Posting the old list before I change it, so I'll do that hopefully soon I have some majorish changes

Land (24)

3x Blood Crypt

1x Blood Crypt

4x Bloodstained Mire

4x Dragonskull Summit

2x Graven Cairns

2x Graven Cairns

3x Mountain

3x Rogue's Passage

1x Swamp

1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Artifact (4)

4x Rakdos Signet

Creature (19)

4x Desecration Demon

4x Generator Servant

4x Goblin Fireslinger

4x Master of Cruelties

3x Rakdos, Lord of Riots

Instant (7)

4x Lightning Bolt

3x Terminate

Planeswalker (2)

1x Chandra, Pyromaster

1x Chandra, Pyromaster

Enchantment (4)

4x Madcap Skills

Sideboard (15)

3x Dreadbore

3x Pithing Needle

3x Rakdos Charm

3x Ratchet Bomb

3x Slaughter Games

Maybeboard (33)1x Ashenmoor Liege1x Bloodgift Demon1x Dash Hopes1x Mogis, God of Slaughter1x Necropolis Regent1x Rakdos's Return1x Rune-Scarred Demon1x Tombstalker1x Anger of the Gods1x Apostle's Blessing1x Batterskull1x Blinding Flare1x Bump in the Night1x Cavern of Souls1x Demigod of Revenge1x Dragon's Claw1x Duress1x Erebos, God of the Dead1x Frenzied Goblin1x Grafdigger's Cage1x Grave Titan1x Griselbrand1x Indulgent Tormentor1x Inquisition of Kozilek1x Phyrexian Arena1x Piranha Marsh1x Seizan, Perverter of Truth1x Shatterstorm1x Sign in Blood1x Smoldering Spires1x Spellskite1x Thoughtseize1x Thundermaw Hellkite

I think that for a midrange deck you play way too much 4+ cmc creatures, and you are missing a basic of any deck that plays black : discard. I'd take out 5 creatures for 5 discard spells

I'm taking the more combo-midrange strategy, so I decided I could go the discard route or focus more on the fatties and i did the latter(basically what midrange decks are, my reference on the bottom). I see where you're coming from. Almost all competitive black decks go the discard route. Also black red isn't known for ramp, so it's more rogue than most decks. But after playing some I've liked how it functions, without the discard(still needs tweaking and lots more playtesting) While I can use discard to my advantage I'd rather focus on pumping out big creatures as fast as possible or the combo. The creatures are very synergetic as well. I do appreciate all the help man:)

My reference, it's older but still gets the job done I think

http://archive.wizards.com/Magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtgcom/feature/396

I see your point of view, but I have to agree that discard is necessary here. This deck will lose to a T2 Pod almost always. Path will hit your Master of Cruelties, and T4 infinite Deceiver Exarchs are too consistent and too fast for this deck. However, even something budget like Duress can be the card that turns a god hand from a T1 deck into a bad hand.

Alright so discard seems like a nice option I'll try it out. How much discard? Is 6 enough? I've read people debate 4 Thoughtseize to 2 Inquisition of Kozilek or probably Duress for now but just throwing stuff out. Be back later

I think for this deck 6 is more than enough, as it's just a way to save you from cards that'll wreck your face faster than you can make big fatties. I would probably go with Duress over Inquisition of Kozilek, as it hits Birthing Pod and your biggest threats aren't normally creatures

I'd recommand a split of 2 Thoughtseize/3 Duress and one more discard spell in the SB.

I'm back for a few minutes. I honestly love how you two take such a stance on helping me out I can come up with ideas and make decent decks but to make it competitive obviously I needed some help so thanks guys. Anywho

I never really liked 4 boros reckoners so I'm cool with the following cuts?

