Source: Inquest #29 (Sept 1997), p.86; author: Jeff Hannes

1st Place (9-4)

"Library of Alexandria, City of Brass, Diamond Valley...all of these Arabian Nights lands have received their due, but there's one that always gets the short end of the stick.  For this competition, I set out to prove the awesome might of the one, the only, Elephant Graveyard.

To give my Elephants some cheap support, I stocked my decks with a bunch of Elves and their beloved creation: the Llanowar Behemoth.  Cards like the Illusionary Mask and Bosium Strip don't have any thematic relevance; they're just plain fun to use.

The Night Soil allows me to strip my graveyard down to my instants (for the Bosium Strip) and the 1/1 saprolings are perfect recipients of the deck's coup de grace - Army of Allah.  What, you've never seen a pack of Elves harness up a herd of elephants and pledge their allegiance to Allah?"