MTG-My Sneak Attack Deck-Casual

[:/ Moo]

Ah, Sneak Attack, my favorite card to abuse in Magic. This deck's goal is ultimately to use spells to add more red mana to my mana pool to play Sneak Attack as early as the second turn, and bring out Phage while they have no defenders, or Symbiotic Wurm if they do, to sheerly outnumber them. I've also added some cards for the purpose of drawing the cards needed to do this as quickly as possible, just to make sure this deck works as quickly as possible.

This deck is intended for casual play, so I'm ignoring ban lists/formats.

Card list:

Creatures:

Darksteel Colossus [x4]
Phage The Untouchable [x4]
Symbiotic Wurm [x4]

Spells/Instants/Enchantments:

Brand [x4]
Desperate Ritual [x4] (I plan to remove this later, if I can find some decent replacements)
Gamble [x4]
Panic [x4]
Rite of Flame [x4] (To play Volcanic Hammer and such)
Seething Song [x4]
Sneak Attack [x4]
Stun [x4]
Volcanic Hammer [x4] (Good for doing some really quick damage if anything goes wrong)

Lands:
City of Traitors [x4]
Mountain [x8]

Oh, and BTW this deck can (Possibly) achieve a 2nd turn win. Here's how:

First Turn:
Play a Mountain and end your turn .

Second Turn:
Play City of Traitors, tap it and the Mountain to play Seething Song, use RRRR to pay for Sneak Attack, use R to pay for Phage, if they have no blockers, gg.

I'm not saying that this is likely to happen, but it's certainly possible, and I HAVE done it. Any constructive criticism would be greatly appreciated.

 

[The_Darkness_Incarnate]

Ah, Sneak Attack, my favorite card to abuse in Magic. This deck's goal is ultimately to use spells to add more red mana to my mana pool to play Sneak Attack as early as the second turn, and bring out Phage while they have no defenders, or Symbiotic Wurm if they do, to sheerly outnumber them. I've also added some cards for the purpose of drawing the cards needed to do this as quickly as possible, just to make sure this deck works as quickly as possible.

This deck is intended for casual play, so I'm ignoring ban lists/formats.

Card list:

Creatures:

Darksteel Colossus [x4]
Phage The Untouchable [x4]
Symbiotic Wurm [x4]

Spells/Instants/Enchantments:

Brand [x4]
Desperate Ritual [x4] (I plan to remove this later, if I can find some decent replacements)
Gamble [x4]
Panic [x4]
Rite of Flame [x4] (To play Volcanic Hammer and such)
Seething Song [x4]
Sneak Attack [x4]
Stun [x4]
Volcanic Hammer [x4] (Good for doing some really quick damage if anything goes wrong)

Lands:
City of Traitors [x4]
Mountain [x8]

Oh, and BTW this deck can (Possibly) achieve a 2nd turn win. Here's how:

First Turn:
Play a Mountain and end your turn .

Second Turn:
Play City of Traitors, tap it and the Mountain to play Seething Song, use RRRR to pay for Sneak Attack, use R to pay for Phage, if they have no blockers, gg.

I'm not saying that this is likely to happen, but it's certainly possible, and I HAVE done it. Any constructive criticism would be greatly appreciated.

Too lazy to really make improvements now, but one problem that I see is the fact that Phage kills you when you Sneak Attack it. Probably not the best plan. Another recommendation is Living Wishes to make sure that you can get the creatures you need when you need them. Maybe Commune with Nature to be used for the same purpose, but probably not. Though, definitely cut down the creature base. Recur them and reuse them, don't just try to find more.

 

[:/ Moo]

Too lazy to really make improvements now, but one problem that I see is the fact that Phage kills you when you Sneak Attack it. Probably not the best plan. Another recommendation is Living Wishes to make sure that you can get the creatures you need when you need them. Maybe Commune with Nature to be used for the same purpose, but probably not. Though, definitely cut down the creature base. Recur them and reuse them, don't just try to find more.

I thought that the wording on Sneak Attack was "...Put a creature card from your hand into play...", isn't that playing from your hand?

 

[The_Darkness_Incarnate]

I thought that the wording on Sneak Attack was "...Put a creature card from your hand into play...", isn't that playing from your hand?

Not quite.

10/4/2004 It is only considered "played from your hand" if you play it as a spell from your hand. Putting it into play from your hand using a spell or ability will cause you to lose the game.

 

[:/ Moo]

Dang, thanks for mentioning that. I either got to take it out or bring in a Platinum Angel. It's probably better just taking it out. I'm not having any trouble drawing creatures, actually. I'm having trouble drawing Sneak Attack itself.

 

[The_Darkness_Incarnate]

Dang, thanks for mentioning that. I either got to take it out or bring in a Platinum Angel. It's probably better just taking it out. I'm not having any trouble drawing creatures, actually. I'm having trouble drawing Sneak Attack itself.

What I meant by tutors is that you could lower the creature count in maindeck to a pretty low count and use tutors to find your kill, leaving you more chances to draw utility. One things that I would see working pretty well is tutoring your Darksteel Colossus every turn after it got shuffled into your deck and running only one copy as your kill card, but I'm not sure how you would achieve that end. Another is running a huge card and putting it back on top every turn with Volrath's Stronghold, tutored via Living Wish, allowing you to send it into the red zone every turn without any strain on deck space.

 

[kalkris]

put in a tutor or two, then you'll kick butt with Phage if (and when) you get her into play from your hand.
~Lil Kalki

 

[The_Darkness_Incarnate]

Too lazy to really make improvements now, but one problem that I see is the fact that Phage kills you when you Sneak Attack it. Probably not the best plan. Another recommendation is Living Wishes to make sure that you can get the creatures you need when you need them. Maybe Commune with Nature to be used for the same purpose, but probably not. Though, definitely cut down the creature base. Recur them and reuse them, don't just try to find more.

put in a tutor or two, then you'll kick butt with Phage if (and when) you get her into play from your hand.
~Lil Kalki

... QFT?

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