- 1996 no-rares Ascended deck, most notable for 4th place finish at the GenCon
1997 National Championships (multiplayer).
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Multiplayer
(general constructed decks) 100
Dueling (general constructed decks) 39
Comrades in Arms (at least 23 cards sharing a designator)
23
100 Names (no more than 1 of each card, ish) 5
New Heroes (cards from Shurikens & Six Guns and
newer only) 7
Other decks that don't fit into those categories (no rares,
decks for variant formats like Array of Stunts, Ritual of the Unnameable, etc.)
8+
I'm
Huge
- 1996 no-rares Ascended deck, most notable for 4th place finish at the GenCon
1997 National Championships (multiplayer).
Trinity
- Joseph Livotte's winning deck from the GenCon
1997 Final Brawl (multiplayer).
Walk
Softly 
- Joshua Kronengold's winning deck from the GenCon
1997 National Championships (multiplayer).
Smak
Bak Yak Attak
- Matt Widmann's finalist deck from the GenCon
1997 National Championships (multiplayer).
The
Melting Pot 
- Janifer Chang's finalist deck from the GenCon
1997 National Championships (multiplayer).
Crosstraining
- my deck that tied for 4th at the GenCon
1997 National Championships (multiplayer)
Borg
with 
-
a multiplayer "story" deck (almost no-rares, but not quite) from 1998,
built around Shadowy Mentor, Shaolin Surprise and Positive Chi. Multiplayer.
A version of this deck won the GenCon
1999 multiplayer tournament, although I wasn't playing it :)
Bully!
- I wrote this "Killer Deck" article for InQuest #69 to follow the
release of Throne War in 2000. This deck is dated now, but might still be fun.
If nothing else it'll give you an example for doing your own full-on deck writeups
:)
G.G.
- The deck that Steve Valladolid used to win the GenCon
2000 Throne War multiplayer championship, designed by Jan Malina and Ken
Ho.
Delicious
Demons
- Joshua Duffin's finalist deck from the GenCon
2000 Throne War multiplayer championship.
Tea
for Two
- Yuit Sum Vong's winning deck from the Origins
2001 Final Brawl multiplayer championship. Writeup courtesy of Andrew Davidson.
Black
Hand
- Steve Valladolid's winning deck from the GenCon
2001 Final Brawl multiplayer championship.
Mo'
Bankers Mo' Problems
- Steve Bailey's winning deck from the GenCon
UK 2001 Final Brawl multiplayer tournament, including comments from Steve.
Hot
& Cold
- John Merrill's winning deck from the Origins
2002 Final Brawl multiplayer tournament.
Orange
and Lemon Surprise
- Dave Martin's winning deck from the GenCon
UK 2002 Final Brawl multiplayer tournament. Includes strategy notes from
Dave.
Golden
Memories
- Jan Malina's winning deck from the GenCon
2002 Final Brawl multiplayer championship.
Company
- Julian Lighton's finalist deck from the GenCon
2002 Final Brawl multiplayer championship.
Tanks
A Lot
- Mark Wheelhouse's winning deck from the GenCon
UK 2003 Final Brawl multiplayer tournament.
Chinese
Money Laundry
- Tony Adams' finalist deck from the GenCon
UK 2003 Final Brawl tournament, and winning deck from the GenCon
UK 2004 and GenCon UK 2007
Final Brawl tournaments.
Pure
Evil
- John Davis' finalist deck from the GenCon
UK 2003 Final Brawl tournament.
Positively
CHI-ZY
- Jon Challis' finalist deck from the GenCon
UK 2003 Final Brawl tournament.
Live
at the Memory Palace
- Troy Duffy's winning deck from Final Brawl #1 at Origins
2003.
Heroes
of the Twilight
- Braz King's winning deck from the National Championship (otherwise known as
Final Brawl #2) at Origins 2003.
Village
Green Preservation Society
- Gavin Edward's winning deck from the GenCon
2003 Final Brawl multiplayer championship.
Everyone's
Invited
- a Peacock deck that appeared in David Eber's Scrye magazine article in Nov.
2003.
Manzo
- the deck that Jan Malina used to win the GenCon
SoCal 2003 Final Brawl tournament, designed by Steve Valladolid.
