Note: besides eye of ugin, any Eldrazi cards I put in these stories will be made up until spoilers start to come out for RoE
Note II: They use holograms in this world
"I knew it, you are the Prophet" Tray said with a wicked grin on his face.
"Yes I am. You said you wanted to fight me." Nate said "but that comes at a price"
Trays smile disappeared he looked at Nate with disbelief.
"Price?" Tray said in a questioning tone, he couldn't believe there would be a price.
"Yes Tray, this battle will be for ante." Nate explained "If you lose I get whatever card I want out of your deck!"
Tray looked at Nate with a blank look in his eyes, then asked the question that Nate knew he would ask. "What if I win?"
"Same deal" Nate said, Tray's wicked smile appeared again.
"Let's start this" Tray said then walked up the pedestal steps, Nate turned around and walked up the steps of the second pedestal that was place on the opposite side of the room, at the very top was a booth with no roof, wall so short you could see over it and a table used for scanning cards this is how the images are made. At the same time Tray and Nate placed their decks at the far side of their tables and the holographic machine kicked in, they both drew seven cards and the game began. At the front of each pedestal a big twenty appeared.
"I'll start" Tray said "I play the land card Piranha Marsh" a fish made of bone lunged at Nate the fish exploded as it hit the twenty on the pedestal.
"What?!" Nate gasped.
Tray just smiled and said "this land card comes into play tapped but as it does it deals one damage to target player. Your turn."
Nate drew a card. "I play the land card Kazandu Refuge it also comes into play tapped and as it does I gain one life. I end my turn on that note."
Tray's wicked smile turned into a frown then he drew a card but as he looked at his new card he smiled. A black sphere symbolizing his one black mana appeared in front of the pedestal and Tray started his turn.
"First I play a swamp and then I tap one black mana to play dark ritual" Tray declared, a cauldron appeared in the middle of the field and three black orbs shot out of it.
Damn, turn two and he has four mana on the field. Nate thought
"I pay one mana to play the creature Quag Vampires!" Tray declared. A tall purple skinned man with glowing red eyes and red markings all over his body.
"Quag Vampire has two powers and the first I will use right away, I pay two extra mana as he comes into play to pump him up by one." At that moment two orbs exploded and the vampire started to glow red, he went from a lowly 1/1 to a 2/2.
"I end my turn, and since the Dark ritual is a one turn only card I no longer have four mana."
At that moment a red and green orb appeared on Nate's side of the field and he drew his card.
Damn, the only creature I can play this turn isn't meant to defend me. But with only one creature out he might not attack. Nate thought then started his turn. "I play one mountain land and then pay two mana to play Harabaz Druid!" a woman appeared on Nate's side of the field, she wore shabby made leather armour, carried a staff and had short red hair but she was only a 0/1.
"I end my turn"
Tray smiled and drew his card.
I drew Guul Draz Vampire, he has a weak 0/1 on the field for defence. Tray thought then started his turn.
"I pay one mana to play Gual Draz Vampire!" a half naked gray women appeared on the field, he had long red dred locks, red markings all over her body and carried a long knife, she was a 1/1.
"I then attack with my Quag Vampires!" Quag Vampires ran towards Nate mouth open fangs bared.
"I choose not to block and take two damage!" Nate declared; Quag ran past the druid and attacked the pedestal, the twenty became and eighteen, Tray ended his turn and Nate drew his card.
"I play mountain land and then use my druid's power, I tap Harabaz druid and she creates one mana of a color of my choice, I choose black." Harabaz Druid waved her staff and a black orb appeared. "I then pay four mana and play the ally Nimana Sell-Sword!" a bald gray skin man with two giant blades appeared on the field he was a 2/2.
Tray's smile faded and all he could say was one word "Ally"
Nate smiled "That's right, every creature I own is an Ally, and every ally has a power. Whenever he or any other ally comes into play under my control my sell sword gets pumped by one" at that moment the sell sword started to glow a black glow and he became a 3/3 and Nate ended his turn.
Damnit! I have a bad moon in my hand, but if I play that now every black card would be pumped by one even his. Tray drew his card and saw the card titled Blazing torch.
This card will knock him down by two life. He thought then started his turn.
"I pay one mana to put the equipment card Blazing Torch on the field, then play another mana to give it to my Guul Draz." A torch appeared in Gull Draz's hand.
"I then sacrifice my Torch to deal two damage to you!" Guul Draz threw the flaming torch at the pedestal and it exploded on the eighteen making it a sixteen, Tray then ended his turn.
Nate drew a card, and thought he is picking me off two by two very fast I have to do something.
"I play the ally Highland Berserker and end my turn." Nate frowned all he could do right now was play Allies pumping up his sell-sword until he drew a better card.
Tray started to laugh like a mad man "Your Allies will fall to my dark army, I will show you why they call me The Dark Lord! I attack with my Quag Vampires!" Started to run again but this time Nate had a powerful blocker.
