JamesHughes says... #2
Honor of the Pure and another Hero of Bladehold? Hero of Oxid Ridge would be decent against defender decks or weenie. And, if you're facing a slow deck you can use something like a Furnace Scamp or a Vexing Devil.
May 12, 2012 6:36 p.m.
gheridarigaaz says... #6
I always figured the repository fitted best with craterhoof behemoth but seeing as your mana sinks are such things like wolf run, fireball and bonfire i see your angle... Perhaps Entreat the Angels would fit nicely here, by ALL means find a slot for Sigarda, Host of Herons. Shell keep everything from dying against removal. Avacyn might be a bit of a stretch for most decks but i dont see much problem with her in this one seeing as how quickly you can accumulate mana for hardcasting her though it'd only be for novelty purposes that I'd have her there... so perhaps not a good idea
May 13, 2012 8:15 a.m.
HoneyBadger says... #7
I had the behemoth in the first draft of the deck. He was a complete badass. He is a hilarious way to win and SO easy to get to with a druids's repository and a couple of spirit tokens. But when You have to tap you mana dorks to get to him, he's not as potent.
I will admit, I HATE playing vs. Sigarda, she's easy to get out and hard to get rid of, but there is only so much she can protect me from. I'm sticking with Nevermore as a more versatile anti-things-I-don't-like for now, but I haven't had much experience with it.
I really want to make an all creatures form of this deck, and ramp to Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite, Avacyn, and other big nasties,
May 13, 2012 2:09 p.m.
HoneyBadger says... #8
What do we think? 3x Hero of Bladehold, 2x Hero of Oxid Ridge or 4x bladehold, 1x oxid ridge?
May 13, 2012 4 p.m.
HoneyBadger says... #9
or even 3 oxid, 2 hero... I REALLY like the haste part of Hero of Oxid Ridge. He's like a weird combo between Hellrider and Champion of Lambholt .
Hero of bladehold is such a huge target for removal. It helps that I'm able to get her out so quickly, but she has to survive to the next turn to do anything. To stop Hero of Oxid Ridge, you need instant speed removal AND mana open.
Decisions, decisions, decisions...
May 13, 2012 4:24 p.m.
Forsaken12101 says... #10
Looks AWESOME! Upvote for sure. Grats on featured.
Mind taking a look at my Forsaken RDW
May 13, 2012 4:32 p.m.
HoneyBadger says... #11
Featured isn't really earned- you can buy 5, 24 hour "feature tokens" for 2 bucks and use them to get exposure. You automatically get 3 tokens for upgrading your account, and if you need 15 days worth of exposure for some reason, you can buy 15 for $5. Its all found in the "extras" button in the top left corner.
I'd be happy to help any RDW as I am a red planeswalker at heart (check out the card sleeves I made for myself on my profile, you'll see what I mean).
May 13, 2012 4:52 p.m.
Forsaken12101 says... #12
Awesome!
Ill go have a looksee!
Cannot wait to hear your thoughts on my constructed.
May 13, 2012 4:54 p.m.
DarkTyrany22 says... #13
If you're going to take out Fireball why not put in Burn at the Stake? Seems like an even better finisher to me.
May 14, 2012 3:37 a.m.
TheFrozenFox says... #15
I had a similar idea and would love it if you took a look at Hellrider's Hunt. +1(000000)
May 16, 2012 2:55 p.m.
If you need to take out Fireball more Bonfire of the Damned might be cool. It does everything Fireball does, and is even better with chandra. Anyway, I really like the deck +1
May 20, 2012 9:06 a.m.
you could even add in a cheap card:Devil's Play for Fireball if needed.
+1 from me. Thinking about building this deck.
May 24, 2012 7:08 a.m.
somethingcreative424 says... #18
What about Manabarbs ? With the repository you would never have to tap mana for your spells while your opponents are killing themseleves.
May 29, 2012 1:30 p.m.
You could add Door to Nothingness (which is coming back in M13) which is kinda cool with card:Druids' Repository adding another win condition and a giant sink of all the mana it gives you.
July 3, 2012 5:27 p.m.
You could add Door to Nothingness (which is coming back in M13) which is kinda cool with card:Druids' Repository adding another win condition and a giant sink of all the mana it gives you.
July 3, 2012 5:27 p.m.
HoneyBadger says... #21
If any deck could support that card, it is this one, but the red mage in me would much rather just blast them with card:Devil's Play. It would be a hilarious win con, but I wouldn't be able to activate it until turn 6, 5 at the earliest, but that would require me to keep all my mana dorks alive, which you can never count on :(
July 3, 2012 7:40 p.m.
I'm curious how this deck runs against control. I personally don't know too much about control, but I have seen it devastate some decks. Also, looking over the comments I'm not seeing the heroes or some of the mana sinks previously discussed. I don't see any wolf runs, just 2 devils play and one bonfire. It still is a vicious deck but without any draw you should probably get more sinks. +1 from me, and would you mind looking at my deck deck:one-fish-two-fish-big-fish-stormtide?
July 3, 2012 8 p.m.
JamesHughes says... #23
Hey, doesn't druid's repository require CREATURES????? XD I like the deck! it's cool.I think Door to Nothingness would be fun, but It'd take the shere-khan-eats-biscuits-overhauled out of the whole thing.Btw, could you check my new deck out, deck:return-of-power
July 3, 2012 8:19 p.m.
HoneyBadger says... #24
A lot have things have changed since the original incarnation- Hero of Bladehold , while an amazing card, is only worth while if she lives long enough to attack, and vs. control, that shouldn't happen, so she when away. Hero of Oxid Ridge was more effective due to haste, however, there are a lot of really common creatures with 2 power that can block and kill hero like snapcaster mage, viridian emissary, solemn simulacrum. Hellrider gave me the damage I was looking for in a beefier 3/3 package. If hero of oxid ridge had was 3/3, I'd go with him, but sadly his 2 toughness wasn't cutting it.
I've found in the majority of cases, I preferred Gavony Township over kessig. With only 1 card:Druids' Repository out, each attacking creature adds 1 mana, and hence 1 extra damage to kessig and the the extra damage goes away with the mana. Gavony township puts a +1/+1 counter on all attacking creatures- if they go unblocked, that does the same damage as kessig, but the +1/+1 counters don't go away, so it does more damage each turn and makes each creature bigger and bigger and harder to get rid of. I wish I could run 2-3 gavony and 1-2 kessig, but the mana base can't handle that sadly :(
I think you are right on adding more mana sinks. I used to run more and I think I'm gonna try to find a way to add 1-2 more, because getting 4 creatures and 2 druids repositories and no way to spent all that mana really sucks.
The only form of control that can give it trouble is cheap mass removal, which is found mostly in red and black. Day of Judgement and Curse of death's hold can suck, but only if they live long enough to cast it. I've learned you have to hold back a little bit until you've identified it isn't in their hand or baited it out. Other than that, it eats ordinary control decks alive for the most part
July 3, 2012 9:18 p.m.
HoneyBadger says... #25
Jamie boy, if it were possible to play every spell in my deck, I could get 11 regular creatures and 32 tokens, and that's without copying Midnight Haunting or Lingering Souls with Chandra, the Firebrand . If I were to somehow copy all those spells, I'd get 11 creatures and 64 tokens, so 75 creatures in a 60 card deck- not bad I'd say.
I'll check out the fish deck and return of power for you guys :)
HoneyBadger says... #1
I've got 9 pseudo board sweepers main decked, but DoJ hurts me too much.
May 12, 2012 6:30 p.m.