Guys, I really need help in toning down this deck to 60 >_<
This is not yet made, I'm slowly aquiring cards but only once I'm sure I know I want to run these cards.
At time of creations, I know nearly 100% I want to run Ral Zarek and Jace, Architect of Thought and until the rotation will have Tamiyo, the Moon Sage however I want to slowly build this deck up over the next few months, so I don't really want to include any pre-Ravnica Block cards that I don't already own.
MAIN THING; I need to cut down on what's in the deck obviously. I just don't know what could work and what likely won't. Honestly majority of this, I don't own yet. The lands I do though, thats why I only have 1 of each 'good' duel land.
So yes, any available help would be AMAZINGLY appreciated.
DECKS AIM:Main Deck: The main aim is to burn down creatures until I can get my own stronger creatures out, for example burning until I can bring out something like Sire Of Insanity which is why I run things like
Cremate
in my deck to potentially draw through. Rakdos, Lord of Riots is there because it's a 4 mana cost and I do run a fair amount of burn spells from the Ravnica block available to me, which in turn means bringing out my higher cost creatures for less.
Desecration Demon
I'm not sure about, I love it's ability, but I don't know just how useful it would be in this deck. Ral Zarek also burns, whilst until rotation pairs with Tamiyo, the Moon Sage to assist my draw mechanic, whilst
Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius
assists in both the draw and burn aspect the deck I feel needs..
Blast of Genius
is a slight push I would think, I've got it here now because it's a good burn+draw mechanic, but I'm really not sure simply for it's cost.
Dragonshift
I may also remove, but personally, I just like the card and whilst it's overload cost is high, it's initial cost is pretty good I think for what it does.
Thrill-Kill Assassin
whilst unleashed is attacking for 3, spent 2 on it, and if anyone blocks the Deathtouch kills them.
Exava, Rakdos Blood Witch
only boosts this by giving them and
Rakdos Cackler
Haste, and being a 3/3 First Striker with Haste, she stands up well all by herself really (bonus in that her art looks pretty good)
Pilfered Plans
is also probably obvious, but the mill mechanic in it isn't what's important, quite simply it is the draw I get from it, whilst the small mill could prove circumstantially useful.
Sideboard:
Nightveil Specter
is sideboarded in against decks like Jund most of all, simply because it means essentially stealing their creatures, and it's more of a troll move, but is also quite the idea behind using it. Illness in the Ranks token decks annoy the hell out of me, constantly, especially with my Simic Aggro deck, so I like having this here to bring in against them.
EDITS:
16/6/13 - Removed 2 Electrickery and pondering keeping the other two in or not.
17/6/13 - Removed
Dragonshift
, Master of Cruelties,
Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius
and removed Cyclonic Rift, but moved them to 'maybe'
17/6/13 the second - Removed a whole bunch, put a whole punch in when I realised that whilst I had low costing creatures, it took until turn 5+ to get even 2 creatures onto the field.
18/6/13 - OK! It's at 65 and the Sideboard is a little short, but I'm never too good with the Sideboard either so I can think of that later. But, I think it's finished, mana base is a little screwy, but I don't really have the capabilities to easily get the duel lands like I can the rest of what I need.
