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'''Team CMU''' was an influential professional Magic: The Gathering team from 1997-2001 known for innovating numerous deck archetypes and strategies and producing many of Magic's future developers, writers and champions.<ref>Heiss, N. (2003). The History of Team CMU: Part 1. Retrieved on August 8, 2018 from [https://www.wizards.com/sideboard/article.asp?x=sb20010206a https://www.wizards.com/sideboard/article.asp?x=sb20010206a]</ref><ref>Heiss, N. (2003). The History of Team CMU: Part 2. Retrieved on August 8, 2018 from [https://www.wizards.com/sideboard/article.asp?x=sb20010213a https://www.wizards.com/sideboard/article.asp?x=sb20010213a]</ref><ref>Heiss, N. (2003). The History of Team CMU: Part 3. Retrieved on August 8, 2018 from [https://www.wizards.com/sideboard/article.asp?x=sb20010302e https://www.wizards.com/sideboard/article.asp?x=sb20010302e]</ref> It included such future famous persons such as [[Erik Lauer]], [[Andrew Cuneo]], [[Randy Buehler]], [[Mike Turian]], [[Aaron Forsythe]], [[Brian Schneider]], [[Nate Heiss]] and [[Gary Wise]]. The team was named after the university where several of its originating members were attending, Carnegie Mellon University.
'''Team CMU''' was an influential professional Magic: The Gathering team from 1997-2001 known for innovating numerous deck archetypes and strategies and producing many of Magic's future developers, writers and champions.<ref>Heiss, N. (February 6, 2001). ''The History of Team CMU: Part 1''. Retrieved on August 8, 2018 from [https://www.wizards.com/sideboard/article.asp?x=sb20010206a https://www.wizards.com/sideboard/article.asp?x=sb20010206a]</ref><ref>Heiss, N. (February 13, 2001). ''The History of Team CMU: Part 2''. Retrieved on August 8, 2018 from [https://www.wizards.com/sideboard/article.asp?x=sb20010213a https://www.wizards.com/sideboard/article.asp?x=sb20010213a]</ref><ref>Heiss, N. (March 2, 2001). ''The History of Team CMU: Part 3''. Retrieved on August 8, 2018 from [https://www.wizards.com/sideboard/article.asp?x=sb20010302e https://www.wizards.com/sideboard/article.asp?x=sb20010302e]</ref> It included such future famous persons as: [[Erik Lauer]], [[Andrew Cuneo]], [[Randy Buehler]], [[Mike Turian]], [[Aaron Forsythe]], [[Brian Schneider]], [[Nate Heiss]] and [[Gary Wise]]. The team was formed to prepare for [[1997–98 Pro Tour Season|Pro Tour Chicago 1997]] and was named after the university where several of its originating members were attending, Carnegie Mellon University.<ref>MTG Breakdown. (November 28, 2017). ''MTG Breakdown Rewind - Randy Buehler at Pro Tour Chicago 1997'' [Video]. Retrieved on August 8, 2018 from [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km8AMFUetuc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km8AMFUetuc]</ref>


==== References ====
== Decks ==
<d title="Lauer-Potence, Pro Tour Chicago 1997">
Lands
2  Bad River
4  Badlands
3  Gemstone Mine
3  Lake of the Dead
4  Scrubland
8  Swamp
 
Creatures
1  Ihsan's Shade
4  Knight of Stromgald
4  Order of the Ebon Hand
 
Instants and Sorceries
4  Demonic Consultation
3  Disenchant
4  Drain Life
2  Firestorm
4  Hymn to Tourach
2  Incinerate
4  Lightning Bolt
4  Necropotence
 
Sideboard
2  Circle of Protection: Black
1  Disenchant
1  Firestorm
3  Honorable Passage
2  Mind Warp
3  Pyroblast
3  Terror
</d>
 
