Borborygmos
PedigreeKing, 12 years ago
Since I cannot link the key card in this deck, here is where you can find Borborygmos and Aurelia. http://mtgsalvation.com/gatecrash-spoiler.html
FNM results
Bloody-surgeon, 12 years ago
Finished second at FNM, going 3-1. Only loss was to a G/W human aggro deck.
FNM
Hidden_Blade, 12 years ago
Placed 4th place at FNM this week, and I am rather happy, even though I lost 2 games. I won against a U/W flash control, 2-0 I won against a G/B grixis deck, again 2-0 Then I lost twice against two Selesnya decks, funnily enough, but they were close games and I lost 2-1 I think the deck needs speeding up, so I'll be playtesting a number of things to hopefully speed things up a bit.
spiritualEDH, 12 years ago
This thing needs a cool name. Comment if you know a good'n
First Tournament Results
poprocksncoke, 12 years ago
Before I let you know what happened, there was a slight audible to the deck when making the actual build. When I went to get my Runechanter's Pikes I couldn't find them and had to figure something comparable out. I ended up going with Inquisitor's Flail, and I have to say it's MUCH better than the pike.
ROUND 1 - vs. Jund Mid-Range
My first pairing was against a pretty basic mid-range deck that flat out couldn't keep up. Even on the draw in game 1 I was able to out rush a turn 3 Huntmaster of the Fells
Flip and seal the deal with a Syncopate on a desperation Olivia Voldaren turn 5.
Game 2 just ended up being a great draw with a turn 2 Invisible Stalker, turn 3 miracle Blessings of Nature to hit for 5 and play my Inquisitor's Flail, and finally after my opponent shocked himself I ended with a Giant Growth on the stalker to swing for a lethal 16.
RESULT: W 2-0 (Overall 1-0)
Round 2 - vs. 4-Color Re-animator
This deck was actually put together extremely well and gave me some fits. I was able to aggro like crazy game 1 with help from a missed land drop by my opponent and win turn 7 with just a Latch Seeker enchanted with Rancor.
The second game I got slightly mana-screwed and couldn't beef up by more than 1 spell per turn so the pace slowed down. A miracle Bonfire of the Damned for 1 damage wiped my board and ended up losing the game for me.
Game 3 I had a team of 2 Stalkers and a flipped Delver steadily applying pressure while my opponent got flooded. When he finally hit a creature spell I Syncopated it and nipped it in the butt.
RESULT: W 2-1 (Overall 2-0)
Round 3: vs. Azorius Mid-Range Humans
My opponent called it "mid-range" but it was more aggro than anything else. The "humans" part was right though. Game 1 was a pure slobber-knocker and we traded huge blows back and forth until my turn 5 delver flip plus Giant Growth and Inquisitor's Flail won. Games 2 and 3 were pretty much both the same. I side-boarded out all of my control and went for faster aggro while he brought in heavier control to slow me down and pace. Both games I was able to get him to under 5 life before he swept my board with Cyclonic Rift and swung for the win.
RESULT: L 1-2 (Overall: 2-1)
Round 4: vs. 4-Color Superfriends
This was easily my hardest matchup. He ran 8 board sweeps main deck (4 Supreme Verdict, 2 Terminus, and 2 Cyclonic Rift) plus an extra 2 each of Terminus and rift in the sideboard. I had the opportunity to kill him Game 1, but made a bad misplay that led into a board kill and was dead from there out. Game 2 was much of the same, but without the misplay. Even with a good start, a turn 4 and turn 6 Supreme Verdict kept me completely unable to do anything while he made lots of planeswalker tokens and rushed in for the win.
RESULT: L 0-2 (Overall: 2-2)
I was actually pretty happy with the way the deck ran (especially after the swap for Inquisitor's Flail. I have a few ideas for some tweaks, but your suggestions are always welcome.
I'm still here!!!
