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1 Tix Challenge: Erhnamageddon

Erhnamageddon is an old deck I always try to build, on paper or MTGO. The main difficulty of playing this decks is that Strip Mine is restricted. It's easier to explain with a list:

Creatures (14)
1 Autumn Willow
4 Erhnam Djinn
2 Fyndhorn Elves
2 Llanowar Elves
2 Order of Leitbur
1 Serra Angel
2 Spectral Bears

Other Spells (24)
3 Armageddon
1 Balance
2 Wrath of God
2 Land Tax
2 Sylvan Library
4 Disenchant
4 Swords to Plowshares
2 Fellwar Stone
2 Icy Manipulator
1 Ivory Tower
1 Zuran Orb

Lands (22)
4 Brushland
6 Forest
1 Havenwood Battleground
6 Plains
1 Ruins of Trokair
4 Strip Mine
(Bertrand Lestree built it, I found the list on David Leavitt 's website)

With 4 Strip Mines, the deck's extremely frightening: you don't have to play the Strip Mines turn 1 like in other decks, instead, you save them up on your hand. Cast them til you get a Balance or Armageddon, then your opponent's mana source is completely disrupted for the rest of the game.

Without Strip Mines, I still want to try this deck with Vintage Masters cards, especially when Armageddon is 0.23, Balance is 0.156. I decided to add Smokestack (0.07 tix) and Genesis to strengthen the lock down effects.




20 years ago, Creatures were not as strong as today's, a 4/5 for 4 mana was worth 20 bucks while other bulk rares were just 20 cents. Erhnam Djinn and Serra Angel were "the end" in games. Ironically, the removals in the past also out-power most of today's.




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