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R/B Brick 💩house 75 cards, 15 sideboard 4 {Blood Crypt} 4 {Dragonskull Summit} 9 {Swamp} 5 {Mountain} 22 lands 4 {Rakdos Cackler} 3 {Diregraf Ghoul} 4 {Gravecrawler} 4 {Vexing Devil} 3 {Geralf's Messenger} 3 {Hellrider} 4 {Desecration Demon} 25 creatures 4 {Rakdos Keyrune} 4 {Bump in the Night} 2 {Dreadbore} 3 {Devil's Play} 13 other spells Sideboard 4 {Pillar of Flame} 4 {Rakdos Charm} 2 {Dreadbore} 1 {Geralf's Messenger} 4 {Slaughter Games} 15 sideboard cards

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I would go -2 Keyrunes -2 Desocration Demon in favor of a playset of {Stromkirk Nobles} to make it faster. You should consider using {Thundermaw Hellkite} as your bomb, considering it has haste and as long as it isn't countered, the 5 damage is getting there and it can take care of those pesky 1/1 Spirit Tokens. A large part of your game is wanting to get the damage in before thragtusk, right? Then you need to be fast. And I think that {Crimson Muckwader} would be good to maintain board position. It can get past board-wipes and removal spells, so it might be worth checking out. The things I would consider taking out are the spells that don't do any damage. Removal like Dreadbore is nice, but if you're playing with burn spells like
Turn 1: Stromkirk Noble
Turn 2: {Pillar of Flame} their 1-drop and Play Vexing Devil, you may have just done 5 damage on your second turn.
Turn 3: Another one-drop and a searing spear on their guy, or two one-drops and other pillar of flame, or one two-drop and a one-drop (this is where lightning mauler could come in handy) so you could potentially be swinging: A Stromkirk Noble with 1 counter, A Vexing Devil, A Lightning Mauler, and Rakdos Cackler on turn 3.

Anyway, there's my $0.02. I hope this helps! -Des

Quote from: Desolatus on December 06, 2012, 08:06:22 AM
I would go -2 Keyrunes -2 Desocration Demon in favor of a playset of {Stromkirk Nobles} to make it faster. You should consider using {Thundermaw Hellkite} as your bomb, considering it has haste and as long as it isn't countered, the 5 damage is getting there and it can take care of those pesky 1/1 Spirit Tokens. A large part of your game is wanting to get the damage in before thragtusk, right? Then you need to be fast. And I think that {Crimson Muckwader} would be good to maintain board position. It can get past board-wipes and removal spells, so it might be worth checking out. The things I would consider taking out are the spells that don't do any damage. Removal like Dreadbore is nice, but if you're playing with burn spells like
Turn 1: Stromkirk Noble
Turn 2: {Pillar of Flame} their 1-drop and Play Vexing Devil, you may have just done 5 damage on your second turn.
Turn 3: Another one-drop and a searing spear on their guy, or two one-drops and other pillar of flame, or one two-drop and a one-drop (this is where lightning mauler could come in handy) so you could potentially be swinging: A Stromkirk Noble with 1 counter, A Vexing Devil, A Lightning Mauler, and Rakdos Cackler on turn 3.

Anyway, there's my $0.02. I hope this helps! -Des

That is the type of advice I am looking for!

I've been a fan of {grim roustabout} lately just because it has regenerate. Good for surviving board wipes if you have the mana open.

{Gorehouse Chainwalker} and {Reckless Waif} can also be very good. Consider adding {Falkenrath Aristocrat} as your bomb, though I'd probably take {Thundermaw Hellkite} over it.