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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. (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.
==== 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>


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Revision as of 09:00, 8 August 2018

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 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.

Decks

Lauer-Potence, Pro Tour Chicago 1997


Iron City Beat-Down, Pro Tour Los Angeles 1998

Lands (26)

3 Ancient Tomb

4 Wasteland

19 Forest

Artifacts (4)

4 Cursed Scroll

Instants and Sorceries (8)

4 Elvish Fury

4 Winters Grasp


Turbo Mulch, US Nationals 1998


Horse Craft, World Championships 1998


Counter Phoenix, World Championships 1998

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


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

Sideboard (15)

2 Capsize

1 Grindstone

4 Hydroblast

4 Sea Sprite

4 Wasteland


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


CMU Academy, Pro Tour Rome 1998

References

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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