Fine-Tuning Rakdos Control
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Posted on Feb. 17, 2014, 12:41 a.m. by thelittleone
Mogis Is In Control Now Playtest
Standard
SCORE: 2 | 1 COMMENTS | 124 VIEWSI could really use some help tweaking this deck. It's a lot of fun, but it seems like it could use some tweaking if its going to do well at FNM. I would love to hear any and all suggestions... besides running a playset of Mutavault .
I've been testing it against net decks and finding that I will win a game or two, but the net deck decks always seem to pull ahead and out last me. How do I make this deck stronger and more stable?
thelittleone says... #3
I like the idea of Chandra, Pyromaster , and I happen to have one so it wouldn't be too expensive for me to add it to the deck. I think one of my biggest issues was draw, and this would help a ton. Just not sure what to take out for it.
February 17, 2014 2:08 a.m.
How much do you feel Liliana of the Dark Realms helps? I Chandra, Pyromaster would be a good replacement. Only thing I see Lily doing is getting more land for Rakdos's Return , but you know your deck more than I do.
February 17, 2014 2:15 a.m.
thelittleone says... #5
I do really like Liliana, Rakdos's Return usually kills my opponent more often than Desecration Demon does. I feel like the two paired together would be a beautiful match made in heaven, though.
February 17, 2014 2:21 a.m.
Totally agree, here Is what I had come up with for my local FNM. B/R Control with a little Mogis
February 17, 2014 2:38 a.m.
thelittleone says... #7
I bet Sire Of Insanity would work great with Chandra, Pyromaster , and so would Master of Cruelties . Do you find yourself siding in Devour Flesh often or no?
February 17, 2014 2:59 a.m.
Not with the decks I had played against, but I have have a friend that has a G/W/U deck with Alpha Authority . Also didn't run into any problems with gods which I would have used Devour Flesh for.
February 17, 2014 8:15 p.m.
antonepinay says... #9
I play a Jund deck, which is mostly the same with a green splash. I like your deck, some stuff I would change are:-3 Lifebane Zombie +3 Anger of the Gods Because the zombie is too specific and you are not aggro so intimidate doesn't matter much. And as a control deck you like removal that makes 2x1 or more. -2 Liliana of the Dark Realms +2 Chandra, Pyromaster because she kills small creatures and gives card advantage.Maybe some Pharika's Cure could be good. Keep testing it against your local meta and choose from there.
February 18, 2014 12:05 a.m.
thelittleone says... #10
I've actually gone ahead and completely revamped the deck which you can find here:
Borzhov Is In Control Now Playtest
Standard
SCORE: 2 | 2 COMMENTS | 0 VIEWSI decided to splash white and it seems much more stable now! I'm mostly just fine tuning mainboard/sideboard stuff and tweaking the amount of cards now if you'd like to make any suggestions there.
salzath says... #2
I really like the Idea of this deck, I myself tried a rakdos control deck, funny enough another player was trying out those colors as well. I will say that the deck my opponent had was much stronger with the use of Stormbreath Dragon , Pack Rat ,and Chandra, Pyromaster . The Pack Rat really helps early game and sets a larger threat later on when you have dead cards in hand. Chandra, Pyromaster pretty much lets you play cards for free. It was definitely a tough match for me when most of my creatures are 4+ drop and a lot of kill cards. If I had Anger of the Gods It would have helped a LOT. Hope this helps!
February 17, 2014 1:49 a.m.