Go for it! Seriously, I've played a few decks in my day, and this one is just THE MOST FUN. And the consistency/potency is just nasty, and the BURST is DISGUSTING. They're not even threatened, because all you have is 3 1/1s and a 1/3 on turn 3, then all of the sudden you deal 27 damage turn 4...If it goes past turn 4, they better be packing some fog. If you do make that deck, make sure you link me to it. I'm gonna wanna see it.
February 26, 2012 2:35 p.m.
Minousmancer says... #3
Of course I'm going to link you. I link anyone who inspires a deck look at this: deck:the-order-of-elbrus
February 26, 2012 2:38 p.m.
If you're going for red/black, you'll have access to Doom Blade and Go for the Throat , as well as Terminate , which should give you a little more pump to Chandra's Spitfire and damage to the opponent's face with your Lightning Bolt s. I don't see you having to change too much going from Boros to Rakdos.
February 26, 2012 3:05 p.m.
Man this deck is mean, you should try it with a few Assault Strobe 's. Double strike with Chandra's Spitfire also working off of Hellrider would deal massive damage.
February 26, 2012 3:10 p.m.
This is a little like a red deck I was running, but I was using Prodigal Pyromancer s and Cunning Sparkmage s and Koth of the Hammer to buff Chandra's Spitfire . This looks like it would work much better. Very nice, +1
February 26, 2012 4:44 p.m.
Minousmancer says... #8
I just realized that Hellrider is a devil riding an Ashmouth Hound or that's what it looks like to me.
February 26, 2012 4:50 p.m.
That's exactly what it is. Forge Devil and Ashmouth Hound .
February 26, 2012 5:23 p.m.
i have a standard version of this except it also uses artifacts, i have no clue what to take out and i haven't even put lands in hellriding tokens any help will be wonderful, +1 for the deck, but i feel like it doesn't need as many lands as it has, maybe 22 would be fine
February 26, 2012 6:43 p.m.
YamishiTheWickedOne says... #12
i still say urabrask would be good here, otherwise it looks good. maybe try out Ruthless Invasion too? also removal like Lightning Bolt , Arc Trail , or Oblivion Ring could be used here.
February 26, 2012 6:53 p.m.
I don't think that you really need Urabrask the Hidden . By the time you're at turn five, you should already be set up enough to win. Turn one you drop Doomed Traveler , then Gather the Townsfolk , then Chandra's Spitfire and finally Hellrider . I would agree that your land count is a little high and you can probably get away with twenty, but try it with twenty-two first and see how it feels. As for Oblivion Ring , it might be a good sideboard card in case you're finding yourself against a deck with fliers that can pose a problem for your Spitfire either as a means to kill it or just block it in general.
February 26, 2012 11:15 p.m.
Oblivion Ring > Silence on the sideboard. As far as far as land goes, I will run it with 22 later and see how it works. I like it as is, because I never have an issue, but if it will run with 20 or 21, that makes room for another mainboard 4 of. Probably Lightning Bolt s.
February 27, 2012 7:03 a.m.
Also, I'll address the Urabrask thing now, because it's come up more than once. I don't think he'd be all that helpful, because every turn after turn 4-5 that I don't win, I'm laying down creatures, whether it be any combination of summonings I have for 1/1s, another Chandra's Spitfire, another Hellrider , or a Hero of Bladehold . His abilities are great, I will admit, but 5 open mana can be so much fuel for the existing win push. Also, I'd have to cut something else...I might think about putting 2 in and running 22 lands. That way I'll feel like he's more of a "cherry on top" kind of card, rather than picking them up all the time, and feeling forced to get them in when it's maybe not the quickest and most viable option. Board haste and their last minute airborn saving graces entering tapped is pretty sexalicious, really.
February 27, 2012 7:32 a.m.
YamishiTheWickedOne says... #17
well, that's understandable. yes, 5 mana's a lot it aggro decks. i'd try it out with this site's playtester to see how it runs. if it doesn't fit, drop it for something smaller.
remember, everything looks better on paper.
February 27, 2012 7:47 a.m.
not always though, their are some really stupid looking decks that don't work on paper but in reality kick ass. +1
February 27, 2012 11:38 a.m.
I'd like to use comment 69 to thank everybody again for all the great suggestions and support for this deck. If 100 card decks worked, I'd put in pretty much everything you guys brought up; a lot of good ideas got thrown around for this one. I can't believe how popular this deck has been, over 2000 views and 30 votes, and I don't even think it's been up a week. Thanks everybody!
February 27, 2012 3:25 p.m.
YamishiTheWickedOne says... #20
oh, you're welcome zeebadeeb :) i'm glad we helped you.myself, i've been working on my vampires lately. i like how it's turning out.
February 27, 2012 3:51 p.m.
Of course one hundred card decks work. It's called EDH.
Also, I looked at your maybeboard and I think that Curse of Bloodletting isn't going to be worth using at all. It shares the same problem Urabrask the Hidden does with being a five-drop and the only reason I could see it working out is in a multiplayer game where your attacks are spread thin and you want to make the most of whatever damage you can (for example, one swing with a 1/1 Human token while the Curse is active and you have Hellrider on board is the same as hitting that player with four 1/1 Human tokens). However, that kind of trick is really only likely to work once and will make you a giant target for future games if you use this deck.
February 27, 2012 9:17 p.m.
Well it's going in for 2HG because it will be playing next to an Izzet Gelectrode burn deck, which only contains pinging creatures, and a couple Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind s. The Curse will double both our damage, so it's more worth it than Raid Bombardment , which only gets triggered by my board.
February 28, 2012 7:11 a.m.
I dropped 2 lands and a Fling to squeeze the Lightning Bolt s on the mainboard. Having 4 Fling s wasn't working out, I had it more than I wanted/needed. Don't really have any cards to replace for the sideboard, so I just bumped some from 3-ofs to 4-ofs so I had 15.
March 3, 2012 11:17 a.m.
flipdipple says... #25
with all the humans you are making via tokens, I may try out Champion of the Parish instead of Hero of Bladehold as I don't have any but have a full set of champs. Super cool concept, me likey. Also I have full playsets of Arid Mesa and Sacred Foundry from my boros landfall deck so I'll be using them
Minousmancer says... #1
Zeebadeeb I think this deck is awesome, I want to remake it in Black and Red(There is a long personal family related reason) I think it could be just as nice.
February 26, 2012 2:28 p.m.