
By Brian David-Marshall
Brian David-Marshall is a New York–based game designer who has been involved with Magic since 1994, when he started organizing tournaments and ran a Manhattan game store. Since then, he has been a judge, a player, and one of the longest-tenured columnists on DailyMTG.com, as he enters his second decade writing for the site. He is also the Pro Tour Historian and one of the commentators for the Pro Tour.
Enabled by Tome Scour and Hedron Crab, Michael Jacob shows off his Crypt of Agadeem-powered Unearth deck from the Standard rounds of 2009 Worlds.
Creature (29)
4 Hedron Crab 4 Rotting Rats 4 Sedraxis Specter 4 Viscera Dragger 4 Architects of Will 3 Monstrous Carabid 4 Extractor Demon 2 FatestitcherLand (22)
3 Verdant Catacombs 4 Scalding Tarn 2 Misty Rainforest 2 Drowned Catacomb 4 Crypt of Agadeem 3 Swamp 3 Island 1 Mountain60 Cards
Black (25)
4 Rotting Rats 4 Viscera Dragger 4 Extractor Demon 4 Grim Discovery 3 Immortal Coil 3 Blister Beetle 3 DeathmarkColorless (22)
3 Verdant Catacombs 4 Scalding Tarn 2 Misty Rainforest 2 Drowned Catacomb 4 Crypt of Agadeem 3 Swamp 3 Island 1 Mountain75 Cards
3 (4)
4 Sedraxis Specter5 (3)
3 Monstrous Carabid6 (4)
4 Extractor Demon8 (2)
2 Kederekt Leviathan53 Cards
Common (38)
3 Swamp 3 Island 1 Mountain 4 Rotting Rats 4 Viscera Dragger 4 Architects of Will 3 Monstrous Carabid 1 Ponder 4 Grim Discovery 4 Tome Scour 3 Blister Beetle 4 Spreading SeasRare (24)
3 Verdant Catacombs 4 Scalding Tarn 2 Misty Rainforest 2 Drowned Catacomb 4 Crypt of Agadeem 4 Extractor Demon 3 Immortal Coil 2 Kederekt Leviathan75 Cards
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