Extended Psychatog deck

Psychatog, named for <c>Psychatog</c> was a blue-black control deck with heavy reliance on countermagic and creature removal. Originally a design out of the Invasion-7th-Odyssey Standard format, the deck was quickly adapted for the Extended scene throughout various rotation until its demise when Odyssey and with it the namesake card left the game.
Primarily, the deck would utilize discard, countermagic and creature removal to keep the opponent from winning the game. For long times, the deck played no permanents beside Lands and Psychatogs (save the occasional single copy of <c>Wonder</c> which would be discarded to give the Tog Flying). Occasional board sweepers such as <c>Upheaval</c> or later <c>Damnation</c> would also be employed. The hand was continuously replenished with card draw spells such as <c>Accumulated Knowledge</c> and <c>Fact or Fiction</c>. At some point, a <c>Psychatog</c> would be put into play protected by counters in hand. He would chip away at the life total until it would eventually be pumped to a lethal size and finish the game. Sometimes this was just done after an Upheaval immediately followed by the 'Tog.
Modifications were accumulated as they saw fit, most notably the inclusion of <c>Isochron Scepter</c> and <c>Counterbalance</c> in combination with <c>Sensei's Divining Top</c>. While Dredge cards were occasionally used to speed up the time until Psychatog could be lethal, the concept spun off into the much more aggressive Friggorid deck in which Psychatog saw play.
<d title="Psychatog - Eugene Harvey - Masters 2003 Yokohama">
Lands
12 Island
4 Polluted Delta
3 Swamp
4 Underground River
Creatures
4 Psychatog
Instants
4 Accumulated Knowledge
4 Brainstorm
4 Counterspell
3 Cunning Wish
1 Deep Analysis
3 Fact or Fiction
2 Intuition
3 Mana Leak
4 Smother
1 Thwart
Sorceries
3 Duress
1 Upheaval
Sideboard
2 Annul
1 Capsize
1 Corpse Dance
2 Deep Analysis
1 Diabolic Edict
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Mana Short
4 Powder Keg
1 Shadow Rift
1 Vampiric Tutor
</d>
<d title="Psychatog - Peter Myrvig - Pro Tour Houston 2002">
Lands
13 Island
4 Polluted Delta
2 Swamp
4 Underground River
Creatures
4 Psychatog
1 Wonder
Instants
4 Accumulated Knowledge
3 Boomerang
4 Brainstorm
4 Counterspell
2 Cunning Wish
3 Fact or Fiction
4 Force Spike
3 Intuition
4 Memory Lapse
Sorcery
1 Upheaval	
Sideboard
3 Annul
1 Diabolic Edict
4 Engineered Plague
1 Fact or Fiction
2 Gainsay
1 Hibernation
1 Misdirection
1 Teferi's Response
1 Turnabout
</d>
<d title="Psychatog - Richard Hoan – Pro Tour Columbus 2005">
Lands
3 Bloodstained Mire
9 Island
1 Mountain
4 Polluted Delta
1 Shivan Reef
2 Swamp
2 Underground River
Creatures
3 Psychatog
Artifacts
2 Chrome Mox
3 Isochron Scepter
Instants
4 Accumulated Knowledge
4 Brainstorm
4 Counterspell
2 Cunning Wish
1 Daze
2 Diabolic Edict
2 Fact or Fiction
4 Fire/Ice
2 Force Spike
2 Intuition
2 Mana Leak
Sorcery
1 Upheaval	
Sideboard
1 Boomerang
1 Coffin Purge
1 Corpse Dance
1 Deep Analysis
1 Diabolic Edict
4 Duress
1 Ensnare
1 Fact or Fiction
2 Powder Keg
1 Shattering Pulse
1 Vampiric Tutor
</d>
<d title="Big Stinks (Dredgatog) - Julien Nuijten - Grand Prix Copenhagen 2005">
Lands
1 Barren Moor
2 Bloodstained Mire
1 Cephalid Coliseum
9 Island
2 Lonely Sandbar
1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds
2 Overgrown Tomb
4 Polluted Delta
1 Swamp
2 Watery Grave
Creatures
1 Genesis
1 Meloku the Clouded Mirror
4 Psychatog
1 Stinkweed Imp
1 Wonder
Other
3 Circular Logic
4 Counterspell
1 Darkblast
1 Deep Analysis
4 Force Spike
4 Gifts Ungiven
1 Life from the Loam
2 Mana Leak
4 Mental Note
3 Smother
Sideboard
2 Coffin Purge
1 Darkblast
4 Duress
4 Ghastly Demise
1 Llawan, Cephalid Empress
3 Pernicious Deed
</d>
<d title="CounterTop - Ryo Ogura - Grand Prix Singapore 2007">
Lands
1 Academy Ruins
1 Blood Crypt
2 Bloodstained Mire
1 Breeding Pool
2 Flooded Strand
4 Island
1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds
4 Polluted Delta
1 Steam Vents
1 Swamp
2 Watery Grave
Creatures
4 Dark Confidant
1 Meloku the Clouded Mirror
3 Psychatog
Artifacts
4 Chrome Mox
4 Sensei's Divining Top
2 Engineered Explosives
Enchantments
4 Counterbalance
Spells
4 Counterspell
2 Damnation
2 Fact or Fiction
3 Smother
3 Spell Snare
4 Thirst for Knowledge
Sideboard
3 Ancient Grudge
4 Duress
3 Dwarven Blastminer
3 Ghastly Demise
2 Tormod's Crypt
</d>
<d title="Psychatog - Antoine Ruel - Pro Tour Los Angeles 2005 - Winning Decklist">
Lands
2 Cephalid Coliseum
7 Island
1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds
4 Polluted Delta
2 Seat of the Synod
2 Stalking Stones
1 Swamp
1 Vault of Whispers
3 Watery Grave
Creatures
4 Psychatog
1 Wonder
 
Instants
3 Boomerang
4 Circular Logic
4 Counterspell
3 Fact or Fiction
4 Force Spike
1 Gifts Ungiven
2 Mana Leak
4 Mental Note
2 Opt
2 Smother
2 Thirst for Knowledge
Sorcery
1 Deep Analysis
SideBoard
2 Darkblast
4 Duress
3 Ghastly Demise
1 Meloku the Clouded Mirror
2 Razormane Masticore
1 Skeletal Scrying
1 Smother
1 Stalking Stones
</d>
Category:Tournament decks