Final Battle for Shandalar: Arkazon 400 life; (Wizard) AvatarW 36 life.


He had Black Lotus + Celestial Prism already in play. On his first turn, 
he cast a Taiga + Juggernaut. On my turn I cast Scrubland, Mox Pearl & 2 Spirit Links!

By the end of turn 3, Arkazon had three of my Spirit Links on his Juggernaut
and he had to keep on attacking with it, so I was gaining 10 life per turn - 
sweet!

I cast the Gauntlet of Might and some Moxes to improve my mana generation.
Soon afterwards, my Gate to Phyrexia and the Serpent Generator were available.
I could now start destroying Arkazon's artifacts one by one during my upkeeps,
especially his 2 Howling Mines, 2 Clay Statues and a Colossus of Sardia!

The Ring Of Ma'Ruf enabled me to cast a Cyclopean Tomb earlier than expected.
Now my attention focused on turning each of Arkazon's lands into a swamp
during my upkeeps. A second Gauntlet of Might and Royal Assassin were useful
preparation for my grand finale.

I waited until all of Arkazon's lands were swamps and then I cast Kormus Bell.
All his swamps were now 1/1 creatures and I used my Relic Barrier to turn off
the Kormus Bell effect during Arkazon's turn, as a precautionary measure.

I cast the Brothers of Fire to perform Land destruction on all his swamps!!
My Royal Assassin and Icy Manipulator also joined in on the fun.
2 Hypnotic Spectres ensured that Arkazon suffered Hand destruction as well.
I then boosted my Shivan Dragon to 40/7 each turn and began kicking butt - 
all Arkazon had left in play was a Circle of Protection Red which he could no
longer power!

The duel finished as a walkover...

Arkazon: -11 life with 9 poison counters; AvatarW: 418 life!

Quite easy compared to the Black Castle with a Hypnotic Spectre and Greed
already in play at turn 1 for each opponent!!! It took me quite a few 
attempts before I finally mastered that tough challenge...


My final deck:

	Land:
		Badlands * 4		(Red/Black)
		Plateau * 4		(Red/White)
		Scrubland * 4		(Black/White)
		Taiga * 4		(Red/Green)
		Volcanic Island * 4	(Red/Blue)

		Library of Alexandria	(Tap: draw card if you have 7 in hand)

	White:
		Balance
		Circle of Protection: Artifacts
		Greater Realm of Preservation (COP Red & Black)
		Moat
		Spirit Link * 4
		Swords to Plowshares * 4

	Blue:
		Copy Artifact

	Black:
		Contract from Below * 2	(the MOST POWERFUL card in Shandalar!)
		Demonic Tutor
		Gate to Phyrexia	(sacrifice creature, destroy artifact)
		Greed
		Hypnotic Spectre * 2
		Royal Assassin * 2
		Xenic Poltergeist	(turn artifact into creature)

	Red:
		Aladdin * 2		(steal artifacts while Aladdin in play)
		Ali from Cairo
		Brothers of Fire
		Shivan Dragon * 2

	Artifacts:
		Cyclopean Tomb		(turn land into swamp)
		Feldon's Cane
		Forcefield
		Gauntlet of Might * 3
		Ivory Tower
		Kormus Bell		(all swamps become 1/1 creatures)
		Mox Jet
		Mox Pearl
		Mox Ruby
		Mox Sapphire
		Icy Manipulator
		Relic Barrier
		Ring of Ma'Ruf		(draw *ANY* external card)
		Serpent Generator

	Total Cards: 66

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