 
<d title="Iron City Beat-Down, Pro Tour Los Angeles 1998">
Lands
3  Ancient Tomb
4  Wasteland
19  Forest
 
Artifacts
4  Cursed Scroll
 
Creatures
3  Horned Sliver
4  Metallic Sliver
4  Muscle Sliver
4  Rootwalla
4  Skyshroud Ranger
3  Trained Armodon
 
Instants and Sorceries
4  Elvish Fury
4  Winters Grasp
</d>
 
 
<d title="Turbo Mulch, US Nationals 1998">
Lands
4  Brushland
4  Grasslands
2  Quicksand
2  Wasteland
7  Forest
7  Plains
 
Artifacts
4  Scroll Rack
 
Creatures
2 Archangel
 
Enchantments
1  Aura of Silence
4  Oath of Druids
 
Instants and Sorceries
2  Cataclysm
2  Creeping Mold
2  Disenchant
2  Enlightened Tutor
4  Gaea's Blessing
3  Gerrard's Wisdom
4  Mulch
4  Wrath of God
 
Sideboard
4  Abeyance
2  Armageddon
1  Choke
1  Circle of Protection: Red
2  Disenchant
1  Elephant Grass
1  Emerald Charm
1  Gerrard's Wisdom
2  Jester's Cap
</d>
 
 
<d title="Horse Craft, World Championships 1998">
Lands
12  Forest
10  Swamp
 
Artifacts
3  Scroll Rack
 
Creatures
1  Hermit Druid
2  Mindless Automaton
1  Mogg Fanatic
1  Spike Breeder
2  Spike Feeder
3  Spike Weaver
1  Stronghold Assassin
2  Workhorse
4  Wall of Blossoms
 
Enchantments
4  Earthcraft
4  Overgrowth
4  Recurring Nightmare
3  Survival of the Fittest
 
Instants and Sorceries
3  Corpse Dance
</d>
 
 
<d title="Counter Phoenix, World Championships 1998">
Lands
1 Caldera Lake
4 Reflecting Pool
14 Island
10 Mountain
 
Artifacts
1 Scroll Rack
 
Creatures
1 Mogg Fanatic
4 Shard Phoenix
 
Instants and Sorceries
3 Capsize
4 Counterspell
2 Dismiss
4 Forbid
4 Intuition
4 Mana leak
4 Shock
 
Sideboard
1 Dismiss
3 Mogg Fanatic
3 Portcullis
3 Shattering Pulse
2 Stalking Stones
3 Thalakos Drifters
</d>
 
 
<d title="CMU Blue, World Championships 1998">
Lands
4 Quicksand
4 Stalking Stones
18 Island
 
Artifacts
4 Nevinyrral's Disk
 
Creatures
1 Rainbow Efreet
 
Instants and Sorceries
4 Counterspell
4 Dismiss
2 Dissipate
3 Forbid
4 Force Spike
4 Impulse
3 Mana Leak
1 Memory Lapse
4 Whispers of the Muse
 
Sideboard
2 Capsize
1 Grindstone
4 Hydroblast
4 Sea Sprite
4 Wasteland
</d>
 
 
<d title="Turbo Tradewind (aka The Mawcor Deck), Pro Tour Chicago 1998">
Lands
4  Stalking Stones
19  Island
 
Artifacts
3  Mox Diamond
 
Creatures
3  Keeper of the Mind
4  Manakin
4  Mawcor
3  Thalakos Drifters
4  Tradewind Rider
 
Enchantments
4  Curiosity
2  Legacy's Allure
1  Mind Over Matter
 
Instants and Sorceries
2  Capsize
3  Counterspell
4  Forbid
 
Sideboard
1  Capsize
4  Hammerhead Shark
2  Legacy's Allure
1  Mind Over Matter
3  Propaganda
1  Rootwater Hunter
1  Thalakos Drifters
2  Whispers of the Muse
</d>
 
