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8 months ago ::
Oct 14, 2012 - 8:18PM
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Well, I'm a boros player but since gatecrash is still few months away so I'm doing RDW...cuz i don't like slow decks... Anyway decklist Land x 22 2x Hellion Crucible  20x Mountain  Creatures x 25 4x Vexing Devil  4x Rakdos Cackler  4x Ash Zealot  4x Lightning Mauler  2x Zealous Conscripts  2x Hellrider  4x Gore-House Chainwalker  1x Thundermaw Hellkite  Instants + Sorceries x 13 4x Pillar of Flame  4x Searing Spear  2x Mizzium Mortars  2x Brimstone Volley  1x Thunderous Wrath  Sideboard + Maybe List 2x Guttersnipe  4x Furor of the Bitten  2x Fervor  1x Thundermaw Hellkite 2x Vandalblast  4x Stonewright  4x Stromkirk Noble  4x Rakdos Shred-Freak  4x Traitorous Blood  4x Curse of the Pierced Heart  2x Curse of Bloodletting  4 x Thunderbolt ![](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Handlers/Image.ashx?name=Thunderbolt&type=card&set=["c"]) 4x Electrickery  4x Flames of the Firebrand  4x Annihilating Fire  2x Nightbird's Clutches  I could buy some more thunderous wrath I guess...bonfire outta the budget range right now lol...same as rakdos zombies (gravecrawler/geralf's messenger/aristocrats too expensive! :S) so not running any black.. Anyway, my main problem vs those 2 types of decks is Thragtusk  ....this card is just so broken in so many ways...with selesnya they can just do Restoration Angel  + Centaur Healer  + Thragtusk + Trostani, Selesnya's Voice  ..and of course Loxodon Smiter  + Rancor  and I simply can't do enough damage to kill them...kinda hard counter to RDW... In Jund, main problems are Thragtusk ...(gawd I hate this guy)... Huntmaster of the Fells  and Olivia Voldaren  ....I think you get the gist of my post... Basically how to tweak RDW so that Thragtusk becomes less of an issue? If this is solved then I'd be so happy lol...
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8 months ago ::
Oct 14, 2012 - 8:32PM
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Feb 18, 2012
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For starters i would drop Zealous and Thundermaw since you don't want the game to go that long, and add a 3rd hellrider. rakdos shred-freak[card/] is another good card you dont have. For spells i would replace mizzium mortars with brimestone volley also i would find room for [card]nightbird's clutches  since you should have creatures its almost a pseudo burn spell
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8 months ago ::
Oct 14, 2012 - 8:39PM
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Sep 23, 2012
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i can maybe drop thundermaw but as for conscripts I find them extremely useful because vs those guys it's often that I can't kill them in 5 turns and the game would drag on. Obviously RDW is bad when game drags on but having those conscripts would provide some assurances. Also nightbird clutches are just...temperamental at most. I could try running it I guess. Still doesn't solve Thragtusk...I guess I could go black and run Sever the Bloodline  , Bump in the Night  , Tragic Slip  , Ultimate Price  ...it's just I don't access to a lot of the good black beaters...so seems a bit of a waste...
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8 months ago ::
Oct 14, 2012 - 9:25PM
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Sep 23, 2012
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ok after some thoughts, I've arrived at the conclusion that I need to run black... here are what I will probably need.. 2x Slaughter Games  4x Appetite for Brains  maybe 1x Havoc Festival  and obviously Dragonskull Summit  , Blood Crypt  maybe add 4x Bump in the Night , 2x Sever the Bloodline etc...what u guys think?
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8 months ago ::
Oct 14, 2012 - 11:32PM
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Theres a list on starcity that took 10th place this weekend you should check it out if you want to stay mono red
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8 months ago ::
Oct 15, 2012 - 1:17AM
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Great idea, why not play a deck that loses every matchup zombies does, but ALSO loses to sweepers?
Oh, and don't forget the vexing devils.
