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"tzimisce - go: counterspell deck" special thanks to jay kristoff, for his deck on thelasombra's site, which was the inspiration for this one, and to david d'avila-anderson, for his incredible articles on the subject of intercept-combat decks... -- i've been playing this deck for over a year now, in various forms, but it wasn't until bloodlines and 'read the winds' that i was able to really get it off the ground... the raw power and efficiency of that one card opened up so many card slots, which i was able to dedicate to forward pressure, without compromising my ability to fend off 4-on-1 onslaughts turn after turn... -- in light of the lessons i learned at this tournament, i think i'll need to change the 2 anarch revolt to either 2 more smiling jack, or 2 war ghoul... the anarch revolts organize the table against me too much, and turn my cross-table buddies into enemies... with smiling jack, they at least think twice before coming at me... removing 2 revolts also allows me to drop 2 of the eagle's sight, so maybe i'd go with 3 smiling jack, 3 war ghoul, and exchange the femur of toomler for one more revenant... -- i'm seriously considering swapping out the duplicate caliban in the crypt for either goratrix, matteus, omaya, or [most likely] jost werner... the duplicate crypt draw doesn't really hurt me much, but having jost's inherent stealth might make a big difference in some games...