Fear the Eye: A Combo Deck

Ever done 108 damage to your opponent in one turn?  On the same turn in which you made that player sacrifice 50+ creatures and tapped every other card that player had in play?  Maybe, but what about on the fifth turn?

Eye of the Storm is what I'm talking about.  I was able to (admittedly, only once did it happen this beautifully) cast the Eye on turn four on the back of a Peat Bog and a Dark Ritual.  On turn five, I played Diabolic Tutor to find Dark Ritual, cast it and tutored for Syphon Life.  I cast that and found another Syphon and got the DR mana for it.  I repeated this process and eventually ripped every black card in my library into play, including the remaining Dark Rituals and huge amounts of Barter in Blood.

The deck also can combo out like this with Sadistic Sacrament, probably a stronger choice for the deck in the end.  However, the price on the Sad' Sac is a little too high for my budget.

Here's the list.  The Mana Leaks are kind of awkward here, I might replace them with other stuff.  I'm not sure what as of yet, though.  You want to be able to cast everything you can at once, so the Leaks kind of interfere with that plan.  A red splash for Grapeshot/Empty the Warrens might not be a bad idea either.

4 Barter in Blood
4 Dark Ritual
4 Diabolic Tutor
4 Doom Blade
4 Eye of the Storm
3 Gigadrowse
4 Mana Leak
4 Preordain
1 Snapback
4 Syphon Life

7 Island
4 Jwar Isle Refuge
2 Peat Bog
7 Swamp
4 Terramorphic Expanse

Overall, you either combo out or grind out a game against an opponent.  Your Eye is your weak spot; anticipate Naturalize and the like with Turn Aside and Duress in the side.

As far as replacements go, when Mirrodin Besieged comes out, Go for the Throat will replace Doom Blade.  As far as my Warrens idea goes, I'm contemplating taking out 4 Mana Leak for 3 Simian Spirit Guide and 1 Empty the Warrens.  However, the deck tends to be kind of overkill as is and the Empty's will interact unfavorably with Barter in Blood.  The whole idea bodes more thought.

Hope you liked it!

Until next time, play on.