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6 months ago ::
Nov 26, 2012 - 3:31PM
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I have a Rakdos deck that I would like some opinions on. I have four Rakdos Shredfreaks  not in the deck and I was wondering whether or not I should put them in, and if yes what should come out. Any and all suggestions about the deck are welcome. Also want to try and keep it standard  land x 21 Evolving Wilds  x1 Dragonskull Summit  x1 Rakdos Guildgate  x4 Mountain  x7 Swamp  x8 Spells x 19 Elixir of Immortality  x1 Deviant Glee  x2 Auger Spree  x2 Slaughter Games  x2 Launch Party  x2 Tragic Slip  x2 Murder  x2 Furor of the Bitten  x4 Curse of Stalked Prey  x2 Creatures x 25 Hound of Griselbrand  x2 Xathrid Gorgon  x1 Splatter Thug  x2 Dead Reveler  x2 Thrill-Kill Assassin  x4 Bloodcrazed Neonate  x4 Grim Roustabout  x2 Rakdos Cackler  x2 Hellhole Flailer  x2 Rix Maadi Guildmage  x2 Tormented Soul  x2 Thanks for the help!
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6 months ago ::
Nov 26, 2012 - 4:17PM
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Just replace Bloodcrazed Neonate , or two of those and those two Dead Reveler .
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6 months ago ::
Nov 26, 2012 - 5:08PM
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Date Joined:
Oct 27, 2007
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6 months ago ::
Nov 26, 2012 - 5:34PM
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I was under the impression Candy was just asking about Shreadfreak, which isn't all that great anyways; it's draft filler and that's all. +2 Pithing Needle  +4 Crimson Muckwader  +2 Tormented Soul and Curse of Stalked Prey (they go hand in hand) Just that and Rakdos, Lord of Riots  is going to win the game. Don't underestimate Chaos Imps  or Carnival Hellsteed  , they have great potential. Even Olivia Voldaren  in here would be a nice addition.
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6 months ago ::
Nov 26, 2012 - 5:46PM
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Thanks for the input, some of the cards you mentioned arent in there for the sole reason that I cannot afford to buy the cards. I would love a Hellrider  and some Blood Crypt  s but they are too pricey right now, especially a Thundermaw Hellkite  or two. I have a Carnival Hellsteed so I will probably stick him in. I can get two more Tormented Souls  and two more Curse of Stalked Prey . The reason I have both Bloodcrazed Neonate and Furor of the Bitten in is because she has to attack anyway, why not beef her up to allow her to withstand potential blockers (also flavor-wise the whole "no blocking" theme of unleash) Thanks again!
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6 months ago ::
Nov 26, 2012 - 5:58PM
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Date Joined:
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I think the rakdos aggro decklist which give you the best chance to win (I mean barring the top decks zombies powerhouse) is the ultra aggressive decklist. In addition it's the only stanard list I've been able to come up with that I think gives a good chance at FNM while still being less than $20 4 stromkirk noble  - obviously not the budget option but can be replaced by tormented soul  , vexing devil  , gravecrawler  or diregraf ghoul  as needed 4 rakdos cackler  4 crimson muckwader  1 gore-house chainwalker  (alternatively ash zealot  ) 4 lightning mauler  2 hellhole flailer  4 hellrider  (if you can't get hellrider then just add 4 tormented soul and 4 deviant glee  and hope for the best) 4 pillar of flame  4 searing spear  1 victim of night  ( dreadbore  if you have them) 1 brimstone volley  4 bump in the night  1 flames of the firebrand  11 swamp  11 mountain  Duals would be nice here but not if they come into play tapped. Tweak the numbers on creatures vs spells depending on the metagame. You might want more 1 drops such as vexing devil others might prefer the removal spells if you see a lot of greater than 3 toughness creatures victim of night becomes a more important inclusion than brimstone volley or flames of the firebrand . The great part about this is that the budget options aren't a huge drop off from the expensive rares and I feel like this deck has a place in the metagame, currently zombies is just better which is why you don't see decks such as this one at the major tournaments but for FNM something like this could be good.
Don't be too smart to have fun
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6 months ago ::
Nov 26, 2012 - 6:54PM
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Humans are passing out of the standard format, so keep in mind that Stromkirk Noble won't be as useful soon. As each new set comes out, you'll see what I mean. Dreadbore  is waaay too expensive. It wouldn't surprise me if they were hard to get a playset of. Pithing Needle being an older card is just as good and much more likely for a player to have aquired by now. You could even keep Furor of the Bitten in there because it still goes well with Tormented Soul . Here is something I just threw together. A few possible tweaks are, -4 Tragic Slip > +4 Dreadbore -4 Crimson Muckwader > +4 Stromkirk Noble  If there are any kinks in it from there, I'm sure you can work it out.  4 Tormented Soul 4 Crimson Muckwader 4 Hellhole Flailer 3 Rakdos, Lord of Riots 4 Curse of Stalked Prey 4 Furor of the Bitten 4 Pillar of Flame  4 Tragic Slip 3 Auger Spree 3 Pithing Needle 3 Rakdos Keyrune  4 Cavern of Souls  4 Cathedral of War  4 Blood Crypt 4 Dragonskull Summit 4 Rakdos Guildgate
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6 months ago ::
Nov 26, 2012 - 6:55PM
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I used to have a holo Cavern of Souls but I sold it. I am dumb :P
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6 months ago ::
Nov 26, 2012 - 6:59PM
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I've built up two collections and sold them all for dirt cheap. I like to do things like that, I can't imagine how happy I'd have been to be the person who got those cards for so cheap. When it comes to Magic cards, people are so stingy and greedy. They're always so expensive, everyone wants the highest price.
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6 months ago ::
Nov 26, 2012 - 7:02PM
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Yea, I usually order cards from Cardkingdom.com. Usually the price isnt too bad, but I would rather pull a sweet card rather than pay for it maybe during my next visit to the local card shop I can pick some of those cards up
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