Sometimes you just need a deck that doesn't take much effort to pilot.
When multi-player table nights go long and 4:00AM creeps by, and I start to loose brainpower due to lack of sleep and/or too alcohol, and I just know that I wouldn't be able to run a control or combo deck correctly, this comes out.
I usually have access to a good-stuff mono-red deck, but after seeing the artwork of that impostorRorix Bladewing printed in eternal masters, I felt that the actual pit-fighting Rorix from Onslaught deserved his own dedicated deck;
I've ran Rorix as a selectable general from a pile of random mono-red legendaries in previous mono-red good-stuff decks, but this is the first time I'm trying mono-red dragon tribal since I tried zirilan of the claw a few years ago.
Rorix is pretty bland in terms of abilities. Nothing too elaborate here, so the deck follows with his simplicity; mana, dragons, some damage enhancement, ground-burn, and generic mono-red good stuff spells. 12x rocks + 3x mana-doublers means that half of this deck is mana. The rocks are tuned to be more ritual-like so I can hold them back if I see dragonstorm in the first few turns.
After running it for a little over three weeks now the deck has had its silly-quick voltron win's and can land scary dragon's fast, but as expected it fails to attritiony grave pacty, blinky bane of progressy, and grindy aura of silencey style of decks.
When multi-player table nights go long and 4:00AM creeps by, and I start to loose brainpower due to lack of sleep and/or too alcohol, and I just know that I wouldn't be able to run a control or combo deck correctly, this comes out.
I usually have access to a good-stuff mono-red deck, but after seeing the artwork of that impostor Rorix Bladewing printed in eternal masters, I felt that the actual pit-fighting Rorix from Onslaught deserved his own dedicated deck;
1x Rorix Bladewing
Creature (16)
1x Balefire Dragon
1x Bogardan Hellkite
1x Dragon Mage
1x Flameblast Dragon
1x Hellkite Charger
1x Hellkite Tyrant
1x Hoard-Smelter Dragon
1x Knollspine Dragon
1x Ryusei, the Falling Star
1x Scourge of Kher Ridges
1x Scourge of the Throne
1x Spawn of Thraxes
1x Steel Hellkite
1x Thunder Dragon
1x Tyrant's Familiar
1x Utvara Hellkite
Instant (9)
1x Commune with Lava
1x Grab the Reins
1x Magmaquake
1x Reiterate
1x Sarkhan's Triumph
1x Savage Beating
1x Starstorm
1x Temur Battle Rage
1x Word of Seizing
1x All Is Dust
1x Anger of the Gods
1x Dragonstorm
1x Earthquake
1x Flamebreak
1x Mizzium Mortars
1x Ruination
1x Seize the Day
1x Slagstorm
Enchantment (8)
1x Crucible of Fire
1x Dictate of the Twin Gods
1x Dragon Tempest
1x Fervor
1x Fiery Mantle
1x Furnace of Rath
1x Gratuitous Violence
1x Outpost Siege
Planeswalker (2)
1x Chandra, Pyromaster
1x Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker
Artifact (18)
1x Basalt Monolith
1x Caged Sun
1x Coalition Relic
1x Expedition Map
1x Fire Diamond
1x Gauntlet of Might
1x Gauntlet of Power
1x Gilded Lotus
1x Grim Monolith
1x Journeyer's Kite
1x Mana Crypt
1x Mana Vault
1x Mind Stone
1x Sol Ring
1x Staff of Nin
1x Thran Dynamo
1x Wayfarer's Bauble
1x Worn Powerstone
1x Ancient Tomb
32x Mountain
1x Myriad Landscape
1x Temple of the False God
1x Thawing Glaciers
1x Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
1x Claws of Valakut
1x Dragon Breath
1x Gamble
1x Granite Grip
1x Insurrection
1x Rage Reflection
1x Sword of the Animist
1x Terrain Generator
1x Wheel of Fortune
I've ran Rorix as a selectable general from a pile of random mono-red legendaries in previous mono-red good-stuff decks, but this is the first time I'm trying mono-red dragon tribal since I tried zirilan of the claw a few years ago.
Rorix is pretty bland in terms of abilities. Nothing too elaborate here, so the deck follows with his simplicity; mana, dragons, some damage enhancement, ground-burn, and generic mono-red good stuff spells. 12x rocks + 3x mana-doublers means that half of this deck is mana. The rocks are tuned to be more ritual-like so I can hold them back if I see dragonstorm in the first few turns.
After running it for a little over three weeks now the deck has had its silly-quick voltron win's and can land scary dragon's fast, but as expected it fails to attritiony grave pacty, blinky bane of progressy, and grindy aura of silencey style of decks.
Links to my most current deck lists;
Primary EDH; Rakka Mar Token Perfection, Crosis Mnemonic Betrayal, Cromat Villainous, Judith Gravestorm, Rakdos Empty Storm, Exava Artifacts, Bant Trash, & Fumiko Voltron!
EDH kept at home; Ruzzian Isset & Rakdos LoR!
EDH (nostalgic/pimp/retired) in storage;
Latulla Burns, Akroma Smash, Jeska Voltron, Rakdos Storm, Bladewing Darghans, Lyzolda Worldgorger, Xantcha Steals your Heart, Jori Storm, Wydwen Permission, Gwendlyn Paradox, Jeleva Warps, & Sigarda Brick!
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