Suggestions for Blue/Black Deck Built Around Scalpelexis?

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Anyone have any suggestions or decklists?



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"Fryingham" <fryingham@nl.rogers.com> wrote in message
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> Anyone have any suggestions or decklists?

Hmm ... if I were to build one, I would want a way to consistantly ping with
it.
As you want blue/black my probable route weould to be clear the way for it
to
repeatedly ping at the dome.

That in mind, I'd probably do something like this

Thought Scalping
12 Island
8 Swamp
4 Waterveil Cavern
4 Ravenous Rats
4 Scalpelexis
3 Isochron Scepter
3 Reach Through Mists
4 Dampen Thought
3 Eerie Procession
3 Consuming Vortex
3 Eye of Nowhere
3 Rend Flesh
3 Hideous Laughter
3 Soulless Revival

The point of this one is to use all the Arcane spells and Splice to help
keep the
board clear and your options open. Put a useful instant on the Scepter so
you
can repeatedly Splice your spells instead of casting them. Mill to death
using
the Scalpelexis or Dampen Thought. Though I bet you'll probably win with
the
Thoughts without really hitting with the milling beast, so I'll put forth a
probably
wackier alternative

Scalp-a-Xerox
12 Swamp
8 Island
4 Salt Marsh
4 Scalpelexis
4 Bone Shredder/Nekrataal
4 Ravenous Rats
4 Man-o'-War
4 Clone
4 Soul Foundry
4 Diabolic Edict
4 Dark Banishing/Terror/Rend Flesh
4 Diabolic Tutor

Simple idea really, copy Scalpelexis via Clone, Soul Foundry or by my
favourite method ...
Clone *on* a Soul Foundry. The other creatures have control-oriented CIP
abilities,
exploitable by your other copiers.

If you want more copiers, add Sculpting Steel to copy your Soul Foundry and
imprint a
Clone on it. This way you use a Steel whch is copy of your Foundry to put a
Clone copy
into play as a copy of the copy Scalpy that you made with the Clone on your
original Foundry.
Confusion also rates as a tactic in this deck! ^_^

Just two off-the-head ideas and two-minute deck lists. I'll bet that
there's multiple
ways to improve them, but it's a start right?

-------
Clayton

Random Tagline:
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> Scrabbling Claws or the like for sideboard against an opponent w/ Eternal
> Witness, Soulshift, reanimation, etc.

Whenever it inflicts combat damage - so throw a couple of fireshreakers in the deck.
It'll do 2 damage per strike, but remove at least 8 cards from The Game.

Fireshrieker
{3}
Artifact -- Equipment
Equipped creature has double strike. (It deals both first-strike and regular
combat damage.)
Equip {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.
This card comes into play unattached and stays in play if the creature leaves
play.)

Scalpelexis
{4}{U}
Creature -- Beast
1/5
Flying
Whenever Scalpelexis deals combat damage to a player, that player removes the
top four cards of his or her library from the game. If two or more of those
cards have the same name, repeat this process.

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> ok so its triggered on damage not combat damage, so the long bow
> sounds perfect.

Nope - combat damage only.

Scalpelexis
{4}{U}
Creature -- Beast
1/5
Flying
Whenever Scalpelexis deals combat damage to a player, that player removes the
top four cards of his or her library from the game. If two or more of those
cards have the same name, repeat this process.

<snip rest>


Tim

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Dave napisa³(a):
> "Tim" <XX@nah.com> wrote in message
> newsElJd.103$7X3.3223@nnrp1.ozemail.com.au...
>
>>>ok so its triggered on damage not combat damage, so the long bow
>>>sounds perfect.
>>
>>Nope - combat damage only.
>>
>>Scalpelexis
>>{4}{U}
>>Creature -- Beast
>>1/5
>>Flying
>>Whenever Scalpelexis deals combat damage to a player, that player removes the
>>top four cards of his or her library from the game. If two or more of those
>>cards have the same name, repeat this process.
>>
>><snip rest>
>>
>>
>>Tim
>
>
> How about Whispersilk Cloak to get the Scalpelexis through? Makes
> him unblockable and untargetable. Just a thought...
>
> - Dave
> Magic: The Gathering card singles
> http://www.destinationmtg.com
>
>

While we're at it, why not think about using Fireshrieker just to put 8
cards each turn?

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X@nah.com wrote:
> Nope - combat damage only.
> Scalpelexis
> {4}{U}
> Creature -- Beast
> 1/5
> Flying
> Whenever Scalpelexis deals combat damage to a player, that player removes the
> top four cards of his or her library from the game. If two or more of those
> cards have the same name, repeat this process.
> <snip rest>
> Tim

Thanks!

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