I'd rather play Magma Jet instead of somthing like Shock . Jet can greatly smooth out your draws and make your games extremely consistent while still having a shock effect.
April 14, 2014 8:21 p.m.
My local meta has quite a bit UW Control, Esper Control, and of all the weirdo things, Maze's End .
Skullcrack seems to be an amazing answer for all 3 of those decks! Fog what? Skullcrack disagrees.
Had I not lost Round 2, my next opponent would have either been Esper Control or RG Monsters, depending on what the computer spit out. My Round 2 opponent faced the Esper Control.
April 15, 2014 11:23 a.m.
hassankachal says... #4
How 'bout Thrill-Kill Assassin rather than Rakdos Shred-Freak ?
April 17, 2014 3:48 p.m.
@hassankachal, Thrill-Kill Assassin doesn't have enough attack and mana flexibility for an aggressive deck compared to Rakdos Shred-Freak .
April 17, 2014 4:14 p.m.
hassankachal says... #6
You said you wanted to put an Exava, Rakdos Blood Witch in, right? Well it's only a dollar. You could potentially, since you are not at $20 yet, still about $16.
April 28, 2014 7:39 p.m.
hassankachal says... #7
Spiteful Returned would be awesome in this deck, and it's $0.50, which is super affordable. Just my opinion. I would take out 1 Minotaur Skullcleaver , 1 Tormented Hero and 2 Rakdos Cackler .
May 6, 2014 10:24 a.m.
I agree with adding Gnarled Scarhide AND Spiteful Returned .
Scarhide gets the nod if you can only add one, but I think it's better than Rakdos Shred-Freak
Keep in mind, both can be bestowed for 4 mana. Probably won't do that often, but it's some utility.
Spiteful Returned does 2 damage whether the opponent blocks or not.
May 6, 2014 11:58 a.m.
Schuesseled says... #9
you need to add both the scarhide and returned. In fact you could make this deck purely mono black. Master of the feast and tormented hero are good additions.
May 8, 2014 6:48 a.m.
HeartOfGold says... #10
Arorsthrar First, +1 on a killer deck!!! Second, I built this deck without Tormented Hero . I subbed Spiteful Returned for it and had decent results, especially late game.
Now that JOU is live I've pulled Spiteful and put in Gnarled Scarhide and it f(*&ing rips!!!. It gives an extra blocker early in the game and later on is great for beefing up another creature already on the board. The best part is that if I really, really need a blocker late game it doesn't enter tapped.
After RTR rotates it might be worth putting Tormented Hero back in. Right now I'm liking Scarhide in the deck and would suggest it as a viable alternative.
May 8, 2014 4:39 p.m.
Schuesseled Spike Jester and Madcap Skills are much too powerful for that...
May 8, 2014 5:01 p.m.
Rakdos Guildgate slows down the deck.
I like this deck and is cheap.Do you get some ideas from the Luis Navas deck from GrandPrix Santiago?
May 14, 2014 11:01 a.m.
landstalker10 says... #13
Great Deck...
Take out Minotaur Skullcleaver and put in Shadow Alley Denizen
Take out Shock and put in Doom Blade and Dark Betrayal for sidebar
This is my wifes deck Infinite Mogis
May 17, 2014 12:27 p.m.
Magicman613 says... #14
just made this deck..will test it out next fnm.. i replaced the guildgates with Blood Crypt though.:-)
May 18, 2014 2:04 p.m.
InconspicuousPotato says... #15
I was liking the 2 Tormented Hero rather than Deviant Glee .
May 18, 2014 8:46 p.m.
Magicman613 says... #16
the 2 Tormented Hero does ok but with only Madcap Skills triggering his heroic, id rather mainboard a couple of removals in his place
May 18, 2014 9:20 p.m.
I ran this with Gore-House Chainwalker instead of scarhide and Young Pyromancer instead of tormented hero. Ran 4-1 at last tournament. I gotta thank the maker of this deck for the ideas though. My previous burn deck would run 2-3 or 3-2 at its best, these adjustments helped a lot.
May 20, 2014 1:12 p.m.
I played this on Game Day, came in 8th. Definitely agree with Magicman613, I could have used removals in the mainboard.
Some of my losses came in top decking situations in which I was drawing land after land. I'm going to try reducing by one land and adding 3 Ultimate Price .
May 26, 2014 5:35 p.m.
@InconspicuousPotato I guess I am still learning the deck. And of course I have that desire to put my own spin on the deck even if it doesn't need it. lol
May 28, 2014 4:27 p.m.
squiggleman4 says... #22
Wow absolutely fantastic deck. I built it though i didnt like the Gnarled Scarhide . i thought it was too slow. I replaced them with 4 Legion Loyalist s and i replaced the Madcap Skills with 4 copies of Dynacharge :) great deck man thanks!
May 30, 2014 4:13 a.m.
InconspicuousPotato says... #23
@squiggleman4 How exactly is a 2/1 slower than a 1/1?
May 30, 2014 8:13 p.m.
InconspicuousPotato says... #25
They both deal 2 damage turn 2, but T3 Scarhide has dealt 4 damage whereas Loyalist has dealt 3 or just died in combat to a 2 power creature.
A 2/1 is generally much faster than a 1/1 haste if they have the same cost.
Arorsthrar says... #1
Well the best board plan I can think of now is:
-2 Deviant Glee for +2 Hammer of Purphoros
-4 Mogis's Marauder for +4 Duress .
The plan is to win as fast as possible, and sometimes your hands won't necessarily cooperate. Duress is a key player to strip Supreme Verdict (or Detention Sphere or Azorius Charm , and Jace, Architect of Thought ).
Unfortunately, we lack answers to control's sideboard strategies, because they vary so much. Examples: Blind Obedience , Fiendslayer Paladin , Brimaz, King of Oreskos , Precinct Captain , extra Azorius Charm , my personal favorite: Yoked Ox , and Soldier of the Pantheon .
If you truly want to beat control consistently, I had developed a SB Burn Strategy that is meant to trick control after they sideboard in their protective creatures (and Blind Obedience doesn't hurt this strategy as much. However, this plan leaves you much more vulnerable to pretty much every other deck archetype, but if control is the bane of your existence its worth trying out!
+4x Skullcrack -Never let them stabilize.
+4x Magma Jet - Burn that lets you hit more burn.
+4x Toil / Trouble - Can usually hit a control player for 5-6 damage for three mana. Conversely, you can draw cards for yourself (as well), or increase the pain against control.
+3x Duress - Still a good card.
We have to leave in some creatures, but we have to consider our creatures to be burn spells, as control decks love their removal.
-4x Rakdos Cackler and -4x Tormented Hero : After turn one these baby's are low impact and can't usually contribute to taking your opponents life total from 20 to 0.
-4x Mogis's Marauder : A three drop for a 2/2 haste isn't great.
-2x Deviant Glee and -4x Madcap Skills - Can't get two for oned.
-1x Rakdos Shred-Freak - The worst hasty creature in the list vs control IMO.
April 14, 2014 8:14 p.m.