS says... #53

April 15, 2010 9:15 p.m.

Dr. McMeen says... #54

Good Grief!

My 1st entry. Hopefully provides something unique =)

April 15, 2010 10:24 p.m.

Dr. McMeen says... #55

April 16, 2010 2:42 p.m.

varenneoraven says... #56

April 17, 2010 1:11 p.m.

kram130 says... #57

well i dont know if im too late for this one, but heres my attempt! Quantum Leap

April 18, 2010 6:09 a.m.

kram130 says... #58

somebody please help me with a question i have, what makes a deck legacy-legal? what pre-requisites does it have?

April 18, 2010 6:28 a.m.

quiller says... #59

Defenders of the Eldrazi i enjoy it when i dont take damage

April 18, 2010 8:26 p.m.

palmer165 says... #60

Entry #2: Gimme That!

"That's a great card, mind if i use it?"

April 19, 2010 10:28 a.m.

mrenglish says... #61

grief (http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/grief/) is my second choice, a focus on LD. Instead of stopping things from happening, just keep them from being possible in the first place!

April 19, 2010 2:57 p.m.

mrenglish says... #62

Kram130, Legacy legal decks consist of all sets, and the only cards that are not allowed are a limited set of banned and restricted (banned being you cannot play them, restricted means that you cannot play more than 1).

The official magic website has a banned-restricted list for all formats, including Legacy, so you may want to check it out.

April 19, 2010 3:01 p.m.

mrenglish says... #63

And my final addition, Defense of the Walls

April 19, 2010 3:12 p.m.

KrazyCaley says... #64

Two days left, folks.

April 20, 2010 12:27 a.m.

TAMA says... #65

what-if...-storm because like with Cascade Storm happens even if you counter it.

and

razorblade-boomerang-win for tlols.

April 20, 2010 5:53 a.m.

Let's see if standard can hold up against legacy (for lolz)

Locked Down & Out

April 21, 2010 3:32 a.m.

First entry-- Challenge Deck-Sadism

April 21, 2010 8:21 p.m.

I_Call_BS says... #69

merfolk are...fun. so why not? Merfolk

April 21, 2010 10:57 p.m.

KrazyCaley says... #70

Time's up. Since Elesdee has gone AWOL, I'll be grading the last challenge along with this one. It WILL take me a while; please be patient.

April 22, 2010 3:13 a.m.

squire1 says... #71

Thanks for grading that last challenge KC

April 22, 2010 8:17 a.m.

jerot says... #72

Alas I was too late in finding this wonderful site to enter.... If you want to see unfun, you should of watched me play a friend with my eldrazi deck VS his mill deck...

Roll 24 you say? 1..2..3..4..Kozilek (shuffle graveyard into library)...5..6..7..8.. Emrakul (shuffle again) ...9... Kozilek again! (kill me now...)

April 27, 2010 10:28 p.m.

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