Fortress
of Idiocy
- Erik Berg's finalist deck from the GenCon
SoCal 2003 Final Brawl tournament. Erik also made it to the finals of the
Kublacon 2004 Final Brawl tournament
with this deck.
Broken
Arrow II: Revenge of the Cheese
- Troy Duffy's Peacock-style winning deck from the Pandemonium
21 multiplayer tournament.
82
Mooks
- the deck that Jan Malina used to win the Kublacon
2004 Final Brawl tournament, designed by John Castellucci.
Construct
& Destroy
- Troy Duffy's winning deck from the Origins
2004 Faction War tournament (multiplayer, constructed).
Hand
Air
- Braz King's finalist deck from the Origins
2004 Final Brawl tournament.
Netherworld
Return
- Tim Linden's finalist deck from the Origins
2004 Faction War tournament (multiplayer, constructed)
The
Usual Suspects
- a.k.a. "Classic Dragon Cheese", Rob Cruise won the Origins
2004 Final Brawl tournament with this deck.
Unnamed
Masters/Dragons Deck 
- Bill Palecek's finalist deck from the GenCon
2004 Final Brawl world championship (multiplayer, constructed).
Heroes
From Hell
- Jan Malina's winning deck from the GenCon
2004 Final Brawl world championship.
Big
Red Smackdown
- Allen Hege's winning deck from the Kublacon
2005 Final Brawl tournament, and Nov.2004
Smackdown in Jacktown multiplayer tournament.
Unnamed
Purist Deck
- Paul Myers' winning deck from the GenCon
SoCal 2004 Final Brawl tournament.
Unnamed
Monarchs Deck
- Charles Soong's winning deck from the Canadian National Championships held
at Pandemonium 22.
Madame
Yen's Parlour of Pain
- Braz King's winning deck from the National Championships, Part 1, at Origins
2005.
Silver
Dragons Forever
- Joey Ferreira's finalist deck from the National Championships, Part 1, at
Origins 2005.
The
Guns of Winter
- Joey Ferreira's finalist deck from the Sunday Final Brawl at Origins
2005.
The
Mustache of Understanding
- Gavin Edwards' winning deck from the National Championships, Part 2, at DexCon
8.
Irrational
Exuberance
- Alex Bergmann's finalist deck from the National Championships, Part 2, at
DexCon 8.
Mostly
Harmless: Monarchs
- Bruce Neiger's finalist deck from the National Championships, Part 2, at DexCon
8. Bruce used a modified version to win the NY/NJ State Championships at
Dexcon 12 in 2009.
Blade
Palm O'rama
- Alex Poger's finalist deck from the National Championships, Part 2, at DexCon
8.
Wedding
Feast
- Joshua Kronengold's winning deck from the World Championships at GenCon
2005.
ATM
- Benjamin Barnett's finalist deck from the 2005
Smackdown in Jacktown multiplayer tournament.
Reascended,
with Hackers
- Kel McKay's winning deck from the 2005
Smackdown in Jacktown multiplayer tournament.
Every
Day is Hallowe'en
- Braz King's winning deck from the Canadian National Championships at Pandemonium
23.
Many
Grave Returns
/ Mesquite Grilled
- Robert Stetler's winning decks from the Kublacon
2006 Final Brawl multiplayer tournament.
Eye
of the Leopard
- Joey Ferreira's winning deck from the North American Championships at Origins
2006.
The
Long Strange Journey of Young Li Mao
- Brian Smith-Sweeney's winning deck from the World Championships at GenCon
2006.
Unnamed
Lotus/Hand deck
- Julian Lighton's finalist deck from the World Championships at GenCon
2006.
Tiki
God
with -
Benjamin Barnett's finalist deck from the World Championships at GenCon
2006. It's an upgrade of last year's Smackdown finalist called ATM.
This deck convinced the design team to errata Bull Market in Critical
Shift.
Immolate
to Accumulate
- classic Suicide Mission/Dark Traveler deck played by Sam Roads to win the
3-player 2006 UK Nationals.
The
Hand of 1000 Serpents (Y Llaw o Filod Sarff)
- Clint Oldridge's winning deck from the 4-player
UK 2006 Championship.
"Holy
Manchus, Batman!"
