MTG Salvation

This is a deck which steals opponents' creatures and sac's them for value.

After some tweaking here is my take on the Mono-Red Treason build:


I should probably find room for Faithless Looting here as it works really well with GDD.

I also want to try out 1x Dominus of Fealty as it seems rather good.

Should I include Bazaar Trader as well ?
(maybe instead of some Fling/Collateral Damage)

Or maybe include Eldrazi Obligator or Crack the Earth ?

What do you think ?

So I should go with more Act of Aggression, Grab the Reins and Sarkhan Vol/Zealous Conscripts (Eldrazi Obligator) over Mark of Mutiny and Traitorous Blood, right ?

That means higher mana requirements.
What are my ramp options ?

(Gift of Estates, Weathered Wayfarer, Mind Stone, Talisman of Indulgence, Boros Signet/Rakdos Signet, Coldsteel Heart, Solemn Simulacrum, Armillary Sphere, Wayfarer's Bauble, Fellwar Stone, Pilgrim's Eye)

Green would be only a small splash for Sarkhan Vol as going 4-Color would probably be too painful and inconsistent.

Replacing my creature-sac' outlets with Greater Gargadon would mean less potential blockers/attackers so I'm not sure about that although having a sac' outlet that can only be removed by processors does seem inticing.

It's rather different from what I was going for but I like it.

By going mono-red we lose the good creature sac'-outlets (Viscera Seer, Cartel Aristocrat, Ayli, Brion, Butcher of the Horde) but there are still spell options left like: Collateral Damage, Fling and Crack the Earth
(can combine nicely with Zealous Conscripts to kill a non-creature permanent) and Greater Gargadon of Course.

About your suggested list:

1. For better synergy with Sin Prodder you can replace Lightning Bolt with Rift Bolt (not sure if it's worth the loss of instant speed though...)

2. Maybe Hellspark Elemental can be better here than Keldon Marauders as burn/sac'-fodder because of "Unearth".

3. Grab the Reins is more versatile than Act of Aggression and can be a good alternative.

4. I'm not sure that I like Goblin Rabblemaster here because he usually dies rather quickly without doing much.
I would suggest going with Goblin Dark-Dwellers instead which also works nicely with Faithless Looting
(it can help set up 3cmc treason spells for GDD to dig out while drawing lands as well).

Going mono-red also opens up some "Skred-Red" tools like:
Scrying Sheets (with snow-covered mountains), Skred and Koth of the Hammer.

Blood Moon is great but is so expensive right now...(even the cheaper Magus of the Moon is rather costly)


After some tweaking here is my take on the Mono-Red Treason build:


I should probably find room for Faithless Looting here as it works really well with GDD.

I also want to try out 1x Dominus of Fealty as it seems rather good.

Should I include Bazaar Trader as well ?
(maybe instead of some Fling/Collateral Damage)

What do you think ?

Any ideas for my mono-red build ?

I think it's a better starting point than the Mardu list which is probably all over the place.

What should I remove to add Faithless Looting ?

Are 10 "treason" spells too much ?
What about 10 "Fling" (sac'-outlet) spells ?
I'm not sure what is the right balance here.

If I can free-up some card-space I would probably add 2x Koth of the Hammer as it seems really good for a mono-red deck like this.

I also want to try out 1x Dominus of Fealty as it seems rather good, but I probably shouldn't include so many 5-drops (is it worth cutting 1x Zealous Conscripts for ?)

Should I include Bazaar Trader as well ?
Is he good enough ?

Also, what do you think about using Skin Invasion or Genju of the Spires (can combo with Fling) in this deck ?

I've made some updates to the deck and I'm looking for further ideas on how it can be improved, and feedback on it's playability.

The changes:
-2x Grab the Reins, -4x Lightning Bolt
+2x Dominus of Fealty, +2x Koth of the Hammer, +2x Bazaar Trader

The updated build looks like this:

I'm very confused about Bazaar Trader. What exactly are you wanting to give your opponent?

It can be used to get control of the stolen creatures permanently.

Ha! That's a fun interaction.

I think I'm going to move Sin Prodder to the SB against slower decks as it's rather bad in the aggro matchups.
Instead I'll bring in Boros Reckoner.

I'll also remove 4x Fling for 4x Skred to have better removal (and combo with B.Reckoner) and Collateral Damage seems like the easier to use sac'-outlet which would usually do almost the same damage.

Here is the updated version:


What do you think ?

I also consider adding some more Koth of the Hammer but am not sure what to replace.

I also wanted to try out Sarkhan Vol which seems to me as one of the better creature-stealing cards so here is a R/G version which also has some nice synergy between Sin Prodder and Courser of Kruphix:

I wonder if Evolutionary Leap can be good here (maybe over Bazaar Trader) ?

Also, should I replace Act of Aggression with Blind with Anger ?

Has anyone tried a similar deck concept and can share some insight about the card choices ?

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