Well, I think I'll start off with the decks, and then give some explanation:

4 Dark Ritual

4 Hymn to Tourach

4 Duress

4 Carnophage

4 Dauthi Slayer

4 Dauthi Horror

4 Juzam Djinn

4 Skittering Skirge

4 Unholy Strength

4 Vicious Hunger

20 Swamp

    To me, this is definitely the front-runner of the format.  You get the

best common ever printer, Hymn To Tourach, plus Duress for some amazing

discard, explosive creatures in the form of Carnophage, Skittering Skirge,

and the shadow guys, plus Juzam, which is difficult for decks to deal with in

this format.  I predict that Vicious Hunger will be MVP in this format, due

to the lack of viable control cards, making beatdown the best deck choice. 

It allows you to just absolutely win mirror, killing a creature and putting

you ahead in the race, and versus sligh, it kills a Pup, deals 2 to them, and

you gain 2, again, putting you ahead. If I were to play in the peasant

tournament, this is definitely what I'd play.

4 Jackal Pup

4 Mogg Fanatic

4 Mogg Conscript

4 Mogg Flunky

4 Mogg Raider

4 Hulking Ogre

4 Seal of Fire

4 Lightning Bolt

4 Incinerate

4 Fireblast

20 Mountain

    This deck is definitely solid.  It doesn't lose much from not having

rares, mainly Ball Lightning and Cursed Scroll, and it definitely has the

burn that it takes to clear the path for the efficient creatures.  Jackal Pup

may be one of the best 1 drops ever, and the Moggs are also very fast and

hard-hitting, while Hulking Ogre, a card that has never really been played,

smooths out the mana curve, giving the only 3 drop in the deck.  3/3s for 3

mana are good, am I right?

    I know what a lot of you are thinking, that these decks must be the worst

rough drafts ever, as both of them are 4 of every nonland card and 20 basic

lands, but I think that consistency will be just as important as power.  If

you can get the same, powerful draw every game, by playing 4 of multiple

spells that have the same effect, you will win, plain and simple. You get the

most powerful commons from every set, so why wouldn't you want to draw them

as often as possible? 

Good luck,

John "nev" Balla

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