Draw7 without Power?

[Maraxus of Keld]

Do you think it's possible to build an effective Draw7 deck without Power 9?

For those who don't know, Draw7 looks something like this:

Land:
4x City of Brass
4x Gemstone Mine
2x Glimmervoid
1x Tolarian Academy

Mana:

4x Elvish Spirit Guide
4x Dark Ritual
1x Mox Emerald
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Pearl
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Sapphire
1x Mox Diamond
1x Chrome Mox
1x Black Lotus
1x Sol Ring
1x Mana Crypt
1x Mana Vault
1x Lion's Eye Diamond
1x Lotus Petal
1x Fastbond

Draw/Tutor spells:

4x Diminishing Returns
1x Wheel of Fortune
1x Windfall
1x Memory Jar
1x Timetwister
1x Ancestral Recall
1x Frantic Search
3x Brainstorm
1x Necropotence
1x Yawgmoth's Bargain
1x Tinker
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Mind's Desire
1x Yawgmoth's Will

Win:

2x Tendrils of Agony



Basically, this deck wins on turn 2-3 (ideally) with a mixture of fast mana and massive draw spells, in order to build up a high enough Storm count to finish with a big Tendrils of Agony. Thing is, it uses a lot of Power 9 (this particular build uses everything but Time Walk, which I didn't feel the need to include because the deck is focused on winning this turn, rather than getting another turn). It would be extremely difficult for this deck to be effective without Power 9 as far as I can see, given the assumption that I want to keep it Type 1 legal, anyway.

Do you think it's possible for this deck to work without Power? I can't see how it would work, but I'd sure like to see if it's possible.

[DontCare]

well scince i don't konw what half these cards do(lol) i'm just giong to go on ahead and say it looks fine

[Baron Sengir]

I still want to meet someone in person that owns a Power Nine deck. And I want to see the deck and actually look through it if the person lets me. But I'll probably have the owners personnal Mafia all around me.

[Maraxus of Keld]

DontCare said:

well scince i don't konw what half these cards do(lol) i'm just giong to go on ahead and say it looks fine

Just click on em, that takes you to the Wizards Autocard, which shows the card and gives its official erratad Oracle text.

The question is, could this deck be built without the Power 9? And if so, what would I use in its place?

[Volrath, the Fallen]

if you don't know what the power 9 are, they are the original 5 moxes, black lotus, Timetwister, Time Walk, ancestral recall

[Maraxus of Keld]

Four responses other than mine, and I still have not received a single answer to my question...

Screw you guys.

[Maraxus of Keld]

Alright, I decided to unlock the thread, but please, if you're going to respond to the post then ANSWER MY QUESTION rather than just making irrelevant posts.

[Volrath, the Fallen]

(i said this online already, but felt like posting it anyway.) A Mind's Desire deck would filled with non-power accel would probably be your best bet if you are determined to use things with storm.....I don't think Draw 7 would be any good at all without power. probably average win would be on turn 10-11. It would be poopy

[Maraxus of Keld]

However, a Mind's Desire deck would not be tournament legal, because Mind's Desire is restricted.

[Maraxus of Keld]

In retrospect, this deck really needs Force of Will to keep the combo from being disrupted.

Part of me is tempted to try and make something like this deck, but considering that I don't have a lot of the cards I'm probably better off not doing it.

Besides, I already have several decks that go off with a kill combo fairly quickly, so really this wouldn't be all that different.