Wild-Eyed Frenzy - Visions - 2006-04-10 (Casual)

Visions Theme Deck
The “Wild-Eyed Frenzy” deck does one thing: Attack. Or, rather, ATAAAAAAACK!!!!! It’s designed to send in a wave of screaming, ravenous Goblins at the beginning of the game, then follow that up with a wave of lumbering Minotaurs and other marauders. Toss in some burn and a few potentially ridiculous power-boosting spells, and you might have a deliciously short game on your hands.

What’s so ridiculous about this deck? Imagine this sequence. Turn one: Play Keeper of Kookus. Turn two: Play Goblin Elite Infantry. Turn three: Play Goblin Soothsayer and Goblin Recruiter, putting all the rest of your Goblins on top of your library. Turn four: Play Song of Blood followed by a second Song of Blood. Thanks to Goblin Recruiter, each one will dump four creatures from your library into your graveyard. When you attack with your four creatures, they’ll each get +8/+0, for a total of 36 damage. On turn four!

Of course, that’s not a very likely scenario. But it doesn’t need to be—you dealt 16 more damage than necessary! The Goblin Recruiter–Song of Blood combo is powerful, and can end games before they’ve really gotten started.

Simply sending a horde of fearless, expendable Goblins at your opponent turn after turn can rack up the damage, putting a great deal of pressure on your opponent to stop you. By the time your 1/1 creatures have been brought under control, your hefty reinforcements will be ready to change the nature of the battle. Talruum Champion, Talruum Piper, Flame Elemental, and Kookus provide a whole different challenge, and your opponent’s defenses probably aren’t up to the task.

And then there’s the burn. Chaos Charm, Unerring Sling, and Flame Elemental can incinerate enough enemy creatures from the board for you to continue your assault. You’ll need to decide whether it’s better to use Flare and Fireblast the same way, providing a clear path for your attackers, or whether saving them to finish off your opponent is the better plan. What to do depends on the state of the game. But as long as they set fire to something, you’ll be in good shape!