I like to lose friends and so I play stax. But that's not enough... A MUD/Stax deck sans restrictions guarantees me spot in hell.
For those who aren't familiar with stax: In short, the goal is to take advantage of cheap mana accelerators (like Sol Ring and the Moxens) and rather broken lands (like Mishra's Workshop and
Tolarian Academy
) to lock your opponent out of the game with cards that increase mana cost (like Sphere of Resistance and Thorn of Amethyst) while you take a dump on their lands (sometimes endlessly) with Wasteland and Crucible of Worlds + Strip Mine
. Eventually, casting a creature like
Darksteel Juggernaut
or Steel Hellkite wins you the game with beats. In practice, piloting a deck like this with perfect card order is incredibly difficult. Regardless, with absolutely no restrictions on card choice, this deck lets you feast on the salty tears of your opponent.
The Nut draw:
1x
Trinisphere
1x Crucible of Worlds
1x Strip Mine
1x Mishra's Workshop
2x Black Lotus
1x Any of the creatures
T1: Workshop, Lotus, Lotus, Trinisphere, Sac 1x Lotus for Crucible
T2: Strip Mine their only land, Sac second Lotus and Workshop for creature.
T3-infinity: Continue playing Strip Mine from graveyard, endlessly denying them a chance to do anything.
In the Maybeboard are additional cards that are commonly found in MUD/stax archetypes but I'm open to more suggestions and feedback.
Unless you get a small loan of a million dollars, you probably can't afford this deck. I recommend the program XMage and/or Cockatrice for online MTG games without cost.
