Subject: Decks

Hey there. I call myself chubtoad (because, like everyone else on the internet, choose to hide behind a not-so-clever moniker while online) and I have been plying magic for a while now. Although winning is fun, I prefer the journey rather than the destination. I have some decks that I've enjoyed playing (and, coincidentally, win too) and I thought I'd share them with you. Here they are:

chubtoad's Cunning Wake

4x Counterspell
4x Moment's Peace
4x Life Burst
4x Wrath of God
3x Compulsion
3x Cunning Wish
3x Memory Lapse
2x Mirari
2x Mirari's Wake
2x Exalted Angel
2x Ravenous Baloth
2x Akroma, Angel of Wrath
2x Decree of Justice
2x Deep Analysis

8x Island
4x Krosan Verge
3x Plains
3x Forest
3x Skycloud Expanse

SB:
1x Cunning Wish
3x Teroh's Faithful
2x Seedtime
1x Elephant Ambush
1x Flash of Insight
1x Ray of Distortion
1x Ray of Relevation
1x Chastise (feel free to substitute Swords to Plowshares) 1x Opportunity 1x Stifle 1x Evacuation 1x Krosan Reclaimation

The combo in this deck is as follows: Play Wish, Mirari the Wish, target any sideboard instant and the other Wish. Once it's in play it's hard to beat.
Wake gets you tons of mana and beefs up Elephants, Angels, etc. In fact I rarely lose if I have a Wake in play without the combo. The trick is staying alive until then, and Bursts, Peaces, Wraths, Counterspells, Lapses, and Exalted Angels help a lot. Compulsion, Krosan Verge, and Deep Analysis speed up the long wait. Ambush, big creatures (Baloth, etc.) and, if all else fails, the Decree (soldiers, of course, which are 2/2s thanks to the
Wake) end the game convincingly. Faithfuls get subbed in for Lapses against quick creature decks (zombies and the like) and everything else is pretty self explanatory. Once you get used to it it's awesome.

Fired up Elves

4x Llanowar Elves
4x Priest of Yaviyama
4x Seeker of Skybreak
4x Fireball
4x Fires of Yaviyama
4x Yaviyama Barbarian
4x Ghitu Fire
4x Rancor
4x Flametongue Kavu
4x Kindle

8x Forest
10x Mountain
2x Gaea's Cradle

Counter-'kos

4x Counterspell
4x Snap
4x Boomerang
4x Frantic Search
3x Brainstorm
3x Sage Owl
3x Thalakos Mistfolk
3x Thalakos Scout
3x Opt
3x Ophidian
3x Man-o'-War
3x Spy Network

20x Island

Does this really require explanation? Maybe a little. Go offensive most of the time with this deck, meaning play the third turn Scout even if you have counters in hand. Have fun!

Delusions-Donate

4x Counterspell
4x Dark Ritual
3x Delusions of Grandeur
3x Necropotence
3x Donate
3x Mana Vault
3x Hoodwink
3x Mox Diamond
3x Dark Banishing
3x Upheaval
3x Nightscape Familiar
3x Mutilate

11x Island
11x Swamp

This one is an idea I picked up in California and I expanded upon it a little. Play Delusions, gain 20, Donate it, Hoodwink it, opponent loses 20, repeat as needed. Good stuff.

I have a few more but I'm tired now so I'm going to go take a nap. I would love to participate in your reviews and other stuff (maybe even write an
article) and hopefully I can be of some help as an outside voice since I'm a casual player. Thanks!

chubtoad