MTG Salvation

Original Build here: http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?p=8287435 so absolutely 0 credit goes to me.





What are ways to get similar effects to this deck, but without a very large price tag?

I'm very very new to MTG, so I don't know what cards bring similar effects, but for cheaper.


Total Cost minus cards I already have:$100ish

Budget: Less than $100 preferably in the ballpark of $70

Remove the swords of X and Y... money saved.

also remove enlightened tutor

Wraith of God pretty much the same as Day of judgement. you can go even cheaper for Plain cleansing or Phyrexain rebirth

they are the money cards in the deck.. I am not sure how cheap you want to go.
the new cards including Gisela will go down in price once they are released tomorrow.

Linvala can be replaced with the large number of single target white aura's for preventing activated abilities. e.g Prison Term or suppression field

entreat the angels < white suns zenith

Swords to the plowshares.. well if you have enough artifacts.. dispatch or for more mana there is crib swap, oblivion ring, journey to nowhere etc.

oh I gtg might edit this later..

Any way you could give an idea of what the current deck price total is and what you're looking to get the total down to? Finding budget replacements for things is one of my favorite aspects of the game, and I'd love to spend some time looking over it, once I have a better idea what your parameters are :).

The best way to save money would definitely be cut the Swords with those gone your up like $80

Decree of Justice would be a lesser Entreat the Angels though you can cycle it for cards and 1/1s.

Drop the 2 swords and replace it with Feast and Famine. Replace World at War with Aggravated Assault

Drop Coalition Relic for Darksteel Ingot

I don't think Scroll Rack merits its $10 price tag here. :symw::symr: is certainly somewhat lacking in the card draw/filtering department as compared to other colors, but there's things in the Faithless Looting department that can help you get what you want in your hand, and let you toss Anger and such into your graveyard.

organized the deck more and added a little life-gain with felidar as a possible finisher.

I'm looking to cut most of the $10+ cards that aren't creatures, since I'm a timmy who plays with buds

You could lose the Sacred Foundry, etc.

Removed enlightened tutor and some of the expensive lands

current cards that I'm looking for an alternative for:

Land Tax

Weathered Wayfarer is like a mini-Land Tax, but there's really no suitable alternative that gives you the raw card advantage that the original does. You might have to bite the bullet on obtaining Land Tax, especially since R/W struggles with card draw/card advantage in general (incidentally, I hear that Scroll Rack + Land Tax is some pretty sweet synergy).

You can switch out Path to Exile for an Oblation. If you are going to shell out the 5 bucks for a Sun Titan, then pick up his best budget friend, Angelic Renewal. With those two on the board, you'll never lose a creature to any kind of forced sacrifice effect again.

Idyllic Tutor isn't cheap, but it is significantly cheaper than Enlightened Tutor.

If you are going to spend the $2 on ghostway, then spend another $2 on a Bogardan Hellkite. Since the Felidar Sovereign feels a bit out of place in the deck, you might cut him. (I get that your commander gives you life, but without more dedicated lifegain or a Winding Canyons, I could see the Sovereign being a dead draw in many situations).

Since this isn't mono-white, and I don't see a ton of land tutoring, I would flat cut the Emeria, the Sky Ruin. I would replace it with a Glacial Chasm, but that is just because Chasm has saved my butt in multiplayer so many times, buying me a few turns. And it is only .65 cents.

You can cut the Rugged Prairie for either a Vivid Crag or just a basic land. That saves you 6 bucks. Same goes for the Clifftop Retreat.

Good luck!

Though it pales in comparison to both land tax and the wayfarer, Knight of the White Orchid can fetch a plains. But, as others have pointed out, it is nearly impossible to replace land tax's effect if you are looking for mana ramp in W/R. Another possibility is something like Journeyer's Kite or Armillary Sphere; the Sphere is better in my opinion because it grabs two lands for 4 mana (and costs .12 cents...)

I've posted a budget version to my original deck here: http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?p=8287435. You can find it in that thread's OP, immediately after the original build, by clicking "Show" underneath "Budget Version".

Hope this helps!

Budget Version (friendly mid-range control)