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I updated my monoU prison deck to a somewhat successful state.


artifacts:

1 Winter Orb
1 Static Orb
1 Mox Diamond
1 Chrome Mox
1 Expedition Map
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Grim Monolith
1 Worn Powerstone
1 Thran Dynamo
1 Gilded Lotus
1 Tangle Wire
1 Talisman of Dominance
1 Talisman of Progress
1 Mind Stone
1 Prismatic Lens
1 Ensnaring Bridge
1 Crumbling Sanctuary
1 Staff of Nin
1 Trading Post
1 Coalition Relic
1 Pithing Needle
1 Trinisphere
1 Everflowing Chalice
1 Meekstone
1 Batterskull
1 Mox Opal

creatures:

1 Sundering Titan
1 Trinket Mage
1 Snapcaster Mage
1 Solemn Simulacrum

enchantments:

1 Pendrell Mists
1 Dream Tides
1 Propaganda
1 Back to Basics
1 Future Sight
1 Rising Waters

pws:

1 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Jace Beleren
1 Jace, Architect of Thought
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
1 Karn Liberated

sorceries:

1 Transmute Artifact
1 Fabricate
1 Reshape
1 Ponder
1 Preordain
1 Upheaval
1 Bribery
1 Merchant Scroll

instants:

1 Counterspell
1 Mana Drain
1 Mana Leak
1 Miscalculation
1 Daze
1 Force Spike
1 Spell Pierce
1 Cryptic Command
1 Repeal
1 Into the Roil
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Gush
1 Force of Will
1 Cyclonic Rift
1 Remand
1 Thwart
1 Deprive

lands:

25 Snow-Covered Island
1 Mishra's Workshop
1 Ancient Tomb
1 City of Traitors
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
1 Academy Ruins
1 Wasteland
1 Seat of the Synod

I had some modest success on on cockatrice with it. It can hold quite well vs agressive decks if it lands an early lockpiece or curves ideally on the play. Problem is usually the reach of burn spells.
I welcome constructive criticism :-)

www.octgn.net

This has come a long way and is highly polished by now. The functionality exceeds cockatrice by far, as far as I understand even matchmaking is possible (or in progress of being added) and the deck editor is great.

Cons would be the .net 4 requirement and the need to download and include the setfiles/pics manually.
http://octgn.gamersjudgement.com/viewforum.php?f=8

Hopefully this will keep the online HL alive.

[Lands (31):]

Most of you know my favourite petdeck: Storm. The following list is tested quite thoroughly and derives alot of its power from the potential unbanning of LED.

Lands (31):
1 Swamp
1 Mountain
1 Mishra's Workshop
1 Ancient Tomb
1 City of Traitors
1 Crystal Vein
1 Arid Mesa
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Polluted Delta
1 Marsh Flats
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Flooded Strand
1 Volcanic Island
1 Underground Sea
1 Badlands
1 Steam Vents
1 Watery Grave
1 Blood Crypt
1 Seat of the Synod
1 Vault of Whispers
1 Great Furnace
1 Snow-Covered Island
1 Snow-Covered Mountain
1 Snow-Covered Swamp
1 Peat Bog
1 Saprazzan Skerry
1 Sandstone Needle


Artifact Mana:
1 Lotus Petal
1 Chrome Mox
1 Lotus Bloom
1 Mox Diamond
1 Mox Opal
1 Grim Monolith
1 Talisman of Dominance
1 Talisman of Indulgence
1 Izzet Signet
1 Rakdos Signet
1 Dimir Signet
1 Worn Powerstone
1 Coalition Relic
1 Thran Dynamo
1 Gilded Lotus
1 Lion's Eye Diamond
1 Mind Stone

Rituals / Other Mana:
1 Dark Ritual
1 Cabal Ritual
1 Pyretic Ritual
1 Desperate Ritual
1 Seething Song
1 Manamorphose
1 Helm of Awakening
1 Rain of Filth
1 Mana Drain
1 Rite of Flame

Cards Which Win:
1 Mind's Desire
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Past in Flames

Win Conditions:
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Grapeshot
1 Mana Severance
1 Goblin Charbelcher

