RDW vs. Rakdos Aggro vs. G/W Humans

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Posted on Dec. 10, 2012, 2:21 p.m. by AkromaPhage6

Currently I am running a RDW for standard, but was curious if adding black would make it stronger, weaker, or just about the same. I also played around with the idea of playing a Selesnya Human deck, but wasn't convinced it would be stronger than RDW or Rakdos Aggro

blazinazian says... #2

To be completely honest, I think it's a very close tie. I would say that it really depends on the type of damage that you want to dish out.For RDW, it's all about no-holds-barred, tap everything you got, and deal as much damage as you can before your opponent can react. If you are adding black, for example B/R Zombie Aggro, it would be more of a consistent damage with a combo like card:Geralf's Messenger and Falkenrath Aristocrat .For G/W Humans, it's about making your creatures so big that the trample through all their blockers.

For me personally, I played a complete RDW at my local FnM and it did ok. However, I didn't like the fact that if you run out of steam, you're kinda stuck. I did try to incorporate some black in this deck, but it just slowed it down, which is definitely what I didn't want.

I have made a Bant Human Aggro deck that I haven't tried at a my local FnM yet, but from the playtesting, I think it should do pretty well.

Now my last FnM, I played B/R Zombie Aggro. This was a complete overhaul of my RDW. The deck still dished out very good damage. But what I liked about it is that it did not lose steam during midgame. Because of this deck, I got 1st place that week.

Now keep in mind, if you still want to keep your RDW, then I suggest only a little bit of black for Sever the Bloodline or Slaughter Games if you have those in your sideboard. Otherwise, not black at all.

December 10, 2012 4:49 p.m.