Dis idea is a good one. But I'd like to keep the scars because they throw 1/1 counters on stuff I just can't seem to get them on. It can also function as a kill spill with anything that's got toughness 1 or lower.
I usually play (B/R) as a bit of a quick turn-4 devastating pounce deck. Equipment usually doesn't fit in very well - Demonspine Whip is very theme appropriate, and firebreathing mod is great, but I would switch that and Riot Spikes out for a monkey wrench like Brute Force.
Brute Force is one of my fav's as it is usually very unexpected coming from any non-green deck, and it can do more than just pump for damage-surprise - it can act as a creature savior if your opponent is running things like Disfigure, or if he thinks he can overrun your creature for a lethal hit.
Since your deck looks to be running turn-5 balance, you should invest in some sort of card-drawing mechanic. Sign in Blood is a good instant, but requires 2x swamps. I prefer Browbeat for the possible 3-mana Lava Axe effect, but there are many great ones out there. For longer-duration games where you're not trying to kill the opponent as soon as possible, there is Wheel of Fortune and Phyrexian Arena.
edits; also, Jund Hackblade and/or Grixis Grimblade are good early surprises. Veinfire Borderpost can be pop'ed turn-1 for a turn 2 creature drop. Those two creatures are hardly expensive to cast and almost always beg your opponent to waste a target/removal them.
It's funny that you guys find this now. I was just about to erase my decklist and rebuild it
This deck's been transformed into another work of art, called "Share in my Misery", a deck whose sole existance is to bring misery and pain to others. I also succeded in my dream of making it fully R/B.
Thanks for the tips all though. I'll definately consider some for my current deck.
9x Mountain
9x Swamp
1x Lavaclaw Reaches
1x Ghitu Encampment
CREATURES:[19]
2x Sootstoke Kindler
1x Ashenmore Liege
2x Manaforge Cinder
1x Kulrath Knight
1x Dread
4x Emberstrike Duo
1x Hostility
1x Cinderbones
1x Stigma Lasher
1x Ashenmoor Gouger
2x Brighthearth Banneret
1x Incandescent Soulstoke
2x Torrent of Souls
4x Traitor's Roar
1x Tyrannize
INSTANTS: [4]
2x Scar
2x Terminate
ENCHANTMENTS: [9]
2x Riot Spikes
1x Everlasting Torment
4x Fist of the Demigod
1x Honden of Night's Reach
1x Honden of Infinite Rage
1x Door of Destinies
I'm kind of hoping to make this a pure (R/B) deck, or at least RB but I don't know if that's worth it.
By the lovely AWOL of Damnation Studios.
You have some really high casting cost cards in there, this means 20 lands probably will not be enough. I would go up to 22.
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9x Mountain
9x Swamp
2x Lavaclaw Reaches
CREATURES:[16]
4x Emberstrike Duo
2x Sootstoke Kindler
2x Rakdos Guildmage
2x Spiteflame Witch
2x Deepfire Elemental
2x Rakdos Augermage
1x Igneous Pouncer
1x Ashenmoor Liege
1x Kulrath Knight
1x Defiler of Souls
4x Traitor's Roar
2x Torrent of Souls
1x Tyrannize
1x Thought Hemorrhage
INSTANTS: [4]
4x Terminate
ENCHANTMENTS: [8]
4x Fist of the Demigod
2x Riot Spikes
2x Everlasting Torment
ARTIFACTS: [2]
2x Demonspine Whip
4x Sootwalkers
4x Scar
2x Corrosive Mentor
2x Pain Magnification
2x Smoldering Tar
1x Rain of Gore
Thinking about it, this deck isn't too much about Wither.
By the lovely AWOL of Damnation Studios.
In my sig I'm running a similar (B/R) deck. You should really give Goblin Deathraiders a try here. If you drop him 2nd turn, Fist of the Demigod + Blazing Salvo 3rd, and Ashenmoor Liege 4th, his trample becomes a very disgusting threat.
I usually play (B/R) as a bit of a quick turn-4 devastating pounce deck. Equipment usually doesn't fit in very well - Demonspine Whip is very theme appropriate, and firebreathing mod is great, but I would switch that and Riot Spikes out for a monkey wrench like Brute Force.
Brute Force is one of my fav's as it is usually very unexpected coming from any non-green deck, and it can do more than just pump for damage-surprise - it can act as a creature savior if your opponent is running things like Disfigure, or if he thinks he can overrun your creature for a lethal hit.
Since your deck looks to be running turn-5 balance, you should invest in some sort of card-drawing mechanic. Sign in Blood is a good instant, but requires 2x swamps. I prefer Browbeat for the possible 3-mana Lava Axe effect, but there are many great ones out there. For longer-duration games where you're not trying to kill the opponent as soon as possible, there is Wheel of Fortune and Phyrexian Arena.
edits; also, Jund Hackblade and/or Grixis Grimblade are good early surprises. Veinfire Borderpost can be pop'ed turn-1 for a turn 2 creature drop. Those two creatures are hardly expensive to cast and almost always beg your opponent to waste a target/removal them.
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This deck's been transformed into another work of art, called "Share in my Misery", a deck whose sole existance is to bring misery and pain to others. I also succeded in my dream of making it fully R/B.
Thanks for the tips all though. I'll definately consider some for my current deck.
By the lovely AWOL of Damnation Studios.