Looks like the sideboard will be a work in progress.
The more I play with Harness by Force the less I think it's necessary, the maindecked Mortars is more effective, and Firefist Striker, Reckoner and Chandra all play well against midrange already.
Burning Earth is -probably- correct at 2, but I could see it going up to 3. Not playing with access to this card is bananas.
Satyr Nyx-Smith is -very- good at beating Desecration Demon, which is the hardest card to overcome in the Black Dev matchup... Some combination of 3 Nyx-Smith and Eidolon gives them fits.
I'd like to fit in more Eidolon's, but I hate drawing them in multiples so 2-3 is probably correct.
Nothing needs to be said about searing blood and skullcrack, these should be 4-of's in every RDW list.
I only play on MODO and larger tournaments, so i can only speak from what I see.
And I see a -ton- of Jund Monsters, Gx Aggro, R or B Aggro, black dev and a smattering of other random decks.
Satyr Nyx-Smith though is a terrific card for esper/UW/black dev. It's the best card to bring in against black devotion and verdict control decks, I usually float between 2-4 of these and 0-2 hammer of purphoros.
There's no way you run temples in this deck. If you miss a drop because of a CIPT land and blow your curve, your odds of winning just went down the tubes.
I'd probably go with something like:
4 Darksteel Citadel
1-2 Hammer of Purphoros
4 Phyrexian Revoker
X# Kaboomist
2 Hall of Triumph
having a high % chance of dead cards in hand because of no artifacts would be bad news, but there are plenty of good artifacts to play in red.
Ornithopter is a huge waste of space, and cloudfin raptor seems off...
I'll gladly make the post board swap vs removal heavy decks though
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Burning Earth is crazy good right now, it single handedly has been winning for me against jund, esper, uw, and any 2-3 color decks its such a beating.
Here's what I ran today, I decided to give a zero Fanatic list a try, so it'd be slightly weaker against jund/Gx aggro, but it flowed quite well.
19 Mountain
2 Mutavault
Creatures: 30
4 Rakdos Cackler
4 Firedrinker Satyr
4 Ash Zealot
4 Burning-Tree Emissary
4 Firefist Striker
4 Boros Reckoner
4 Chandra's Phoenix
2 Rubblebelt Maaka
2 Shock
4 Mizzium Mortars
4 Lightning Strike
4 Skullcrack
2 Eidolon of the Great Revel
2 Burning Earth
3 Satyr Nyx-Smith
4 Searing Blood
Couple notes:
Looks like the sideboard will be a work in progress.
The more I play with Harness by Force the less I think it's necessary, the maindecked Mortars is more effective, and Firefist Striker, Reckoner and Chandra all play well against midrange already.
Burning Earth is -probably- correct at 2, but I could see it going up to 3. Not playing with access to this card is bananas.
Satyr Nyx-Smith is -very- good at beating Desecration Demon, which is the hardest card to overcome in the Black Dev matchup... Some combination of 3 Nyx-Smith and Eidolon gives them fits.
I'd like to fit in more Eidolon's, but I hate drawing them in multiples so 2-3 is probably correct.
Nothing needs to be said about searing blood and skullcrack, these should be 4-of's in every RDW list.
And I see a -ton- of Jund Monsters, Gx Aggro, R or B Aggro, black dev and a smattering of other random decks.
Satyr Nyx-Smith though is a terrific card for esper/UW/black dev. It's the best card to bring in against black devotion and verdict control decks, I usually float between 2-4 of these and 0-2 hammer of purphoros.
Most midrange decks ace your guys pretty well with 3 & 4 drops, which is why I've started maindecking mortars for beating courser and stormbreath.
Fanatic and Mortars both help blow out of a stalemate.
19 Mountain
2 Mutavault
Creatures: 30
4 Firedrinker Satyr
4 Rakdos Cackler
4 Ash Zealot
4 Burning-Tree Emissary
4 Firefist Striker
4 Boros Reckoner
4 Chandra's Phoenix
2 Fanatic of Mogis
4 Mizzium Mortars
4 Lightning Strike
2 Shock
2 Burning Earth
1 Hammer of Purphoros
2 Satyr Nyx-Smith
2 Harness by Force
4 Searing Blood
4 Skullcrack
dragon mantle is alright there, though, at least it cycles if they're tapped out.
I would think he brings in skullcracks, all the burn, and eidolon and takes out auras.
I've been doing really well on MODO, the last couple days with 4 8-man wins, and a 19-6 record including the 2-mans for testing sideboard.
Here's my list:
18 Mountain
2 Mutavault
Creatures: 33
4 Firedrinker Satyr
4 Foundry Street Denizen
4 Rakdos Cackler
4 Ash Zealot
4 Burning-Tree Emissary
4 Firefist Striker
3 Eidolon of the Great Revel
3 Chandra's Phoenix
3 Rubblebelt Maaka
4 Lightning Strike
3 Madcap Skills
3 Harness by Force
3 Mizzium Mortars
4 Searing Blood
4 Skullcrack
1 Seismic Stomp
Skullcrack if your matchup against UW(x) control is bad enough, sure. Pretty narrow though.