From: Darth Bond [mailto:darthgoldfinger@yahoo.co.nz]
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 7:23 PM

Subject: Insane card advantage combo- skullmagic2

So I looked at Monday's Card of the Day (Chainsaw Insect) and a combos posted for the Bistro Butcher got me thinking. The combo was Butcher/Creature Swap/suicide three Mystic Tomatos and a Sangan to draw eight cards and search your deck for a monster.

This combo got me thinking- you could pull an even better combo using Giant Rat and a fairly new Warrior's Triumph card, Warrior Lady of the Wasteland. Instead of the Tomatos, suicide three Giant Rats, use the third to grab a WLotW, suicide three of them, and then grab, I dunno, Exiled Force or something to get rid of the Butcher before your opponent can take advantage of it, or just suicide whatever the last monster is.

This combo costs a pricey 3300 life, (more if you ram the last monster) but gets you 12-14 cards. True, your Battle Phase is over, but 12 cards should be enough to demolish your opponent's field/hand, or at least set up a strong defense.

 Running through half your deck (14 cards drawn+3 Tomatoes+3 WLotW+1 other Earth Warrior = 21) in one turn could easily get you an Exodia victory , especially since you've already drawn your five card hand and probably have and Upstart Goblin/Pot of Avarice from your massive drawing spree, burning through even more cards in your deck.

And hey, you could combo it with Solemn Wishes. 6-7 card drawings would just about get back those 3000 you payed.

All in all, it could be a difficult combo to pull off, but if you, it'd be pretty hard to lose.