Momma, Just Killed A Man

Modern ThisIsBullshit

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ThisIsBullshit says... #1

Awesome thank you so much!

December 1, 2014 11:48 a.m.

shadow63 says... #2

i run a burn deck myself and i find Browbeat to be useful and fun

December 16, 2014 6:21 p.m.

ThisIsBullshit says... #3

It's certainly an interesting card

December 16, 2014 6:55 p.m.

hermesmtz95 says... #4

Dude you should splash white to do something like take out Skullcrack and put in Lightning Helix.

take out like 8 Mountain put in 4 Sacred Foundry and 4 Arid Mesa.

If you do decide to do that, add in Disenchant into the sideboard instead of Shattering Spree to deal with Leyline of Sanctity

December 17, 2014 7:16 p.m.

hermesmtz95 says... #5

Looking at the sideboard, Lightning Helix probably isn't a good idea lol.

December 17, 2014 7:18 p.m.

naterino says... #6

[Searing Blaze] is not as good as a 4 of main board. Some good burn cards that sub, or even to work with guide are [keldon marauders], and [grim lavamancer]

December 17, 2014 7:20 p.m.

zyphermage says... #7

I wouldn't even run searing blaze without fetchlands personally. You need 4x Eidolon of the Great Revel too.

December 17, 2014 7:34 p.m.

naterino says... #8

Yea. As a blue player i can tell you how punishing Eidolon is. the lease it ever does is 2 damage to face if it is solved with immediately, granted it does not get spell snared. Plus if it lives it does not real hurt you, because your life total means nothing if you are winning in this deck. Also if you have money, or the land lying around splash black for Bump in the Night

December 17, 2014 7:41 p.m.

Femme_Fatale says... #9

Technically, the best RDW deck these days is to go 4 colour because of Lightning Helix, Bump in the Night, Boros Charm and Treasure Cruise. Some may even use Electrolyze because it is a cantrip. I've been trying to splash green but the only viable card is Tarmogoyf and that provides mixed results.

December 17, 2014 7:45 p.m.

dewicious007 says... #10

I think that Skullcrack is strictly better than Flames of the Blood Hand. It costs a whole one less, and it makes all damage this turn non-preventable.

December 18, 2014 4:49 p.m.

shadow63 says... #11

keep mono red Flame Javelin and Mizzium Mortars are both good choices

December 18, 2014 6:30 p.m.

dewicious007 I'm running 4 Skullcrack mainboard....

December 18, 2014 6:40 p.m.

dewicious007 says... #13

Oh. Haha my bad. I do that a lot.

December 19, 2014 12:54 p.m.

quesobueno123 says... #14

shadow63 Nope, bad cards

December 19, 2014 4:47 p.m.

shadow63 says... #15

lol ok

December 19, 2014 5:34 p.m.

Yosaj says... #16

4 of any red fetch and

2 more Eidolon of the Great Revel

but most importantly i would say Browbeat. if they take the 5 fine, if they don't then great you just use up to 3 more burn on their face.

December 22, 2014 9:08 p.m.

Five damage for three, or three cards for three? I'm not sure about that. If it's turn three, I'd rather be casting three burn spells, and I haven't had a huge problem refilling my hand. With choice cards, the opponent tends to pick what isn't going to help me so I'd rather keep what I have now.

I don't know why people keep telling me to run fetches, this is a mono-colored deck that only needs three-four lands to win. I'm not sure how fetches would improve this deck, it seems everybody wants to run them just for the sake of running them. I'm not putting any fetches in until I get a good reason lol.

As for the Eidolons, what should I take out?

December 22, 2014 10:11 p.m.

Femme_Fatale says... #18

Fetches for deck thinning is a joke. Fetches for Grim Lavamancer or Searing Blaze is an awesome idea :3

Browbeat is not that good of a card. Choice cards are among the most avoided among the experienced magic player, specifically if you are giving your opponent that choice. I prefer to run Dangerous Wager over Browbeat.

December 22, 2014 10:35 p.m.

So I'm not the only one who thinks that way! Huzzah lol

December 22, 2014 10:53 p.m.

