3 Stomps, you're DEAD!

by surewhynot on 07 December 2010

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (15 cards)

Creatures (1)


Instants (7)

Enchantments (4)


Land (3)

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Deck Description

A stompy deck that abuses a mathematical trick revolving around the number 3. It's essentially legalized deck-stacking. =]

My other Stompy decks:

http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=116250 <---My personal favorite Stompy


http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=116626 <---Standard-legal Stompy


http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=118142 <---Old(er)-school Stompy with more emphasis on pumps.

http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=122864 <---Stompy with Vengevine in it. That Vengevine just keeps coming.

http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=123634 <---Elf tribal Stompy. Idea came to me when I looked at Mul Daya Channelers

http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=124886 <---A more creature-based Stompy and the only one I have using Garruk.

http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=127787 <---Eldrazi-based Stompy.

http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=128224 <---Metal-Stomp. Artifact heavy Stompy.

http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=130917 <---Horde-Stomp. Token swarm based Stompy. The last Stompy I'll make for a VERY long time. =]

Deck Tags

  • Stompy

Deck at a Glance

Social Stats

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Mana Curve

Mana Symbol Occurrence

000054

Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Not Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Not Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for 3 Stomps, you're DEAD!

Ok, found it. This deck is good, I especially like the spells, this could own a lot of my decks easy :P

Although, like most decks I've seen, I dont honestly understand putting lands like Misty Rainforest and verdant catacombs on Mono decks, only my personal view, not sure aobut the strategy, so you can correct me if Im wrong, but would just putting six more forests be as affective and without costing life. Once again, its just a thought, you can explain to me the strategy if it is ok with you.

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Posted 07 December 2010 at 04:02

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Putting in fetchlands helps to accelerate any deck, multi-colored or mono. Basically what happens is you play the land, pay one measly life (seriously, 1 life is no biggy), and then pull another land out of your deck! You thus increase the probability of drawing the cards you need while still playing lands! So, while they end up as forests anyway, the fetchlands allow me to actively thin out my deck while losing nothing more than 1 life! I highly recommend trying it out. =]

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Posted 07 December 2010 at 17:09

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wow. I never thought of it like that, thats a good tactic, Imma try it in one of my decks one time, thanks for the clarification

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Posted 07 December 2010 at 17:28

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Ok, I attempted a burn deck with that strategy, you can check it out, I think it might be a good strategy

Link: http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=122924

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Posted 07 December 2010 at 23:19

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Fetchlands thinning out the deck is an illusion. Sure the numbers make sense, I mean - there's one less card in your deck when you use it, but what is the actual increased probability? Check out this article, seriously:

http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/print.asp?ID=3096

Though they're discussing the Onslaught fetchlands, it's the same tactic being discussed.

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Posted 12 December 2010 at 20:02

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I've actually seen that article before. The guy makes a decent point when you look at the simulation on paper. However, there's a few things I disagree with him on, such as experimental controls and variants...but I digress.

Plus, I found it strange that the guy drools over Sligh, yet also makes it seem that minute changes in a deck make no difference. Sligh is the perfect example of how changed probabilities, even if minute, have a greater effect than a poorly executed analysis might show.

There is *some* truth to the experiments he did, but honestly not that much. =]

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Posted 12 December 2010 at 22:00

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Pretty nice deck indeed!
please check out my new "Thopter Edge" deck and of course you can comment and rate it
thx in advance

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Posted 07 December 2010 at 12:45

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Hoho! Math powers; ACTIVAAATE!
I've seen(and used) such math in other decks, but it's alarming how well it goes in stompy. It's also pretty amusing in ye olden zombies.

Overall this is quite an amazing deck, however being the mill minder I am, I again warn of the dreaded Mind Funeral+Dralnu, Lich Lord combination. 9/10, Because mill is stupidly popular in my areas of play.

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Posted 07 December 2010 at 17:14

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Yeah, because this deck essentially stacks itself (which is absurd when put to stompy), mind funeral just rips it in half. It's basically a 3 mana Traumatize ={

Thankfully, mill is pretty rarely seen in my playgroup. (which is why I love to pull out my mill deck from time to time) =]

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Posted 07 December 2010 at 17:28

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Also, if you think the math in this was crazy before, I'd like you to take note of the mana symbol occurrence =]

Yeah...

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Posted 07 December 2010 at 17:33

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Oh you're evil, it's fantastic!

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Posted 07 December 2010 at 17:38

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Hehe, thanks. Hey by the way, welcome back (I think)!

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Posted 07 December 2010 at 17:47

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Have you considered throwing in 3 more lands?

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Posted 07 December 2010 at 23:22

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Not even slightly. =]

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Posted 07 December 2010 at 23:28

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How does having only 3 copies of a card "stack" the deck for you?

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Posted 08 December 2010 at 13:27

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If you shuffle using the 6 card split, then you distribute your cards to repeat every 20th card in. Additionally, since this deck has gone further than that with it's mana-costs and special curve, the lands will be shuffled in a way that gives them the highest probability of being drawn at the most opportune moments.

I don't think the "draw sample hand" link does it justice. It's not REALLY stacking your deck, but it's a mathematical probability trick that lets you get as close to stacking as possible =P

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Posted 08 December 2010 at 14:15

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You should also remember that adding that extra card gives you a greater probability of drawing the same card in your hand (which could come up to no advantage to you) twice. Only putting in 3 of each card allows you to add more different cards in your deck. Essentailly you can bog yourself down in useless draws by throwing in 4 of every card.

Although this deck is an obsessive take on this idea, and isn't truly needed to this extreme.

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Posted 17 December 2010 at 23:59

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It is a little obsessive isn't it? ={

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Posted 18 December 2010 at 00:05

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Just a tad.

You really only wanna do with with cards you need, but don't need more than 1 of in your hand (Legendary Permenants could use this). The fetch lands for instance, you can run 4 of each and it won't hurt your deck (it may even help because of increased chance of deck shrinking).

All that aside, this a great deck and I may look at it when making my friend's green deck. =]

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Posted 18 December 2010 at 19:16

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Cool deck!

Hey, you seem to be a great deck builder. I am trying to figure out my tax rack deck, wondering if it should be RW instead of just White. I also want to just make it the best I can in general, and I was wondering if you might be able to help me with that.

Also maybe give some tips on my red deck.

Thanks a bunch!

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Posted 10 December 2010 at 12:29

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Thanks, I'll be sure to take a look.

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Posted 12 December 2010 at 14:17

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Ah crap...Sorry whoever I bumped off...

<_<

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Posted 13 December 2010 at 20:51

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Posted 17 December 2010 at 09:29

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this is a great deck. although im not sure how to do the six card split (im fairly stupid) it looks good, even if it isnt stacked. good job
if you could, take a look at my white deck. i need help with it today because im taking it to a tournyment.
http://mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=125384

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Posted 17 December 2010 at 15:52

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I too would like to know about the 6 card split. Can't seem to find any info about it online, is there another name it goes by? I like the deck btw.

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Posted 25 December 2010 at 20:36

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