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Title: Black red
Post by: Jer123amy on December 25, 2013, 11:50:40 PM
Anyone have any suggestions on what to put in a red black standard deck just starting out played with red deck. Really like attack and kill way of playing. Thanks in advance
Title: Re: Black red
Post by: Jer123amy on December 25, 2013, 11:53:00 PM
Also I really like wight of prescient six and cryptborn horror what would be good with these
Title: Re: Black red
Post by: Joshnoodles on December 26, 2013, 01:55:53 AM
I would suggest going with a human aggro deck.  {Xathrid Necromancer} is really good and makes the deck really good. Some suggestions are  {Mogis's Marauder} (probably the best card in the deck),  {Tormented Hero},  {Exava, Rakdos Blood Witch},  {Rakdos Shred-Freak}. And for some none humans you can use  {Rakdos Cackler} and  {Spike Jester}. Oh and {Madcap Skills} is really really good.
Title: Re: Black red
Post by: Skyshadow731 on December 26, 2013, 02:36:57 AM
Look at the slaughter games in the standard deck section. It's my competitive RDW with splash black. That's about what most people will tell you to build.
Title: Re: Black red
Post by: particle on December 26, 2013, 07:51:18 AM
{gray merchant of asphodel} + {rakdos, lord of riots}.
Title: Re: Black red
Post by: Jer123amy on December 26, 2013, 11:53:50 AM
Thanks. If my opponent loses 4 lives can I play lord of riots without paying mana cost or did I read wrong
Title: Re: Black red
Post by: ApexPredator on December 26, 2013, 11:58:21 AM
Quote from: Jer123amy on December 26, 2013, 11:53:50 AM
Thanks. If my opponent loses 4 lives can I play lord of riots without paying mana cost or did I read wrong
Its two colorless mana not colored mana. And I dont suggest playing lord of riots. He is too conditional and is a lot harder to get out than it looks.
Title: Re: Black red
Post by: particle on December 26, 2013, 12:10:27 PM
he doesn't cost less he just cant be casted unless an opponent lost life. your other spells cost less colorless mana once hes on the field and losing life. people hate on {rakdos lord of riots} and yet i think his downside is much better than {desecration demon}. i have seen numerous games where a player needed a chump blocker to live and dropped deso demon. opponent sacs a vanilla dude tapping down deso demon and blowing out the player. at least rakdos is always a chump blocker if you can cast him, which shouldnt be too hard.

edit: especially in black red where you can just {shock} or {magma jet} your opponent if your not attacking.
Title: Re: Black red
Post by: Jer123amy on December 26, 2013, 12:59:48 PM
Ok thanks
Title: Re: Black red
Post by: ApexPredator on December 26, 2013, 04:30:27 PM
Quote from: particle on December 26, 2013, 12:10:27 PM
he doesn't cost less he just cant be casted unless an opponent lost life. your other spells cost less colorless mana once hes on the field and losing life. people hate on {rakdos lord of riots} and yet i think his downside is much better than {desecration demon}. i have seen numerous games where a player needed a chump blocker to live and dropped deso demon. opponent sacs a vanilla dude tapping down deso demon and blowing out the player. at least rakdos is always a chump blocker if you can cast him, which shouldnt be too hard.

edit: especially in black red where you can just {shock} or {magma jet} your opponent if your not attacking.
The issue is that he costs two black and two red. You can consistently cast him on turn four. exava is a better finisher and you can consistently cast t4