Budget R/B Minotaur Tribal - "Horned Slaughter".
Year 2013, Theros was released and i had the opportunity to assemble a Minotaur Tribal list to "compete" with friends in modern games. This deck is still one of my favourites to play.
Creatures:
Gnarled Scarhide - there is only one one-drop Minotaur and it is not superb. Still, a 2/1 (that can't block) might be good enough for this deck.
Deathbellow Raider - great turn 2 drop - also the only one in the deck -. The disadvantage of this card is not really a disadvantage as attacking each turn with a 2/3 might be hard to deal with in early turns - just in early turns -.
Rageblood Shaman - he provides Trample and +1/+1 counters to other Minotaurs, as simple as that. A must have.
Ragemonger - he reduces the coloured mana cost of all my Minotaurs by 1 R/B. Great combo with Kragma Warcaller, making him a 3 generic mana drop, more on that later.
Felhide Petrifier - with a Gorgon's head, all our Minotaurs now have Deathtouch!
Fanatic of Mogis - deals direct damage to your opponent as your devotion to Red.
Neheb, the Worthy - another Lord that grants First Strike to the team and can boost the herd while attacking.
Kragma Warcaller - last but not least. You might think 5 mana is too much for this guy? Well, that's why he must be played after Ragemonger. Now all your Minotaurs have Haste and +2/+0 while attacking, awesome!
Spells:
Shock & Lightning Bolt - your opponent have some pesky threats on the board? Zap 'em! Face is the place, in case of necessity.
Dreadbore - sorcery speed removal for Planeswalkers and other potential (huge) threats.
Maybeboard:
15/11/2021
So, i was out for quite some time and now, i came back finding out there's a new boss in town: Neheb, the Worthy! Is he worthy enough to swap out Mogis, God of Slaughter for him? First of all; he is actually a Minotaur that will be buffed by other lords in this deck. Then, he is able to buff the entire herd with ease. He is also a potential 1 generic mana dropo in combo with Ragemonger. Well, i think we have a winner here!
10/07/2022
Gnarled Scarhide is finally in the deck after 7 years. I am evaluating to get Mogis, God of Slaughter back in the business replacing 2x Dreadbore, as 4x are definitely too much. Maybe swapping them for Terminate is also a clever idea.
15/07/2022
I was never a big fan of Bloodrage Brawler as the "discard a card" cost was really unappealing. Then Unearth happened and that might be the reason to include the Brawler.
01/08/2022
Summer toughts:
4x Bloodrage Brawler replacing 4x Deathbellow Raider.
2x Terminate replacing 2x Dreadbore.
4x Unearth replacing 2x Dreadbore and 2x Fanatic of Mogis (maybe?).
I plan to improve the deck as i found new and stronger cards.
Feel free to suggest wathever card you think might improve this deck!
