Just taking a quick look at the list, I'd say that most of my wins are from using Tooth&Nail entwined. Now let's talk about how many times that card will get countered; every time. As such I would certainly recommend adding Boseiju Who Shelters All simply to protect that spell. It can also be used to make sure some of your other important instants or sorceries are protected as well so it's certainly not a dead card.
I've been really unimpressed with Bloodgift Demon, as it takes far too long to benefit from it. If you think about all the colors that have creature removal vs. Enchantment removal you really have 5 v 2. And while you do run Arena, I'd prefer Ambitions Cost, Ancient Craving, or Promise of Power all over Bloodgift Demon.
Not sure how your card draw is, but I'd even suggest throwing in Monumentous Fall or Greater Good. Fall can be a solid surprise to save one of your guys, or even Kresh, or greater good can be awesome to sac easily recurred creatures like Reassembling Skeleton or Bloodghast
And finally, after talking to a few friends and reading a few discussions on here I have come to the conclusion that Birthing Pod is broken, and needs to be run in this deck!
I really don't like Attrition in decks that also run Grave Pact and/or Butcher of Malakir. When you pay the cost to activate Attrition, the Pact trigger goes on top of that, so a savvy opponent will just sac the critter that Attrition is targeting.
Grave Pact and Butcher are both excellent on their own with all the other sac effects you're running.
I like the list it thought about throwing together a causal list for these colors this looks pretty some fun cards i like in red green are decimate (meta call) and sarkhan vol also i see a lack of filter lands fetid heath etc and i think those will help smooth your mana base a little more also you run a TON of creatures and your general gets buffed when they die where is BIRTHING POD ! ( edit i use pod with primetime runescar sheoldred etc and its awesome and you can pod into that stuff right form your general or to buff your general its a bomb card in this list)
I disagree on stranglehold it's one of reds best staple cards and relivant agsint almost any good list. its destroys fetch lands all tutors all land ramp its awesome
I disagree on stranglehold it's one of reds best staple cards and relivant agsint almost any good list. its destroys fetch lands all tutors all land ramp its awesome
I think I agree with moxnix on this. I wouldn't run it in a casual meta, but since you're advertising as competitive, it seems good. It shuts down a lot of combo oriented decks than non-blue players would otherwise have trouble with.
1x Kresh, the Bloodbraided
Creature
2x Duplicant
3x Bogardan Hellkite
4x Nezumi Graverobber
5x Wood Elves
6x Bloodgift Demon
7x Reassembling Skeleton
8x Solemn Simulacrum
9x Steel Hellkite
10x Butcher of Malakir
11x Sheoldred, Whispering One
12x Scavenging Ooze
13x Brawn
14x Rune-Scarred Demon
15x Eternal Witness
16x Fleshbag Marauder
17x Anger
18x Sakura-Tribe Elder
19x Fauna Shaman
20x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
21x Shriekmaw
22x Puppeteer Clique
23x Terastodon
24x Avatar of Woe
25x Primeval Titan
26x Squee, GoblinNnabob
27x Reaper of The Abyss
28x Genesis
29x Bloodghast
30x Grave Titan
31x Avenger of Zendikar
Artifact
32x Skullclamp
33x Darksteel Ignot
34x Coalition Relic
35x Mimic Vat
36x Lightning Greaves
37x Sol Ring
38x Sensei's Divining Top
39x Phyrexian Arena
40x Pernicious Deed
41x Sylvan Library
42x Survival of the Fittest
43x Grave Pact
44x Attrition
45x Stranglehold
Sorcery
46x Tooth and Nail
47x Decree of Pain
48x Harmonize
49x Life's Finale
50x Insurrection
51x Hull Breach
52x Demonic Tutor
53x Damnation
54x Kodama's Reach
55x Cultivate
56x Life from the Loam
Instant
57x Insidious Dreams
58x Chaos Warp
59x Krosan Grip
60x Worldly Tutor
61x Vampiric Tutor
Non Basic Land
62x Arid Mesa
63x Tranquil Thicket
64x Forgotten Cave
65x Blood Crypt
66x Stomping Ground
67x Scalding Tarn
68x Badlands
69x Wooded Foothills
70x Windswept Heath
71x Reflecting Pool
72x Command Tower
73x Volrath's Stronghold
74x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
75x Barren Moor
76x Verdant Catacombs
77x Hall of the Bandit Lord
78x Gaea's Cradle
79x Marsh Flats
80x Overgrown Tomb
81x Strip Mine
82x Bloodstained Mire
83x High Market
84x Yavimaya Hollow
85x Bojuka Bog
86x Taiga
87x Bayou
88x Swamp
89x Swamp
90x Swamp
91x Swamp
92x Swamp
93x Mountain
94x Mountain
95x Mountain
96x Mountain
97x Forest
98x Forest
99x Forest
100x Forest
BR Sleeper Ascension - Casual
Yeah, I do not know why I put that on there. Thanks for the point out.
I've been really unimpressed with Bloodgift Demon, as it takes far too long to benefit from it. If you think about all the colors that have creature removal vs. Enchantment removal you really have 5 v 2. And while you do run Arena, I'd prefer Ambitions Cost, Ancient Craving, or Promise of Power all over Bloodgift Demon.
Not sure how your card draw is, but I'd even suggest throwing in Monumentous Fall or Greater Good. Fall can be a solid surprise to save one of your guys, or even Kresh, or greater good can be awesome to sac easily recurred creatures like Reassembling Skeleton or Bloodghast
And finally, after talking to a few friends and reading a few discussions on here I have come to the conclusion that Birthing Pod is broken, and needs to be run in this deck!
Greater Good is my preference. You do not want someone using control magic on your Butcher of Malakir, Avatar of Woe, or even Kresh.
BR Sleeper Ascension - Casual
whoa..... dont take out butcher, that card is the nuts haha
Grave Pact and Butcher are both excellent on their own with all the other sac effects you're running.
Also, I've never been a real big fan of Life's Finale given all the other sweepers that can get around regeneration. Barter in Blood, All is Dust, or Massacre Wurm are all decent.
stuff
Damia http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=410191
DDFT Legacyhttp://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=505247
Domain Zoo http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?p=10212429#post10212429
Stranglehold
[/CARD] seems out of place.
Damia http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=410191
DDFT Legacyhttp://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=505247
Domain Zoo http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?p=10212429#post10212429
I think I agree with moxnix on this. I wouldn't run it in a casual meta, but since you're advertising as competitive, it seems good. It shuts down a lot of combo oriented decks than non-blue players would otherwise have trouble with.
stuff
-duplicant
-kiki-jiki
+loxodon warhammer
+dictate of erebos
+sek'kuar deathekeeper