- Jeff Tang's winning deck from the Fall 2006 online Proving Ground on CCG
Workshop.
Paradox
Nexus
- James St. Andre's winning deck from the Final Brawl at DarkCon
2007.
The
(Fire) Ants Go Marching...
- Tim Linden's winning deck from the Canadian National Championships at Pandemonium
24.
Nazi
Cheese
- Willow Palecek's winning deck from the Wisconsin State Championships "Who's
the Big Cheese Now?" at Plattecon
Upsilon and the World Championships at GenCon
2007.
Wu
Bin of Bat Island
- Robin Parmar's winning deck from the Spring 2007 online Proving Ground on
CCG Workshop.
Oranges
and Sevens
- Sam Roads' winning deck from the 4-player UK
Nationals 2007.
Kublacon
2007 Winner
- Warren Snider's winning deck from the Final Brawl at Kublacon
2007.
The
Story of the Three Acrobats
- Jim Przytulski's finalist deck from the North American Championships at Origins
2007.
Unnamed
Jammer/Dragon deck
- Sam Roads' winning deck from the 3-player UK
Nationals 2007.
Yr
Un Hen Caerdydd Cachu Cyfareddol!
- Clint Oldridge's winning deck from the 4-player UK
Nationals 2008.
Veni
Vivi Vici
- Sam Roads' finalist deck from the 4-player UK
Nationals 2008, that showcases the infinite power combo Vivisection Agenda/Reascension
Agenda/Manchu Bureaucrat (and drove the rules team to errata Reascension Agenda)
Dirty
Demons, Done Dirt Cheap
- Michael Stadermann's winning deck from the West Coast Championships at Kublacon
2008.
Chairman's
Meeting
- Ben Carpentier's winning deck from the Final Brawl tournament at GenCon
Oz 2008.
Fakhir
You!
- James Hovey's winning deck from the North American Championships at Origins
2008.
Über
Tech
- Daniel Griego's winning deck from the World Championships at GenCon
2008.
Like
a Fish Needs a Bicycle
- Peter Trudell's winning deck from the Faction Wars tournament at GenCon
2008.
Smack!!
y Mwnci
- Clint Oldridge's winning deck from the 3-player UK
Nationals 2008.
Throne
of Hoods
- Tim Linden's winning deck from the 2008
Smackdown in Jacktown multiplayer tournament.
ChimaeraCon
2009 winner
- Brian Rose played Peter Trudell's deck to win the Texas State Championships
at ChimaeraCon 2009.
Canadian
Championships 2009 winner
- Charles Soong's winning deck from the 2009
Canadian Championships.
A
Convocation of Fire
- Tim Linden's winning deck from the National Championships at Origins
2009.
Rig
The Bird
- John Merrill's winning deck from the World Championships at GenCon
2009.
Punchy
Hand
- Willow Palecek's winning deck from the GenCon
2009 Exclusive Invitational tournament.
Invincible
Wong
- Braz King's winning deck from the GenCon
2009 Faction Wars tournament.
Armas
Mas Grandes
- a Senoritas-based gun deck writeup from Bruce Neiger and Leonard King
Overwhelming
Force
- Joey Ferreira's winning deck from the Massachusetts State Championships at
Total Confusion 24 (Feb.2010).
The
Ballad of Jade Willow
- Willow Palecek's winning deck from the Plattecon
Psi (2010) Who's The Big Cheese Now? tournament.
Ascended
Stealth
- Colin Donaldson's winning deck from the 2010
Canadian Championships.
200
Owls with Hatchets and Aircraft Carriers
- Michael Stadermann's winning deck from the California State Championships
at Kublacon 2010.
Dr.
Snow's Brick House in the Four Mountains
- Tim Linden's winning deck from the National Championships at Origins
2010.
Morse
Code Poets...Again!
- Tim Linden's winning deck from the World Champsionships at GenCon
2010.
This
Is Going To Hurt You More Than It Hurts Me
- Mitch Haggman's winning deck from the 2010
Queensland State Championships.
A
Walk and A Song 
- Braz King's winning deck from the Smackdown
in Jacktown 2010.
Unnamed
Deck
- Brian Kelly's winning deck from the 2011 Massachusetts State Championship.
