In retrospect, his opponent in the finals piloted a list many of us would likely have preferred: Creatures (12) Lands (20) Spells (29) 4 Fireball 4 Lightning Bolt 1 Icy Manipulator 1 Sylvan Library 1 Control Magic 1 Regrowth 1 Mind Twist 1 Demonic Tutor 1 Time Walk 1 Chaos Orb 1 Ancestral Recall 1 Channel 4 Chain Lightning 2 Psionic Blast 1 Black Lotus 1 Mox Emerald 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Ruby 1 Mox Sapphire Sideboard Lestrees deck was an early foundational piece of Magic technology, giving birth to the first Zoo deck (so named for the Kird Apes and Savannah Lions that would go on to replace Argothian Pixies)
The loss of Spellskite in the maindeck also lowers the number of colorless mana symbols
(Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.) Whenever Basim Ibn Ishaq deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on it
These decks have aggressive options, combo options, controlling options, value engine options, and even token plans
At the beginning of the first upkeep in your next game with that player, search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle
