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Madness

Posted on 11 October 2006 by Dominic Hodgson

Intro
Storm in my Heart by Scarred IV Life

A look at the Comprehensive Rules for madness.

Spiral Madness!
An update as to what’s new for storm, morph and of course madness from Time Spiral.

Storm:
Empty the Warrens (a storm take on Goblin Offensive)
Ground Rift (the new Panic Attack)
Volcanic Awakening

Morph:
Brine Elemental
Fathom Seer (a morph creature/Gush)
Fledgling Mawcor
Fortune Thief (the new Ali from Cairo)
Liege of the Pit (throwback to Lord of the Pit)
Slipstream Serpent
Thelonite Hermit (cousin to Deranged Hermit)
Weathered Bodyguards (reminiscient of Veteran Bodyguard)

Madness:
Call to the Netherworld
Dark Withering
Gorgon Recluse (similar to Thicket Basilisk)
Nightshade Assassin
Psychotic Episode

Mental History
A look at how madness may have began (Guerrilla Tactics) and how it might have influenced the Onslaught cyclers with triggered abilities, like Slice and Dice.

Methods to Madness
How to use madness effectively, and some example discard outlets.
Lion’s Eye Diamond
Dream Halls
Masticore
Compulsion
Hypochondria
Mortiphobia
Narcissism
Pyromania

Still Crazy After All These Years
A look at how madness cards along with Wild Mongrel and Psychatog dominated Standard of their day, as well as Extended and Legacy even now.

Craziest Card and a Demented Decklist
Fiery Temper is featured in the deck here:
http://www.essentialmagic.com/Decks/View.asp?ID=495520

Special Thanks
To MovieWavs.com for the Star Wars Theme
Stanford.edu for providing the definition of ‘fair use’ in terms of parody (so I’m not violating any copyright issues). http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Overview/chapter9/9-a.html#2

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