The Old Headache - A Tale of Discarded Thoughts

Vintage Discard

Urzas_Lawnmower

Land (21)

• 4x Drowned Catacomb
• 4x Island
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 7x Swamp
• 4x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Watery Grave

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 4x Whispering Madness
• 1x Windfall

Enchantment (17)

• 2x Animate Dead
• 4x Energy Field
• 4x Megrim
• 4x Quest for the Nihil Stone
• 3x Yawgmoth's Agenda

Artifact (4)

• 2x Booby Trap
• 1x Ensnaring Bridge
• 1x Memory Jar

Instant (12)

• 4x Perplex
• 4x Recoil
• 4x Wheel and Deal

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Sideboard

Artifact (9)

• 3x Black Vise
• 2x Booby Trap
• 4x The Rack

Land (1)

• 1x Lotus Vale

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Yawgmoth's Agenda

Instant (2)

• 2x Force Spike

Creature (1)

• 1x Demonic Hordes

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Maybeboard

Instant (4)

• 4x Capsize

Sorcery (4)

• 4x Forget

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This is my old discard deck from back in the day. It has zero creatures, and plays off of a terrible delay/defense combo of Energy Field + Yawgmoth's Agenda. Its main only source of damage is Megrim (which for years was pretty much the only one), yet now it has Quest for the Nihil Stone (to keep cards in your opponent's hand) and Booby Trap (for late game fun). Assuming you can survive long enough to not need to play Yawgmoth's Agenda a Windfall or Whispering Madness drawn by playing a Windfall or Whispering Madness is devastating - especially after you Wheel and Deal right beforehand on your opponents turn. A new update is a copy of Ensnaring Bridge for added defense and Animate Dead for hate bear interference. And now with Perplex and it's awesome Transmute ability you have a better chance to pull any important cards that cost 3 mana Megrim, Ensnaring Bridge, Windfall, or even Recoil (pest removal). So the updates are pretty drastic, but long overdue since the restriction/ban of Windfall.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Vintage legal.
Rarity (main - side)	34 - 9 Rares 7 - 4 Uncommons 8 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.18