Tutors:
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Rhystic Tutor
1 Personal Tutor
1 Intuition
1 Lim-Dûl's Vault
1 Tainted Pact
1 Muddle the Mixture
1 Perplex
1 Merchant Scroll

Draw 7:
1 Windfall
1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Timetwister
1 Time Spiral
1 Memory Jar

Other Library Manipulation:
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
1 Preordain
1 Gush
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Frantic Search
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Meditate
1 Impulse
1 Sleight of Hand

Protection / Utility:
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Pact of Negation
1 Overmaster
1 Duress
1 Thoughtseize
1 Inquisition of Kozilek
1 Remand
1 Repeal
1 Lightning Bolt

Alot of cards are autoincludes. Cards which could find a way in and did at some point: noxious revival, snapcaster, IGG, sins of the past. IGG is more or less superceded by Past in Flames, but still is a serious contender. Sins of the Past is only worthwhile targetting Spiral or Mind's Desire.
In this list I took out the aformentioned cards to make space for an alternate kill in the way of Severance/Belcher, which is sometimes easier to attain than 10 storm. Also a resolved Severance with 3-4 lands in play is quite good. But if testing doesn't prove the merits of this, it's easy to change back and get revival/snap/IGG.
Another card I am on the fringe about is Lotus Bloom. In the starthand it is godlike increasing the chances for a successful T3 win by a large margin. But any turn after it is often just dead.

In the past I experimented with a 4-5c version sporting silence effects, regrowth, crop rotation (as mini ritual getting workshop/city of traitors) and such, but the problems with the manabase made me discard that idea.

Last but not least this list can easily include more basics if you run across much nonbasic hate, but Tainted pact would have to go then.

I welcome any costructive criticism and advices about the deck.

XG : Search Library for a creature card and put it onto the BF. Shuffle ~ into your library.

I am pretty much disgusted by this card. Its powerlevel is obscene in anything besides vintage and even there elves combo can play it.
Basically:
1) 1 mana rampant growth with dryad arbor
2) utility tutor for pridemage, witness etc.
3) finisher for elves, ramp decks, U/G/x control/aggro

This thing is just never a dead card and any decks running creatures must have a good reason not to splash green now (even less than up to now).

Greetings.

After reading alot of complaints about the instability of MWS and experiencing it myself I am wondering if the community would approve an alternative?

Maybe some know it already: OCTGN 1 or 2 provide nearly the same functionality, but is far more stable in actual playing mode, since you don't need any servers, just a direct connection (although not totally stable). Even better is the autosave function between turns. A downside is that you actually need to get card pics.

If there is interest I would provide links to the program(s) + pics (not sure about legality, although the MWS.site advertises the pics openly too).

First the list:

Lands (38):

Ancient Spring
Geothermal Crevice
Sulfur Vent
Saprazzan Skerry
Peat Bog
Ebon Stronghold
Syelunite Temple
Dwarven Ruins
Ancient Tomb
5 x Island
5 x Snow-Island
2 x Swamp
2 x Snow-Swamp
1 x Mountain
Library of Alexandria
+ all relevant Fetchlands, Duals + Pain/Shocklands. No 5 Colour-Painland though.

Artifact + Ritual Mana (13):

Chrome Mox
Lotus Petal
Mox Diamond
Izzet Signet
Dimir Signet
Prismatic Lens
Mind Stone
Coldsteel Heart
Dark Ritual
Cabal Ritual
Seething Song
Rain of Filth
Pentad Prism

Filter/Dig/Draw (15):

Brainstorm
Ponder
Serum Visions
Sleight of Hand
Sensei's Top
Impulse
Peer Through Depths
Night's Whisper
Tainted Pact
Lim-Dul's Vault
Thirst for Knowledge
Frantic Search
Fact or Fiction
Gush
Future Sight

Draw 7 (2):

Timetwister
Timespiral

Tutors (7):

Personal Tutor
Demonic Tutor
Merchant Scroll
Intuition
Grim Tutor
Gifts Ungiven
Mystical Teachings

Enablers + Win (7):

Ill-Gotten Gains
Sins of the Past
Mana Flare
Helm of Awakening
Tendrils of Agony
Ignite Memories
Mind's Desire

Recursion + Utility (6):

Recoup
Burning Wish (stupid exile)
Recall
Relearn
Mana Severance
Twincast

Protection (12):

Pact of Negation
Duress
Thoughseize
Gigadrowse
Arcane Denial
Remand
Mana Drain
Counterspell
Mana Short
Force of Will
Misdirection
Mind Twist

I have been playing this deck for a long time now (some earlier list might be floating around at this forum) and this is pretty final for me, sans a few cards.

