This is my current deck im running it will be updated for nyx. but currently its doing alright. Needs somework here and there and im looking for any advice. please tell me what you think.
Is there a reason why you're running rakdos shred-freak over spike jester? Silence is fun, but it seems like some form of removal may fit the slot better.
Cool deck, though. Good to see something totally different. How often do you draw the disjointed sides of your deck? Hand full of control.. then you draw whip of erebos and madcap skills. Or you empty your hand, ready to take over the game.. and you draw shred-freak ha. Seems like the wrong draw could be tough.
Maybe try dropping mogis, whip and silence for a few more creatures so you can really take advantage of those madcap skills.
The mana base is terrible. You're running 20 lands when it curves out at 5 with Obzedat and 6 post sideboard. The deck would at the very least need 24 lands. Take out Silence and Mogis for 4 Mana Confluence to smooth out your mana base. Personally I would replace Shred-Freak with Spike Jester like it was suggested, and replace Desecration Demon with Exava, Rakdos Blood Witch. Don't even bother with Chained to the Rocks with only eight mountains. Replace them with Lifebane Zombie or Herald of Torment.
Angel in the sideboard is rather useless and goes against the deck's theme. I would use Stormbreath Dragon instead. The other Chains should be Ultimate Price or Doom Blade, and the Rakdos's Return/Silence should be Thoughtseize/Duress. Four Elspeth is overkill, drop down to two and replace them with Sin Collector.
Actually mogis has never had an issue coming out in my group. i did think about spike jester but its alright. The 20 land has yet to fail me. but i do love my desicration demons and couldnt get rid of them there a big hitter. Although the angel is pretty useless you are right on that Exava is one i was thinking of throwing in there. but this is not just a aggro deck. Thoughtseize is nice yes but meh and the only reason the 4 elspeth is in there is because i have 4 copys of her from my R/W tokens
- Spike Jester is a strictly better RSF. No reason to run RSF over Jester.
- The only decks that are running 20 lands are super fast aggro decks, which your deck isn't. Just because you haven't had any problems doesn't mean you won't. You want to have consistency to be able to play a land every turn to the top of your curve. You don't want to get stuck on two lands for three turns when you have Desecration Demon or Obzedat in your hand.
- Your deck will have problems against control, thus my suggestions on Thoughtseize, Sin Collector, and Exava. Thoughtseize and Sin Collector and take out threats to your creatures like Verdict before their turn four. If your meta is low on control and higher on green decks or aggro, then Desecration Demon and Lifebane Zombie would be better.
- No deck ever should run four Elspeth. Not only is the curve too high for that, but you don't want to constantly have dead cards in your hand, whether you have several before six lands or already have one in play. Control decks don't even run more than 2, even when it's their win con. And again, your mana base does not support it.
4 Boros Reckoner
2 Desecration Demon
2 Obzedat, Ghost Council
4 Rakdos Cackler
4 Rakdos Shred-Freak
Enchantment (6)
2 Chained to the Rocks
4 Madcap Skills
Instant (10)
4 Hero's Downfall
4 Lightning Strike
2 Silence
2 Whip of Erebos
Enchantment Creature (2)
2 Mogis, God of Slaughter
Sorcery (4)
2 Dreadbore
2 Rakdos's Return
Land (20)
4 Blood Crypt
4 Godless Shrine
4 Mountain
4 Temple of Malice
4 Temple of Silence
3 Archangel of Thune
2 Chained to the Rocks
2 Dreadbore
4 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
2 Rakdos's Return
2 Silence
Cool deck, though. Good to see something totally different. How often do you draw the disjointed sides of your deck? Hand full of control.. then you draw whip of erebos and madcap skills. Or you empty your hand, ready to take over the game.. and you draw shred-freak ha. Seems like the wrong draw could be tough.
Maybe try dropping mogis, whip and silence for a few more creatures so you can really take advantage of those madcap skills.
Angel in the sideboard is rather useless and goes against the deck's theme. I would use Stormbreath Dragon instead. The other Chains should be Ultimate Price or Doom Blade, and the Rakdos's Return/Silence should be Thoughtseize/Duress. Four Elspeth is overkill, drop down to two and replace them with Sin Collector.
Standard: BG Golgari Midrange
Modern: U Merfolk GWUBR 5 Color Humans UBW Esper Gifts GW Bogles
- The only decks that are running 20 lands are super fast aggro decks, which your deck isn't. Just because you haven't had any problems doesn't mean you won't. You want to have consistency to be able to play a land every turn to the top of your curve. You don't want to get stuck on two lands for three turns when you have Desecration Demon or Obzedat in your hand.
- Your deck will have problems against control, thus my suggestions on Thoughtseize, Sin Collector, and Exava. Thoughtseize and Sin Collector and take out threats to your creatures like Verdict before their turn four. If your meta is low on control and higher on green decks or aggro, then Desecration Demon and Lifebane Zombie would be better.
- No deck ever should run four Elspeth. Not only is the curve too high for that, but you don't want to constantly have dead cards in your hand, whether you have several before six lands or already have one in play. Control decks don't even run more than 2, even when it's their win con. And again, your mana base does not support it.
Standard: BG Golgari Midrange
Modern: U Merfolk GWUBR 5 Color Humans UBW Esper Gifts GW Bogles
4 Boros Reckoner
2 Desecration Demon
2 Exava, Rakdos Blood Witch
2 Obzedat, Ghost Council
4 Rakdos Cackler
4 Spike Jester
Enchantment (4)
4 Madcap Skills
Instant (8)
4 Hero's Downfall
4 Lightning Strike
2 Mogis, God of Slaughter
Sorcery (4)
2 Dreadbore
2 Thoughtseize
Land (24)
4 Blood Crypt
4 Godless Shrine
6 Mountain
2 Swamp
4 Temple of Malice
4 Temple of Silence
2 Dreadbore
2 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
3 Herald of Torment
2 Rakdos's Return
2 Sin Collector
2 Stormbreath Dragon
2 Whip of Erebos