I know that we are still a few months away from Journey into Nyx, but I wanted to put an idea out there that I've been messing around with, RW Midrange/control.
The strategy behind this deck is to use Anger of the Gods, Chained to the Rocks, and the other removal to keep your board clear during the first few turns as you set up your board. This works very well against green's mana dorks, as well as Heroic decks with small creatures. Once you have the board under control, you can start to populate it with Brimaz, Eidolon, and Stormbreath Dragon. The goal is to land a Brimaz or a Elspeth on your side while wiping theirs. The steady stream of tokens should quickly overwhelm an opponent. The spear also powers up any Golem tokens you make so that they'll survive an Anger. I really like the removal package that RW has, but I think that the deck is lacking creatures and could have problems against some decks. The sideboard could also use some work. Hopefully the Boros god will help this deck out a bit in May, but for now I'd like to get some feedback on it. How could I make it better?
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This seems somewhat similar to the RBW control decks running around. I would look at maximizing elspeths, probably at the cost of the main deck spears. The meta has diversified quite a bit, so you can't get by from merely having a good naya matchup. You monoblack matchup seems good, but the reanimator and other control lists seem like they might be favoured against this configuration. I would have to test the list to be better able to say.
Playing 4 Elspeth seems a bit dangerous since you could get some really bad hands from time to time. I've gotten some other feedback on the deck, and they said to drop the Eidolon for something I can play earlier. Should I play another bestow creature like Hopeful Eidolon? I'm also wondering if it would be a good idea to play with Magma Jet instead of Lightning Strike to help out with my draws.
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9 Mountain
10 Plains
4 Temple of Triumph
2 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
Creatures
1 Heliod, God of the Sun
4 Eidolon of Countless Battles
4 Brimaz, King of Oreskos
4 Stormbreath Dragon
1 Purphoros, God of the Forge
2 Hammer of Purphoros
4 Chained to the Rocks
3 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
4 Lightning Strike
4 Magma Jet
4 Anger of the Gods
2 Spear of Heliod
4 Last Breath
3 Revoke Existence
3 Fated Conflagration
2 Fated Retribution
1 Heliod, God of the Sun
The strategy behind this deck is to use Anger of the Gods, Chained to the Rocks, and the other removal to keep your board clear during the first few turns as you set up your board. This works very well against green's mana dorks, as well as Heroic decks with small creatures. Once you have the board under control, you can start to populate it with Brimaz, Eidolon, and Stormbreath Dragon. The goal is to land a Brimaz or a Elspeth on your side while wiping theirs. The steady stream of tokens should quickly overwhelm an opponent. The spear also powers up any Golem tokens you make so that they'll survive an Anger. I really like the removal package that RW has, but I think that the deck is lacking creatures and could have problems against some decks. The sideboard could also use some work. Hopefully the Boros god will help this deck out a bit in May, but for now I'd like to get some feedback on it. How could I make it better?