First Standard Deck

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Posted on April 28, 2015, 1:44 a.m. by Marxmon

Hi Tappers!

A month ago I did start with Magic: The Gathering and I love it.However got my ass whiped during friday night magic so decided to work on my standard black/red deck.

My goals are graveyard use, steal / get life, token use and some damage :)

I really need your help on my deck if possible

This is what I have:[Need Help] The Bloody Darkness

Thanks!

Saberxbro says... #2

  1. Get rid of the Archetype
  2. Focus more on one thing. This may seem fun with lots of different things to do, but its less efficient and your cards dont have as much synergy.
  3. Get rid of Bolt for something else. Any other burn spell is better.
  4. Get rid of Font of Return
  5. Ruthless Ripper is just a glorified rat, get rid of it

Ok so basically you seem to think getting cards back from the grave is strong. It's really not. There's a black devotion combo of Mogis's Marauder + Rally the Ancestors which is okay, but beyond that Whip is strong because it puts it on the battlefield. The easiest way to abuse whip is to use Enter the Battlefield effects. If you want to do that, I'd suggest changing this to a kind of dash deck, with that extra graveyard dash. Ambuscade Shaman is strong with whip, whether you want to go that dash route or not.

  1. Descent of Dragons is pretty bad unless you build the whole deck around it.

  2. Gravecaller and Sadist are prety bad is you dont build an exploit deck. If you want graveyard potential, things like Bitter Revelation provides draw power and whip fuel. Graveyard is traditionally strongest in Black and Green. In the current standard meta, black is fairly strong on its own. Thunderbreak Regent is definitely strong. Dragonlord Kolaghan is good as well.

One of the bigger problems I see is the lack of a mana curve. You have very few early creature drops, which is kind of the opposite of what Red and Black is supposed to do. Sidisi is good, but it has a high mana cost. Considering how many other high mana cost creatures you have, I'd maybe drop 1 of those or 1 of the thunderbreaks.

In red black you're generally fairly aggressive. If you plan on going the midrange route (good curve, lots of removal), then I'd put in a few generator servants, as they can accelerate your game greatly. Bloodsoaked Champion is also great since it can come back from the grave.

You'll definitely want to max out Downfalls, and maybe put in a few Ultimate Prices. As for red, you'll want to drop in a few roasts.

That's all Ill do for now since Im tired and got some other stuff to do before going to bed :P

April 28, 2015 2:08 a.m.

Saberxbro says... #3

Ah yes, and Tasigur, the Golden Fang. How could I forget him.

April 28, 2015 2:09 a.m.

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