1. 38 Lands: not sure if too many, although it's critical to hit the first 3-4 land drops. I can see 1 or 2 go though.

2. Replacement for Burning Wish under the new (shitty) rules. Wish was outstanding in this deck getting IGGY, Spiral or flashbacked stuff back.

3. Amount of Artifact Mana: Having an some kind of accelerant out by turn 2-maximal 4 or a Sac-Land is critical. I won't play any > cmc 2 artifacts though. Prismatic Lens too bad?

4. Remand too bad? I am not sure if the gained tempo outweighs the lack of oomph late game.

5. If anyone has suggestions on good draw/filter/enablers/mana, feel VERY free to post them.

Cards I already considered: Three Wishes, Portent, Fire/Ice, Snap, Wipe Away, Boomerang.

Just realized that I missed Chain of Vapor. I'll definetely play that.

Greets.

Here is one of my pet decks which I want to improve a bit.

Maindeck
// Lands
    1 [SHM] Sunken Ruins
    1 [RAV] Watery Grave
    1 [TE] Wasteland
    1 [PLC] Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
    1 [A] Underground Sea
    1 [5E] Underground River
    1 [FUT] Tolaria West
    1 [LG] The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
    6 [7E] Swamp (3)
    1 [TSP] Academy Ruins
    1 [MM] Rishadan Port
    1 [ON] Polluted Delta
    1 [AQ] Mishra's Workshop
    1 [DK] Maze of Ith
    15 [7E] Island (2)
    1 [ON] Flooded Strand
    1 [EX] City of Traitors
    1 [ON] Bloodstained Mire
    1 [TE] Ancient Tomb
    1 [AN] Library of Alexandria

// Creatures
    1 [OD] Braids, Cabal Minion
    1 [VI] Chronatog
    1 [DS] Eater of Days
    1 [DS] Sundering Titan
    1 [ALA] Tezzeret the Seeker
    1 [FD] Trinket Mage
    1 [PS] Waterspout Elemental

// Spells
    1 [TSP] Prismatic Lens
    1 [CHK] Sensei's Divining Top
    1 [PS] Rushing River
    1 [NE] Rising Waters
    1 [DS] Reshape
    1 [GP] Repeal
    1 [US] Smokestack
    1 [WL] Pendrell Mists
    1 [NE] Parallax Tide
    1 [SH] Mox Diamond
    1 [WL] Mind Stone
    1 [TE] Meditate
    1 [WL] Mana Web
    1 [DK] Mana Vortex
    1 [AQ] Transmute Artifact
    1 [US] Worn Powerstone
    1 [TSP] Wipe Away
    1 [5E] Winter Orb
    1 [FD] Vedalken Shackles
    1 [OD] Upheaval
    1 [TE] Static Orb
    1 [UD] Thran Dynamo
    1 [LG] The Abyss
    1 [NE] Tangle Wire
    1 [MR] Talisman of Dominance
    1 [US] Sunder
    1 [MR] Barter in Blood
    1 [FD] Crucible of Worlds
    1 [TE] Diabolic Edict
    1 [VI] Desolation
    1 [A] Demonic Tutor
    1 [PLC] Damnation
    1 [9E] Cruel Edict
    1 [FUT] Coalition Relic
    1 [TSP] Chronatog Totem
    1 [TO] Chainer's Edict
    1 [9E] Boomerang
    1 [4E] Black Vise
    1 [TE] Lotus Petal
    1 [MR] Gilded Lotus
    1 [OD] Innocent Blood
    1 [UL] Grim Monolith
    1 [9E] Evacuation
    1 [PLC] Frozen AEther
    1 [AL] Force of Will
    1 [MR] Fabricate
    1 [TE] Propaganda
    1 [VI] Dream Tides
    1 [SC] Lethal Vapors
    1 [SC] Stifle
    1 [TSP] Trickbind
    1 [AQ] Reconstruction
    1 [US] Windfall
    1 [9E] Fellwar Stone

Edited.

