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Speaking of winning games, a cycling theme can be very strong but really has no place in real competitive gameplay

#18: Recurring Nightmare Weve already touched on a few Recurring Nightmare decks this month, but the biggest win for the card has got to be Brian Seldens 1998 World Championship list: Creatures (24) 1 Spike Weaver 1 Verdant Force 1 Tradewind Rider 4 Wall of Blossoms 4 Birds of Paradise 1 Man-o'-War 2 Nekrataal 2 Uktabi Orangutan 2 Spike Feeder 2 Wall of Roots 1 Spirit of the Night 1 Orcish Settlers 1 Cloudchaser Eagle 1 Thrull Surgeon Lands (22) Spells (14) Sideboard While Recurring Nightmare is most often thought of as part of Survival of the Fittest strategies, it has also enjoyed a fair bit of success in B/G Rock decks, just using it for value and in combo decks seeking to loop it, with any number of creatures that effectively net you mana each time

Man, I wish Blue cards still frequently got creatures of the deep, like Whales and Squids and such

And that meant I could do something very unusual

Yuppers Puppers

The best turns involve copying this legendary artifact with Echo Storm or a similar effect, though you'll have to get rid of any copies that still remain, since Ugin's Nexus would make you skip over all your hard-earned turns if you keep a copy in play