Rakdos Budget Burn
Got $20/30? Try this on for size! (Only around 4 tix online!)
This deck is intended for those not wanting to spend a large amount of money to be competitive in standard.
Caution! This deck can have touchy math/play related situations (As do many burn decks) and can often make it difficult for beginner players to learn, play responsibly!
~Deck Breakdown and Strategy~
Our main goal is to deal 20 points of damage to the opponent in the shortest time possible. We have roughly 16 cards that do damage in chunks of three. (Alms of the Vein, Fiery Temper, Gonti's Machinations, and Village Messenger
) It takes exactly 7 of any combination of these to end the game.
<3 Individual Breakdown (Alphabetical Order) <3
Alms of the Vein (With discard) a 3 damage chunk that also gains us 3 life!
Cathartic Reunion Red's best discard/draw slapped together for two mana. Can unlock explosive plays on turns 3-4!
Fall of the Titans I couldn't believe this card was only $0.22! This is our sort of double fireball. It can either instantly end a longer game or burn for varying amounts while still acting as removal!
Fiery Temper Essentially a bad bolt, but hits for three and combos with discard!
Flameblade Adept This card can get pretty huge with our discard, the menace on it is gas when we need to get around multiple creatures!
Gonti's Machinations This card is just a slower alms, but it still deals and drains for 3!
Insolent Neonate One of the best standard one cmc red creatures. It just does so much, it's card draw, it's evasive, it turns on discard. I love it!
Lightning Axe Kills the big guys easy-peasy! Combos very well with Alms and Temper!
Shock Kills little guys, weakens a bigger guy to trade, and gets the final bits of damage in!
Soul-Scar Mage Easily one of the most underrated cards in AKH. Withering creatures with burn allows for so many helpful shenanigans! It makes Shock extra good because the damage will stick around and compound! Also helps us kill huge dudes and slowly hedge at an ulamog!
Village Messenger
A lightning bolt on a creature essentially. On the play, it's a guaranteed hit/decent chance flip. In turns 1-3 (depending on the deck) the flip menace lets it hit for lots of compounding damage!
Blazing Volley Wrecks token decks, with Mage it becomes a mass permanent weakness effect for one cmc
By Force An artifact fireball for vehicles/any other shenanigans
Magma Spray Hedge against the ever popular zombie decks! Exiling is powerful!
Scarab Feast (Subject to change) Another hedge with zombies and delirium!
To the Slaughter Indestructible/planeswalker/purely good removal!
Thank you for checking out this list! If you have any suggestions or ideas, let me know! Upvote if you think this is worthy of FNM!