The idea of it should be relatively clear... surviving early game/dropping lock pieces followed up by win condition (vise, eater, stax, etc).

The deck still folds too often to very fast sligh decks (probably can't change that fact) but has a decent game vs others. I specifically want to improve the control matchup.

// Lands
    1 [ON] Bloodstained Mire
    1 [ON] Flooded Strand
    18 [6E] Island (1)
    1 [GP] Izzet Boilerworks
    1 [ON] Polluted Delta
    1 [GP] Steam Vents
    1 Volcanic Island
    1 [ON] Wooded Foothills
    13 [9E] Mountain (2)

// Creatures
    1 [9E] Shard Phoenix

// Spells
    1 [TSB] Psionic Blast
    1 [PS] Rushing River
    1 [WL] Relearn
    1 [OD] Recoup
    1 [GP] Quicken
    1 [8E] Searing Wind
    1 [AP] Prophetic Bolt
    1 [LRW] Ponder
    1 [DS] Panoptic Mirror
    1 [7E] Opportunity
    1 [SH] Mox Diamond
    1 [SC] Mind's Desire
    1 [CHK] Mindblaze
    1 [8E] Merchant Scroll
    1 [10E] Twincast
    1 [RAV] Eye of the Storm
    1 [RAV] Char
    1 [LRW] Wild Ricochet
    1 [TSP] Walk the Aeons
    1 [9E] Seething Song
    1 [TE] Time Warp
    1 [US] Time Spiral
    1 [UD] Thran Dynamo
    1 [SC] Temporal Fissure
    1 [P2] Temporal Manipulation
    1 [FUT] Spellweaver Volute
    1 [LG] Chain Lightning
    1 [VI] Fireblast
    1 [AP] Fire/Ice
    1 [IN] Fact or Fiction
    1 [GP] Electrolyze
    1 [SH] Dream Halls
    1 [TO] Deep Analysis
    1 [ON] Chain of Vapor
    1 [SC] Carbonize
    1 [TSB] Browbeat
    1 [MM] Bribery
    1 [MM] Brainstorm
    1 [FD] Beacon of Destruction
    1 [5E] Mana Flare
    1 [VI] Impulse
    1 [FD] Magma Jet
    1 [TE] Lotus Petal
    1 [A] Lightning Bolt
    1 [6E] Lightning Blast
    1 [TE] Intuition
    1 [5E] Incinerate
    1 [A] Fork
    1 [MI] Hammer of Bogardan
    1 [MM] Gush
    1 [MR] Gilded Lotus
    1 [CHK] Gifts Ungiven
    1 [UL] Frantic Search
    1 [AL] Force of Will
    1 [MM] Misdirection
    1 [FUT] Pact of Negation
    1 [MM] Thwart
    1 [PY] Foil
    1 [ON] Searing Flesh
    1 [JU] Burning Wish
    1 [7E] Evacuation

That is one of my pet decks for quite awhile. At first it looks rather weird and inconsistent but thats not the case.
Aim is to get one of the key combo parts sticking (volute,desire,eye,halls,mirror) and then go banzai with the free spells generated by them. To my surprise it works rather well.

There are of course issues: It's manahungry. It's not the fastest on the block. Getting the key parts removed hurts.

So there are my questions: There are some cards which can be replaced (mamgma jet, electrolyze, fire and ice, etc.); would it be good to add a 3rd colour to it? Green or black comes to mind for mana, recur, search. Green would give the insane regrowth, manamorph and some mana accel, while black would of course lend demonic and rituals.
Also would the saclands be good in here? Also I am not so sure about Dreamhalls. While it can be utterly broken with some hands it mostly isn't. Also I removed suspend cards... Not sure about them drawing them early is good but drawing them late is just awful. Visions might be good for the ability to pitch it for force.

I'd be happy about suggestions