 
<d title="CMU Academy, Pro Tour Rome 1998">
Lands
3 City of Brass
4 Tolarian Academy
3 Tundra
4 Underground Sea
3 Volcanic Island
4 Wasteland
 
Artifacts
4 Lotus Petal
4 Mana Vault
1 Mind Over Matter
4 Mox Diamond
3 Scroll Rack
2 Urza's Bauble
 
Enchantments
1 Mind Over Matter
 
Instants and Sorceries
3 Abeyance
2 Counterspell
4 Impulse
1 Stroke of Genius
4 Time Spiral
3 Vampiric Tutor
4 Windfall
 
Sideboard
1 Abeyance
1 Capsize
4 Chill
1 City of Solitude
1 Gloom
1 Gorilla Shaman
2 Hydroblast
1 Perish
3 Pyroblast
</d>
 
 
<d title="Whale Rec/Sur, Pro Tour Rome 1998">
Lands
4  Bayou
2  Gaea's Cradle
2  Savannah
2  Taiga
2  Tropical Island
3  Wasteland
3  Forest
2  Swamp
 
Creatures
2  Ashen Ghoul
4  Birds of Paradise
1  Cartographer
3  Elves of Deep Shadow
2  Fyndhorn Elves
1  Gorilla Shaman
1  Great Whale
1  Hermit Druid
1  Krovikan Horror
1  Lhurgoyf
2  Llanowar Elves
1  Quirion Ranger
1  Ravenous Baboons
1  Spike Feeder
1  Triskelion
1  Uktabi Orangutan
2  Wall of Roots
1  Wood Elves
 
Enchantments
2 Mirri's Guile
4 Recurring Nightmare
4 Survival of the Fittest
 
Instants and Sorceries
2 Buried Alive
1 Vampiric Tutor
 
 
Sideboard
2  Ashen Ghoul
2  Brass Man
1  Granger Guildmage
1  Krovikan Horror
1  Monk Realist
1  Night Soil
3  Red  Elemental Blast
1  Sand Golem
1  Titania's Song
1  Vampiric Tutor
1  Wall of Blossoms
</d>
 
 
<d title="CMU Blue, World Championships 1999">
Lands
4 Faerie Conclave
4 Stalking Stones
4 Wasteland
16 Island
 
Artifacts
4 Powder Keg
 
Creatures
3 Masticore
 
Enchantments
4 Treachery
 
Instants and Sorceries
4 Counterspell
4 Dismiss
4 Forbid
4 Mana Leak
1 Miscalculation
4 Whispers of the Muse
 
Sideboard
4 Annul
1 Capsize
3 Chill
3 Legacy's Allure
1 Masticore
2 Maze of Shadows
1 Stroke of Genius
</d>
 
 
<d title="Squirrel Prison, Grand Prix Memphis 1999">
Lands
2 Slippery Karst
4 Treetop Village
8 Forest
10 Island
 
Creatures
4 Deranged Hermit
3 Heart Warden
2 Masticore
2 Morphling
4 Priest of Titania
1 Wizard Mentor
4 Yavimaya Elder
4 Yavimaya Granger
 
Enchantments
4 Opposition
4 Treachery
 
Instants and Sorceries
4 Annul
 
Sideboard
2 Arcane Laboratory
1 Confiscate
2 Douse
2 Gaea's Embrace
2 Harmonic Convergence
2 Quash
2 Powder Keg
2 Power Sink
</d>
 
 
<d title="Angry Hermit, US Nationals 2000">
Lands
2 Gaea's Cradle
4 Karplusan Forest
4 Rishadan Port
2 Treetop Village
11 Forest
2 Mountain
 
Creatures
4 Avalanche Riders
4 Birds of Paradise
4 Deranged Hermit
4 Llanowar Elves
3 Masticore
2 Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary
3 Skyshroud Poacher
3 Yavimaya Elder
 
