Cruel Master, Turn 1 Victory

Legacy BR (Rakdos)

Demention

Instant (28)

• 4x Dark Ritual
• 4x Entomb
• 4x Gut Shot
• 4x Lava Dart
• 4x Pact of Negation
• 4x Shallow Grave
• 4x Spoils of the Vault

Land (16)

• 4x Badlands
• 4x Blood Crypt
• 4x Bloodstained Mire
• 4x Wooded Foothills

Artifact (4)

• 4x Lotus Petal

Creature (8)

• 4x Master of Cruelties
• 4x Simian Spirit Guide

Sorcery (4)

• 4x Faithless Looting

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Sideboard

Instant (7)

• 4x Apostle's Blessing
• 3x Chaos Warp

Sorcery (8)

• 4x Cave-In
• 4x Duress

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Deck is meant to win on turn 1 by getting Master of Cruelties into the graveyard with Entomb or Faithless Looting and then bringing him back using Shallow Grave for a haste attack followed by Gut Shot life cast or Lava Dart via Lotus Petal Simian Spirit Guide or by sacrificing a mountain if you used Faithless Looting . Spoils of the Vault is there for when one of the pieces is missing and Faithless Looting is also there to dig / discard when required. You can even Entomb a Lava Dart and sacrifice a mountain as a finisher. Sometimes it isn't able to get the job done until turn 2-3 but it is still fairly consistent.

Turn 1 Win:

Play Land, cast Dark Ritual to cast Entomb on Master of Cruelties then cast Shallow Grave to attack and bring opponent to 1 life in order to finish them off using Gut Shot by life cast or Lava Dart via Lotus Petal / Simian Spirit Guide .

Alternate Turn 1 Win:

Exile Simian Spirit Guide or use Lotus Petal to play Faithless Looting Discard Master of Cruelties (Also Lava Dart if possible). Play Land or use Lotus Petal to cast Dark Ritual and then Shallow Grave . Life cast Gut Shot or if you are playing second it is also possible to finish using Simian Spirit Guide / Lotus Petal to cast Lava Dart unless you were able to discard it in which case you can sacrifice a mountain instead to win.

Sideboard:

Cave-In is to deal with creatures, most notably Deathrite Shaman who has been a problem, can also be used as a finisher.

Apostle's Blessing for protecting my creature from removal and to get past blockers.

Duress is for removing combo disruptors and other removal spells.

Chaos Warp is to eliminate lock-down threats and deal with Leylines.

Top Ranked	Achieved #4 position overall 8 years ago
Date added	9 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Legacy legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 32 - 7 Rares 4 - 0 Uncommons 16 - 8 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.45
Folders	Maybes, Mazos, standard, legacy wishlist, Best Damn Decks, My Favourites, non budget, Decks I like, Me Gusta, Likeable Decks