Completed:
Child of Alara (lands, ho!)
The Mimeoplasm (err... a Mimeoplasm deck?)
Horobi, Death's Wail (AWESOME sauce)
Vorosh, the Hunter (BUG poison)
Hanna, Ship's Navigator (arti/enchantment recursion)
Heidar, Rimewind Master ("snow is annoying")
Kyoki, Sanity's Eclipse (discard / spirits)
Sidar Jabari (Flanking / Knights)
Edric, Spymaster of Trest (mono-fast Edric deck)
Karador, Ghost Chieftan (Hermit druid / recursion)

All through Edric were completed by the morning of December 31st. Mini-goal met: 100 decks by the New Year! Woo!

Family in town the last few weeks have slowed things down. Masters degree classes starting this week will keep things slow. Ugh. Hopefully I'll get a jolt of energy to get back in gear. I'm sure the Dark Ascension previews will start my brain juices flowing for building. New sets always do.

For their generous donations, I'd like to thank Allison (whose stack of random Mirrodin stuff included a Mind's Eye and several choice uncommons) and Mark (whose huge bundle of commons and uncommons has given me lots of copies of some good second-tier cards [including personal favorite Coumbajj Witches]).

Longer updates when I have time for them. ;-]

Hello! No, I have not given up. In fact, I have created a slew of decks since my last post. I just haven't found the time to post until recently. Let me start with the updates:

Completed:
Eight-and-a-Half-Tails (pro-white / turn everything white)
Sygg, River Cutthroat (Rogue tribal)
Sedris, the Traitor King (self-mill / Unearth-Sundial combo)
Kresh the Bloodbraided (sacrifice / kill theme)
Dralnu, Lich Lord (Grim Monolith / Power Artifact combo with flashback)
Adun Oakenshield (CITB creature recursion)
Skyfire Kirin (stealy Spirits / Arcane)
Kasimir the Lone Wolf (Exalted Voltron... because, you know... Lone Wolf)
Baru, Fist of Krosa (Mono-green Landfall)
Ayumi, the Last Visitor (Power 5+ / slight voltrony)
Gwendlyn Di Corci (Discards and Draw 7s with Megrim and Underworld Dream effects)
Starke of Rath (Mono-R threaten effects: steal and sacrifice!)
Glissa, the Traitor (B/G artifact recursion)

Started:
Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker
Heidar, Rimewind Master

There are a couple other piles of cards with interesting interactions that I am still looking for good generals to take advantage of, too. My completed decks now stand at 91, and I am hoping to hit at least one hundred by the new year.

Inventories of important cards are starting to run down. Some of my more recent decklists have certainly been lacking in certain cards that could make them better. The decision on whether or not to switch cards out from older decks to put them to better use in later ones is a tough one, and I have done it on a few occasions. This has had the effect of averaging the power level of my decks somewhat. I think at some point down the line I may have to do a comparison; it would be an interesting thing to look at.

Here's a decklist that I typed up for something else. It's Asmira, Holy Avenger, who was deck #55, back when I still had Eternal Witnesses and such to use.
Asmira, Holy Avenger

Land
27 Forest
10 Plains
Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
Selesnya Sanctuary

Creatures
Birds of Paradise
Spore Frog
Fauna Shaman
Sakura-Tribe Elder
Lotus Cobra
Melira, Sylvok Outcast
Viridian Emissary
Qasali Pridemage
Wood Elves
Spike Feeder
Yavimaya Elder
Eternal Witness
Kitchen Finks
Dauntless Escort
Lumberknot
Stonehorn Dignitary
Ravenous Baloth
Heartmender
Radiant's Dragoons
Juniper Order Ranger
Archon of Justice
Woodripper
Kithkin Spellduster
Aerie Ouphes
Acidic Slime
Mitotic Slime
Nacatl War-Pride
Duplicant
Wurmcoil Engine
Twilight Shepherd
Krosan Tusker
Woodfall Primus

Instants
Fracturing Gust
Momentous Fall
Beast Within
Fresh Meat
Krosan Grip
Swords to Plowshares


Sorceries
Green Sun's Zenith
Make a Wish
Genesis Wave

Enchantments
Night Soil
Greater Good
Ooze Garden
Gutter Grime
Sylvan Library
Fecundity
Cream of the Crop
Abundance

Artifacts
Marble Diamond
Birthing Pod
Whispersilk Cloak
Talisman of Unity
Cauldron of Souls
Culling Dais
Dreamstone Hedron
Mind Stone
Darksteel Ingot
Skullclamp

Planswalkers
Garruk Wildspeaker


That's all for now. Maybe another decklist (probably Starke) later on.

Busy busy! Thanksgiving here in the USA, so just a quick updating post. I have a longer post on aggressive strategies that I'm working on, but it needs tweaking still. Here are my current additions:

Completed:
Joven (blowing up artifacts and turning things into artifacts)
Sharuum the Hegemon (fairly typical Sharuum deck, though no infi-combos)
Zur the Enchanter (fairly typical Zur deck, with a few more auras)
Ertai, the Corrupted (Esper tokens)
Chorus of the Conclave (1CC Proclamation of Rebirth)
Kodama of the South Tree (spirit beatdown)

Update!

