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Overall tournament score: 23-7

Lately decks have become much faster and more aggressive, putting monsters in an unusual position. Either not getting what we need, or getting too much of what we need and having a hand full of bombs and losing early. I have been trying to go back to the original monster roots, and going back to the explosive and crippling Flesh / Bloods and Ghor-Clan Rampager combos.Starting to feel as if Rakdos's Return is a tad bit too slow for this deck.

Two time first place FNM and first place BNG Game Day, with many 2nd place finishes.I will be using this deck going forward, and liquidating the rest of my cards into modern.

Sideboard Purpose:

Doom Blade - alongside Ultimate Price , the most reliable removal spell, often sided in for anything with haste or anything that is a large threat.

Abrupt Decay - Powerful removal for =/< 3CMC, Detention Sphere, Boros Reckoner, Various Planeswalkers and quick aggro decks. cant be countered.

Dreadbore - strong removal of all types, planeswalkers as a bonus. cheap casting cost.

Garruk, Caller of Beasts - Another planeswalker that UW/UWR/RW Burn and control decks have difficulty with. without an answer, the card draw gets out of hand quickly.

Golgari Charm - Detention Sphere, Master of Waves , 1 toughness weenie decks/tokens, board wipe regeneration, all purpose all star, debating on three copies.

Mistcutter Hydra - Control Allstar. anyone with blue in their colours has difficulty dealing with this threat, in addition.. if a kalonian resolves and attacks, these counters double too.

Mizzium Mortars - Takes care of creatures such as Blood Baron of Vizkopa & Stormbreath Dragon quite easy to overload for board wipes elsewhere.

Sire Of Insanity - Card draw or not, this will shut down control and burn decks if played while they are tapped out. Then there is a 6/4 on the board that needs an answer. Replaced Ruric Thar, the Unbowed because you can come back from a ruric, if sire hits the board and isnt answered immediately, your opponent's hand is dismissed at end of turn.

Vraska the Unseen - multiple forms of removal, additional planeswalker for UW Control, Scary target for aggro decks, win condition if unanswered. Will typically 2:1 any deck.

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May have to add some Exile Artifact / Enchantment spells soon on side board such as Fade into Antiquity .

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With some recent events and matches.. It seems as though Rakdos's Return was sided much more often then not. Typically where it was used, I would lose quite a bit of life or something else as a result of taking a full turn to cast it.

I remember using Rakdos's Return Tuesday to dump a R/W Burn's hand. He boros charmed me in response, and since Sylvan Caryatid and Elvish Mystic were tapped for mana he then followed up next turn with two mutvault attacks and a Lightning Strike off the top. Which hardly felt worth the use.

Since R/W Burn is a problem deck, I've decided to add a card that would really turn the match in our favour... and they have no answer for it! Bow of Nylea.

In addition to a complete cancellation of the damage from the likes of Lightning Strike, response to Skullcrack, Searing Blood, etc... It also adds some nice combo capabilities to our dear friend and eater of worlds.. Polukranos, World Eater.

Upon attack, Monstrous can be triggered to cause Polukranos, World Eater to damage some potential blockers before blockers are declared... With Bow of Nylea granting deathtouch, those creatures are alllllll dead without a preventative measure!

- Maindeck -

-2 Rakdos's Return

+1 Polukranos, World Eater

+1 Bow of Nylea

- Sideboard -

-1 Doom Blade

-1 Sire Of Insanity

+1 Bow of Nylea

+1 Rakdos's Return

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Date added 10 years
Last updated 10 years
Legality

This deck is not Standard legal.

Rarity (main - side)

13 - 3 Mythic Rares

34 - 9 Rares

4 - 2 Uncommons

4 - 1 Commons

Cards 60
Avg. CMC 3.22
Tokens Assassin 1/1 B w/ Player Killer, Emblem Domri Rade, Emblem Garruk, Caller of Beasts
Folders Playtest
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