I had a leftover mythic Malfegor card from a commander deck that seemed pretty cool and I wanted to use him as the center of a new black/red.
This is my first deck where I tried to create a working strategy without giving up. The idea is to have Malfegor at the center. He requires me to sacrifice my hand but at the expense of (probably) every other players active creatures. Playing him would clear the field but would leave me with only what I have on the battlefield to immediately take advantage of this opening, but would also leave me vulnerable to spells and retaliatory effects.
To ensure this does not happen, the idea is to keep the opponent's hand as empty as possible to limit their actions as well as to spit out as many warriors as possible to whittle at their health and hit hard if a total opening appears. I also want to keep monsters that die early on in my arsenal with some spells to retuen my monsters from my grave to my hand, which includes anything I have to sacrifice if I play Malfegor.
If there's anything that would improve this strat, it would probably be to swap in some monsters or spells that grant vigilance as most of my attackers, while affordable, sometimes unblockable, and deal good damage, MUST attack every turn, like the effect of Avatar of Slaughter. If any creatures manage to survive my efforts to pin down my opponent, I am relatively defenseless. Liliana's Caress and Death's Caress help to give me options for a little health regen in that event, but it's not substantial.
My only other foresight might be how to survive the earliest steps of the game if an opponent is able to get creatures into play faster than I do.
Strength in Numbers and Unblockable Group Attacks
Anger
+
Avatar of Slaughter
+
Berserkers' Onslaught
Blood-Chin Rager
+
Magmatic Chasm
+
Sabertooth Outrider
Atarka Pummeler
+
Kolaghan Forerunners
+
Kuldotha Ringleader
Crater Elemental
Control their Hand and Pin Them Down
Liliana's Caress
+
Mindstab
+
Phantasmagorian
Mind Rot
+
Sign in Blood
+
Stranglehold
Recycle the Dead
Cadaver Imp + Disentomb + Haunted Fengraf
Keep their Battlefield Empty
Blind Zealot
+
Manic Vandal
+
Terminate
Bojuka Bog
+
Death's Caress
+
Plague Spores
Comet Storm
Multimana Sources
Pyretic Ritual + Rakdos Carnarium + Rakdos Signet
All the other monsters are mostly humans to synergize with Blood-Chin Rager, as well as a few cheap openers.
I like to think I have an idea how this one works but it's made with a lot of high-cost cards and it's all basically scraps from a bin. If you like the idea, see a glaring weakness, massive mistake, or think of a good card(s) that would work well here that I could buy/maybe overlooked from my collection, I appreciate feedback! I'm a new player...
PS I do not have a sideboard for his one. Interested in seeing if anyone has thoughts on the base pile.
