Team CMU

Team CMU was an influential professional Magic: The Gathering team from 1997-2001 known for innovating numerous deck archetypes and strategies and producing many of Magic's future developers, writers and champions.Heiss, N. (February 6, 2001). The History of Team CMU: Part 1. Retrieved on August 8, 2018 from https://www.wizards.com/sideboard/article.asp?x=sb20010206aHeiss, N. (February 13, 2001). The History of Team CMU: Part 2. Retrieved on August 8, 2018 from https://www.wizards.com/sideboard/article.asp?x=sb20010213aHeiss, N. (March 2, 2001). The History of Team CMU: Part 3. Retrieved on August 8, 2018 from https://www.wizards.com/sideboard/article.asp?x=sb20010302e It included such future famous persons as: Erik Lauer, Andrew Cuneo, Randy Buehler, Mike Turian, Aaron Forsythe, Brian Schneider, Nate Heiss and Gary Wise. The team was formed to prepare for Pro Tour Chicago 1997 and was named after the university where several of its originating members were attending, Carnegie Mellon University.MTG Breakdown. (November 28, 2017). MTG Breakdown Rewind - Randy Buehler at Pro Tour Chicago 1997 [Video]. Retrieved on August 8, 2018 from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km8AMFUetuc
== Decks ==
<d title="Lauer-Potence, Pro Tour Chicago 1997">
Lands
2 Bad River
4 Badlands
3 Gemstone Mine
3 Lake of the Dead
4 Scrubland
8 Swamp 
Creatures
1 Ihsan's Shade
4 Knight of Stromgald
4 Order of the Ebon Hand
Instants and Sorceries
4 Demonic Consultation
3 Disenchant
4 Drain Life
2 Firestorm
4 Hymn to Tourach 
2 Incinerate
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Necropotence 
Sideboard
2 Circle of Protection: Black
1 Disenchant
1 Firestorm	
3 Honorable Passage
2 Mind Warp
3 Pyroblast
3 Terror
</d>
<d title="Iron City Beat-Down, Pro Tour Los Angeles 1998">
Lands
3 Ancient Tomb
4 Wasteland
19 Forest
Artifacts
4 Cursed Scroll
Creatures
3 Horned Sliver
4 Metallic Sliver
4 Muscle Sliver
4 Rootwalla
4 Skyshroud Ranger
3 Trained Armodon
Instants and Sorceries
4 Elvish Fury
4 Winters Grasp	
</d>
<d title="Turbo Mulch, US Nationals 1998">
Lands
4 Brushland
4 Grasslands
2 Quicksand
2 Wasteland
7 Forest
7 Plains
Artifacts
4 Scroll Rack
Creatures
2 Archangel
Enchantments
1 Aura of Silence
4 Oath of Druids
Instants and Sorceries
2 Cataclysm
2 Creeping Mold	
2 Disenchant
2 Enlightened Tutor
4 Gaea's Blessing
3 Gerrard's Wisdom
4 Mulch	
4 Wrath of God
Sideboard
4 Abeyance
2 Armageddon
1 Choke
1 Circle of Protection: Red
2 Disenchant
1 Elephant Grass
1 Emerald Charm
1 Gerrard's Wisdom
2 Jester's Cap
</d>
<d title="Horse Craft, World Championships 1998">
Lands
12 Forest 
10 Swamp
Artifacts
3 Scroll Rack
Creatures
1 Hermit Druid 
2 Mindless Automaton
1 Mogg Fanatic 
1 Spike Breeder 
2 Spike Feeder
3 Spike Weaver 
1 Stronghold Assassin
2 Workhorse 
4 Wall of Blossoms
Enchantments
4 Earthcraft
4 Overgrowth
4 Recurring Nightmare
3 Survival of the Fittest
Instants and Sorceries
3 Corpse Dance 
</d>
<d title="Counter Phoenix, World Championships 1998">
Lands
1 Caldera Lake
4 Reflecting Pool
14 Island
10 Mountain
Artifacts
1 Scroll Rack
Creatures
1 Mogg Fanatic
4 Shard Phoenix
Instants and Sorceries
3 Capsize
4 Counterspell
2 Dismiss
4 Forbid
4 Intuition
4 Mana leak
4 Shock	
Sideboard
1 Dismiss
3 Mogg Fanatic
3 Portcullis
3 Shattering Pulse
2 Stalking Stones
3 Thalakos Drifters
</d>
<d title="CMU Blue, World Championships 1998">
Lands
4 Quicksand
4 Stalking Stones
18 Island
Artifacts
4 Nevinyrral's Disk
Creatures
1 Rainbow Efreet
Instants and Sorceries
4 Counterspell
4 Dismiss
2 Dissipate
3 Forbid
4 Force Spike
4 Impulse
3 Mana Leak
1 Memory Lapse
4 Whispers of the Muse
Sideboard
2 Capsize
1 Grindstone
4 Hydroblast
4 Sea Sprite
4 Wasteland
</d>
