Abrupt decy also takes care of pack rat, uwc, nightveil specter, boros reckoner, tidebinder mage, and as you mentioned detention sphere. But you also gain dark betryal in the board for demon and obzedat. Dont know about your meta but these cards see alot of play where im from.
in truth, it depends on the meta, but yes, I think he is better.
He thins your deck 50% of the time by grabbing a creature off the top (which helps get to nykthos or garruk faster) serves as removal for pesky early creatures like pack rat, ans provides a threat all his own with his -7, that requires our opponents to devote resources to getting rid of him. In 1 card, Domri gets us closer to our combo, and provides us time to get going by diverting resources...
Read the bones is great... but the loss of life is very relevant, especially against aggro. I'm not dismissing the deck.. in fact, like I said, i'm currently testing it myself. But I am not sure that black is better.
I think Domri is dood don't get me wrong, but in RG monsters not so much here where 50% is not that great and like I said before chances are higher it will just be another mana producer. As for fight mecanic Abrupt Decay takes care those and adds versatility replacing xenogos which is weakerin my opinion. I would be interested to see your deck list.
We have to ask ourselves what is the goal of this deck? Played as a combo deck it is to get garruk and shrine into play and overwhelm the opponent with large creatures. How does.domri help us to achieve this goal? He can not help us find or play either of are combo parts. Turn 3 is a big turn for this deck would I rather play domri and look for a creature (not going to be fighting anything at this stage with only mana dorks and emissary) or would I rather be casting read the bones looking for garrul or nykthos so I can get my combo online turn 4. Is domri really worth more than best all around removal spell abrupt decay, good card selection read bones, verdict and weenie protection golgari charm?
Read the bones draws you up to 4 cards deeper and allows you to keep shrine or garruk key cards to this combo strategy deck as early as turn 2. Domri draws 1 deeper maybe and even then chances are high it will be a mana dork. Adding black gives us selective vard advantage. Also answers to nightveil, pack rat, desecration demon, boros reckoner, ghost council, detention sphere, underworld connections and more. Most can be dealt with by 1 card abrupt decay.
Switching black for red gains access to abrupt decay read the bones datk betrayal doom blade golgari charm and more. Dropping red loses domri xenogas and scry land. In this meta seems like a gain more than a loss.
If you want to try using underworld cerberus I would suggest crypt incursion in the sideboard for blitz aggro in fact it could be useful for anyone worried about blitz aggro or rdw.
Hey nivix what are they killing your demon with? I finding they will usually let me swing once before they start locking it down. I think with all the highly aggressive decka that will be floating around at the start of new standard that a turn 5 kill out of nowhere is a easy win against these strategies.
With all removal in BR control I think wight of precinct six is very good as a 3 of in the deck. Also wrecking ogre on a desolation demon for 18 is a good turn 5 play for the win and isn't dead as a creature either since it trades with blood baron I will be running 2 at. The top of the curve.
Hello I stumbled across this forum and would like to say that I have had great success with a build similar to the ones posted here on mtgo going 3-1 and 4-0 on the 2 dailies I have played so far. Just wondering if anyone has attempted burn at the stake in sideboard or even main?
I think Domri is dood don't get me wrong, but in RG monsters not so much here where 50% is not that great and like I said before chances are higher it will just be another mana producer. As for fight mecanic Abrupt Decay takes care those and adds versatility replacing xenogos which is weakerin my opinion. I would be interested to see your deck list.
3 Mistcutter Hydra
4 Burning-Tree Emissary
4 Sylvan Caryatid
4 Voyaging Satyr
4 Polukranos, World Eater
2 Arbor Colossus
1 Worldspine Wurm
4 Abrupt Decay
3 Read The Bones
4 Garruk, Caller of Beasts
11 Forest
4 Golgari Guildgate
4 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
4 Overgrown Tomb
1 Mistcutter Hydra
2 Doom Blade
2 Golgari Charm
3 Skylasher
4 Nylea's Disciple
3 Wight of Precinct Six
4 Lifebane Zombie
4 Desecration Demon
2 Wrecking Ogre
Instant
3 Magma Jet
3 Hero's Downfall
Sorcery
4 Dreadbore
4 Mizzium Mortars
2 Rakdos's Return
3 Anger of the Gods
3 Read the Bones
4 Blood Crypt
4 Rakdos Guildgate
10 Swamp
7 Mountain
3 Duress
2 Pithing Needle
1 Rakdos's Return
2 Ratchet Bomb
2 Underworld Connections
3 Slaughter Games
2 Sire of Insanity
Sideboard is still a work in progress.