Instants and Sorceries
4 Arc Lightning
4 Plow Under
 
Sideboard
2 Ancient Hydra
4 Blastoderm
2 Boil
1 Masticore
1 Splinter
3 Thran Foundry
2 Uktabi Orangutan
</d>
 
 
<d title="Grizzly Rebels, US Nationals 2000">
Lands
19 Plains
4 Rishadan Port
 
Creatures
4 Fresh Volunteers
4 Longbow Archer
4 Mother of Runes
4 Ramosian Sergeant
4 Steadfast Guard
 
Enchantments
4 Crusade
1 Glorious Anthem
4 Parallax Wave
 
Instants and Sorceries
3 Armageddon
3 Disenchant
2 Reverent Mantra
 
Sideboard
1 Absolute Law
1 Armageddon
1 Circle of Protection: Red
3 Defender en-Vec
1 Disenchant
1 Erase
1 Glorious Anthem
2 Light of Day
4 Wrath of God
</d>
 
== References ==
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Latest revision as of 07:11, 17 March 2019

Team CMU was an influential professional Magic: The Gathering team from 1997-2001 known for innovating numerous deck archetypes and strategies and producing many of Magic's future developers, writers and champions.[1][2][3] It included such future famous persons as: Erik Lauer, Andrew Cuneo, Randy Buehler, Mike Turian, Aaron Forsythe, Brian Schneider, Nate Heiss and Gary Wise. The team was formed to prepare for Pro Tour Chicago 1997 and was named after the university where several of its originating members were attending, Carnegie Mellon University.[4]

Decks

Lauer-Potence, Pro Tour Chicago 1997

Lands (24)

2 Bad River

4 Badlands

3 Gemstone Mine

3 Lake of the Dead

4 Scrubland

8 Swamp

Creatures (9)

1 Ihsan's Shade

4 Knight of Stromgald

4 Order of the Ebon Hand

Instants and Sorceries (27)

4 Demonic Consultation

3 Disenchant

4 Drain Life

2 Firestorm

4 Hymn to Tourach

2 Incinerate

4 Lightning Bolt

4 Necropotence

Sideboard (15)

2 Circle of Protection: Black

1 Disenchant

1 Firestorm

3 Honorable Passage

2 Mind Warp

3 Pyroblast

3 Terror


Iron City Beat-Down, Pro Tour Los Angeles 1998

Lands (26)

3 Ancient Tomb

4 Wasteland

19 Forest

Artifacts (4)

4 Cursed Scroll

Creatures (22)

3 Horned Sliver

4 Metallic Sliver

4 Muscle Sliver

4 Rootwalla

4 Skyshroud Ranger

3 Trained Armodon

Instants and Sorceries (8)

4 Elvish Fury

4 Winters Grasp


Turbo Mulch, US Nationals 1998

Lands (26)

4 Brushland

4 Grasslands

2 Quicksand

2 Wasteland

7 Forest

7 Plains

Artifacts (4)

4 Scroll Rack

Creatures (2)

2 Archangel

Enchantments (5)

1 Aura of Silence

4 Oath of Druids

Instants and Sorceries (23)

2 Cataclysm

2 Creeping Mold

2 Disenchant

2 Enlightened Tutor

4 Gaea's Blessing

3 Gerrard's Wisdom

4 Mulch

4 Wrath of God

Sideboard (15)

4 Abeyance

2 Armageddon

1 Choke

1 Circle of Protection: Red

2 Disenchant

1 Elephant Grass

1 Emerald Charm

1 Gerrard's Wisdom

2 Jester's Cap


Horse Craft, World Championships 1998

Lands (22)

12 Forest

10 Swamp

Artifacts (3)

3 Scroll Rack

Creatures (17)

1 Hermit Druid

2 Mindless Automaton

1 Mogg Fanatic

1 Spike Breeder

2 Spike Feeder

3 Spike Weaver

1 Stronghold Assassin

2 Workhorse

4 Wall of Blossoms

Enchantments (15)