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8 months ago ::
Oct 15, 2012 - 1:33AM
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Jun 23, 2012
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the deck you have right now is very creature based, have you ever thought about making it more spell based instead, Ive been testing a R/B burn deck using a combination of guttersnipe  , blood artist  , and deathrite shaman  lately; the results are pretty good, guttersnipe is amazing if you can keep him on the feild you can basicly kill the enemy/enemies while casting spells like duress  , tragic slip  and any other cheap spell. If you want a deck that plays like RDW, then I would suggest start playing with creatures that allow you to hit your enemy indirectly while casting other spells; imagine geting guttersnipe or blood artist out on the feild then start burning either creatures or players with spells like searing spear  , brimstone volley  and mizzium mortars  , that or you could cast sign in blood  while guttersnipe is on the field; the best part of it all is that you can achieve a continual burn using deathrite shaman , if you can keep a constant burn on them it will add up really quickly. As for the thragtusk  problem, I would suggest hitting him before he hits the field with appetite for brains  , slaughter games  , and perhaps even stab wound  when hes on the field, turn their greatest strength into a weakness; other than that there is not much you can do to beat him, hes kinda rediculous. The good thing about going against white and green decks is that they normally do not have dirrect removal spells for creatures, so if your able to just keep some guys in the back nailing them with indirect damage there isn't much they can do, just chump block until the die I guess lol 
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8 months ago ::
Oct 15, 2012 - 6:27AM
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Sep 23, 2012
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Great idea, why not play a deck that loses every matchup zombies does, but ALSO loses to sweepers?
Oh, and don't forget the vexing devils.
Ok..so you don't like RDW or Rakdos Zombies...but there is no need for sarcasm just because somebody prefers a different playstyle....
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8 months ago ::
Oct 15, 2012 - 6:30AM
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Sep 23, 2012
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the deck you have right now is very creature based, have you ever thought about making it more spell based instead, Ive been testing a R/B burn deck using a combination of guttersnipe , blood artist , and deathrite shaman lately; the results are pretty good, guttersnipe is amazing if you can keep him on the feild you can basicly kill the enemy/enemies while casting spells like duress , tragic slip and any other cheap spell.
If you want a deck that plays like RDW, then I would suggest start playing with creatures that allow you to hit your enemy indirectly while casting other spells; imagine geting guttersnipe or blood artist out on the feild then start burning either creatures or players with spells like searing spear , brimstone volley and mizzium mortars , that or you could cast sign in blood while guttersnipe is on the field; the best part of it all is that you can achieve a continual burn using deathrite shaman , if you can keep a constant burn on them it will add up really quickly.
As for the thragtusk problem, I would suggest hitting him before he hits the field with appetite for brains , slaughter games , and perhaps even stab wound when hes on the field, turn their greatest strength into a weakness; other than that there is not much you can do to beat him, hes kinda rediculous. The good thing about going against white and green decks is that they normally do not have dirrect removal spells for creatures, so if your able to just keep some guys in the back nailing them with indirect damage there isn't much they can do, just chump block until the die I guess lol
Yeh that's why I thought of slaughter games, appetite and even sever the bloodline just to get rid of thragtusk, although slaughter games also would mess up entreat the angels etc which is quite good for me.
As for the guttersnipe + chain cheap spells combo and the deathrite shaman thing...i get this sudden urge to run green for ramp lol...which would kinda break away from the rdw/rakdos thing haha...but definitely worth a try
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8 months ago ::
Oct 15, 2012 - 10:49AM
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If you see lots of humans, you might consider Stromkirk Noble in the main. By splashing black, you gain access to Dreadbore  , which I would highly recommend. You can also incorporate Deathrite Shaman  and Hellhole Flailer  . Flailer might be worth it due to his fling ability. This suggestion is probably wandering more into the realms of strictly casual play, but Rakdos, Lord of Riots  is aggressively costed for his power/toughness.
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