World Champion Deck - 2000

A Deck by Brian Kellenberger

        This deck won the world championship for the year 2000 at GenCon in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  This is a concept not seen often.  In fact, this is the first deck of its type I've ever seen that high.  Yes, it might be a POL deck, but it is far more than that.  To truly understand the deck, please read it completely and the dialog page following it.  Note that the comments in the deck list are his own comments.

Contents:

        Dungeon: Azure Tower of Onad the Fallen (the only one in the finals...surprised me!)
    Realms:
  1. Ancient Kalidnay
  2. Avanil
  3. Haunted Hall of Eveningstar (no ed.)
  4. The Horned Society (3rd ed)
  5. Menzoberranzan (3rd ed)
  6. Ruins of Zhentil Keep
  7. The Scarlet Brotherhood (3rd ed)
  8. Temple of Elemental Evil (4th ed)
  9. Tyr (4th ed)
  10. The Vilhon Reach
    Holdings:
  1. Mulmaster (4th ed)
    Events:
  1. Calm (3rd ed)
  2. Caravan (3rd ed)
  3. Cataclysm (3rd ed)
  4. Deflection (4th ed)
  5. The Genie Bottle (1st ed, but worth it)
  6. Good Fortune(3rd ed)
  7. Hurricane
  8. Map of Life (2nd ed, not as strong in this deck as I had anticipated. Slave Revolt instead maybe?)
  9. Temporal Stasis (4th ed, a real all-star of the tourney)
  10. Transformation (3rd ed, Poor man's Cold Cup)
    Champions:
        First Edition-
            1. Delsanora
            2. Gatekeeper
            3. Gib Kcir
            4. Necba the Wrathmaker (most broken champion in the game)
            5. Poor Oriental Lord ('He's not fair, only jackasses play with POL'...I know. Get over it. It's
                the world championships.He's the nail in the coffin for the deck. I can win without it out but
                I can't lose with it out at the right time. Well, ok, maybe just once...nice game Jim. I will
                talk a little about my choice of POL after the decklist.)
            6. Turin Deathstalker (He makes the whole deck possible.  Can you figure out why?  Hint: It
                ain't cause he's immune to the Living Wall ;^) )
        Non-First Edition-
            1. Chernevik
            2. Drawmij (underated in combat)
            3. Erellika  (better than you'd think. plus I like to have a caster that will probably not be in
                play)
            4. Etherial Champion
            5. Helm
            6. Hettman Tsurin
            7. Jella
            8. Korginard- not really necessary in this deck I found out.Maybe Iuz,Arlando El-Adaba or
                Midnight.
            9. Sadira
            10. Vaerhirmana

    Artifacts:

  1. Johydee's Mask (should have been no-ed but I left my only one in South Bend...doh!)
    Magic Items:
  1. Amulet of Spell Protection (best magical item in the game)
  2. Bag of Beans
  3. Bag of Holding
  4. Bell of Might
  5. Dragon Font
  6. Staff of Mimicry
    Allies:
  1. Dreaded Ghost (many easy spoils while defending, and when you have POL people come at you)
  2. Myrmindons (only used when needed. It's important to go all the way through the deck once asap.)

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    Wizard Spells:

  4. Disintegrate (2nd ed)
  5. Drawmij's Instant Summons
  6. Estate Transference
  7. Re-target (very good at removing dungeons and opponent's wish while defending POL)
  8. Time Stop (why don't more players use this?? It's wonderful)
  9. Wish

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    Cleric Spells:

  11. Dispel (4th ed)

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    Thief Skills:

  13. Con Game
  14. Hijacking

Total Levels: 89

Discussion of the Deck with
World Champion Brian Kellenburger
 

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