Vintage Control Slaver deck
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The primary focus of Control Slaver is Mindslaver. It can be either "hard casted" or brought into play with Goblin Welder. The deck typically only needs one activation to put the opponent at a significant disadvantage, but can recur it with Welder if necessary. Once it has solidified control of the game, the deck typically wins with a large artifact creature such as Darksteel Colossus, Pentavus,Sharuum the Hegemon or Sundering Titan.
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[edit] Early days
Control Slaver was first seen in tournament play at Duelmen on Dec. 21, 2003, played by Kim Kluck of Team CAB:
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| Lands 3 Flooded Strand 1 Island 1 Library of Alexandria 2 Polluted Delta 2 Seat of the Synod 1 Strip Mine 1 Tolarian Academy 3 Underground Sea 4 Volcanic Island 1 Wasteland Creatures 4 Goblin Welder 1 Gorilla Shaman Artifacts 1 Black Lotus 1 Memory Jar 1 Mind's Eye 2 Mindslaver 1 Mox Emerald 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Pearl 1 Mox Ruby 1 Mox Sapphire 1 Sol Ring | Artifact Creatures 1 Pentavus Instants 1 Ancestral Recall 4 Brainstorm 4 Force of Will 4 Mana Drain 4 Thirst for Knowledge 3 Fire // Ice Sorceries 1 Demonic Tutor 1 Mind Twist 1 Yawgmoth's Will 1 Time Walk 1 Tinker | Sideboard 3 Rack and Ruin 3 Red Elemental Blast 4 Chalice of the Void 1 Mind's Eye 3 Tormod's Crypt 1 Vampiric Tutor | |
[edit] Two schools
Then two schools emerged: Drain Slaver (which are based around the list above) and Workshop Slaver which has no permission.
Here is a list of Workshop Slaver, played by Kevin Cron on [Mar 13 2004]:
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| Lands 2 Ancient Tomb 4 Mishra's Workshop 4 Shivan Reef 1 Tolarian Academy 4 Volcanic Island Creatures 4 Goblin Welder 1 Memnarch 1 Pentavus 1 Triskelion Artifacts 1 Black Lotus 4 Chalice of the Void 3 Gilded Lotus 1 Mana Crypt 1 Mana Vault 1 Memory Jar 3 Mindslaver 1 Mox Emerald 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Pearl 1 Mox Ruby 1 Mox Sapphire 1 Sol Ring | Instants 1 Ancestral Recall 4 Brainstorm 1 Fact or Fiction 4 Force of Will 4 Thirst for Knowledge Sorceries 1 Wheel of Fortune 1 Timetwister 1 Tinker 1 Time Walk | Sideboard 3 Blood Moon 2 Gorilla Shaman 2 Rack and Ruin 4 Red Elemental Blast 4 Trinisphere | |
Drain Slaver proved to be better that Workshop Slaver whose appearences dwindled. Drain Slaver is still a common deck in the Top 8 of major tournaments as of April 2006.
[edit] Modern designs
Here is a current listing, played by Rich Shay at Star City Games Richmond's Power 9 tournament on March 16, 2006:
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| Lands 2 Flooded Strand 3 Island 1 Library Of Alexandria 3 Polluted Delta 1 Tolarian Academy 2 Underground Sea 4 Volcanic Island Creatures 1 Darksteel Colossus 3 Goblin Welder 1 Triskelion Artifacts 1 Black Lotus 1 Mana Crypt 1 Mana Vault 2 Mindslaver 1 Mox Emerald 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Pearl 1 Mox Ruby 1 Mox Sapphire 1 Sol Ring 1 Tormod's Crypt | Instants 1 Rack and Ruin 1 Ancestral Recall 4 Brainstorm 1 Echoing Truth 1 Fact or Fiction 4 Force of Will 4 Mana Drain 1 Mystical Tutor 4 Thirst For Knowledge 1 Fire // Ice Sorceries 1 Demonic Tutor 1 Yawgmoth's Will 1 Merchant Scroll 1 Time Walk 1 Tinker | Sideboard 1 Lava Dart 1 Pyroblast 2 Rack And Ruin 1 Red Elemental Blast 2 Duress 2 Massacre 3 Chalice Of The Void 2 Ensnaring Bridge 1 Tormod's Crypt | |
Another solid version is Brian DeMars's Burning Slaver (SCG Power 9 tournament from March 19, 2006):
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| Lands 1 Darksteel Citadel 2 Flooded Strand 3 Island 2 Polluted Delta 1 Snow-Covered Island 1 Strip Mine 1 Tolarian Academy 2 Underground Sea 3 Volcanic Island Creatures 1 Duplicant 3 Goblin Welder 2 Gorilla Shaman 1 Sundering Titan Artifacts 1 Black Lotus 1 Crucible of Worlds 1 Mana Crypt 1 Mana Vault 1 Mox Emerald 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Pearl 1 Mox Ruby 1 Mox Sapphire 1 Mindslaver 1 Sol Ring | Instants 1 Vampiric Tutor 1 Ancestral Recall 4 Brainstorm 1 Echoing Truth 4 Force of Will 1 Gifts Ungiven 4 Mana Drain 1 Mystical Tutor 4 Thirst for Knowledge Sorceries 1 Demonic Tutor 1 Yawgmoth's Will 1 Burning Wish 1 Time Walk 1 Tinker | Sideboard 1 Echoing Ruin 1 Pyroblast 1 Rack and Ruin 1 Red Elemental Blast 1 Rolling Earthquake 3 Duress 1 Tendrils of Agony 1 Deep Analysis 1 Echoing Truth 1 Fire // Ice 1 Pyrite Spellbomb 1 Solemn Simulacrum 1 Tormod's Crypt | |
[edit] External links
- Control Slaver Primer by Rich Shay (March 17, 2004)
- "How to Play Control Slaver Now", by Brian DeMars, StarCityGames.com, September 26, 2005.
