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;instantgratification
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;#oldgames
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;06/11/2009
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;4th Edition
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.1 1 Ancestral Recall
.1136 4 Burst Lightning
.1889 4 Cunning Wish
.566 4 Electrolyze
.1782 4 Fire // Ice
.1923 1 Fact or Fiction
.1762 4 Fireblast
.145 4 Lightning Bolt
.1254 4 Incinerate
.1948 4 Volcanic Fallout
.1147 4 Shock
.266 4 Volcanic Island
.164 13 Mountain
.126 5 Island

Won the first attempt with this deck. The only other try I made was last night with a really goofy Archive Trap deck, and it, uh... didn't win I was lucky though in that I got Ancestral Recall in most of my opening hands. Cunning Wish was used on extra copies of Ancestral Recall, direct damage finishers, or volcanic fallout if in serious trouble. (I think I only had to do that once) It's pretty hard to lose if you've cast three ancestral recalls in one game!

Systral wrote:Instant Gratification was one of the easiest ones imo, as others have stated UR burn is the way to go. This list isn't optimized but still made it on the 2nd try:

.1136 4 Burst Lightning
.1253 4 Char
.1417 4 Flame Javelin
.1254 4 Incinerate
.145 4 Lightning Bolt
.1948 4 Volcanic Fallout
.1 1 Ancestral Recall
.194 2 Psionic Blast
.566 4 Electrolyze
.1782 4 Fire // Ice
.1923 1 Fact or Fiction
.126 9 Island
.164 11 Mountain
.266 4 Volcanic Island

Here's what I used to beat each challenge in round #3, post if you want a decklist for any of them.

*Gather No Moss - All the good green and white walls + 4 Living Wish.
*Enchanted Evening - UBW Creature hate with Luminarch Ascension as finisher.
*Master Warlock - aww1979's token deck above.
*Urza Wannabe - 28 planeswalkers + 4 Oath of druids, 1 Iona, 1 Platinum angel. Lame I know
*Instant Gratification - UR burn deck above.
*Gimme! - Mono blue with Time Walk, Ancestral Recall, Sol Ring and Cunning Wish as wild cards.
*March of the Machines 2 - Bridge/Skullcap deck with belcher as finisher, posted earlier in the thread.
*Easy as 1, 2, 3... - Control Version of Oath with Idyllic Tutor to find it.
*The Perfect Storm - Dredge deck with Bloodghasts.
*Sliver Nation - Dredge deck with 4 x Crop Rotation to find bazaar faster.

Solar Ice wrote:Finished a three more challenges. First, Instant Gratification:

.1 1 Ancestral Recall
.1889 4 Cunning Wish
.1762 4 Fireblast
.1254 4 Incinerate
.145 4 Lightning Bolt
.1948 4 Volcanic Fallout
.1136 4 Burst Lightning
.266 4 Volcanic Island
.1782 4 Fire // Ice
.566 4 Electrolyze
.1771 4 Hidetsugu's Second Rite
.1923 1 Fact or Fiction
.352 1 Mystical Tutor
.164 12 Mountain
.126 5 Island
.266 4 Volcanic Island

Got it on the 2nd try. The key card here was Hidetsugu's. I tried the challenge with a Hidetsugu-less build (with Echoing Truth instead) and in about a dozen attempts, the best that I got to was round 5. The main problem with that build was running out of steam or being overwhelmed by pumped-up guys. Hidestsugu effectively halves the opponent's life so it becomes much easier. it was my main Wish target as well. There were only a couple of matches where I didn't use it. Just be careful with the comp cracking Fetchlands and putting himself on less than 10 life. The Gold cards were helpful with dealing a single point of damage if necessary.