When the opponent activates a Purrely Quick-Play Spell, Retaliating C effect could be activated in a Chain
Perhaps going heavier Blue would have been better, as it seems to be the only color that allows you to draw cards reliably (along with Black)
And, because this guy has a semi-reasonable floor as a 4-mana 5/3, youll be playing him even if you only have one piece of Equipment for him to take advantage of
Fabricate and Deadly Dispute are particularly enticing reprints
That being said, during those early years, MTG Revised packs and boxes were still getting ripped left and right
Consider Billy Moreno's career-making hybrid Madness deck: Madness 'Tog | Billy Moreno, Pro Tour Los Angeles 2005 Creatures (20) 1 Merfolk Looter 1 Wonder 3 Aquamoeba 3 Psychatog 4 Arrogant Wurm 4 Basking Rootwalla 4 Wild Mongrel Instants (7) 1 Darkblast 2 Gifts Ungiven 4 Circular Logic Sorceries (7) 1 Life from the Loam 2 Deep Analysis 4 Careful Study Artifacts (6) 3 Chrome Mox 3 Umezawa's Jitte Lands (21) 2 Forest 2 Island 1 Centaur Garden 1 Cephalid Coliseum 1 Lonely Sandbar 2 Bloodstained Mire 2 Overgrown Tomb 2 Watery Grave 4 Polluted Delta 4 Yavimaya Coast Sideboard (15) 4 Cabal Therapy 3 Engineered Plague 4 Naturalize 4 Smother What you have to understand about Billy's deck is that this deck could do everything
