Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Magic: The Gathering deck types (2nd nomination)
despite the need for comprehensive reworking. There are stacks of books on the topic, all the way back to Wordware's publications in the mid-to-late 90s (which are certainly independent), plus no shortage of coverage in periodicals such as ''Scrye'' and ''Lotus Noir''.  It's entirely possible to have a History section; the core concepts here did not spring fully-formed, but have an identifiable history.  Indeed, the book ''Deckade'' (mentioned above, and not published by Wizards of the Coast) devotes considerable space to just that idea.  As is often the case at AFD, the article we have now is wretched.  That's not supposed to be a deletion criteria when material exists to fix it (except in |the worst cases, which I don't think this is
— User:Squeamish, 16:54, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:TNT (Wikipedia:Blow it up and start over)