Yosaj says... #20

The fetches are for the Searing Blaze and a bit for the thinning. Statistically i can remove redundant cards from the deck at the loss of only 1 life i am gaining a higher probability of drawing another burn. i use the strategy in my mono black deck and it has made it win faster than without them. Grim Lavamancer is another good idea as Femme_Fatale suggested.

Browbeat is a love or hate it card. i see how it does look unappealing because the opponent has the choice of what is best for them, but in the end no matter what effect they chose it will benefit you because they have lost hp or card advantage. much like Vexing Devil. that is a choice card and they know if they do not pay 4hp it can do more than that in just a few short turns. i also see Browbeat as a hold out card for attempting to make it past the early phases where an opponent may attempt counter spells for control. use it or not it is all personal preference.

As for Eidolon of the Great Revel maybe 1 more to make 3 and take out only 1 Monastery Swiftspear if your facing a fast low cost deck early game they will pay the life without to much concern because it is what they need to do to play the match, mid game after they are all ready hurting they will be forced to play more reserved and not throw away their life willy nilly.

December 22, 2014 11:11 p.m.

The Swiftspears have been all-stars for me, I'd like to keep them at 4-ofs.

December 22, 2014 11:37 p.m.

Femme_Fatale says... #22

Monastery Swiftspear is basically a Goblin Guide reprint that won't die to your own Pyroclasm and does the same net damage across all turns. I love a hand full of them and then hitting them with two burn spells followed by 3 3/4's hitting them in the face.

Deck thinning is a literal joke, people say fetches thin decks, but the percentage chance of drawing a nonland card with fetches for deck thinning is microscopic. And when you compare it to your life total, there really is no comparison over what gives a better advantage. So in conclusion, don't waste your money nor your life total on using fetches just for deck-thinning.

Actually Yosaj, the reason Browbeat isn't used is because your opponent will choose the choice that you don't want. You want it to be draw? Nope it is damage. You want it to be damage? Nope it is draw. This is important to note because then you end up having to get through 2-4 more turns to try and finish them off by hoping for good topdeck draws while they have free roam on you in a point in the game where every other deck is at its strongest point. The 2nd main problem Browbeat has is its cost. At 3 mana, the point in where you cast it as soon as possible to get the best effect out of it, is the point where your opponent has a good grasp of which choice to choose. If it was 2 cmc, with a draw 2 and damage of 5, it would be so much better, as at the turn 2 mark play, your opponent has no idea just what to predict for the next matches. But these are best conditions. What I just mentioned was that you had to play them as soon as possible, but there are there are too many times where you can't do this, either through top-decking draws or even one turn to late draws. Browbeat is just a card with too many inconsistencies and an uncontrollable nature to convince experienced players into using it.

December 23, 2014 12:26 a.m.

zyphermage says... #23

Well burn doesn't really care about the life loss all that much. Even microscopic chance less of drawing a land is still a less chance. You would really want to add them to support treasure cruise and grim lavamancer mainly. You should definitely splash blue for treasure cruise alone just while the getting is good on it.

December 23, 2014 1:21 a.m.

I'm not really keen on splashing for one card, regardless of how good it is. I don't have the money or the willingness to convert the mana base over.

Since I don't own any Grim Lavamancer and it's been functioning fine without one (or more) I don't see that getting added in the near future either. Seeing as it's a 1/1, I feel like he may be a bit too fragile, but that's just my opinion.

Also, fetches are expensive. I'm not really willing to shell out forty bucks or more for the microscopic chance that I might not draw a land.

December 23, 2014 1:55 a.m.

zyphermage says... #25

That is true but consider I payed 90 bucks for a polluted delta non foil this summer for a legacy deck. Fetches are something you need, if you plan on playing magic for more than a year or so. Unless you only do standard and even now they are good. People are popping fetches left and right, and trading them to people like me for nearly nothing. At this point for me personally, I just trade for what I want from what I already have. I just have to make sure to not lose out too much and I can be at that for awhile. Lands are one thing I will shell out for every now and then. Well have fun doing whatever you want in the mean time. Just be sure you don't want to obtain fetches before they rotate out of standard. Zendikar fetches are still up there but they are lower now too, hopefully they get reprinted too though.

December 23, 2014 3:37 a.m.

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