MTG Salvation

Are there any W/R/B based decks that can be played? Or concepts I can start off? I'm thinking of playing something new. Something that's fun to pilot and not robotic like Tron.

Rules:

No Bob. I'm selling bob. So we can go high CMC.
I've got Marsh Flats and Arid Mesas. Go crazy.

Maybe something controlly? Thoughts?

Here, let me do all of your work for you: ...


No seriously, check out the deck creation forum. You have to do some research by yourself. Maybe Boros splash black, though you'd probably want Bob in that. Smallpox splash red? Just because you have the fetches for the 3 color combo doesn't necessarily mean you shouldn't play a better 2-color deck.

I did consider smallpox splash red.

Ive been through the front pages of the deck creation thread. I'm not especially interested in building Boros.

I specifically asked for a 3 color concept because thats what im looking for. I like flexibility in multiple colors.

I appreciate you coming around and suggesting, but that's not quite what I'm looking for. If nothing comes up I may just brew something.

Honestly, one of the major draws of picking WBR would be getting the black to play Bobs. Without the Bobs, I don't see any reason you wouldn't want to go WUR for Snapcasters and Geists (or WR for consistency's sake, or WGR for Zoo w/Goyfs). WR means you're probably going for an aggro/tempo shell, and Bobs as I said earlier are the main thing you would be getting from black.

Okay, here's some weird stuff I just brewed up (that being the case, they're going to be very rough decks. But it's a staring point, and it was fun making them).

Deck #1 is Dega Blink:



This deck seeks to abuse ETB effects and can perform some fun tricks (example: blink Fiend Hunter or sac it to Cartel Aristocrat with its exile trigger on the stack to permanently exile a creature). Considered adding Aether Vial, but it made the deck too clunky (you can play around with it, though).


Deck #2 is Dega Superfriends:




Keep yourself and your planeswalkers alive with plenty of removal, a dash of sweepers (2x Pyroclasm and 2x Wrath of God should be in the board), and an army of Lingering Souls tokens until you can smash in with Tombstalker, Demigod, or an animated Gideon. There's a slight dredge theme here, but you could do away with that and make the deck more controlling.

Deck #3 is Dega Haakon Dregde:



As is, this deck is almost definitely a little too all-in on Haakon, but both Blood Knight and Black Knight seem conveniently positioned against UWR's removal suite (and if they get bolted, just wait until you can land Haakon and cast them from your graveyard), so I thought this deck would be fun. For extra positioning (and confusion factor) against UWR, you could bring Phyrexian Crusader out of the board. Nameless Inversion and Crib Swap can be cast repeatedly from your graveyard while Haakon is in play. Crib Swap might not seem very powerful, but you'll love it against Wurmcoil Engine and Vengevine. Oona's Prowler and Avatar of Discord are in there as discard outlets and also as aggressive beatsticks. It might not be correct to run 4x Avatar of Discord, but this deck really doesn't mind having stuff in the graveyard. Just beware of graveyard hate.

Deck #4 is Dega Zoo/Landfall/Proc?



The goal here is to be as aggressive as possible and not run out of gas. To that end, we have Proclamation of Rebirth and Orzhov Charm to help us fight through removal (and to bring back Vexing Devils for another fun round of Damage or Damage?). I considered running Immortal Servitude here, but it's too mana intensive for this deck's low land count. The idea is fun, though. Dryad Militant is here as a measure against Snapcaster, because we don't want to let those decks stabilize against us through two-for-ones.


Okay, so that's what I could come up with. These might not be the most powerful decks, but I think they seem fun, and maybe there's some potential there if you tune them correctly.

You might want to take a look at this thread and think of a way black could be used to add answers to the deck. In my opinion blightning would be pretty nasty, as it usually is. Any other discard would benefit this deck in my opinion:

http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=435492

I'm really digging the Dega Superfiends idea. Will try to work on that. Thanks everyone for the replies! Some really interesting ideas you've got Beerblebrox, I'll look into the others as well see which I like the most

Here's a Dega Superfriends (I call it "Axis of Evil") deck I brewed up recently.


Along with a VERY rough sideboard. I found out it's good in grinding out long games, but Lili's +1 kind of hurts me too bad and sometimes the PW can't quite stay alive in the low-resource situations the deck generates.

I think I need to stick to Esper because Jace gives the needed card advantage.

I feel obligated to say BRW Burn. Modern burn usually splashes both black and white right now. superfriends looks like a ton of fun. Look at death and taxes and think about how red could help the deck. (It probably cant cause dandt doesnt want to play fetches.)

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Along with a VERY rough sideboard. I found out it's good in grinding out long games, but Lili's +1 kind of hurts me too bad and sometimes the PW can't quite stay alive in the low-resource situations the deck generates.

I think I need to stick to Esper because Jace gives the needed card advantage.

Well, we're in the right colors and want to run the attrition game... and we're simultaneously not running lingering and complaining about lili's +1. Let's think about that for a moment


Sadly there's no decent unburial targets, the deck doesn't really want unburial targets and finding value in lili... frequently depends on flashback since we're not planning on emptying our hand any time soon.

I was working on an improved version of martyr proc, but that does require bobs...so if you don't want those it becomes pointless to stretch thin into 3 colors with my deck idea...I'm planning to post it in the martyr proc topic just not sure if I should make another topic.I asked a mod since I'd be doubleposting in a pretty sleepy topic anyway so didn't want to just go around and spam messages =P

I'll be honest though... mixing black white red and removing bobs seems really counter-intuitive.White and red have both the weenie concept in their share of the pie(as maro said plenty of times) and they both like efficient creatures with low drops. Bob loves low CMC and red has a good share of low cmc cards that are relevant in the format, I'm not saying you HAVE TO play it, just saying that going around it might not be worth going tricolor, I like the ideas posted though we'd have to see how they fare in reality!

I went off and proceeded making Superfriends and I will, today, actually have the deck completed in paper (trading is so much faster during PTQ Seasons! Not to mention profitable when you're trading for things no one really wants)

I've got the thread running here: Dega Super Friends

Quick rundown on what I've been able to beat so far:

Mono Red Burn
BW Tokens
Kiki Pod
White Weenie

Got myself kicked sideways against a gifts deck though. Academy Ruins + Engineered explosives is brutal.

this is something i made up on the spot

If you are trying to win, id run burn splashing for bump in the night and boros charm in the main and some nonred sideboard options.

Those lists dont even run bob.


EDIT:

Heres a really interesting pox/superfriends kinda thing.

Main Deck
60 cards

4 Arid Mesa
3 Fetid Heath
4 Flagstones of Trokair
2 Godless Shrine
4 Marsh Flats
1 Plains
4 Sacred Foundry
2 Swamp
2 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
26 lands

0 creatures

3 Ajani Vengeant
4 Boom/Bust
2 Duress
2 Inquisition of Kozilek
4 Lightning Bolt
3 Lightning Helix
3 Liliana of the Veil
4 Lingering Souls
1 Phyrexian Arena
4 Smallpox
2 Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
1 Worm Harvest
1 Wrath of God
34 other spells

Sideboard
2 Dismember
2 Hide/Seek
2 Inquisition of Kozilek
4 Leyline of Sanctity
1 Slaughter Games
3 Stony Silence
1 Wrath of God
15 sideboard cards

i dont see why not the deck curves at 4, though bump and boros charm seem good