-2 Boros Reckoner

-1 Rakdos, Lord of Riots

-1 Wurmcoil Engine

-1 something maybe Phyrexian Arena

Then have 1 in the side I probably could run 6 discard too

Yup, and for the last card to cut, i'd say another rakdos.
Np for the help, I like to help people :p

So is that for #5 or 6? Like should I cut a Phyrexian Arena and Rakdos (sadly 2 can work) for 6 discard?

Is there any specific reason to use Terminate over Dreadbore?

I am not a huge fan of Graven Cairns. Could you substitute it with Auntie's Hovel since you are going to want that Goblin Fireslinger in your opening hand anyways? Or you could go with Temple of Malice. I know it comes in tapped, but that Scry 1. There is also Sulfurous Springs.

Also, would anyone be willing to take a gander at my recently put together deck. It was originally a Standard Warrior deck (hence the Chief of Scales) and I basically redid the entire thing. It doesn't take into account FRF that is coming out soon though. My R/W/B Nothing stays dead for long.

Terminate is an instant, Dreadbore isn't. PW aren't played in modern anyway, except for liliana and sometimes Ajani v2. Nothing more to say

Updated

Lets try that? 6 removal, we may go 5

Delmare sorry I didn't reply till now busy with other things (like your deck lol) but I really like Graven Cairns it works absolutely beautifully I need for Boros Reckoner? He has me covered or black? Got me and ? Still got me, and it doesn't require life. Yes I do want the goblin in my hand but that doesn't happen consistently, none of my lands enter tapped(without choice) so it consistently casts cards the turn they were meant to be played (sometimes there's a hick but 24 lands it's not too often) I did consider Sulfurous Springs but we take enough damage from lands and I haven't had too much of an issue with mana even with Rakdos, Lord of Riots I can usually cast him.

Alright so Yggdrasil60, Programmer_112 and Delmare would Slaughter Pact be a good option? I've seen competitive decks run a 1 of. It doesn't seem to make a huge difference just because it's a one of but who knows

Slaughter Pact is good for the surprise effect, but unless you find yourself wanting to tap out but needing a removal spell that much, I don't think it's that much better than just playing Doom Blade and saving 1 mana.

I was thinking if I got the 3 pieces to the MoC puzzle we'd be tappedout. But true besides that it doesn't seem to powerful, but then again it's like 7.5$, not that price completely determines playability but it represents it sometimes

It's good if your goal is to nut draw, but it looks like you're moving away from that, so I would say just test them and see if it helps

Put in Batterskull for Wurmcoil Engine 1 cmc cheeper making it turn 3 with Generator Servant and we can reuse it more than wurmcoil's ability. Also thinking about bringing back a Rogue's Passage or two I want my lands to do something as well or even Lavaclaw Reaches

So Batterskull doesn't count as a creature so that sucks. Maybe Stormbreath Dragon? We'll see

i think Wurmcoil Engine would be the way to go then. Also in my opinion Phyrexian Arena is too slow.

klone13 I didn't explain myself sorry I was in a rush. I really want a 5 (or 4 if it's that good) because at best Wurmcoil Engine is a 4 drop with haste. I'm trying to make it as competitive as possible. I'm trying for a 3 drop with haste. I'll update the goal of the deck soon I want to use the pieces of the combo if I don't get all three (synergy with Generator Servant is what I'm looking at rn, Goblin Fireslinger works great with Rakdos, Lord of Riots. Just a quick philosophy of my thinking

If I don't find a good replacement Wurmcoil Engine will be back

I do partially agree with that. Phyrexian Arena turn 3 is amazing but unless I run more it won't happen and it was just there so I'd have 5 cards dedicated to draw, plus the life usually sucks against competitive/fast decks (which is what we're trying to make slowly but surely haha) Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker could possibly cover that and he's removal and a threat so let's try that. Turn 5 isn't great but a turn 3 is possible and hey it's basically a Stormbreath Dragon but arguably better

Cmc distribution seems a little skewed right so I'll be thinking about that.

i personally like Thundermaw Hellkite over sarkhan