Boros humans idea
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Posted on Nov. 9, 2012, 10:39 a.m. by meecht
This idea has probably been established before, but it's something I've been thinking about lately.
Early game uses red humans to establish an aggressive board presence to bait your opponent into wiping the board.
Play Flayer of the Hatebound . Your opponent now thinks you somehow have a plan to resurrect your creatures from the graveyard, but what does red have that can do that? And why do you have white mana available when you have yet to play any white spells?
Next turn, play card:Angel of Glory's Rise. All your humans rise from the grave, triggering Flayer of the Hatebound 's ability and dealing 2 damage per creature to your opponent. Oh, wait, there's also Kessig Malcontents in there which will also trigger.
Infernal Plunge can be used for ramp and a way to get humans into the graveyard along with Faithless Looting . Using aggressive red creatures early on creates an alternate win-con in case your opponent doesn't wipe the board, and makes the deck resistant to graveyard hate that your opponent is sure to sideboard in after the first match.
The idea will definitely get better with Gatecrash, but how does it look now? Worth developing?
Aggro decks lose steam as the game progresses, I understand that. That's why I'm thinking the deck could be aggro in the early game, but still have something to pull off if the game goes long. Due to the mana cost, Flayer and Angel could only be 2-ofs, but Infernal Plunge could be used to ramp into them early, if the opportunity presents itself.
Humans that could be included:
Extra spells:
Searing Spear /Pillar of Flame /Brimstone Volley
card:Faith's Shield
Obviously not all of that can be thrown into a single deck. I'm just throwing out options.
November 9, 2012 11:30 a.m.
topshelf7710 says... #4
Human decks need Silverblade Paladin . He's just too damn good. Double strike is an ability that will win you games. Having him in there with Ash Zealot and Rakdos Shred-Freak may stress your mana base, so if you can, run Cavern of Souls for color fixing, along with Clifftop Retreat and Sacred Foundry when it comes out in Gatecrash. Hope this helps!
November 9, 2012 12:18 p.m.
I second Silverblade Paladin he is a card which is useful with the pump of Champion of the Parish
Aikola says... #2
6/7 mana seems a bit high for an aggro deck, you'd be better off having 2x Flayer of the Hatebound and card:Angel of Glory's Rise as a last resort rathar than trying to base the deck around them. For example my deck We're Only Human the highest casting card I have is 5 and I only have 2.I would build a human deck basing it around cards like Champion of the Parish and Kessig Malcontents obviously avoiding tokens if you want to use Flayer of the Hatebound
November 9, 2012 10:57 a.m.