Look
At The Part That Hits
- Chris Turner's winning deck from the Plattecon
Omega (2011) Who's The Big Cheese Now? tournament and the GenCon
2011 Exclusive Invitational tournament.
Unnamed
Deck
- Clay Threadgill's winning deck from the Texas State Championship at Chimaeracon
2011.
All
Demons Lead To The Alabaster King
- Ben Carpentier's winning deck from the Sydney
Smackdown 2011.
Fermat's
Righteous Alchemist
- Paul Tanton's winning deck from the Final Brawl tournament at Leprecon
37.
Black
Magic
- James St. Andre's winning deck from the Arizona State Championship at Leprecon
37.
New
Heroes++
- Jeremy Dale's winning deck from Kublacon
2011.
Pure
Martian Programming
- Matthew Wolff's winning deck from the National Championship at Origins
2011.
Fighting
Smoke
- Braz King's winning deck from the GenCon
2011 World Championship.
Outlaw
Express -
Kevin Lowe's winning deck from the 2011
Australian Nationals.
"I'm
Gonna Supercompute My Way Outta This Mess!"
- Marek Laskowski's winning deck from the Smackdown
in Jacktown 2011.
Stitches
- Jose Garcia's classic powerhouse Dragon/Architect recycling deck from 1996.
A.W.M.
- Brian Fay's dueling Dragons deck took second place at GenCon
1999.
G.O.
- Jan Malina's winning deck from the GenCon
2000 Who's The Big Man Now? (dueling) championship.
My
Award Winning Deck
- Andrew Sackett's winning deck from the Origins
2001 Who's The Big Man Now? (dueling) championship.
Monkey
See
- Benjamin Barnett's deck that took best win percentage at Origins
2001 Both Guns Blazing (speed dueling) tournament. Includes strategy notes
from Benjamin.
Cheese
Dip
- Jan Malina's winning deck from the GenCon
2001 Who's The Big Man Now? (dueling) championship.
Manchu
Takeover
- Joshua Deacon's winning deck from the Origins
2002 Who's The Big Man Now? (dueling) championship.
Rain
of Pain
- John Davis' winning deck from the GenCon
UK 2002 dueling tournament.
Death
Cab for Cutie
- Jan Malina's winning deck from the GenCon
2002 Who's The Big Man Now? (dueling) championship.
S.W.A.H.T
- Julian Lighton's winning deck from the GenCon
2003 Who's The Big Man Now? (dueling) championship. Julian also made it
to the finals in the multiplayer championships with this deck, and a retuned
version won the dueling championship again at GenCon
2010.
Rocket
Jam
- Joshua Kronengold's finalist deck from the GenCon
2003 Who's The Big Man Now? (dueling) championship.
Return
of the Queen
- Erik Berg's winning deck from the GenCon
SoCal 2003 dueling tournament.
Void
Sorcerer Dueling Deck
- Sean Henrickson's winning deck from the Origins
2004 dueling tournament.
Tsien's
House of Discount Undead
- Bill Palecek's finalist deck from the GenCon
2004 Who's The Big Man Now? (dueling) championship.
Prison
On Fire
- Jan Malina's winning deck from the GenCon
2004 Who's The Big Man Now? (dueling) championship.
Blade
of Truth
- Marek Laskowski's winning deck from the Canadian National Dueling Championships
held at Pandemonium 2005.
The
Sorcerer's Throne
- Tim Linden's winning deck from the Origins
2005 Who's The Big Man Now? (dueling) tournament. Tim also won the 2005
Smackdown in Jacktown dueling event with this deck.
Dirk's
Revenge
- Allen Hege's winning deck from the GenCon
2005 Who's The Big Man Now? (dueling) championship.
Ugliness
- Joshua Kronengold's finalist deck from the GenCon
2005 Who's the Big Man Now? (dueling) championship. A retuned version led
Joshua to the win at the GenCon 2007
dueling championship.
Wing
Chun
- Benjamin Barnett's finalist deck from the GenCon
2005 Who's the Big Man Now? (dueling) championship.
Public
Disturbance
- Troy Duffy's winning deck from the Canadian National Dueling Championships
held at Pandemonium 2006.
