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Sovereign's Bite
Sorcery
Target player loses 3 life and you gain 3 life.
ItsNop117 on Balaam__
2 months ago
Hey brother I agree about the Rack. I literally just added the Rack test it around. I had Sovereign's Bite in there instead. But going for a more slow burn, I know some creatures in there may seem odd but mainly just something to dish out damage. I threw it together in about an hour so it's very much a work in progress. But, the main strategy I want to go with is like I said a slow burn while making my opponent discard a lot. I'm still fairly new so this is just an experiment. Let me know what kind of cards you would recommend. :)
Balaam__ on
Hollowing
3 months ago
I have Modern and Pauper MBB decks that are quite similar and perform very well. The inclusion of Sorin of House Markov Flip is interesting; he can burn on either side and if you manage to flip him that -1 can be potent when combined with Sovereign's Bite and Gonti's Machinations. Are you able to hit his potential in matches, or is he underperforming?
Metroid_Hybrid on
40 Bolt
4 months ago
As someone who tried their hand at building a Mono-Black Burn deck; Gonti's Machinations is trash (at least without additional Energy production). You would be better off replacing them with Sovereign's Bite..
Kjartan on
101% Mono Black Burn
2 years ago
Balaam__ When things go well, you should absolutely be ahead on life, but not ahead on mana. You need to have a lot of lands in play for Bond of Agony to compare on power-level with your cheaper burn spells. You need 4 lands for it to just rival Sovereign's Bite, and that's with the life-gain reversed. You need 5 lands in play for it to do something your other cards can't.
That said, even with Syphon Life to discard excess lands, I do get that there are scenarios on rare occasions where you end up with 5-6 or 7 lands on the battlefield, and a healthy life-total to boot.
If you want specifically an X spell for this scenario, may I instead suggest Profane Command. It's even more budget friendly than Bond of Agony and it's a much safer path to victory. It causes 1 less point of life loss under normal circumstances, but with a Death Cultist in your graveyard, it can have the exact same effect but without paying any life cast it. On top of that, it's just extremely flexible. You can play it for three mana just to ping for one and get a Serrated Scorpion back, or use it to alpha-strike through a board of blockers.
Metroid_Hybrid on Need help rebuilding an old …
4 years ago
Several years ago I put together a strictly Rakdos-themed Aggro deck built around Fists of the Demigod, Psychotic Fury, Ashenmoor Liege, and having a "transformative" sideboard. Many users on T/O at the time seemed to like it as much as I did. But unfortunately, one day I accidentally left it at an LGS shortly before it permanently closed, and was never able to get it back...
Now half a decade later, I'm looking to rebuild. However, over the past 5 years many new creatures have been printed that have rendered my old list, quite frankly, obsolete..
I'm probably going to keep all of the non-creature spells (except maybe Madcap Skills), but I'm likely to replace all of the creatures except the playsets of Rakdos Cackler & Spike Jester, and the singles of Exava, Rakdos Blood Witch and (of course) Ashenmoor Liege.
With so many new options, compounded by the fact that I haven't played any Modern in years, I find it difficult to settle on a particular direction...
Please advise...
Rakdos Sligh Beats - RakdosDeckWins..
Modern
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(As far as the sideboard is concerned, I'm probably going to replace Blightning with Sovereign's Bite)
zapyourtumor on
Lifegain Killed Shadow Again Rakdos Burn
5 years ago
I mean this deck already seems pretty built around it, synergizes well with Eidolon of the Great Revel.
By the way, have you found that all the lifelinking vampires sometimes doesn't work well with Death's Shadow? Since you have 12 vampires and 4 burn spells that gain you life I'm wondering if that might be too many for DS to work well. I feel like you could cut Sovereign's Bite for Scourge.
Balaam__ on
Budget Dredge
5 years ago
I’d run Sovereign's Bite over Smiting Helix, if you’re desiring a spell of that sort. It lacks the Flashback and hits the player directly (as opposed to a creature), but is less mana intensive for similar results.
Saccox on
Dark Shot Pezzent! (10/12 Euro/$)
5 years ago
Mtg_Mega_Nerds thanks for your comment! Sovereign's Bite is alredy present in 4X, Underworld Dreams it's not in budget. Retreat to Hagra it's a good card but i can't use the first ability,i have only four creatures. Anyway thanks for the ideas!