Just a quick update today, bringing us to 72 completed decks:

Completed:
Phage the Untouchable (survive casting Phage)
Silvos, Rogue Elemental (Voltron / big green)
Zirilan of the Claw (dragon search and re-use)
Seton, Krosan Protector (tribal druids)
Malfegor (flashback / madness)
Crovax, Ascendant Hero (Light from Within / White beatdown)
Celestial Kirin (spirit destruction / CMC 4 deck (no spirits at 4 save the general, all non-spirit stuff at 4 so it survives))

Started:
Blind Seer (Vorthos mono-U Urza deck)
5-Color Allies (general to be determined)
Glissa the Traitor (cheap artifacts and creature kill)
Adun Oakenshield (just good Jund creatures plus good sac outlets)

Midterms are due tomorrow so I can't go into too much detail today. Suffice it to say that I have more time coming up, so I hope to post a decklist or two soon, as well as some deckbuilding thoughts. I have a bunch of notes on themes that I want to organize into a longer post. I'm also setting a little mini-goal: I want to have my first 100 decks done by the new year. I think it's totally do-able at this point, since that would 6.5 weeks, needing an average of just under 5 decks a week to reach, and two of those weeks are vacation weeks for me.

More musings and a few decklists later this week, I promise! Let me know if there's a general on my list you want me to go into detail on, because I can totally do requests!

Weekly Update

Another slow week, since we are still moving stuff around the house and I don't really have a deck workspace at the moment. Still, progress is being made:

Recently Completed:
Darien, King of Kjeldor (Soldiers)
Mistform Ultimus (Blue Lords)
Grimgrin, Corpse-Born (umm... Zombies)
Garza Zol, Plague Queen (Grixis Vampires)

Begun:
Chorus of the Conclave (1CC / Proclamation of Rebirth deck)
Seton, Krosan Protector (Druids)

Work, work, work... I haven't run out my binders of decent stuff yet, so I still have plenty of good stuff going in these decks. Decent mana bases have been tougher to do, but so far they are still workable (though I swear it seems that everything that wanted to go into Garza had to have at least two colored mana in its cost *grumble*). I'm running pretty low on a couple of really nice cheap staples: Bojuka Bog and Crib Swap. Crib Swap has fit into a lot more themes than I had originally thought it would, thanks to that very nice, searchable tribal spelltype. I'm out of sleeves for decks that need them, too.

I'll post some actual thoughts on some things later this week. Just wanted to show that I'm still going!

Late Update

This week has been rather busy with life stuff. We've been rearranging the house, so I've been needed for furniture moving and such. In addition, last week was the first week back from break, as well as a major project week for my students. Oh yeah, and there was Halloween to get ready for and celebrate.

So following are this past week's updates, as well as the basic route I took in building them.

Completed:
Verdeloth, the Ancient (tokens)
Volrath the Fallen (Voltron / reanimation)
Horde of Notions (5C Elementals, duh)
Sivitri Scarzam (oddball theme: U/B Ladies)

And since I haven't gotten as much done to talk about, here's my first decklist posted here! In the spirit of Halloween, I've chosen my Rashka the Slayer Buffy-themed deck!

Protagonists:
Rashka the Slayer (Our Heroine)
Aysen Bureaucrats (Xander Harris, the Zeppo)
Amrou Kithkin (Willow, High School Geek)
Doubtless One (Willow, Empowered Wicca)
Trap Runner (Faith, Rogue Slayer)
Kazandu Blademaster (Spike, Demon-killer)
Martyr of Sands (Tara, also there)
Veteran Armorer (Rupert Giles)
D'Avenant Archer (Cordelia Chase)
Squire (Andrew, Tucker's brother)
Revered Elder (Joyce Summers)
Benalish Trapper (Primal/First Slayer)
Crowd Favorites

Bystanders:
Monk Realist (Principal Snyder)
Unruly Mob
Angry Mob
Doomed Traveler
Icatian Crier
Intrepid Hero
Glory Seeker
Expendable Troops
Mausoleum Guard
Ication Town

Baddies:
Hand of Emrakul
Pathrazer of Ulamog
Ulamog's Crusher
Skittering Invasion

Weapons and Accessories:
Wooden Stake
Sharpened Pitchfork
Blazing Torch
Adventuring Gear
Trailblazer's Boots
Demon's Horn
Ogre's Cleaver
Butcher's Cleaver

The Chosen One:
Repel the Darkness
Martyr's Cause
Vow of Duty
Hope Charm
Armageddon
Righteous Cause
Dawn Charm
Circle of Protection: Black
Quest for the Holy Relic
Spare from Evil

Moves / Spells:
Narrow Escape
Devouring Light
Mighty Leap
Temper
Diversionary Tactics
Moment of Heroism
To Arms!
Gallantry
Reinforcements
Timely Reinforcements
Off Balance

Other:
Afterlife
Guardian Angel ("Is he even still on this show?")
Renewed Faith
Bonds of Faith
Righteousness
Humble
Sunlance
Aura of Silence ("Hush")

Lands:
Buncha Plains


This is quite a poor deck, actually. There are likely far better choices for this deck, but many cards were chosen for their art or their name, and all were chosen to be cheap. Many also have quotes or lines in Sharpie written on them. Hope you like it!

This week's updates

The following had been added to the list at right, but I hadn't actually pointed them out as completed yet. So here are the decks that have been finished in the last week:

Completed:
Rhys the Redeemed
Sisters of Stone Death
Circu, Dimir Lobotomist
Hakim, Loreweaver
Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
Patron of the Moon
Sek'kuar, Deathkeeper
Uril the Miststalker
Doran the Siege Tower
Lin Sivvi, Defiant Hero
Wort, Boggart Auntie
Asmira, Holy Avenger
Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
Homura, Human Ascendant

Newly Started:
Joven
Zirilan of the Claw
Verdeloth the Ancient
Maralen of the Mornsong
Child of Alara

Fifty-seven down! I'm at less than 400 to go! :-]