I building just now my first Skred deck.
I think it is a very powerful and fun deck.
I ask why we don't see frequently this deck in top8 in actual metagame full of fast aggro decks (burn, Affinity) and 3 color midrange decks (Jund, abzdan).
By the way Good Deck! +1
September 26, 2016 7:07 a.m.
Because a lot of professional players think mono red is bad.
September 27, 2016 9:52 p.m.
DeckDestroyer says... #4
What about Stormbreath Dragon? Seems like a way better choice over Demigod of revenge.
December 6, 2016 11:19 p.m.
If you keep an eye on this list you'll see me bounce around on builds. This is literally whats in my deckbox. I was on the stormbreath, eternal scourge, PnK list last week. Personally I like the speed of this build as it has the potential of a turn 5-6 win unlike most builds that win slower and grind harder.
That and Eternal Scourge just hasn't been great for me after 177 games.
December 6, 2016 11:41 p.m.
Ack. Have you tested playsets of molten before? Does it mess up other matchups?
January 24, 2017 4:35 a.m.
I board it in vs burn, ad nauseum, storm to shut them off colors when blood moon isn't there.
If anything I used to never board them in and now I just bring them in about as often as I do rabblemasters
January 24, 2017 11:33 p.m.
Good point, I guess a playset won't hurt. I'm shocked though that you didn't get as much miles from pithing needle as I thought you might. How about crumble? Is this your first time testing the one off or do you already have experience playing it?
January 25, 2017 12:29 a.m.
Well I was impressed by Crumble last night so I'm going to test 2 copies
January 25, 2017 9:02 a.m.
Oh wow so what will you cut? Are you gonna go 3 molten 2 crumble? I guess it's practically the same speed as molten rain if you cast mindstone t2
January 25, 2017 10:20 a.m.
griffinpride23 says... #15
Hey, linked here from an old Reddit post...have you ever tested Fulminator Mage? My list currently runs 3 Molten Rain's in the main and I'm thinking of testing the Mages in there place to get some chump blocks or damage in while maintaining the land hate. Only downside is not hitting basics though. I'm on the fence overall, what are your thoughts?
February 1, 2017 12:26 p.m.
IMO:
It's not exactly meeting up with the philosophy of style of Big Red, which is the route we should go IMO. If you want to play fulminators, molten rain, and blood moon I think you'll do better playing something like RG Ponza.
Now to directly answer your question:
Molten rain is just the better choice because it can hit basics and helps us lock the opponent our of colors when Blood Moon is in play, Fulminators at that point is a 3 mana 2/2 (and we just have better options from there). Plus land destruction is good until you play against a deck that can operate off of very little if any mana at all (affinity, merfolk,Death and Taxes, and ect).
February 2, 2017 9:32 a.m.
Hey I just read an old Reddit post of yours when you were testing demigod of revenge. What led you to remove them from your current list? What did you replace them with?
February 18, 2017 11:51 a.m.
I experiment a lot with my list and actively keep this page updated. I still pull out demigods every now and again but it's never really been a mainstay by any means.
I mostly play them for the fun of it and to remind myself that's it's still a very viable strategy, but the tradeoffs is that you make the blue control matchup a little worse since you cut the mainboard Relic of Progenitus.
I also feel as a primer maintainer I need to maintain at least some knowledge of all the different builds so I tend to carry around just about every variant in a little black ultra pro box I share some of it here it's changed a small amount since then.
February 18, 2017 12:28 p.m.
How about ratchet bomb, is it performing to your liking? Same question for pithing needle and sun droplet.
May 9, 2017 4:24 a.m.
Ratchet Bomb has been amazing so far in testing. Yes it can be a little slow at times, but it's done everything I've asked it to so far.
Pithing Needle is a concession to the Ad Nauseam decks that have been popping up in my area a lot lately.
Sun Droplet is still being tested. There's not a lot of aggro matchups we want something like Sun Droplet, but those that do exist for it are much more common overall than just the burn matchup that I only used Dragon's Claw for.
May 9, 2017 4:51 p.m.
Interesting. In a meta with no Ad Nauseam, what would you play in place of pithing needle? Or does needle do work against tron as well?
amazingdan says... #1
Great description and interesting deck. +1
January 25, 2016 5:04 p.m.