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Hello, all.
Well, I've been toying around with the idea of a UG madness deck for a while now, and decided to make one for an upcoming legacy tournament in my town.
It isn't perfect, but it seems to run smoothly.

21 Creatures
4 [url=http://gatherer.wizards.com/pages/card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=201836]Basking Rootwalla[/url]
4 [url=http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=201826]Wild Mongrel[/url]
4 [url=http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=34465]Aquamoeba[/url]
3 [url=http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=12623]Arrogant Wurm[/url]
3 [url=http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=220179]Merfolk Looter[/url]
3 [url=http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=247293]Wonder[/url]

17 Spells
4 [url=http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=247331]Brainstorm[/url]
4 [url=http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=29727]Careful Study[/url]
3 [url=http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=32237]Deep Analysis[/url]
3 [url=http://gatherer.wizards.com/pages/card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=34368]Circular Logic[/url]
3 [url=http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=29881]Roar of the Wurm[/url]

22 Lands
8 [url=http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=31627]Forest[/url]
10 [url=http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=31614]Island[/url]
4 [url=http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=174950]Seaside Citadel[/url]

Suggestions made to me for this deck are:
[url=http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=241831]Mana Leak[/url]
[url=http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=247302]Mulldrifter[/url]
[url=http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=89019]Golgari Brownscale[/url]
[url=http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=29784]Nimble Mongoose[/url]
[url=http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=29785]Werebear[/url]
[url=http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=39578]Gigapede[/url]
[url=http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=34398]Riftstone Portal[/url]

Basic idea, use Mongrel, Aquamoeba, and Looter to send cards to the graveyard to activate their cheaper Madness or Flashback costs, get Wonder in the grave to have all my creatures fly and swoop in for game as quickly as possible.

If you have fixes or suggestions, you are welcome to post them.
But please, no expensive fixes. I have a tight budget, and a couple of $14 cards are enough to send me over.
Thanks much.

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Eh, I would, but another looter seems to give the deck a bit of a superfluous amount of draw power. I already have Brainstorm and Deep Analysis to net me the cards I need.
Anyway, I showed this deck to my buddy, and he suggested a complete overhaul of the deck, only keeping the backbone of Rootwalla, Mongrel, Looter, Wonder, Analysis, and Study. All the Wurms, Brainstorms, and Aquamoebas had to be extracted.

This was the new deck afterwards:

4 Basking Rootwalla
4 Wild Mongrel
4 Merfolk Looter
4 Nimble Mongoose
4 Wonder


4 Careful Study
4 Circular Logic
3 Mana Leak
2 Deep Analysis
3 Gitaxian Probe


3 Forest
7 Island
4 Seaside Citadel
2 Simic Growth Chamber
4 Terramorphic Expanse
4 Evolving Wilds

Hope you don't mind the absence of links. If you want some, I'll be happy to add some.
So, do you guys think I should keep the old deck above or go on with this new one?

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Well, then, here are some links for the cards in the new deck that were not mentioned in the deck in the OP, in which you can find links.
[url=http://gatherer.wizards.com/pages/card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=29784]Nimble Mongoose[/url]
[url=http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=5182]Mana Leak[/url]
[url=http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=233056]Gitaxian Probe[/url]
[url=http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=97089]Simic Growth Chamber[/url]
[url=http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=247396]Evolving Wilds[/url]
[url=http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=247328]Terramorphic Expanse[/url]
Enjoy.

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Well...I'm not making another thread so I'll post my UG Madness here so it can also help your k?

[u]18 Creatures[/u]
4 [url="http://magiccards.info/query?q=Basking+Rootwalla&v=list&s=issue"]Basking Rootwalla[/url]
4 [url="http://magiccards.info/query?q=Wild+Mongrel&v=list&s=issue"]Wild Mongrel[/url]
4 [url="http://magiccards.info/query?q=Arrogant+Wurm&v=card&s=cname"]Arrogant Wurm[/url]
3 [url="http://magiccards.info/mm/en/114.html"]Waterfront Bouncer[/url]
2 [url="http://magiccards.info/cmd/en/71.html"]Wonder[/url]
1 [url="http://magiccards.info/ju/en/117.html"]Genesis[/url]

[u]6 Sorceries[/u]
4 [url="http://magiccards.info/od/en/266.html"]Roar of the Wurm[/url]
2 [url="http://magiccards.info/tr/en/36.html"]Deep Analysis[/url]

[u]5 Enchantments[/u]
3 [url="http://magiccards.info/tr/en/34.html"]Compulsion[/url]
2 [url="http://magiccards.info/query?q=Standstill&v=card&s=cname"]Standstill[/url]

[u]11 Instants[/u]
4 [url="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=+%5BRune%5D+%5BSnag%5D"]Rune Snag [/url]
4 [url="http://magiccards.info/query?q=Circular+Logic&v=card&s=cname"]Circular Logic[/url]
3 [url="http://magiccards.info/query?q=Mana+Leak&v=card&s=cname"]Mana Leak[/url]

[u]20 Lands[/u]
12 Island
8 Forest

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  • 2 weeks later...

Alright then, after a week or so of tweaking, here it is!

22 Creatures
4 Basking Rootwalla
4 Wild Mongrel
4 Wistful Selkie
3 Man O' War
4 Merfolk Looter
3 Wonder

15 Spells
4 Brainstorm
3 Deep Analysis
3 Circular Logic
4 Rune Snag
1 Roar of the Wurm

23 Lands
3 Forest
8 Island
4 Evolving Wilds
2 Yavimaya Coast
4 Seaside Citadel

New additions to the deck are put in links below. The rest of the cards can be found in the OP or my other posts in this thread.
I decided to take out the Careful studies due to the fact that I was missing pure drawing power, not having to discard constandtly to get card advantage. I also wanted some annoyance, so I put in some Man O' War for bouncing. With that, I added Evolving Wilds as a fetchland for my basics, and Rune Snag since It seemed to work better than Mana leak. I took out the Arrogant Wurms since they seemed a bit slow to play, and just added 1 Roar of the Wurm as a game-finisher. Any more comments are appreciated. I am still tweaking the deck as we speak.
Wistful Selkie- [url="http://gatherer.wizards.com/pages/card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=151143"]http://gatherer.wiza...iverseid=151143[/url]
Man O' War- [url="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=3644"]http://gatherer.wiza...ltiverseid=3644[/url]
Rune Snag- [url="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=121247"]http://gatherer.wiza...iverseid=121247[/url]

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