Rakdizzet Control
Modern*
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TCG Open 5K Montreal —Nov. 19, 2012
That was the first big tournament with this deck and I was pretty anxious; I didn't have all the cards I needed for the deck. I was still missing 3 Jace, Architect of Thought and some other cards. I replace them by other cards and pray to be classified in the top 32. I then proceeded to start the first match.
Round 1: 0-2-0.
I was playing against a U/W Flash deck created and popularized by Shane Remelt. I pretty much knew his deck better than him. Even though, I was not able to beat him. Too much counterspells for him, not enough treats for me.
Round 2: 2-0-0
I played against what I thought was a mirror match up, he was in fact playing 4CC (no green). The first game was a humongous pain in the ass. I almost milled myself, leaving 8 cards in my library when I finally killed him by drawing a Snapcaster Mage from the top of my library to flashback a Rakdos's Return for 12 on him. Second game I sideboarded my 2 Jace, Memory Adept and 2 Slaughter's Game. I slammed the Jace on turn 4 (via Rakdos Keyrune) and then proceed to mill him in 4 turns.
Round 3: 0-2-0
He was playing the usual 4C Rites deck. I lost the 2 games because the deck was too fast. He established a board presence with lingering soul’s tokens and slammed an uncounterable Craterhoof Behemoth on turn 7. That was the end for me. Oh, and I was also mana screwed.
Round 4: 2-1-0.
I was playing against Red Deck Wins. Won the first game with a perfect hand of 1 Searing Spear, 2 Pillar of Flame, 1 Think Twice and some lands. I was then top decking like a boss. He won the second game because of some mistakes I made and finally I won game 3 with a Rakdos's Return of 4 on turn 5 and one of 3 the next turn (thank you Snapcaster Mage). With no cards in hand and a Rakdos Cackler on the battlefield for him, I easily won that game. I think he may have kept a hand of lands and big creatures, not the best choice for him.
Round 5: 2-1-0.
He was playing against U/W Flash again, one of my worst matchup, but I think my opponent didn't know how to play his deck. I started the game aggressively looking to see if he had counterspells. He didn't and I proceeded to win game 1 in 8 turns (which is pretty unusual). The second game he started and we were both mana screwed. Luckily for him, he have a lot of draw spells he can use to help him find some and after some turns of drawing, he put an Augur of Bolas equipped with a Runechanter's Pike and then killed me in two turns. The third game was very close, but I was able to attack him for 34 damages in the last turn of the Time. The victory was possible only because of the overpowered Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker.
Round 6: 1-1-1.
I want to make sure everybody know that 4C Rites is not a good matchup for me. The round ended up as a tie only because he made some mistake, not because my deck was better. Sigarda, lost heron was about to kill me when the last turn of the Time ended.
Round 7: 2-0-0.
Junk Midrange was not too much of a deal. In fact, it was really a weird matchup. I won game one before he was able to put anything else then a Thragtusk in play. Anyway I had Olivia Voldaren on the battlefield, so I stole his only creature and swung for the kill. The second game, I sided in some Slaugher's game to see what his deck was. On turn 4, when he had 4 mana and no creatures in hand, I dropped one of the slaughter's game naming Thragtusk to see his deck and get rid of a threat I knew he had. What was my surprise when I saw a hand with 3 thragtusk and a Cavern of Souls. He the conceded the game after I played an Olivia. I was not sure how his deck got there, but at least I got the win.
Round 8: 2-0-0.
WTF was this deck. I won game one by burning him for exactly lethal after he put a door to nothingness on the battlefield with the mana to crack it and win the game the next turn. The second game was not a real one. He mana flooded like I never saw someone mana flood before. He played a total of 3 spells and ended up with 15 lands. I won without even trying.
I finished 26th out of 150 people, with a score of 5-2-1. Even if the deck was not finished, I was very happy to see how it worked, especially the keyrune. That Rakdos Keyrune saved me maybe half of all the games I have played that day.
Final score: 11-5-1.
PS: If you know what cards to sideboard against 4C Rites or U/W Flash, I would really appreciate the help.
yes. Hopefully the rakdos creature itself doesn't have a downside. Ir wait maybe it will have a downside......
when this deck is legal the closest thing to an artifact planeswalker is gonna be card:Akroma's Memorial so that might be nice :P
September 12, 2012 11:52 p.m.
Yeah I know FROZR2 XD. I was just playing around because RtR I soon coming out and that tis deck represente Izzet and Rakdos guild. If you look at the top right of the page you can see that my deck is tagged as Grixis, but I didn't wanted to call it simply Grixis Control. If you give me a better suggestion for the name, I would really appreciate it.
As for Geoxis, I'm don't really want that artifact in this deck because I don't have a lot of creatures and card:Akroma's Memorial cost too much mana. But thanks for the idea.