<d title="Turbo Tradewind (aka The Mawcor Deck), Pro Tour Chicago 1998">
Lands
4 Stalking Stones
19 Island
Artifacts
3 Mox Diamond
Creatures
3 Keeper of the Mind
4 Manakin
4 Mawcor
3 Thalakos Drifters
4 Tradewind Rider
Enchantments
4 Curiosity
2 Legacy's Allure
1 Mind Over Matter
Instants and Sorceries
2 Capsize
3 Counterspell
4 Forbid
Sideboard
1 Capsize
4 Hammerhead Shark
2 Legacy's Allure
1 Mind Over Matter
3 Propaganda
1 Rootwater Hunter
1 Thalakos Drifters
2 Whispers of the Muse
</d>
<d title="CMU Academy, Pro Tour Rome 1998">
Lands
3 City of Brass
4 Tolarian Academy
3 Tundra
4 Underground Sea
3 Volcanic Island
4 Wasteland
Artifacts
4 Lotus Petal
4 Mana Vault
1 Mind Over Matter
4 Mox Diamond
3 Scroll Rack
2 Urza's Bauble
Enchantments
1 Mind Over Matter
Instants and Sorceries
3 Abeyance
2 Counterspell
4 Impulse
1 Stroke of Genius
4 Time Spiral
3 Vampiric Tutor
4 Windfall
Sideboard
1 Abeyance
1 Capsize
4 Chill
1 City of Solitude
1 Gloom
1 Gorilla Shaman
2 Hydroblast
1 Perish
3 Pyroblast
</d>
<d title="Whale Rec/Sur, Pro Tour Rome 1998">
Lands
4 Bayou
2 Gaea's Cradle
2 Savannah
2 Taiga
2 Tropical Island
3 Wasteland
3 Forest
2 Swamp
Creatures
2 Ashen Ghoul
4 Birds of Paradise
1 Cartographer 
3 Elves of Deep Shadow
2 Fyndhorn Elves
1 Gorilla Shaman
1 Great Whale
1 Hermit Druid
1 Krovikan Horror 
1 Lhurgoyf
2 Llanowar Elves
1 Quirion Ranger
1 Ravenous Baboons 
1 Spike Feeder
1 Triskelion
1 Uktabi Orangutan 
2 Wall of Roots
1 Wood Elves
Enchantments
2 Mirri's Guile
4 Recurring Nightmare
4 Survival of the Fittest
Instants and Sorceries
2 Buried Alive 
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sideboard
2 Ashen Ghoul
2 Brass Man
1 Granger Guildmage
1 Krovikan Horror
1 Monk Realist
1 Night Soil
3 Red Elemental Blast
1 Sand Golem
1 Titania's Song
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Wall of Blossoms
</d>
<d title="CMU Blue, World Championships 1999">
Lands
4 Faerie Conclave
4 Stalking Stones
4 Wasteland
16 Island
Artifacts
4 Powder Keg
Creatures
3 Masticore
Enchantments
4 Treachery
Instants and Sorceries
4 Counterspell
4 Dismiss
4 Forbid
4 Mana Leak
1 Miscalculation
4 Whispers of the Muse
Sideboard
4 Annul
1 Capsize
3 Chill
3 Legacy's Allure
1 Masticore
2 Maze of Shadows
1 Stroke of Genius
</d>
<d title="Squirrel Prison, Grand Prix Memphis 1999">
Lands
2 Slippery Karst
4 Treetop Village
8 Forest
10 Island 
Creatures
4 Deranged Hermit
3 Heart Warden
2 Masticore
2 Morphling
4 Priest of Titania
1 Wizard Mentor
4 Yavimaya Elder
4 Yavimaya Granger
Enchantments
4 Opposition
4 Treachery
Instants and Sorceries
4 Annul
Sideboard
2 Arcane Laboratory
1 Confiscate
2 Douse
2 Gaea's Embrace
2 Harmonic Convergence
2 Quash
2 Powder Keg
2 Power Sink
</d>
<d title="Angry Hermit, US Nationals 2000">
Lands
2 Gaea's Cradle
4 Karplusan Forest
4 Rishadan Port
2 Treetop Village
11 Forest
2 Mountain
Creatures
4 Avalanche Riders
4 Birds of Paradise
4 Deranged Hermit
4 Llanowar Elves
3 Masticore
2 Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary 
3 Skyshroud Poacher
3 Yavimaya Elder
Instants and Sorceries
4 Arc Lightning
4 Plow Under
Sideboard
2 Ancient Hydra
4 Blastoderm
2 Boil
1 Masticore
1 Splinter
3 Thran Foundry
2 Uktabi Orangutan
</d>
<d title="Grizzly Rebels, US Nationals 2000">
Lands
19 Plains
4 Rishadan Port
Creatures
4 Fresh Volunteers
4 Longbow Archer
4 Mother of Runes
4 Ramosian Sergeant
4 Steadfast Guard
Enchantments
4 Crusade
1 Glorious Anthem
4 Parallax Wave
Instants and Sorceries
3 Armageddon
3 Disenchant
2 Reverent Mantra
Sideboard
1 Absolute Law
1 Armageddon
1 Circle of Protection: Red
3 Defender en-Vec
1 Disenchant
1 Erase
1 Glorious Anthem
2 Light of Day
4 Wrath of God
</d>
== References ==
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