i aggree with pack rats out and spellskite in. pack racks still needs to be in sideboard for alt wincon against leyline.
spellskite and smallpox doesn't work together. its either bridge protected by spellskite or smallpox with lots of removal like grixis control but pick cards that doubles up to be removal and discard so we are not sacrificing on discard.
spellskite and bridge is a great idea but lets not discount smallpox. the reason why smallpox is good because it can 2 for 1. if we keep picking cards with the same concept, (example, kolaghan's command, and liliana of the veil) we'll have the same success. what we need to do is force the oponnent in top deck mode in turn 3 with 2 for 1 cards then aggro deck wont be a problem. Thats why grixis control is doing well. if we can learn from their success, we can make this deck a tier 1.5 again.
the reason i would pick this route better is because bridge/spellskite is still vulnerable to top deck. ancient grudge is a staple sideboard card. we just need cards that are dual purpose. discard and removal at the same time, so you won't have a hard time finding answers. of course there are other creatures not within bolt range but terminate, liliana, and smallpox can take care of that. and for elf and token, lets learn from GR tron and put pyroclasm.
stock build is fine but we need to protect bridge without a hand. only welding jar or spellskite will do it. of course spellskite is better because it can actually block and defend. if you've seen Lantern control, they control the draw step so they can't kill the bridge.
if we are running bridge on stock build, we need to run spellskite. that's the only way we can save it. when we cast bridge, we rely on top deck because we cant hold a hand.
Hi there. new to mtgsalv. I've been playing 8rack for a year and I've played mono-black and BW version. I've recently tried the BR deck and the deck is very good with smallpox, kolaghan's command, and 24 lands. didn't play any thoughtseize or inquisition of kozilek. I have them but went with raven's crime and wrench mind, they were better choices for 24 lands. What I find that 8 rack needs is a spell that doubles up to be a discard and a removal at the same time. so I put sets of Liliana of the veil, smallpox, kolaghan's command, funeral charm. I think if we imitate the grixis control removal, we'll have same success but our finisher is the rack and shrieking affliction. here's my list.
spellskite and smallpox doesn't work together. its either bridge protected by spellskite or smallpox with lots of removal like grixis control but pick cards that doubles up to be removal and discard so we are not sacrificing on discard.
but nothing works without testing.
the reason i would pick this route better is because bridge/spellskite is still vulnerable to top deck. ancient grudge is a staple sideboard card. we just need cards that are dual purpose. discard and removal at the same time, so you won't have a hard time finding answers. of course there are other creatures not within bolt range but terminate, liliana, and smallpox can take care of that. and for elf and token, lets learn from GR tron and put pyroclasm.
lands 24
discard and removal 16
discard 6
removal 6
wincon 8