MTG Deck Archtypes and Tournament History

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. What is the overall strategy of a Psychatog deck? Sacrifice tons of artifacts for massive damage Draw tons of cards, then discard them all to the 'tog Force the opponent to discard cards, and keep them in a lockdown Swarm over the opponent with tons of small black and blue creatures

2. The Age of Magic, known as "Black Summer", was named after which card? Answer: (The name of a card)

3. What two cards were the first "Major Dominating" cards of the Type 2 Environment? Ivory Tower and Black Vise Black Vise and Zuran Orb Black Lotus and Time Walk Phage the Untouchable and Akroma, Angel of Wrath

4. What is the most popular Odyssey-block deck? White weenie Blue and Green Wild Mongrel Madness Deck Wizard Tribal Deck Green and White Phantom Deck

5. What card was banned from Mercadian Masques-Block tournaments, since over half of the decks competing in them were based around this card? Flowstone Overseer Cateran Overlord Lin Sivvi, Defiant Hero Belbe's Portal

6. The Archdeck "True Discard decks" died out practically right after it was created, but was brought back by which card? (What card adds a core to pure discard decks?) Answer: (A black card, One Word)

7. What card was known as a "Wrath of God", "Armageddon", and "Mind Twist" all in one? Answer: (A very cheap White card)

8. What change in elf decks was brought around greatly in the Onslaught cycle? With Onslaught, there are a lot more elf decks which used the elves for power, instead of just mana. Elves were never really in mono-colored decks, but now they were in a lot more mono-green decks Elves always formed only Green mana, but with Wirewood Channeler, now they can provide any color Before Onslaught, no elves had any other creature type, but now there are "Elf Wizard"s and "Elf Mutant"s

9. What card brought a huge number of Cycling decks into the envoirment? Answer: (A white enchantment)

10. What card is quickly replacing Terror and Dark Banishing as a new, cheap, easy to use Type 2 Creature Removal Spell? Befoul Smother Dregs of Sorrow Execute