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PHRO

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2006 7:37 am
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What are good ideas/combos to combat monster life gaining decks?

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2006 9:35 pm
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Magus of the Scroll helps early control against winnies in the early
stages of the game. Jaya is also very helpful if you don't mind
discarding a card or two and if you combo her third ability with Stuffy
Doll in play, instant 12 damage to the opponent. And if you feel like
playing god then Magus of the Disc is a very nice way two clean out the
mess. Lastly you could also try Cruse of the Cabal.

As a combo I could suggest get a Hivestone. All your creatures become
Slivers. Play Plague Sliver and just take the hurt. Wait until you life
reaches almost zero. Then sacrifice Magus of the Mirror. Smile

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2006 9:48 pm
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PHRO <the.phro.DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote:
>What are good ideas/combos to combat monster life gaining decks?

Make them lose by some other means. Poison counters and running them out of
cards are independent of life total; so are things like Phage's "that player
loses the game".

Make their life-gain irrelevant, with things like Magus of the Mirror, Blessed
Wind, or Biorhythm, which reset their life total.

Destroy or counter the things they're gaining life with.

Dave
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 4:06 am
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PHRO wrote:
> What are good ideas/combos to combat monster life gaining decks?

Rain of Gore comes to mind immediately, as does False Cure. Let their
magic work for you. Wink (Man, I absolutely love cheap puns. ^^)
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:29 pm
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PHRO wrote:
> What are good ideas/combos to combat monster life gaining decks?

Rain of Gore BR
Enchantment
Whenever a spell or ability would cause its controller to gain life,
that player loses that much life instead.

There you are. That's your answer: a two-mana enchantment to completely
shut down lifegain, or at least impede it long enough to kill before
they can draw into a Terashi's Grasp.

If you want a more general strategy rather than single cards, though, I
recommend trying out a mill deck. Crumbling Sanctuary might be a useful
card too--it replaces all damage with discarding cards off the top of
the library. That oughta put a stop to lifegain shenanigans. Alternate
win conditions like Chance Encounter or Door to Nothingness ought to be
effective as well, since your opponent will be unknowingly assisting
your win condition by prolonging the game and thus giving you more time
to accumulate 10 luck counters or the WWUUBBRRGG to activate your Door.
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 3:34 pm
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On 2006-10-15, PHRO <the.phro.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote:
> What are good ideas/combos to combat monster life gaining decks?
>

CardName: Kavu Predator
Cost: 1G
Type: Creature - Kavu
Pow/Tgh: 2/2
Rules Text: Trample Whenever an opponent gains life, put that
many +1/+1 counters on Kavu Predator.
Set/Rarity: Planar Chaos Uncommon

The only drawback is that this becomes less good with cards like
Flames of the Blood Hand or Sulfuric Vortex. Try False Cure instead!

CardName: False Cure
Cost: BB
Type: Instant
Pow/Tgh: /
Rules Text: Until end of turn, whenever a player gains life, that
player loses 2 life for each 1 life he or she gained.
Set/Rarity: Onslaught Rare

Good luck!
(I know this post is late, but that Kavu is so cool)

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