Does anyone else think B/R aggro is going to be quite powerful right after rotation? I mean just with cerberus and thoughtsieze spoiled I already think the deck is going to be bonkers!
here is what I imagine it will look like with just the spoiled cards we have so far.
I feel the deck has a good mix of speed, answers, and mid-game power to finish the game.
Not to mention how strong Purphoros is in this deck! any creature I drop after turn four is a shock, and activating his devotion is pretty easy between Ash Zealot and Boros Reckoner.
Underworld Cerberus is just a beast in this deck against almost any deck, against control you get all your creatures back, and against aggro you have a huge pseudo unblockable threat to finish the game with.
And whys that ? Please enlighten me why this list is "bad"
Well, it isn't that bad, I was probably a little unnecessarily harsh.
It's just that your numbers seem a little random/inconsistent, and some of the cards are pretty bad, i.e, Legion Loyalist, Hellhole Flailer, Pyrewild Shaman.
Ideally, shock would get replaced with a one drop creature. I haven't seen anything worth the slot in Theros thus far..............maybe legion loyalist?
Curious as to why nobody seems interested in running Thoughtsieze mainboard, I would have assumed it would fit very nice in our strategy to get in for lethal fast and by discarding their removal spell/board wipe/big blocker we would be saving ourselves a lot of hassle in the long run.
Well, it isn't that bad, I was probably a little unnecessarily harsh.
It's just that your numbers seem a little random/inconsistent, and some of the cards are pretty bad, i.e, Legion Loyalist, Hellhole Flailer, Pyrewild Shaman.
fair enough twas' a first draft and I understand some numbers are alittle wacky but ill try to defend my choices in hope than somebody can tell me why i'm wrong and I should save myself the trouble of picking up the card.
Legion loyalist: Honestly it is the best one drop we got besides Rakdos Cackler and the only other one even worth considering I guess is Festering Newt. So hopefully we get another good one drop but if not might just have to run this guy or shift more toward mid game and run less hasty aggression.
Hellhole Flailer: I personally think this card is pretty good, I mean my argument for it is that it is a 4/3 that cant block, thats attacking on turn 4 which in all honesty is just ok, but the fact that he combo's nicely with Exava, and provides a good ol' Flame Javelin, when he outlives his usefulness makes me consider him. Oh also as long as you have 4 mana open he will never eat a removal spell. Most people would replace him with Chandra's Phoenix but since I will very very rarely rebirth her, a 2/2 flying hastie isent what I want to be doing on turn 3, now if I hade more burn I would run her.
Pyrewild Shaman: Now this is probably my most odd inclusion as most people dismiss this as a junk rare, I on the other hand am gonna give it a test not as a creature (unless in extreme circumstances) but as a repeatable, yet somewhat expensive pump spell. Just an attempt to provide alittle more reach.
here is what I imagine it will look like with just the spoiled cards we have so far.
Big Rakdos
4 Rakdos Cackler
4 Ash Zealot
4 Spike Jester
3 Hellhole Flailer
4 Boros Reckoner
3 Exava, Rakdos Blood Witch
4 Underworld Cerberus
Other Spells:12
2 Doom Blade
3 Thoughtsieze
4 Magma Jet
3 Purphoros, God of the Forge
4 Blood Crypt
4 Theros B/R Land
2 Rakdos Guildgate
11 Mountain
1 Swamp
2 Dreadbore
3 Mindsparker
Sleigh Rakdos
4 Rakdos Cackler
3 Legion Loyalist
4 Ash Zealot
4 Burning Tree Emissary
3 Firefist Striker
4 Chandra's Phoenix
4 Boros Reckoner
4 Shock
4 Magma Jet
3 Thoughtsieze
1 Toil // Trouble/ Mizzium Mortars
2 Hammer of Purphoros
4 Blood Crypt
4 Theros B/R Land
10 Mountain
2 Mutavault
I feel the deck has a good mix of speed, answers, and mid-game power to finish the game.
Not to mention how strong Purphoros is in this deck! any creature I drop after turn four is a shock, and activating his devotion is pretty easy between Ash Zealot and Boros Reckoner.
Underworld Cerberus is just a beast in this deck against almost any deck, against control you get all your creatures back, and against aggro you have a huge pseudo unblockable threat to finish the game with.
And whys that ? Please enlighten me why this list is "bad"
Well, it isn't that bad, I was probably a little unnecessarily harsh.
It's just that your numbers seem a little random/inconsistent, and some of the cards are pretty bad, i.e, Legion Loyalist, Hellhole Flailer, Pyrewild Shaman.
11x Mountain
1x Swamp
3x Mutavault
4x Sacred Foundry
4x New B/R Dual Land
4x Rakdos Cackler
4x Ash Zealot
4x Boros Reckoner
4x Chandra's Phoenix
4x Underworld Cerberus
2x Purphoros, God of the Forge
2x Hammer of Purphoros
Instants:
4x Shock
4x Magma Jet
2x Flames of the Firebrand
3x Chandra, Pyromaster
It'd be nice if there was another lower curve red creature to come out of Theros though to enable the cerberus even more.
4 Ash Zealot
4 Spike Jester
4 Chandra's Phoenix
4 Exava, Rakdos Blood Witch
2 Underworld Cerberus
4 Magma Jet
4 Shock
2 Chandra Pyromaster
Ideally, shock would get replaced with a one drop creature. I haven't seen anything worth the slot in Theros thus far..............maybe legion loyalist?
fair enough twas' a first draft and I understand some numbers are alittle wacky but ill try to defend my choices in hope than somebody can tell me why i'm wrong and I should save myself the trouble of picking up the card.
Legion loyalist: Honestly it is the best one drop we got besides Rakdos Cackler and the only other one even worth considering I guess is Festering Newt. So hopefully we get another good one drop but if not might just have to run this guy or shift more toward mid game and run less hasty aggression.
Hellhole Flailer: I personally think this card is pretty good, I mean my argument for it is that it is a 4/3 that cant block, thats attacking on turn 4 which in all honesty is just ok, but the fact that he combo's nicely with Exava, and provides a good ol' Flame Javelin, when he outlives his usefulness makes me consider him. Oh also as long as you have 4 mana open he will never eat a removal spell. Most people would replace him with Chandra's Phoenix but since I will very very rarely rebirth her, a 2/2 flying hastie isent what I want to be doing on turn 3, now if I hade more burn I would run her.
Pyrewild Shaman: Now this is probably my most odd inclusion as most people dismiss this as a junk rare, I on the other hand am gonna give it a test not as a creature (unless in extreme circumstances) but as a repeatable, yet somewhat expensive pump spell. Just an attempt to provide alittle more reach.