Extended Trix deck

Trix was a blue-based combo deck which wants to <c>Donate</c> an <c>Illusions of Grandeur</c> to an opponent, causing them to sacrifice it when they can't pay the Cumulative upkeep cost and lose 20 life. Some versions of the deck used other colors to protect and search for the combo, such as black for Discard and tutors like <c>Demonic Consultation</c> and <c>Vampiric Tutor</c>. <c>Necropotence</c> was heavily used in this deck, and with Illusions also providing 20 extra life points, it also had significantly less of a downside.
Necropotence and Demonic Consultation were later banned from the format, but the deck lived on in one form or another for some time until Illusions of Grandeur left the format along with Ice Age.
In 2008, Mike Flores called Scott McCord's version the 2nd best Extended deck of All Time (stating that "the full-on version made everything else, ever, pale by comparison.").
<d title="Trix - Scott McCord - Grand Prix Philadelphia 2000">
Lands
4 Gemstone Mine
3 Island
6 Swamp
4 Underground River
4 Underground Sea
Combo
4 Illusions of Grandeur
4 Donate
Artifacts
4 Mana Vault
Enchantments
4 Necropotence
Instants
2 Brainstorm
1 Contagion
4 Dark Ritual
4 Demonic Consultation
4 Force of Will
1 Hoodwink
3 Vampiric Tutor
Sorceries
4 Duress
Sideboard
3 Annul
2 Contagion
1 Hoodwink
3 Hydroblast
4 Phyrexian Negator
2 Unmask
</d>
<d title="Blue-Red Trix - Kai Budde - Pro Tour New Orleans 2003">
Lands
14 Island
4 Shivan Reef
4 Volcanic Island
Combo
4 Donate
4 Illusions of Grandeur
Artifacts
4 Sapphire Medallion
Instants
4 Accumulated Knowledge
2 Brainstorm
1 Capsize
4 Counterspell
3 Fire // Ice
4 Force of Will
1 Impulse
3 Intuition
Sorceries
4 Merchant Scroll
Sideboard
1 Hibernation
2 Hydroblast
3 Morphling
4 Pyroblast
3 Pyroclasm
2 Stroke of Genius
</d>
==References==
Category:Tournament decks