RUG Aggro Returns!

Started by imthelolrus, August 22, 2013, 09:04:35 PM

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imthelolrus

21 Land:
6  Island
1 {Raging Ravine}
4 {Misty Rainforest}
4  {Scalding Tarn}
2  {Steam Vents}
1  {Breeding Pool}
1 {Stomping Ground}
1 Forest
1 Mountain

16 Creatures:

2  {Scavenging Ooze}
2  {Vendilion Clique}
4  {Tarmogoyf}
4  {Snapcaster Mage}
4  {Delver of Secrets}

2 Artifacts:
2  {Vedalken Shackles}

21 Spells:
2  {Cryptic Command}
2  {Remand}
1  {Izzet Charm}
4  {Serum Visions}
4  {Lightning Bolt}
2  {Spell Snare}
2  {Mana Leak}
3  {Electrolyze}
1 {Forked Bolt}

15 Sideboard:
1 {Shadow of Doubt}
1 {Torpor Orb}
2 {Ancient Grudge}
2 {Sowing Salt}
1 {Blood Moon}
2 {Back to Nature}
1 {Spellskite}
2 {Firespout}
1 {Thundermaw Hellkite}
1 {Counterflux}
1 {Relic of Progenitus}

**will finish the sideboard later, not too sure on the numbers of spells, eg Spell snare, Electrolyze. Also not sure if 20 is enough to reliably flip delver. I think the ooze is a useful addition and has better synergy with snappy than {Grim Lavamancer}.

Any feedback and input is always appreciated! :) Only card I'm missing from this list is x1 Cryptic so if anyone has one I'm interested ;) Thnx everyone. 

That_Guy

Sweet deck :) im only new to the format but i dont see anything i would change myself. I will keep you posted :)

ihasfrozen

#2
Maybe add some {Spell Pierce}? Also would probably drop the mountain for another steam vents, since you want to maximize your island count for shackles, and a basic mountain isn't necessary to avoid getting blown out by blood moon.

imthelolrus

Quote from: ihasfrozen on August 28, 2013, 08:28:23 AM
Maybe add some {Spell Pierce}? Also would probably drop the mountain for another steam vents, since you want to maximize your island count for shackles, and a basic mountain isn't necessary to avoid getting blown out by blood moon.
Ahh, very true, I'll have to look at the mana base and see how it plays. I might drop the mtn all together if 21 is enough.
I'm not sure where to fit spell pierce in, the weakest card might be  {Izzet Charm}. There are lots of good counters in blue that I want to play around with, like  {Deprive}

imthelolrus

Bumping: I added a forked bolt and +1  {Electrolyze}. The removal works really great with the ooze and more spells helps flip delver :) I dropped a land, it functions pretty smoothly at 21.

Still a little unsure about the sideboard.  {Combust}  {Obstinate Baloth} {Grafdiggers Cage} are options too.