This deck is meant to keep opponents at bay until turn 4 or 5, at which point you start dropping bombs, stabilize, and run away with the game. Comments and +1's are appreciated as always!
Creatures
Boros Reckoner - An all-star against any form of aggro or midrange, but a pretty obvious side-out against mono blue's evasion, black's removal, and other control decks.
Desecration Demon - Big, scary flier? He's definitely on the list.
Blood Baron of Vizkopa - One of the main reasons to play this deck. Can singlehandedly turn a game around. Amazing against mono-black, especially with young pyromancer making tokens to protect it from Devour Flesh.
Obzedat, Ghost Council
- Hard to cast, but harder for the opponent to deal with.
Aurelia, the Warleader - I've seen similar decks run a singleton, and after trying I now see why. A great late game top deck if I've got any of my finishers out already
Planeswalkers
Chandra, Pyromaster
- Does everything I want. Pseudo-card draw really helps this deck, but pinging planeswalkers and creatures is nice too. Even have some high damage burn spells to end the game if her ultimate ever goes off :p
Elspeth, Sun's Champion - One of the best cards in standard. No reason not to play her.
Instants and Sorceries
Dreadbore
- Two mana removal of any creature or planeswalker is absurd. Much easier to cast than Hero's Downfall.
Magma Jet
- Good early removal, or for end-step burn to the face for scry.
Warleader's Helix
- Decent removal, and there will be many times you'll appreciate the life-gain.
Read the Bones - I love
Underworld Connections
, but the BB casting cost is a bit too greedy. The digging this provides often wins games.
Rakdos's Return
- Just a single because I never want multiples. Destroying their hand = game over
Banishing Light - Will take the spot of Revoke Existence as it is more flexible. Handles the problem enchantments just as easily, but can also deal with planeswalkers or creatures in a pinch
Ultimate Price - Gets staples from every big deck in standard - Desecration Demon, Master of Waves,
Stormbreath Dragon
, Polukranos, World Eater, Brimaz, King of Oreskos.
Mizzium Mortars - Put in with to deal with opposing Blood Baron of Vizkopa. Gets a lot of things though
Sideboard
Anger of the Gods - Comes in against mono-blue, aggro, and Esper humans
Slaughter Games - A way to get rid of anything problematic I couldn't deal with in game one. Could be Sphinx's Rev, Elspeth, other Blood Barons, etc.
Duress - Mainly for control, but really whenever I need it
Devour Flesh - For aura decks, Blood Barons, and RG Monsters to take out their mana-ramp
Doom Blade - Great kill card, but no way I'm main boarding it with so much Mono-Black and Blood Baron going around right now.
Dark Betrayal
- For Mono-Black and
Obzedat, Ghost Council
Spirit of the Labyrinth
- I needed some way to screw over control early on, and I think this is the way to go. Might have to find room for 1-2 more in the 75. Usually too early for them to counter, swings in for quite a bit, and will hopefully force a verdict after which I can throw down Blood Baron or Obzedat.
Lands
Max scrylands to smooth out my draws. Shocks would help a lot but I'm on a budget
FNM Results 3-2 (total of 7 games won, 4 lost)
I don't have all the cards yet (missing three temples, Boros charms, a Desecration Demon, and a Warleader's Helix), so I put in some filler and took the deck for a test run.
1-2 Boros Burn- Unfortunately I had to play one of my housemates in the first round. I won the first game with Blood Baron, lost the second game to Assemble the Legion, and the last game went on for a while. He ended up top decking 3 Chandra's Phoenix and I couldn't permanently deal with them. He ended up going 5-0 winning the whole thing.
2-0 Red Deck Wins- Extort triggers and Warleader's Helix kept me alive both times long enough to stabilize and drop Blood Baron.
2-0 Mono-Black splash Green- Another one of my housemates. He splashes green for Abrupt Decay and a couple Scavenging Ooze. I drew ridiculously well both games, and it helps that this deck has an amazing matchup against Mono-Black anyway.
0-2 Azorius Control - The bane of my existence. The first game he drew 3 D-Spheres and I died from 10 Mutavault attacks in a row haha. Second game he sided in Thoughtseize (catching Slaughter Games and Blood Baron) and kept me at bay with counters finishing it off with Aetherling. This is the matchup I need help most with. Maybe some
Revoke Existence
? Those Detention Spheres ruined me both games. The guy was really nice and had to drop, so he reported it as a 2-0 win for me.
2-0 U/W Aggro - Both games I drew plenty of removal, and then lots of Blood Baron, Chandra, and Elspeth. Each game was closed pretty easily.
I don't know how I didn't come second with a reported score of 4-1 (1-2, 2-0, 2-0, 2-0, 2-0), only losing to first place, but I missed out on the sweet Banisher Priest promo. Thanks to the guy from the 4th match for giving me the shot - I can't complain!Overall, the deck played really well (except against U/W), so help with that matchup would be greatly appreciated. I'm thinking a few
Revoke Existence
in the sideboard could help tremendously there, and they'd handle the Assemble the Legions I lost to in the first match.
