The White Superhero, the Green Enforcer and the Black Butler
By Isaac Tong
Tournament date: Friday August 16, 2002
Number of people: 15
Location: Comic Warehouse, Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Format: Type II

Wow...it's been over a year since I wrote a Type II report but the 
experimental decks I made up were total crap and I didn't have enough cards 
to build the new hot decks in the current standard format. Anyways...since 
white and green were getting more support from Judgment, I've decided to try 
my hand at those colours. The only reason I tossed in black was for a bit of 
creature destruction, a few resurrection spells and Spiritmonger.

Land

8 Forest
8 Plains
2 Swamp
2 Nantuko Monastery
1 Elfhame Palace
1 Sungrass Prairie
1 City of Brass

Green Spells and Creatures

2 Birds of Paradise
4 Llanowar Elves
1 Werebear
1 Call of the Herd
1 Elephant Guide
1 Phantom Nantuko
2 Phantom Tiger
2 Creeping Mold
2 Forcemage Advocate
1 Kavu Titan

White Spells and Creatures

2 Serra Angel
2 Chastise
2 Phantom Nomad
1 Nomad Mythmaker
2 Disenchant
1 Wrath of God
1 Orim's Chant
2 Prismatic Strands
2 Floating Shield
1 Wayward Angel

Black Spells

1 Chainer's Edict
1 Innocent Blood
1 Zombify

Multicoloured Spells and Creatures

1 Spiritmonger
2 Armadillo Cloak

Artifacts

1 Grafted Skullcap
2 Steamclaw

Sideboard

1 Basking Rootwalla
3 Strength of Lunacy
1 Strength of Isolation
1 Possessed Nomad
1 Aura Shards
1 Glory
4 Cagemail
1 Anurid Scavenger
1 Stitch Together
1 Laquatus's Champion

I knew that this can do better than the other deck I played in the last 
tournament. If I wasn't so sure, I would have went with my remodified 
Machine Head deck but with all the Madness decks out there, I had to pass. 
Not to mention that it didn't have enchantment kill which meant that if I 
was facing Opposition or Solitary Confinement decks, then I should just 
scoop immediately.

Round 1 - Isaac Tong VS Robert Frac

This guy had the ideal white and green deck. Anurid Brushhopper, Phantom 
Centaur, Call of the Herd...then all he did was pitch Glory and instantly, 
his creatures gained the protection of the colour of his choice. Even though 
I had Steamclaw out, it was enough to do me in for game 1 and game 2 was 
pretty much the same thing except he hit me for 20 all at once after 
building a massive army. I think he had only one card in his hand at that 
time so had I drawn a Wrath...oh, well.

Rounds 0-1		Games 0-2

Round 2 - Isaac Tong VS Jon Corbett

He used a Zombie deck...that's all I can say. Every single creature was a 
Zombie except for one Faceless Butcher that never came out to play (he told 
me he had one). And to top it off, almost all of his cards came from 
Invasion Block!! I kept wondering why he didn't have Lord of the Undead in 
his deck. Well, in game 1, Phantom Nantuko with a Floating Shield slapped on 
it, Serra Angel and Wayward Angel helped me fly to victory.  Game 2, it was 
a kicked up Kavu Titan who went into battle. Eventually, I hit Threshold and 
the Nantuko Monastery and Werebear came out for some fun.

Rounds 1-1		Games 2-2

Round 3 - Isaac Tong VS Louis A.

The guy actually found a way to use Legacy Weapon!! All it took was some 
time to build up a whole bunch of swamps, toss in Cabal Coffers and Crystal 
Quarry and he was ready to go. The deck he used was a mono black...which 
meant Innocent Blood and Chainer's Edict. He had no creatures. In fact, he 
used Corrupt and Soul Burn as his offensive spells while he kept drawing 
stuff he needed with Phyrexian Arena. Toss in Diabolic Tutor and Planar 
Portal with a ton of mana and he was set. He took both games eventually.

Rounds 1-2		Games 2-4

Round 4 - Isaac Tong VS Luca Gerrace

He told me his deck was white and blue. I started worrying until he started 
playing nothing but Birds. Yeah, he had Soulcatchers' Aerie but it wasn't 
anything to worry about. I mean, no Commander Eesha or Lieutenant Kirtar or 
Major Teroh...the guy didn't even have a Kangee, which could have come in 
handy!! Game 1 involved Phantom Tiger with an Armadillo Cloak and Serra 
Angel with a bonus to my white creatures thanks to him playing Divine 
Sacrament. Game 2...Kavu Titan rocked the house along with the Phantom 
Tiger. And I kept sending him useless cards back to his hand with Forcemage 
Advocate to keep things interesting. Finally, I wrapped things up by killing 
him with Birds of Paradise since they also got a nice big fat bonus thanks 
to Soulcatchers' Aerie.

Rounds 2-2		Games 4-4

Well, I still have a long way to go until I build that super Type II deck 
but hopefully, things will pick up with Onslaught. Now without further 
adieu...props and slops (or cheers and jeers...whatever you wanna call it, I 
don't care).

Props

My folks for always putting up with my hobby. They were a bit more relieved 
this time since this tournament didn't go that late.

Slops

I can give a long list but I'm just a little ticked for not doing well 
enough.

I don't know if I'll ever be able to find the cards to build a killer Type 
II deck. That reminds me...I need to go to a prerelease sometime. Until next 
time, loyal readers!!

Isaac Tong
ditong@ipoline.com