A Day at the Arena. ($10 Aggro)

Modern NoviceMagician

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BreadMon says... #1

Anyway that you can make it fully Standard and keep it competitive or at least a good win ratio? Or if you have a $10 budget standard deck link it for me to look at pretty please?

May 31, 2015 12:19 p.m.

NoviceMagician says... #2

CCCA is now in effect! Wooooooooo!

May 31, 2015 5:02 p.m.

PlattBonnay says... #3

Maybe Apostle's Blessing as a way of ensuring your threats can get through when they need to?

June 1, 2015 8:25 a.m.

NoviceMagician says... #4

Thanks PlattBonnay!

:)

June 1, 2015 3:33 p.m.

SirFowler says... #5

Crypt Champion might be pretty cool in here, seeing how it goes with your theme.

Bloodsoaked Champion would put you over the hyperbudget, but it fits the theme perfectly.

June 1, 2015 3:51 p.m.

NoviceMagician says... #6

Thanks SirFowler! I'll have to run some tests with Crypt Champion to see how it goes. As for Bloodsoaked Champion, I prefer Rakdos Cackler, who enters as a 2/2 and can be cast with either or .

Thanks again! :)

June 1, 2015 3:54 p.m.

NoviceMagician says... #7

CCCA is now in effect! Wooooooo!

June 1, 2015 4:40 p.m.

NoviceMagician says... #8

DERPLINGSUPREME, what you think? Mes verys prouds ofs its.

June 1, 2015 7:07 p.m.

AngryBearTony says... #9

Interesting that in an aggro build you're running Duress, though only a 2 of. No Terminate to push through that last bit? Maybe Vampire Nighthawk for a bit bigger body with upside? I like the deck a lot, pretty fast build. +1!

June 1, 2015 7:07 p.m.

Thanks for the suggestions and upvote AngryBearTony!

Yeh, I use Duress to get rid of those pesky spells my opponent doesn't need. ;) Terminate was originally in the deck, but I swapped it out for Smother. The latter offered less mana specific CMC, lower deck cost, retain the prevention of regeneration, and the vast majority of the time, it was unlikely for the opponent to have a creature with a 4 or greater CMC down by the time the deck won. Vampire Nighthawk, I'll definitely run some playtests with him and see how it goes!

Thanks again! :)

June 1, 2015 7:18 p.m.

yeah, its pretty good. you may want to try out Vexing Devil and/or Furnace Scamp.

June 1, 2015 7:53 p.m.

Thank Jew DERPLINGSUPREME. I'll run some playtests with Furnace Scamp. In regards to Vexing Devil.......... The deck is budget. >_<

June 1, 2015 7:57 p.m.

oh. $9....

when I ran him he was about 2-4.

June 1, 2015 8 p.m.

CCCA is now in effect! Wooooooooo!

June 2, 2015 9:14 p.m.

MinscAndBoo says... #15

+1 for the categories alone!

June 4, 2015 11:49 a.m.

Thanks MinscAndBoo! I'm glad you enjoyed it! :)

June 4, 2015 3:53 p.m.

I'm iffy on the 22 lands. I playtested a bit, and was land-flooded 70% of the time. Probably bring it down by two and add something like Madcap Skills. It's hilarious.

June 5, 2015 12:26 p.m.

brn3445 says... #18

June 5, 2015 1:17 p.m.

SirFowler says... #19

@brn3445 This is a budget deck and no way Vexing Devil is budget XD

June 5, 2015 1:29 p.m.

@FAMOUSWATERMELON, really? In all the playtests I've run the deck runs really smoothly. I'll run some more playtests with two less lands and compare them to the original playtests. Thank you! :)

@brn3445, yeah, ditto to what SirFowler said. It is a great card, but running even one would bring this deck to the brink of its budget, thank you so much though! :)

June 5, 2015 4:47 p.m.

I also tried finding T3 wins with this also, and you can get to 19 damage on T3, but not 20...

GOD DAMN IT XD

June 5, 2015 5:07 p.m.

CastleSiege says... #22

I keep holding off on posting my deck on 'Advertise Your Deck!' because every time I go to share it, yours is always the previous one posted and I've already +1'ed and made suggestions D:

It's probably already been brought up, but is Lightning Bolt not in here simply because it's not on theme?

June 5, 2015 5:27 p.m.

Price probably.

June 5, 2015 5:30 p.m.

CastleSiege says... #24

Didn't realize they were more than a dollar, especially with another reprinting in MM2015.

June 5, 2015 5:48 p.m.

@CastleSiege, wow, then you posted right in time, because this was the first time I posted on the advertise thread in three or four days. XD

But yeah, this is what I added to the Need to Know's section:

  • "After much thought and consideration, and despite various occasions of which the card was suggested, I have decided not to run Lightning Bolt to keep the $$$ cost of the deck as low as possible. So please, don't suggest it again."

:)

June 5, 2015 6:23 p.m.

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