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Well, not really infinite, but hey, David Foster Wallace.

What we have here is a Rakdos agro deck. Lotsa weenies and burn spells. Mostly red, but with some black where it needs it. If my weenies don't do the trick, Rakdos, Lord of Riots] himself can just come in and finish the job along with his trusty Underworld Cerberus .

Aside from just pure agro, I've got 2 other wincons. First is a pumped Prophetic Flamespeaker . Few cards have grown on me as much as that one has recently. Swing with him, pump him with Madcap Skills, Titan's Strength, or even Herald of Torment to have a BAMF who can take down most non-indestructibles and then let you cast stuff AND do a shit-ton of damage.

Next up is a nice little trick I discovered with Purphoros, God of the Forge, Underworld Cerberus and, to an extent, Tymaret, the Murder King. Start the game like usual, with lots of weenies agroing hard. Most players will either take the damage or waste removal spells or blockers on them. If they don't, use ol' Tymaret to sac your dudes & Shock your opponent. T4 or so, put down Purphoros. T5 or later, put down the Cerberus. Do your damage with the dog, then either sack him or let the opponent block and kill the Cerberus. All of those one-or-two drops you've sent to the grave go back to your hand and become really low cost burn spells. If you didn't cast anything before combat that turn, you can usually plunk down about 12 damage to the opponent just from creature spells alone.

This has worked really well for me at my first playtest at FNM. My sideboard is a little weak right now, so I bit it to a 4-color control deck, but it was usually too fast for my other opponents. I barely won against an Izzet Keroas deck, only because my opponent forgot what Cerberus does, so I lucked out and killed him with Purphoros ETB shocks when I should've lost on the next turn.

So as I said, my sideboard needs work, so any advice on that in particular would be appreciated.

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Date added 10 years
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Legality

This deck is not Standard legal.

Rarity (main - side)

9 - 0 Mythic Rares

14 - 8 Rares

6 - 7 Uncommons

14 - 0 Commons

Cards 61
Avg. CMC 2.18
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