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Red Deck Wins 2.0 - Modifying My Mono Red Burn Deck
Posted On 05/19/2008 04:54:20 by DeeBarizo - Read 1274 time(s)
A couple days ago, I wrote about playing Red Deck Wins (RDW) because it has a good matchup versus Faeries and it's relatively cheap compared to popular netdecks.

Red Deck Wins
By Dee Barizo

Maindeck:

4 Keldon Megaliths
18 Mountain

4 Tattermunge Maniac
4 Mogg Fanatic
4 Keldon Marauders
4 Blood Knight
4 Adder-Staff Boggart
4 Ashenmoor Gouger

2 Shard Volley
4 Incinerate
4 Lash Out
4 Flame Javelin

Sideboard:

1 Mountain
4 Countryside Crusher
4 Magus of the Moon
3 Greater Gargadon
3 Tormod's Crypt

Well, I played a couple games (I wrote about some of them here and here) with the deck and decided to make the following changes.

Maindeck Changes

-4 Adder-Staff Boggart

I wanted a two drop creature and this was the best one I could find. However, he's not very good. I'd rather have a three drop that actually does something.

+3 Sulfur Elemental
+1 Mountain

I thought of replacing Adder-Staff with Countryside Crusher, but Sulfur Elemental seems to better in today's standard metagame. Sulfur Elemental can't be countered and it allows you to kill Kitchen Finks with only one burn spell. I brought in an extra land because Sulfur Elemental increased my three drop count.

Sideboard Changes

-3 Tormod's Crypt
+3 Faerie Macabre

I forgot about Faerie Macabre. It can't be countered.

-3 Greater Gargadon
-1 Countryside Crusher
-1 Mountain
+4 Demigod of Revenge
+1 Ghitu Encampment

While Greater Gargadon is not bad against other red aggro decks, it can be slow. And Countryside Crusher is easy to kill. I'm not sure but I think Demigod of Revenge will make a better impact than those two cards especially if you draw multiples.

-3 Countryside Crusher
+3 Sulfurous Blast

I didn't have any sideboard cards for decks with a lot of small creatures. Plus, more Faerie hate is probably a good thing.

New Decklist

Maindeck:

4 Keldon Megaliths
19 Mountain

4 Tattermunge Maniac
4 Mogg Fanatic
4 Keldon Marauders
4 Blood Knight
3 Sulfur Elemental
4 Ashenmoor Gouger

2 Shard Volley
4 Incinerate
4 Lash Out
4 Flame Javelin

Sideboard:

1 Ghitu Encampment
3 Sulfurous Blast
4 Magus of the Moon
4 Demigod of Revenge
3 Faerie Macabre

Total Cost* = $115.23

* Based on the average price of the cards on store.tcgplayer.com on May 19, 2008 except for the basic lands. I valued those at $0.00.

Tags: Mono Red Burn Standard T2 RDW Red Deck Wins

Related to: Magic: the Gathering



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From: DeeBarizo
05/19/2008 17:55:37
Actually, I like Vexing Shusher but I already have Magus of the Moon and Sulfurous Blast for Faeries. In my testing, those two cards are better than Shusher. Plus, Magus and Sulfurous Blast can be sided in against more decks than Shusher.

I don't want to cut the land because of Demigod's five casting cost. I'm only running 23 lands main deck. And Demigod has been awesome in testing. It's been much better for me than Greater Gargadon. Definitely a 4-of in the side. Most decks are surprised by it and are not prepared to deal with it especially in multiples :)

Anyways, thanks for your comment.


From: ckmcheetah
05/19/2008 15:37:34
Is Shusher viable or is it too expensive right now (I know you wanted a budget deck)?  It also helps against Fae especially builds the eschew a lot of spot removal.  +2 Shusher -1 Encampment -1 Demigod possibly

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