ChaosRain, 12 years ago
And I haven't forgotten you people! I promised I'd give reviews and +1's for all the help, and I'm still going to. This month has just been extremely busy! I haven't had a chance to take the deck back to FNM or the Thursday night standard tournaments yet, but I did get some time to go playtest during the past week. This is the set up for the deck that I have, except a few cards. I'm getting rid of Pillar of Flame, because it's been a completely DEAD card for me. The 3 Dreadbore are lost, so until I find them, I have them replaced with a Rakdos Guildgate and 2 Fling. The Pillar of Flame I've replaced with Rakdos Charm.
During the playtesting, I experienced the quickest win in my entire Magic playing history.
Turn 1: Swamp - Rakdos Cackler unleashed Turn 2: Swamp - Rakdos Shred-Freak, swing for 4 Turn 3: Mountain - Rakdos Cackler (not unleashed for chump blocking), swing for 4 again, tap the 2 Swamp to play 2 Bump in the Night for 6. Cackler blocks on his turn. Turn 4: Swing for 4 again, tap RBB for Searing Spear for 3. He's at -1 life.
I listened to the people, and invested in Desecration Demon.......house. Absolute house. I love him.
vaelroth, 12 years ago
I brought in Fog Banks in place of the Hovering Barriers for greater utility, and faster casting. Also swapped Divination for Think Twice for better synergy with Guttersnipe. I added Sulfur Falls to the decklist for better mana fixing. Delver of Secrets Flip found its way into my sideboard to turn up the heat if I find I need to be more aggressive. I threw in some Mizzium Mortars as well for better creature removal. Negate came in from my sideboard to replace Mizzium Skin which wasn't doing me much good. Now this deck has more consistent control.
Thanks to those who gave advice! Still looking to clean it up around the edges, so all critiques are welcome!
Aturos, 12 years ago
Replaced Rakdos, Lord of Riots, Hellhole Flailer and Slaughter Games. The deck is now mono-red with the possibility of a black-splash in the side board. I'm not very sure about the sideboard yet but the mainboard seems to work very well. Replaced Traitorous Blood with Traitorous Instinct.
You have entered the Nexus
CrimsonKing, 12 years ago
Made some changes after Return to Ravinca hit. Here they are:
Added Thalia, Guardian of Thraben for flavor and to make this a little more competitive.
Added Increasing Devotion for a army of humans. (Represents summoning a few player in co-op).
Added a few cards in the sideboard as well:
Reaper from the Abyss is a very good card that fits the flavor of this deck perfectly. Whenever a creature dies his Morbid ability will trigger allowing me to kill anything...even my own guys. What brutality!
Update 2: FNM 2
BobMcFail, 12 years ago
After playing at my local store FNM this is how what I feel about certain cards:
Knight of Glory: While awesome against Jund and some Zombies. There is almost nothing around anymore at my store so he has to make room for Precinct Captain.
Precinct Captain: Played 2 was very delighted how well they work going up to 4.
Doomed Travler: Awesome against U/W Flash. And other Decks with sweepers IF you keep the Rancors in the deck.
Sideboard:
Elite Inquisitor: As stated above no Jund nor Zombie players, on the contrary also good against Mono Red but not good enough to keep them in a Sideboard over Thragtusk.
Faith's Shield: 2 of them are enough.
Wolfir Avenger: Avengers assemble! While awesome against some matchups I feel like another O-ring is more helpful. And Loxodon Smiter is better against UW Flash since I rarely cast this of a Cavern of Souls.
Overall FNM 4-1-1
Lost to RDW due to a horrible draw and having to Mulligan both games .
Draw against U/W Flash.
SwiftDeath, 12 years ago
trying to figure out how to deal with Linvala, Keeper of Silence. sucks how one card can shut down my entire deck especially when i can't target them because of Leyline of Sanctity.
xangel42, 12 years ago
Added black source for flashback
KyleTheMagi, 12 years ago
Ok, deck has been updated to fit some of the suggestions and comments. Play testing is still bth interesting and fun. If anyone else could run a couple of tests and see what works and what doesn't.