Return
of the Hoods
- Michael Stadermann's winning deck from the Kublacon
2006 Who's the Big Man Now? (dueling) tournament.
Training
Experimentation
- Jim Przytulski's winning deck from the Origins
2006 Who's the Big Man Now? (dueling) tournament.
Brawl
in the Tombs
- Braz King's winning deck from the GenCon
2006 Who's the Big Man Now? (dueling) championship.
Mukden
Incident
- John Merrill's finalist deck from the GenCon
2006 Who's the Big Man Now? (dueling) championship.
Green
Crank
- Benjamin Barnett's finalist deck from the GenCon
2006 Who's the Big Man Now? (dueling) championship.
Rise
of the NeoBuro
- Marek Laskowski's league-winning deck from the 2007 on-line Gatling
proving ground Who's the Big Man? (dueling) tournament.
The
Jade Monarch Express
- Tim Linden's winning deck from the Origins
2007 Who's the Big Man Now? (dueling) tournament.
Resurrected
Simians
- Scott Huston's winning deck from the 2008
Canadian National Championship dueling tournament. Technically, it also
includes
but the resources aren't used for anything.
GenCon
Oz 2008 winner
- Penny Carpentier's winning deck from the GenCon
Oz 2008 Who Wants Some? (dueling) tournament, played with constructed decks
instead of sealed.
Canadian
Championships 2009 winner
- Troy Duffy's winning deck from the 2009
Canadian National Championship dueling tournament.
Origins
2009 Championships winner
- Daniel Griego's winning deck from the Origins
2009 Who's the Big Man Now? tournament.
The
Politician
- Jim Sensenbrenner's finalist deck from the GenCon
2009 Who's the Big Man Now? (dueling) championship.
GenCon
2009 Championships winner
- James Deto's winning deck from the GenCon
2009 Who's the Big Man Now? (dueling) championship.
Canadian
Championships 2010 winner
- Troy Duffy's winning deck from the 2010
Canadian National Championship dueling tournament.
Sand
In The Vaseline
- Greg Zimmerman's winning deck from the Origins
2010 Who's the Big Man Now? (dueling) championship.
Back
For Seconds, Thirds, ...
- Daniel Hernandez's winning deck from the Both Guns Blazing tournament at Leprecon
37.
Really?
Another Pirate?
- Daniel Griego's winning deck from the Origins
2011 Who's the Big Man Now? (dueling) championship.
Never
Leave It To Chance
- Daniel Griego's winning deck from the GenCon
2011 Who's the Big Man Now? (dueling) championship.
West-Side
Story [Hood]
- Mike Nickoloff's
winning deck from the GenCon 1997
theme deck tournament (multiplayer).
Dr
Chaos [Netherworld]
- Thaddeus Peter won the GenCon UK
2003 Comrades in Arms (theme, multiplayer) tournament using this deck.
London
Style [Big]
- Julian Lighton's winning deck from the GenCon
2003 Comrades In Arms tournament. Technically, it also has
but the resources aren't used for anything.
Internist
Chaos [Netherworld]
- Erik Berg's finalist deck from the GenCon
SoCal 2003 Comrades in Arms tournament.
Rebels
Rising [Rebel] -
Braz King's winning deck from the Origins
2004 Comrades in Arms tournament.
Path
of the Molotov Cocktail [Netherworld]
- Joey Ferreira's finalist deck from the Origins
2004 Comrades in Arms tournament.
Diamondhead
[Evil]
- Julian Lighton's winning deck from the GenCon
2004 Comrades in Arms tournament.
Tangram
Alley Boys [Hood]
- Braz King's winning deck from the Origins
2005 Comrades in Arms tournament.
lOok,
a Monkey! [Monkey]
- Joshua Kronengold's winning deck from the GenCon
2005 Comrades in Arms tournament.
Dragons
Squared [Dragon]
- Peter Shah's winning deck from the Origins
2006 Comrades in Arms tournament.
Uprising!
