Team CMU

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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.[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

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

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
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