B/R Control. Decided to give this list a try from one of the images Tomoharu Saito over the weekend. I made just some tiny tweaks to it but I really like it. I'd like to maybe splash a little blue for Cyclonic Rift or something else that it might be lacking.
Creatures:
Brain Maggot - I love this card. Early hand disruption if I don't land a thoughtseize on turn 1. If they want that card back, it'll force them to use a removal spell on it and I could probably just steal it again with another or a thoughseize.
Prophetic Flamespeaker - Also love this guy. Allows me to get a bit deeper in my deck for more stuff to play. The board is usually clear for him to swing in unblocked due to all the removal. And he blocks those early aggro dudes.
Desecration Demon - You know em. You love em. You hate em.
Stormbreath Dragon - Late game threat, always awesome. His monstrous ability might not have much effect though since we're keeping our opponents hand pretty damn empty.
Mogis, God of Slaughter - Been wanting to use this guy for a while. I think he will fit well in this control deck. Sac or take 2. Mostly will probably be taking 2 since we're removing or killing off their creatures. Might not turn him on, though. If we do, it won't matter cause it's probably over anyways.
Sorceries:
Dreadbore
- Creature / Walker removal.
Rakdos's Return - Early or Late game damage / discard. Can redirect to planeswalkers. Kill your elspeth + discard your hand? Looking at you, U/W/x control.
Instants:
Thoughtseize - Early hand disruption. Allows me to take huge problems or just the early stuff they want to play to allow me more time to set up a win.
Lightning Strike - Removal or damage to the face. Got two of these off of a prophetic flamespeaker on turn 4 for 8 damage. Was pretty decent.
Hero's Downfall - Moreeee removal.
Sideboard:
Really not sure what to put in here, but this is what I have so far.
Anger of the Gods - Bye bye weenies. Great for wiping early dudes that I can't deal with in time. I just need to be careful not to wipe my own in the process. Giving back the stuff I stole with brain maggot would suck mucho.
Cyclonic Rift - Eh, iono. Could work out pretty well, especially overloaded. Not sure if it belongs here though.
Duress - siding in these vs. burn for thoughtseize. They run mostly burn spells anyways and I'd like to keep my life total as high as possible.
Slaughter Games
- since I will be in my opponents hand every game, why not just take all their good stuff that I now know about?
That's about it for now. I really wanted to make Keranos, God of Storms work in this but I'm not sure if I can.
Any comments or suggestions to improve are greatly appreciated. Thanks for looking!
