Battle cattle, baby. As soon as I saw Ragemonger I was set over the edge.
The deck has migrated from being pure fast aggro to being more combo aggro. There's a lot of interactions now and it finds a lot of ways to win.
The breakdown:
Deathbellow Raider
- A two drop that comes out early. Quintessential parts of an aggro deck are the early plays. Unfortunately, they couldn't print any one drop minotaurs and I'm not willing to drop a few bucks for Thoughtseize quite yet. Luckily, the lack of turn one plays (other than
Springleaf Drum
) allows you to set up a "safe"
Blood Crypt
or Temple of Malice.
Boros Reckoner - He's an overall good dude with a slightly uncomfortable color restriction, but he helps a lot with devotion.
Ragemonger - Eeeeh, something something, doesn't do anything on his own. Whatever. A turn three Ragemonger tends to lead to me dumping my hand thereafter.
Rageblood Shaman - Minotaur lord is a minotaur lord, and he does his job well. Trample is only sometimes relevant.
Kragma Warcaller
- A better minotaur lord, as he comes down and swings for a lot. He leads assaults better than Shaman, but both on the field together is gravy.
Mogis, God of Slaughter - Isn't it ironic that the God of Slaughter is a cow? Very good pressure guy that tends to hose control as they don't have creatures to pay tribute to him with. Isn't long before he joins the ranks of his fellow cattle either.
Erebos, God of the Dead -- Originally Purphoros, God of the Forge, Erebos provides a much better sink and more relevant ability.
Felhide Spiritbinder
- Copy a Kragma for massive beats. Or anything on the board for that matter. I've singlehandedly held off Brimaz by copying him.
Springleaf Drum
- The one drop I was looking for. Helps get your hand out a lot faster.
Mutavault - Minovault.
Dreadbore - It'll take out those annoying planeswalkers more often than not.
Devour Flesh
- Removal that gets around hexproof and indestructible.
Read the Bones - To ensure the deck doesn't run out of gas as much.
Rakdos's Return - Damage and discard to help disrupt their flow.
Sideboard:tenative