"Sell-sword defend me!" Nate yelled but that just made Tray laugh.
"I use the instant Disfigure bringing down your sell sword by -2/-2!" Tray declared but at that moment two armoured men appeared on Nate's side of the field.
"What the hell?!" Tray yelled in confusion.
"I used my druids power to give me one mana for every ally I have on the field again, and then played my own instant!" Nate explained.
"Impossible!"
"My instant: Join the Ranks!" Nate declared "giving me two 1/1 ally tokens!"
"No! That means your sell sword is pumped by two!" Tray said in horror.
The Nimana Sell-sword swung one of its giant blades and decapitated the quag vampire.
"I play a swamp and pay two to play child of the night and end my turn" Tray declared, a black haired pale woman with a black robe appeared and Nate drew.
"I attack with my sell-sword!" Nate declared and Tray blocked with child of the night. "your creature is gone, but your life grows?!"
Tray smiled "Child of the Night is a life link card, as soon as she inflicts damage I gain as much life as she did damage since she was a 2/1 and she deals two damage to your creature I gain two life."
Nate frowned and ended his turn, Tray drew and smiled.
"I pay play a swamp and then play two mana for two more Dark Rituals!" Tray declared, Two Cauldrons appeared on the field and ejected six black orbs.
"Then I pay seven mana and play the Butcher of Malikar!" Tray declared laughing, man with black armour on and black cape appeared on the battle field; he carried a short stabbing sword, had red tattoos all on his face and had long black hair, he didn't stand he hovered and he was a flying 5/4. With his last mana Tray played another Quag vampire but kept it at a 1/1 and hen ended his turn.
He made a large deal about a 5/4 flyer, normally that would be very useful but for seven mana, he must have a power so I should be careful. Nate thought then he drew. "I use my Druid to make five red mana and use that mana to play the 2/2 pumping Ally TukTuk Grunt!" Nate declared, a small goblin with two swords appeared next to the other Ally creatures he was a 2/2 but being a pumping ally he became a 3/3 and Sell-sword became a seven.
"I attack with a 1/1 ally token!" Nate declared but Tray just smiled and blocked with the 1/1 Guul Draaz destroying both creatures, Nate stood confused he sent out the 1/1 as bait to see if the Butcher had a blocking power but didn't expect to have Tray destroy a 1/1.
"Once any creature goes into my graveyard my Butcher activates his power!" Tray declared.
The Butcher started to glow and then lifted his sword up.
"He will destroy a creature for every creature destroyed on my side of the field but you must choose which one!" Tray declared smiling evilly.
So that's his power I have to sacrifice a creature every time his creature is destroyed! Nate thought and chooses the other token to be destroyed, The Butcher's sword started to glow bright purple an energy beam fired out of it and destroyed the token ally, he then ends his turn.
Tray draws and plays Blood Seeker for two mana; a purple man with blood smeared on his face and a knife in his hand appears, Tray ends his turn.
Yes, do you feel the loss? Unless you attack with three creatures you cannot hurt me and even if you do you'll have to destroy three creatures. Tray thought and Nate Draws he then plays the card Bala Ged Thief.
"As you play that ally you activate my blood seekers power!" Tray said and Blood seeker threw his knife at the pedestal knocking down another life. "Whenever a creature enters your side of the field blood seeker can make you lose a life!"
Nate frowned and ended his turn, all Tray does is play another Guul Draz Vampire and ends his turn.
Nate draws a card and smiles.
"First I use my Druid to give me five white mana and then I use one white and one of my red to play Turn to mist!" Nate declared, Harabaz Druid is turned into nothing but Vapour. "This removes one creature from the game for one turn and then I use the other four to play Day of Judgement!" as he says this and explosion occurs in the middle of the field, the blast is so vast that it vaporizes every creature on the field.
He just destroyed every creature on the field Damnit! Tray thought, Nate then played the tri-land Crumbling Necroplois ended his turn turning his Druid back into a creature.
Tray drew and frown I just drew a great card but I need seven mana and I only have four.
"I pay two mana and play the enchantment Bad Moon!" Tray declared and a moon appeared above their heads and ended his turn.
I need allies on the field so I can get mana. I have four land plus Harabaz that makes five but if I'm going to end this soon I will need ten; luckly I have three more join the ranks in my deck. Nate thought and then he drew.
"I use my druid to create a green mana, then I pay five mana to play Turntimber Ranger!" Nate declared "this is a special ally for this ally does two things, he pumps himself and creates a 2/2 wolf token." Just then a Elf with leather armor appeared on the field; he had long black hair and side burns and he carried a sword, beside him a wolf. Turntimber was now a 3/3 and Nate ended his turn.
Tray drew a card and smiled it was the land card he needed.
"Have you ever witnessed evil?" Tray asked "I play the land card Eye of Ugin making all Eldrazi spells two cheaper!"
Nate stood dumbfounded "Eldrazi?"
Tray smiled and laughed wickedly "Prepare to witness death!"
To be continued...