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Overview
The Discard deck. One of my favorites. Well, ok, I hate them. I hate playing against them. I hate losing to them. I hate watching all the things I planned going to waste before I know what's going on. Discard decks work on the strategy of taking your opponents options away, thereby giving you more things to do, and them less, which eventually leads to victory. It's simple, really. Once again, you have to find some way of killing your opponent. The Rack works well, since you're constantly taking cards away from your opponent. However, these aren't the only thing you need. After all, if your opponent gets a Howling Mine or Jayemdae Tome into play, it makes your job more difficult, but not impossible. If your opponent gets a Library of Leng into play, they may be able to keep up with you, since they are able to decide what gets discarded to the graveyard and what gets discarded to the top of their library. The upside to this is that very few people play with the Library of Leng (unless they've been burned by discard decks a lot).
Some cards that you may want to include in this deck are: Mind Twist (banned from type 2 on Feb 1st, 1996, but still legal under the point system), Hymn to Tourach, Mindstab Thrulls, Hypnotic Specters (best creature for discard decks), Abyssal Specters (although this is debatable), Mind Ravel, Cursed Racks, Disrupting Scepter, and The Rack. Other cards may be thrown in, like Wand of Ith and Rag Man. In my opinion, Mind Warp is a bit too expensive. Dark Rituals add a great deal of speed to the deck, as can Demonic Consultation.
Some cards to watch out for are Library of Leng and Balance!! Balance will bring your hand down to where your opponent's hand is. Also, be cautious of Land Tax, since your opponent will be stuffing their hand with land to reduce the chances that you'll have them discard something useful, and keep themselves from taking damage from The Rack.
You should also be cautious of Feldon's Cane, since your opponent can use it to get back everything they lost, but it doesn't pose much of a threat.