I want to make my Red/Black Aggro deck better
Modern Deck Help forum
Posted on Aug. 10, 2017, 11:37 a.m. by blef
I'm trying to keep my deck under $150. The deck mainly tries to win by beating down the opponent with strong, cheap creatures. I am currently working on weeding out all of the ineffective cards and replacing them with more all-around useful cards, as well as building a sideboard, but as I am quite new to modern and am not willing to invest more money, the process is rather tedious. Any and all advice is appreciated.
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Yeah, now that I think about it, that should of been one of the first things to be changed. Just goes to show how new I am. Thanks for pointing it out!
August 10, 2017 12:05 p.m.
If you wanna keep the effect, Blightning would be more efficient
August 10, 2017 12:10 p.m.
:). Now lets move to the next card im sceptic about.. Deviant Glee. Removing the creature targeted by Deviant Glee as a response to it being cast is what is called a 2-for-1 (dont know how new you are, but you should be familiar with this term unless you are new new). I think even Lightning Strike would be better as its easier to resolve and Deviant Glee takes another turn, a creature and for that creature to survive to get more profit. Altho, i would not recommend Lightning Strike in modern. How about Bump in the Night or Lava Spike (or both?).
I would reduce the number of Cryptborn Horrors to max 1 as they are very situational and maybe move 1-2 Ash Zealot to sideboard againt any Snapcaster Mage related matchups.
August 10, 2017 3:15 p.m.
... the problem withCryptborn Horror is that its only good when you are ahead. If your opponent has the upper hand and you are unable to do a considerable amount of damage (or any at all) in a turn Cryptborn Horror is useless. And its in this situation you need good cards, not the other way around :)
August 10, 2017 3:25 p.m.
Squirrelbacon says... #7
I'm pretty sure Rift Bolt is relatively cheap now, as is Monastery Swiftspear.
Those would both help. You can also run Burst Lightning for a few copies to add extra oomph at the end, maybe even 1 Thunderous Wrath as a surprise.
smackjack says... #2
Do you ever cast Rakdos's Return for enough mana for it to be good when you only run 18 lands? I think 5 is the lowest amount of mana you should spend on RR, and by then it does as much damage as a simple Lightning Bolt. Seems like you could use those 2 spots for something that does more damage for the investment..
August 10, 2017 11:46 a.m.