4 Earthcraft

4 Overgrowth

4 Recurring Nightmare

3 Survival of the Fittest

Instants and Sorceries (3)

3 Corpse Dance


Counter Phoenix, World Championships 1998

Lands (29)

1 Caldera Lake

4 Reflecting Pool

14 Island

10 Mountain

Artifacts (1)

1 Scroll Rack

Creatures (5)

1 Mogg Fanatic

4 Shard Phoenix

Instants and Sorceries (25)

3 Capsize

4 Counterspell

2 Dismiss

4 Forbid

4 Intuition

4 Mana leak

4 Shock

Sideboard (15)

1 Dismiss

3 Mogg Fanatic

3 Portcullis

3 Shattering Pulse

2 Stalking Stones

3 Thalakos Drifters


CMU Blue, World Championships 1998

Lands (26)

4 Quicksand

4 Stalking Stones

18 Island

Artifacts (4)

4 Nevinyrral's Disk

Creatures (1)

1 Rainbow Efreet

Instants and Sorceries (29)

4 Counterspell

4 Dismiss

2 Dissipate

3 Forbid

4 Force Spike

4 Impulse

3 Mana Leak

1 Memory Lapse

4 Whispers of the Muse

Sideboard (15)

2 Capsize

1 Grindstone

4 Hydroblast

4 Sea Sprite

4 Wasteland


Turbo Tradewind (aka The Mawcor Deck), Pro Tour Chicago 1998

Lands (23)

4 Stalking Stones

19 Island

Artifacts (3)

3 Mox Diamond

Creatures (18)

3 Keeper of the Mind

4 Manakin

4 Mawcor

3 Thalakos Drifters

4 Tradewind Rider

Enchantments (7)

4 Curiosity

2 Legacy's Allure

1 Mind Over Matter

Instants and Sorceries (9)

2 Capsize

3 Counterspell

4 Forbid

Sideboard (15)

1 Capsize

4 Hammerhead Shark

2 Legacy's Allure

1 Mind Over Matter

3 Propaganda

1 Rootwater Hunter

1 Thalakos Drifters

2 Whispers of the Muse


CMU Academy, Pro Tour Rome 1998

Lands (21)

3 City of Brass

4 Tolarian Academy

3 Tundra

4 Underground Sea

3 Volcanic Island

4 Wasteland

Artifacts (18)

4 Lotus Petal

4 Mana Vault

1 Mind Over Matter

4 Mox Diamond

3 Scroll Rack

2 Urza's Bauble

Enchantments (1)

1 Mind Over Matter

Instants and Sorceries (21)

3 Abeyance

2 Counterspell

4 Impulse

1 Stroke of Genius

4 Time Spiral

3 Vampiric Tutor

4 Windfall

Sideboard (15)

1 Abeyance

1 Capsize

4 Chill

1 City of Solitude

1 Gloom

1 Gorilla Shaman

2 Hydroblast

1 Perish

3 Pyroblast


Whale Rec/Sur, Pro Tour Rome 1998

Lands (20)

4 Bayou

2 Gaea's Cradle

2 Savannah

2 Taiga

2 Tropical Island

3 Wasteland

3 Forest

2 Swamp

Creatures (27)

2 Ashen Ghoul

4 Birds of Paradise

1 Cartographer

3 Elves of Deep Shadow

2 Fyndhorn Elves

1 Gorilla Shaman

1 Great Whale

1 Hermit Druid

1 Krovikan Horror

1 Lhurgoyf

2 Llanowar Elves

1 Quirion Ranger

1 Ravenous Baboons

1 Spike Feeder

1 Triskelion

1 Uktabi Orangutan

2 Wall of Roots

1 Wood Elves

Enchantments (10)

2 Mirri's Guile

4 Recurring Nightmare

4 Survival of the Fittest

Instants and Sorceries (3)

