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'eyall,

This time I got somewhat better cards -- and enough snakes to fill a zoo or two. Currently I'm 1-0, but kinda uneasy about the deck's reliance on the mass o' snakes to hit the table all at once.

My deck:

Lands
9 Forest
2 Mountain
4 Swamp
1 Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers [with 3 legends in my deck, it's not so bad]

Critters
1 Burr Grafter
1 Cruel Deceiver
1 Cursed Ronin
1 Kashi-Tribe Reaver
1 Matsu-Tribe Decoy
1 Order of the Sacred Bell
1 Orochi Sustainer
1 Sachi, Daughter of Seshiro [craaaazy mana accel]
2 Sakura-Tribe Elder [bwhaha]
1 Seshiro the Anointed
1 Sosuke, Son of Seshiro
1 Venerable Kumo
2 Villainous Ogre

Rest
1 Befoul
1 Lure [not that useful, but putting this on the regenerating snake is nice with Sosuke out]
1 Blind with Anger [usually removes 2 nasty critters at once]
1 Glacial Ray [duh]
1 Kodama's Reach
1 Pull Under [costly, but kills dragons dead]
1 Sensei's Divining Top [deceiver ammo]
1 Swallowing Plague
1 Yamabushi's Flame

The Other Stuff
(http://gatherer.wizards.com/magic/images/symbols/red_mana.gif)
1 Stone Rain
1 Akki Avalanchers
1 Akki Coalflinger
1 Battle-Mad Ronin
2 Brutal Deceiver
1 Desperate Ritual
1 Ember-Fist Zubera
1 Frostwielder
1 Initiate of Blood
1 Ore Gorger
2 Uncontrollable Anger
1 Unnatural Speed

(http://gatherer.wizards.com/magic/images/symbols/blue_mana.gif)
1 Eerie Procession
1 Field of Reality
1 Hisoka's Guard
1 Jushi Apprentice
1 Kami of Twisted Reflection
1 Lifted by Clouds
1 Mystic Restraints
1 Psychic Puppetry
1 Sift Through Sands
1 Soratami Mirror-Guard
1 Soratami Rainshaper
1 Soratami Savant
1 Student of Elements
2 Thoughtbind

(http://gatherer.wizards.com/magic/images/symbols/black_mana.gif)
1 Deathcurse Ogre
1 Ashen-Skin Zubera
1 Kuro, Pitlord
2 Wicked Akuba

(http://gatherer.wizards.com/magic/images/symbols/white_mana.gif)
1 Harsh Deceiver
1 Honden of Cleansing Fire
2 Hundred-Talon Kami
2 Indomitable Will
1 Kitsune Riftwalker
1 Pious Kitsune
1 Reciprocate
2 Silent-Chant Zubera

(http://gatherer.wizards.com/magic/images/symbols/green_mana.gif)
1 Joyous Respite
1 Orochi Sustainer
1 Vine Kami

Rest
1 Cloudcrest Lake
1 Hair-Strung Koto

I've been waffling about Kuro -- nice synergy with the ogres, but the quadruple black cost is nasty. Splashing blue is tempting for mad glacial spliceage too... gah!


-- Z.
indecisiveness for the win