[Rebel]
- Tim Linden's finalist deck from the GenCon
2006 Comrades in Arms tournament.
Poo
Fighters [Monkey]
- Earl Miles' finalist deck from the GenCon
2006 Comrades in Arms tournament.
Secretiki
[Secret]
- Benjamin Barnett's finalist deck from the GenCon
2006 Comrades in Arms tournament.
Way
of the Gun [Gun]
- Troy Duffy's winning deck from the Origins
2007 Comrades in Arms tournament.
Character
Is What You Are In the Dark [Darkness]
- Peter "Red" Trudell's winning deck from the GenCon
2008 Comrades in Arms tournament.
Sorcerous
Shenanigans [Sorcerer] -
Tony Adams' winning deck from the UK
GenCon 2008 Comrades in Arms tournament.
For
the Greater Good [Darkness]
- Bruce Neiger sent in this multiple-sacrifice Donner Lake deck in May 2009.
Charlie
Murphy [Darkness]
- John Merrill's winning deck from the Origins
2009 Comrades in Arms tournament.
The
Secret Deck [Secret]
- Daniel Griego's winning deck from the GenCon
2009 Comrades in Arms tournament.
Two
Doctors [Paradox]
- Braz King's winning deck from the Origins
2010 Comrades in Arms tournament.
Equal
Rites [Fire]
- Peter "Red" Trudell's winning deck from the GenCon
2010 Comrades in Arms tournament.
Unnamed
Deck [Dragon]
- Peter Shah's winning deck from the Origins
2011 Comrades in Arms tournament
The
Willow Deck [Willow]
- Willow Palecek's winning deck from the GenCon
2011 Comrades in Arms tournament.
Unnamed
Deck
- Erik Berg made it to the 100 Names (multiplayer, variant) tournament finals
at Kublacon 2004 with this deck.
E
Pluribus Unum
- Joey Ferreira's winning deck from the Origins
2004 100 Names (multiplayer, variant) tournament.
One
Hundred Hands
- Allen Hege's two-time winning deck from the GenCon
2004 and GenCon 2005 100 Names
(multiplayer, variant) tournaments.
Unnamed
Deck
- Jan Malina's winning deck from the GenCon
SoCal 2004 100 Names (multiplayer, variant) tournament.
Fifty-Five
Flavors of 'Fu
- Peter Shah's winning deck from the Origins
2008 100 Names (multiplayer, variant) tournament.
Secret
Fire
- Bruce Neiger's New Heroes deck that won the tournament at the NYC Proving
Ground in 2007.
Unnamed
New Heroes Deck
- Tim Linden won the New Heroes tournament at GenCon
2008 with this deck.
Same
As The Old Boss
- Jim Sensenbrenner won the New Heroes tournament at GenCon
2009 with this deck.
Syndicate,
Fool
- John Merrill won the New Heroes tournaments at Origins
2010, GenCon 2010, and Smackdown
2010 with this deck.
Unnamed
New Heroes Deck
- Randal Wales tied for the win at the 2010
Queensland State Championships with this deck.
Unnamed
New Heroes Deck
- Brad Daniels tied for the win at the 2010
Queensland State Championships with this deck.
Out
of the Fire
- Matt Wolff won the New Heroes tournament at Origins
2011 using this deck designed by Daniel Griego.
No-rares decks by Erik Berg, June 2003. A series of mono-faction rareless decks (although a few use Fixed cards from 10,000 Bullets).
Xanadu
- Jan Malina's winning deck from the GenCon
SoCal 2003 Array of Stunts
(multiplayer, variant) tournament. The deck is set up Peacock-style with
also appearing but not needed by any other cards.
Unnamed
Deck
- Erik Berg made it to the Memory Reprocessing (multiplayer, variant) tournament
finals at Kublacon 2004 with this
deck.
Unnamed
Deck
- Erik Berg made it to the Array
of Stunts tournament finals at GenCon
SoCal 2004 with this deck.
Brought
To You By...
- Peter Shah's winning deck from the Origins
2006 Ritual of the Unnameable (multiplayer, variant) tournament.
FAT
Ritual -
Daniel Griego's winning deck from the GenCon
2006 Ritual of the Unnameable (multiplayer, variant) tournament.
Monkeys
In Black
- Joshua Kronengold's winning deck from the GenCon
2010 and GenCon 2011 Ritual of
the Unnameable tournament.
The
Deck of DOoM
- Peter Shah's winning deck from the Origins
2011 Ritual of the Unnameable (multiplayer, variant) tournament.
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