Is R/G Beat Down Legit?
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Posted on March 21, 2015, 8:52 p.m. by MTGJustice
I really feel like R/G has a lot of agro potential. I love the synergy between cards like Temur Battle Rage and Become Immense. Atarka, World Render is my favorite dragon lord and I really wanna break it. The obvious combo is with Xenagos, God of Revels, but that shell is shaky at best. I'm thinking of an agro oriented midrange shell. Anybody have any ideas to really up the consistency and power level? Let me know what you think.
OtakulordAndrew says... #3
Early mana ramp in the form of Elvish Mystic, and Sylvan Caryatid combined with Dragon Tempest into a Descent of Dragons using the ramp to accelerate into the sorcery while turning the now tapped ramp creatures into hasty dragons. Add in a few Courser of Kruphix, Thunderbreak Regent, Stormbreath Dragon, Atarka, World Render, Shaman of the Great Hunt, etc. along with a few useful spells such as Crater's Claws, etc possibly splash into jund, temur, or naya to give some more support for the deck and your running a decent midrange deck.
March 26, 2015 4:34 p.m.
T1 Forest...Elvish Mystic
T2 Mountain...Atarka's Command...Forest...Elvish Mystic +3dmg (3)
T3 Mountain...Surrak, the Hunt Caller...Heir of the Wilds +5 dmg(8)
T4 Thunderbreak Regent +12-14 dmg (20-22 dmg)
I mean, this is a bit of a perfect storm, but G/R can get there turn 4 sometimes and t5 reliably, with fairly durable threats. I think that the atarkas and xenagod are a little too greedy, though. Dragonlord Atarka and those kinds of bombs might work better in control than in a 30-critter deck.
Redirus91 says... #2
T1 elvish mystic or T2 caryatidT3 frontier siegeT4 dragonlord or Sarkhans triumph at the end of your opponent's turn to get the dragonlord to cast it next turn, dont even need to run 4 dragonlords with the dragon fetch card.
Any other 2 drops, rattleclaw, voyager can be killed easier and so can xenagos.
March 26, 2015 3:54 p.m.