MTG Combo: Falkenrath Gorger + Olivia, Mobilized for War

Noremac815 on YOUTHS!!

7 years ago

for future reference, a legal sideboard has only 15 cards in it, but that's a cool thing to do with it, to show everyone what you want to put in.

So I really like the aggro archetype, all about continuous face-punches and pokes, and just super consistent damage until my opponent either gives up or loses, and this deck looks like it can do that pretty well. I assume you're familiar with madness and how it works, so I want to ask you.... Do you like big fatty combo's that allow you to get a ton of creatures out in a turn?

Granted, it's limited to mana cost of the cards, and it's pretty effective in the mid to late game, where aggro decks have most of their problems, but developing a full board of creatures and having lots of attack power is worth having the game run a little longer than a normal aggro deck would.

The combo is Falkenrath Gorger + Olivia, Mobilized for War , and then any amount of vampire creatures in your hand. Falkenrath Gorger allows the vamp creatures in your hand to be cast with a madness cost equal to their converted mana cost. Seems kinda alright at first, considering it's also a 2/1, but a lot of people have negative opinions about it because it doesn't fit in anything other than a mono red or black red vampire deck, and no one really plays that deck competitively because it doesn't square up against black green sacrifice or aristocrats, or bant company (blue white green), which are the two most played decks right now. I personally really like the creature, because it's a deck enabler, and also allows for chances to cast your wonderful amazing Olivia, Mobilized for War. This card does work.

Olivia is a 3 drop 3/3, which in standard is a very good ratio. most cards with flying in the set you'll see are 3 drop 2/1's, 2/3's, 3/2's, 1/3's, and 3/1's. This is one of the very select few cards that will actually stand up and beat out most flyers in the set. Beautiful.

Her ability gives a creature a permanent buff of +1/+1 and haste, and also calls it a vampire, provided you discard a card to activate the ability (MADNESS OUT A CREATURE). The combo is:

Creature>> discard a vamp into exile>> Resolve Olivia>> cast the madness creature out of exile, Lather Rinse Repeat. C'est Magnifique.

A few other cards I would recommend are: Drana, Liberator of Malakir, Call the Bloodline, Asylum Visitor, and Grotesque Mutation. Drana is secret OP in the deck and combo I just explained, Call is a lovely madness enabler that also gives you a creature, Asylum Visitor helps fill your hand back up if you're hurting on cards, and Mutation allows you to win or at least trade with a blocker and gain a lot of life from it.

I hope my advice helped you out a bit, and that you keep on playing and enjoying magic. I myself joined Magic when Dragon's Maze came out, so I'm practically married to Gruul aggro like Werewolves, but I appreciate a good aggro deck when I see one.