Trug: The One Man Magi-pile

I've been playing recently with a deck that has Trug first. "Trug first?" you say skeptically, "But that's crazy. Your chances of getting energy adding stuff on the first draw is low. Better to play him second and be sure of nixing a magi. You're a lunatic mitch, and I hate you."

Well, in response to these fine, convincing arguments, I say- Simple-

Don't detonate Trug.

I'll pause as you fall out of your chair, out the window of your 5th story apartment and into traffic, recieve medical attention/ voodoo raise from dead rituals, and then come back to your computer.

You don't have to detonate Trug right away. He has good calls- arboll and giant parmalag. Also he calls hidden door. So just play hidden door, use it to get amulet of ombor and strag's ring (if you didn't draw them). Then amulet gets gate, which you can use to call a parmalag or urhail and then burrow it. You have your wedge down now. If you play it right, you can defeat magi with Trug this way. The most important thing for underneath to do is get a wedge down early and Trug can do that right off the bat. Defeat 2 magi, then play focus, and then you can detonate on the turn after to win the game. Focus only says "can't play CARDS", don't say nothin bouts powers (spelling in tribute to Doug).

I've won at least three games this way. In the other games Trug defeated at least one magi, sometimes two.

But really, who needs other magi? Trug can take all three opposing magi by himself. Bring em on!



(Mitch Note-)

SOME people have suggested that Trug isn't worth it because he has only 14 energy or 9 if he goes first. This is a bit of a disadvantage i suppose. But not many people have a first turn answer for a 5 energy burrowed creature. I wouldn't suggest that this strategy is invincible, but it sure is fun. Smarter players will most of the tiem be able to catch trug early. But then again, most smart players can usually get around underneath anyway. All I'm saying is I was surprised at how effective leading with Trug actually was. There aren't many other underneath magi that can call everythign that he does right away.

Besides, I find that with underneath, the cards are more important than the energy. Undy is one of the best regions for conserving it, after all.