September 16, 2012 9:43 a.m.
EnAvDeFordomte says... #5
http://imgur.com/t9HMs it was spoiled by star city games
September 16, 2012 11:12 a.m.
EnAvDeFordomte says... #7
yeah i agree i am excited for it is something that makes rakdos a little more viable
September 16, 2012 12:52 p.m.
Hum, I don't think it fits in my deck, but this is a bomb for a Rakdos Creature deck.
Still, thanks for the spoiler EnAvDeFordomte. ;)
September 16, 2012 4:15 p.m.
EnAvDeFordomte says... #9
that's fair i just noticed that Geoxis mentioned it thought i could help :)
September 16, 2012 5:30 p.m.
I'm curious. I see the bonus behind Bonfire. With it's miracle cost option and the ability to dmg opponents while boardwiping. But I think in this deck maybe Mizzium Mortars might be a good mainboard and sideboard the bonfires. I realize the mortars don't dmg the opponent but you can snap them as the signle creature kill or snapback for the boardwipe. Snapping back a bonfire gets kinda costly mana wise IMO. Just a thought.
September 19, 2012 1:09 p.m.
I agree with you, as in the fact that I don't own 2 Bonfire of the Damned and that I don't have >100$ to use to get some. Mizzium Mortars is, as you say, a good replacement. Thank you for the advice.
September 19, 2012 1:15 p.m.
Ya that pricetag is killer on the bonfires. Another suggestion is maybe drop the Staffs for Chandra, the Firebrand ? With no ramp the staff's not coming out til late and it's only bonus is a weak card advantage you could probably get someplace else.
September 19, 2012 1:55 p.m.
Yeah, I was trying to find a way to have some card advantage will still keeping some control over the battlefield. Though, I think the addition of Chandra, the Firebrand would be a better choice, giving me the possibility of copying a spell or dealing with 1 toughness creatures, like Thalia, Guardian of Thraben or Dryad Militant , is pretty nice.
Thanks for the advice Joker1980, I'll playtest the changes and see if it helped the deck. :D
September 19, 2012 7:11 p.m.
Intricate08 says... #14
I know what you're trying to do with Syncopate, but it really can't be chosen over Dissipate, for a few reasons:
Dissipate is a 3 CMC hard counter-- which exiles. Since we know Golgari zombies is going to be a big thing, as well as other flashback decks, exiling a spell is a huge tempo swing for you.
Syncopate is easy to play around if your opponents know you've got one. They can leave mana open. Plus, it could be a costly spell in the longer run.
And, the synergy with Snapcaster is just bad. It comes out to the same cost, honestly, when flashback-ed. Dissipate just has too much upside to let syncopate be a thing.
September 23, 2012 1:09 a.m.
Thanks Intricate08, I think I could try it. I was not putting Dissipate because, in the first prototype of the deck, I was not playing a lot of blue mana producers. Dissipate , with it's 1UU CC, was nearly impossible to cast by turn 3 or 4, but now it's more feasible.
Thanks for the comment, I'm going to try it out.
September 23, 2012 2:08 a.m.
Im not sure what you would do with 6 Pillar of Flame s, but it would be awesome! I like the deck, and I think it would be fun to play with. You could also try nicol bolas for kicks.
October 17, 2012 11:12 p.m.
Mark that, 5 Pillar of Flame s. I think you should also be running 4x Brimstone Volley just because it is so powerful.
October 17, 2012 11:13 p.m.
ResidentPianist says... #19
Also the deck looks great. Can't go wrong with Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius , Snapcaster Mage , Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker and Olivia Voldaren .
Good job.
November 7, 2012 11:42 p.m.
Thank you for the comment ResidentPianist.
In deed, Olivia, Niz-mizzet and Nicole are the biggest threats of the deck. There is also Tamiyo's ultimate and the singleton devil's play that can win matches on there own.
If you have other comments, just leave them, I'm always happy to read them. :)
November 8, 2012 12:25 a.m.
Needs 4x Jace, Architect of Thought . That would help you out with Aggro.
November 12, 2012 midnight
Yeah it would be nice to put some Jace, Architect of Thought in there, but what do I get out to put them, have you ideas? Because everything seems tight, I don't know what to remove.
Also, thank you for the advice. I'm going to start trading to have some in the deck and see how it does. :)
November 12, 2012 1:16 p.m.
MagnaLynx21 says... #23
Seems pretty strong, don't forget to give Ultimate Price a whirl if your meta demands it. ;)
Also consider Nephalia Drownyard as an alt win con vs control mirrors, though I can't say for sure whether or not a colourless land would be taxing on a Grixis mana base.
Casey4321 says... #1
Plus 1 because good deck and Rakdizzet sounds better then Grixis lol
September 10, 2012 11:40 p.m.