[MTG] The discussioning!

[Tev]

So yeah, seems we have a decent little cult of Magic players that have crawled out from under the woodwork. Maybe we can get a discussion thread going?

How long have you been playing? Got a favorite deck? I've been putting together some theme decks over the last few days. I've got some pretty funny ones:

The Lion King

Creatures:
3 Loam Lion (Scar)
3 Mtenda Lion (Simba)
3 Bird of Baradise (Zazu)
4 Karoo Meerkat (Timon)
4 Warthog (Pumba)
3 Gibbering Hyenas (Banzai, Shenzi, and Ed)
4 Stampeding Wildebeests (The stampede!)

Spells:
4 Ajani’s Mantra (Mufasa)
4 Journey to Nowhere (Simba's exile)
4 Retribution of the Meek ("Uh-oh, you called him a pig." )
3 Wellspring (The waterhole!)

Land:
4 Savannah
4 Brushland
4 Windswept Heath
4 Plains (Remember to find the Mirage expansion art)
4 Forest (Same here.)
1 Elephant Graveyard (Hyena home)

Beauty and the Beast

Creatures:
3 Folk of An-Havva (Townsfolk)
3 Plaguemaw Beast (Beast)
3 Eternal Witness (Belle)
3 Trophy Hunter (Gaston)
4 Wall of Blossoms (Castle grounds or Beast’s Flower)
4 Overgrown Battlement (Castle grounds)

Spells:
4 Rancor (Angry Beast!)
4 Shape of the Wiitigo (Transformation)
4 Calming Verse (Belle’s song)

Artifacts:
4 Candles of Leng (Lumiere)
4 Bloodclock (Cogsworth)

Land:
20 Forest

A Caribbean Adventure!First, some music to set the tone.

Then.....

Pirates!

Creatures:
4 Cloud Pirates
4 Talas Warrior
4 Rishadan Airship
4 Rishadan Footpad
2 Ramirez DePietro

Spells:
4 Disperse
4 Treasure Hunt
4 Treasure Trove
4 Bribery

Artifacts:
4 Trusty Machete
2 Coat of Arms

Land:
12 Island
4 Gemstone Mine
4 Underground Sea

Was kinda tempted to make a pirates vs. ninjas duel deck set but I'm actually very bad at balancing decks, plus I'm a fan of four-of's which is almost unheard of in a duel deck. Plus pirates are almost unilaterally blue while ninjas are an even split between blue and black.

Folklore of rabbits and tar...So I was reading through an old fairytale book last night and though it would be fun to build a deck around the story of Brer Rabbit and the Tar Baby. Hope you like it.

Creatures:
4 Zodiac Rabbit
4 Tar Pit Warrior
4 Wall of Brambles
4 Kezzerdrix
4 Tar Fiend

Spells:
4 Rancor
4 Undergrowth
4 Briar Patch
4 Weed Strangle
4 Caustic Tar

Land:
4 Bayou
4 Llanowar Wastes
6 Forest
6 Swamp

Brer Fox was a hard find for the deck since there are no green foxes. Luckily I remembered that there was a green fog-like spell from back in Alliances with a fox in the art huddled under a briar bush.

And then into a more serious deck: My current Legacy toy.

Death at the Disco

Creatures:
4 Putrid Imp
2 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
1 Iona, Shield of Emeria
1 Akroma, Angel of Wrath
1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
1 Painter’s Servant

Spells:
4 Dark Ritual
4 Entomb
4 Exhume
4 Animate Dead
4 Buried Alive
4 Lighting Bolt
4 Swords to Plowshares
2 Hide//Seek

Land:
4 Scrubland
4 Badlands
4 Arid Mesa
2 Tainted Fields
2 Tainted Peaks
2 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
2 Swamp

Anyway, what do you guys got to show? I've been playing since right around Arabian Nights and have been to a handful of medium profile tournaments in my day. My only claim to nerdy Magic fame is that I've actually played a hand or two with the game's creator, Richard Garfield.