APPLE01DOJ says... #2
Just wanted to say, I agree with kmcree 100%
Bolt & Blightning really speed things up.
Heres a shameless self plug too!
July 2, 2014 3:39 a.m.
Thanks for the input. I do wanna add a pair of dungeon palaces. But as great of a card as lightning bolt is, pyroclasm helps me maintain come control against creature heavy aggro such as affinity where they drop 5 things at a time, pyroclasm wipes most of them. The rack and the shrieking should do enough damage and have in my playtests so far. Lastly the reason I don't run blightning is that it's a 3 drop as opposed to wrench mind being a 2 and I can play another discard spell or a rack or affliction.
July 2, 2014 9:13 a.m.
APPLE01DOJ says... #4
Vandalblast or Shatterstorm or that pretty little Anger of the Gods . r all probably better choices. Even Volcanic Fallout
July 2, 2014 9:40 a.m.
dan8080 nice deck! i also have a deck that plays with empty hand (Blank Book). I think that the Ensnaring Bridge is an awesome option for enchantment decks. +1
November 3, 2014 11:19 a.m.
IAmKingTony says... #6
I feel like a splash for Anger/Pyroclasm isn't worth it when you could be running one of the many black sweepers (Zenith, Mutilate, Damnation) in their place. I feel like white or green would be a better splash to take out opposing Leylines.
January 31, 2015 6:28 p.m.
I do like the idea of a green splash though the problem with mutilate damnation and zenith is that when you run 8 rack other than Liliana you don't really wanna spend more than 3 mana on a spell. Or rather once you hit three lands you want to use the rest to potentially retrace ravens crime or the like.
kmcree says... #1
If you're going to run red, you absolutely need 4x Lightning Bolt . There's absolutely no reason not to be running it. I would drop Pyroclasm , since you already have the Ensnaring Bridge and Anger of the Gods in the side. I also think Blightning would be better than Wrench Mind .Surgical Extraction is great, but in an 8Rack deck you'll usually find you won't want to pay the 2 life for its alternate cost, and in those cases Extirpate could be a better option. Finally, you'll need something to handle Leyline of Sanctity if you're playing competitively, so some non-targeted discard like Rix Maadi, Dungeon Palace could be helpful.
July 2, 2014 3:16 a.m.