The Bass-Ackwards Land Destruction Deck

Vintage BG (Golgari) Casual Control Land Destruction

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Creature (19)

• 4x Argothian Wurm
• 1x Dirtcowl Wurm
• 1x Elvish Piper
• 1x Gaea's Liege
• 2x Heart Warden
• 4x Hypnotic Specter
• 1x Ihsan's Shade
• 2x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Maro
• 2x Quirion Elves

Sorcery (10)

• 3x Choking Sands
• 2x Hymn to Tourach
• 4x Rain of Tears
• 1x Thermokarst

Instant (8)

• 4x Dark Ritual
• 4x Giant Growth

Land (23)

• 11x Forest
• 1x Strip Mine
• 11x Swamp

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My cousin built this deck, not me. But when he bequeathed all my cards to me, I gained custody of it, and I'm archiving it here for posterity.

When he told me it was going to be a Black/Green land-destruction deck, I told him he was crazy: everyone knows Red is the main color for that. The sole time he played it against me was enough to prove his point. In fact, I forbade him from ever playing it against me again.

This is a kitchen-sink deck; he did do some directed purchasing of singles at the time, but this was before the turn of the century and getting exactly the cards you wanted was not really an easy option. So he had to make some compromises, and the deck is not particularly optimized. But it's still ridiculously good. And this version isn't even the best list: the original had four copies of Demonic Hordes in it. He doesn't know where they went, which is a little worrisome when you're talking about cards that were discontinued in Revised, but I figure you could easily replace them with Deus of Calamity. (Maxing out the Dirtcowl Wurm quantities couldn't hurt either, not to mention some dual lands like Golgari Guildgate.)

Date added	9 years
Last updated	3 months
Legality	This deck is Vintage legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Rares 9 - 0 Uncommons 17 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.68
Folders	Historical Oddities