2 Buried Alive

1 Vampiric Tutor

Sideboard (15)

2 Ashen Ghoul

2 Brass Man

1 Granger Guildmage

1 Krovikan Horror

1 Monk Realist

1 Night Soil

3 Red Elemental Blast

1 Sand Golem

1 Titania's Song

1 Vampiric Tutor

1 Wall of Blossoms


CMU Blue, World Championships 1999

Lands (28)

4 Faerie Conclave

4 Stalking Stones

4 Wasteland

16 Island

Artifacts (4)

4 Powder Keg

Creatures (3)

3 Masticore

Enchantments (4)

4 Treachery

Instants and Sorceries (21)

4 Counterspell

4 Dismiss

4 Forbid

4 Mana Leak

1 Miscalculation

4 Whispers of the Muse

Sideboard (15)

4 Annul

1 Capsize

3 Chill

3 Legacy's Allure

1 Masticore

2 Maze of Shadows

1 Stroke of Genius


Squirrel Prison, Grand Prix Memphis 1999

Lands (24)

2 Slippery Karst

4 Treetop Village

8 Forest

10 Island

Creatures (24)

4 Deranged Hermit

3 Heart Warden

2 Masticore

2 Morphling

4 Priest of Titania

1 Wizard Mentor

4 Yavimaya Elder

4 Yavimaya Granger

Enchantments (8)

4 Opposition

4 Treachery

Instants and Sorceries (4)

4 Annul

Sideboard (15)

2 Arcane Laboratory

1 Confiscate

2 Douse

2 Gaea's Embrace

2 Harmonic Convergence

2 Quash

2 Powder Keg

2 Power Sink


Angry Hermit, US Nationals 2000

Lands (25)

2 Gaea's Cradle

4 Karplusan Forest

4 Rishadan Port

2 Treetop Village

11 Forest

2 Mountain

Creatures (27)

4 Avalanche Riders

4 Birds of Paradise

4 Deranged Hermit

4 Llanowar Elves

3 Masticore

2 Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary

3 Skyshroud Poacher

3 Yavimaya Elder

Instants and Sorceries (8)

4 Arc Lightning

4 Plow Under

Sideboard (15)

2 Ancient Hydra

4 Blastoderm

2 Boil

1 Masticore

1 Splinter

3 Thran Foundry

2 Uktabi Orangutan


Grizzly Rebels, US Nationals 2000

Lands (23)

19 Plains

4 Rishadan Port

Creatures (20)

4 Fresh Volunteers

4 Longbow Archer

4 Mother of Runes

4 Ramosian Sergeant

4 Steadfast Guard

Enchantments (9)

4 Crusade

1 Glorious Anthem

4 Parallax Wave

Instants and Sorceries (8)

3 Armageddon

3 Disenchant

2 Reverent Mantra

Sideboard (15)

1 Absolute Law

1 Armageddon

1 Circle of Protection: Red

3 Defender en-Vec

1 Disenchant

1 Erase

1 Glorious Anthem

2 Light of Day

4 Wrath of God

References

  1. ↑ Heiss, N. (February 6, 2001). The History of Team CMU: Part 1. Retrieved on August 8, 2018 from https://www.wizards.com/sideboard/article.asp?x=sb20010206a
  2. ↑ Heiss, N. (February 13, 2001). The History of Team CMU: Part 2. Retrieved on August 8, 2018 from https://www.wizards.com/sideboard/article.asp?x=sb20010213a
  3. ↑ Heiss, N. (March 2, 2001). The History of Team CMU: Part 3. Retrieved on August 8, 2018 from https://www.wizards.com/sideboard/article.asp?x=sb20010302e
  4. ↑ MTG Breakdown. (November 28, 2017). MTG Breakdown Rewind - Randy Buehler at Pro Tour Chicago 1997 [Video]. Retrieved on August 8, 2018 from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km8AMFUetuc
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