Rakdos Blood And Fire Party!

Mattao19 · October 08, 2013, 01:28:02 AM

I still run GW Hexproof ... Lol it's alright and you gotta time it right but the Lion if played well can usually get monstrous in time

SoshiGanrou · October 08, 2013, 02:13:25 AM

Dang. I read too quickly as read. Never mind then...

Wally · October 08, 2013, 06:50:04 AM

{Witchstalker} may be pretty popular in those hexproof decks.

Also make sure you can find an answer for the Jedi knight ( {Fiendslayer Paladin} )
Something like {Devour Flesh} would work, as long as they don't have some random token they can sac.

Oh and another thing, {Cryptborn Horror} could be a cheap dude that drops out bigger than expected.

Lastly, how do you plan to keep cards in your hands? It seems with a solid early set up you could burn thru your hand worth of cards pretty quickly. Possibly consider a way to replenish it?

Pirate John · October 08, 2013, 07:04:15 AM

Bring in 1-2 {underworld Cerberus} from your side to deal with UW control or creature light decks

Antirayman · October 08, 2013, 07:40:08 AM

I think you don't have enough cheap creatures, but to many removal. If you play against control your removal won't deal with {Sphinx's Revelation}. That's why I suggest {Tormented Hero} or {Firedrinker Satyr}.
If you're able to cast {Purphoros, God of the Forge}, I don't think that he will do a lot cause you have just a little creatures to trigger his ability or animate him. But im a great fan of his hammer( {Hammer of Purphoros})!!! With his hammer you should be able to crush through your opponents defenses!

Gorzo · October 08, 2013, 04:14:24 PM

Thank you all for the suggestions!

I really do need a reliable way to deal with {Fiendslayer Paladin}. I do have {Slaughter Games} and {Lifebane Zombie} in the sideboard already, but a paladin could potentially be dropped before I can cast them. Is it worth messing up the versatility of my sideboard even more to deal with a single possible card?

I'm not too worried about Sphinx's rev. I already have Slaughter Games, and as soon as I see control, I bring in {Sire of Insanity}. In my play testing, this deck is extremely good at performing while hellbent, and I don't mind dumping my hand and going top-deck.

Pirate John · October 08, 2013, 04:18:28 PM

{crypt born horror} makes a horrid sideboard card. Sure it's nice when you can drop a 7/7 for 3 mana, but what if your opponent boardwipes and you have nothing but 2-3 horrors in hand?

Might as well pack in less conditional creatures

Nepentheceae · October 09, 2013, 01:00:45 PM

Sure of insanity + blood scrivener ?

Gorzo · February 09, 2014, 10:38:09 PM

Necrobump! I've updated the deck for Game Day and Born of the Gods. I haven't done much testing with {Gild} yet but I feel it fits in as a solid 2-of in the deck.

I would really love to add 2 copies of {Mogis, God of Slaughter} to the deck. Badly. But I simply have not been able to get my hands on any copies of the card. I would likely take out a magma jet and a Mizzium mortar to fit the 2 copies of Mogis in.

I'm still on the fence right now about swapping in 4 {Temple of Malice}. This deck is so high-speed and quick-paced, I feel like the risk of losing that half-step for coming in tapped isn't worth the mana fixing. In past experience, I shock myself with {Blood Crypt} in this deck for speed a good 75% of the time, and it's always worth it. Not having that option is really putting me off the scry lands for this dive-bomb style deck.

Skyshadow731 · February 10, 2014, 02:47:50 AM

I recomend 2 temples because being able to look at your next card will help you due to the fact off if you go to top deck . Plus it fixes mana.

Mattao19 · February 10, 2014, 02:58:56 AM

1. Where's {Rakdos Return}
2. I actually have 2 Mogis' if you wanna trade PM me 😋

Gorzo · February 10, 2014, 09:18:20 AM

1) Not in the deck, that's where

lol a fair enough question, but I opted not to include it here. I've been playing it for some time now and it really doesn't do anything for me. Sure, I could do 3 damage for 5 mana. Or I could do it for 2 mana with {Lightning Strike}, AND have the option to blast a blocker with it! As for the discard? Meh, I say! Keep your hand, anything you play gets hit by my hand full of removal, and I can top-deck removal and threats for days! Really, this deck is so short-sighted it's scary. It has zero regard for the future. True Rakdos.

2) I would be, but game day is in 5 days, and I'd need the cards by then...no way if get them fast enough in snail mail

if I can't trade for them locally on weds or the weekend though I'll PM you, 'cause ill still want them but won't be in such a rush to gobble them up elsewhere before a deadline

Gorzo · February 10, 2014, 09:25:40 AM

Just a fun brag side-note, I want to share that since I've made this deck (Theros release), I've only lost to Esper Control with it one time. The matchup is great. I either go too fast for them to control, or we go into the most hilarious pseudo-mirror match ever. Neither of us can play creatures (or planeswalkers) and eventually Esper decks out because they drew cards with {Sphinx's Revelation}. It's really some of the most bizarre magic I've ever played, and half of my matches against esper control end this way. It's really pretty funny to see happen.

Wally · February 11, 2014, 08:20:00 AM

I've just been thinking about the new cards and your thoughts on a few of them..

{Flame-Wreathed Phoenix} (with exava it gains haste anyway)
{Pharagax Giant} (5 damage or a 5/5 haste with exava)
{Searing Blood} (an extra bit of punch while taking down a blocker)

Also have/would you consider using {Seismic Stomp} or {Madcap Skills} to help you get by those fiendslayers or boros reconers etc for the final points of damage?

Gorzo · February 11, 2014, 11:43:42 AM

Quote from: Wally on February 11, 2014, 08:20:00 AM
I've just been thinking about the new cards and your thoughts on a few of them..

{Flame-Wreathed Phoenix} (with exava it gains haste anyway)
{Pharagax Giant} (5 damage or a 5/5 haste with exava)
{Searing Blood} (an extra bit of punch while taking down a blocker)

Also have/would you consider using {Seismic Stomp} or {Madcap Skills} to help you get by those fiendslayers or boros reconers etc for the final points of damage?

Hmm... Some good thoughts here.

The Pheonix I do like, but what would I take out to put it in? Maybe take out the Gilds for them, I'm not all that impressed with Gild after my sample draws... I might have to experiment with that.

I'm not a fan of the giant. 5 mana cost is asking a lot of this deck, which is designed to run on 3 and end on 4. And while 5 damage is nice, a vanilla 3/3 or 5/5 (probably won't have haste - Exava tends to get blasted by removal pretty quick lol) won't make enough impact to take any cards out of the deck for it, you know?

I forgot about {Searing Blood}. That's a really tough choice. {Magma Jet}'s scry helps me out so much though, even if I end up just jetting the player for 2. This one's a thinker..

The deck originally had Madcap Skills when I first started building it. I quickly cut it when I saw that my opponents rarely had surviving blockers through the masses of removal, and that my losses were due to a lack of my own creatures rather than an abundance of theirs. I started mainboarding {Lifebane Zombie}s then instead, which helped immensely. now i have {Herald of Torment} in that slot, and the zombie in sideboard vs g/w.
It might be a smart sideboard option to have seismic stomp vs block-heavy decks though, in case I fail to draw enough removal. But I'm not sure what I can take out for it.