Extended Psychatog deck

Psychatog, named for Psychatog was a blue-black control deck with heavy reliance on countermagic and creature removal. Originally a design out of the Invasion-7th-Odyssey Standard format, the deck was quickly adapted for the Extended scene throughout various rotation until its demise when Odyssey and with it the namesake card left the game.

Primarily, the deck would utilize discard, countermagic and creature removal to keep the opponent from winning the game. For long times, the deck played no permanents beside Lands and Psychatogs (save the occasional single copy of Wonder which would be discarded to give the Tog Flying). Occasional board sweepers such as Upheaval or later Damnation would also be employed. The hand was continuously replenished with card draw spells such as Accumulated Knowledge and Fact or Fiction. At some point, a Psychatog would be put into play protected by counters in hand. He would chip away at the life total until it would eventually be pumped to a lethal size and finish the game. Sometimes this was just done after an Upheaval immediately followed by the 'Tog.

Modifications were accumulated as they saw fit, most notably the inclusion of Isochron Scepter and Counterbalance</c> in combination with Sensei's Divining Top</c>. While Dredge cards were occasionally used to speed up the time until Psychatog could be lethal, the concept spun off into the much more aggressive Friggorid deck in which Psychatog saw play.

<d title="Psychatog - Eugene Harvey - Masters 2003 Yokohama"> Lands 12 Island 4 Polluted Delta 3 Swamp 4 Underground River

Creatures 4 Psychatog

Instants 4 Accumulated Knowledge 4 Brainstorm 4 Counterspell 3 Cunning Wish 1 Deep Analysis 3 Fact or Fiction 2 Intuition 3 Mana Leak 4 Smother 1 Thwart

Sorceries 3 Duress 1 Upheaval

Sideboard 2 Annul 1 Capsize 1 Corpse Dance 2 Deep Analysis 1 Diabolic Edict 1 Fact or Fiction 1 Mana Short 4 Powder Keg 1 Shadow Rift 1 Vampiric Tutor </d>

<d title="Psychatog - Peter Myrvig - Pro Tour Houston 2002"> Lands 13 Island 4 Polluted Delta 2 Swamp 4 Underground River

Creatures 4 Psychatog 1 Wonder

Instants 4 Accumulated Knowledge 3 Boomerang 4 Brainstorm 4 Counterspell 2 Cunning Wish 3 Fact or Fiction 4 Force Spike 3 Intuition 4 Memory Lapse

Sorcery 1 Upheaval

Sideboard 3 Annul 1 Diabolic Edict 4 Engineered Plague 1 Fact or Fiction 2 Gainsay 1 Hibernation 1 Misdirection 1 Teferi's Response 1 Turnabout </d>

<d title="Psychatog - Richard Hoan – Pro Tour Columbus 2005"> Lands 3 Bloodstained Mire 9 Island 1 Mountain 4 Polluted Delta 1 Shivan Reef 2 Swamp 2 Underground River

Creatures 3 Psychatog

Artifacts 2 Chrome Mox 3 Isochron Scepter

Instants 4 Accumulated Knowledge 4 Brainstorm 4 Counterspell 2 Cunning Wish 1 Daze 2 Diabolic Edict 2 Fact or Fiction 4 Fire/Ice 2 Force Spike 2 Intuition 2 Mana Leak

Sorcery 1 Upheaval

Sideboard 1 Boomerang 1 Coffin Purge 1 Corpse Dance 1 Deep Analysis 1 Diabolic Edict 4 Duress 1 Ensnare 1 Fact or Fiction 2 Powder Keg 1 Shattering Pulse 1 Vampiric Tutor </d>

<d title="Big Stinks (Dredgatog) - Julien Nuijten - Grand Prix Copenhagen 2005"> Lands 1 Barren Moor 2 Bloodstained Mire 1 Cephalid Coliseum 9 Island 2 Lonely Sandbar 1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds 2 Overgrown Tomb 4 Polluted Delta 1 Swamp 2 Watery Grave

Creatures 1 Genesis 1 Meloku the Clouded Mirror 4 Psychatog 1 Stinkweed Imp 1 Wonder

Other 3 Circular Logic 4 Counterspell 1 Darkblast 1 Deep Analysis 4 Force Spike 4 Gifts Ungiven 1 Life from the Loam 2 Mana Leak 4 Mental Note 3 Smother

Sideboard 2 Coffin Purge 1 Darkblast 4 Duress 4 Ghastly Demise 1 Llawan, Cephalid Empress 3 Pernicious Deed </d>

<d title="CounterTop - Ryo Ogura - Grand Prix Singapore 2007"> Lands 1 Academy Ruins 1 Blood Crypt 2 Bloodstained Mire 1 Breeding Pool 2 Flooded Strand 4 Island 1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds 4 Polluted Delta 1 Steam Vents 1 Swamp 2 Watery Grave

Creatures 4 Dark Confidant 1 Meloku the Clouded Mirror 3 Psychatog

Artifacts 4 Chrome Mox 4 Sensei's Divining Top 2 Engineered Explosives

Enchantments 4 Counterbalance

Spells 4 Counterspell 2 Damnation 2 Fact or Fiction 3 Smother 3 Spell Snare 4 Thirst for Knowledge

Sideboard 3 Ancient Grudge 4 Duress 3 Dwarven Blastminer 3 Ghastly Demise 2 Tormod's Crypt </d>

<d title="Psychatog - Antoine Ruel - Pro Tour Los Angeles 2005 - Winning Decklist"> Lands 2 Cephalid Coliseum 7 Island 1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds 4 Polluted Delta 2 Seat of the Synod 2 Stalking Stones 1 Swamp 1 Vault of Whispers 3 Watery Grave

Creatures 4 Psychatog 1 Wonder Instants 3 Boomerang 4 Circular Logic 4 Counterspell 3 Fact or Fiction 4 Force Spike 1 Gifts Ungiven 2 Mana Leak 4 Mental Note 2 Opt 2 Smother 2 Thirst for Knowledge

Sorcery 1 Deep Analysis

SideBoard 2 Darkblast 4 Duress 3 Ghastly Demise 1 Meloku the Clouded Mirror 2 Razormane Masticore 1 Skeletal Scrying 1 Smother 1 Stalking Stones </d>