Also, i feel as though you should use phyrexian metamorph over phantasmal image just because your phantasmal image will go poof if you ever decide to target it with your dead eye or anything else.
Never said it was difficult, just looking for ideas or things i might have missed. I wasnt aware of rift bolt for example. Not that I would run it because i'm looking for something that would damage everyone so i can cast rakdos and something with at least 4-6 cmc colorless on the same turn (Solemn or wurmcoil) for example i run pulse tracker over vault skirge.
I've recently built a rakdos lord of riots deck and getting him out fast is an issue. Basically, i'm looking for an amalgamation of magical christmas land opening hands that get rakdos out real quick.
I did run war's toll at one point but took it out because it just wasn't good enough (Doesn't interact with manabarbs the way i want it to basically lol)
Lightmine field would be pretty awesome with Repercussion on board, if they had enough creatures.
Dictate is almost certainly going in. So is the new pyrostatic pillar with legs.
I designed this deck shortly before Gisela came into existence, I was using basandra for the colors. The deck has evolved a lot over time and so far this I feel is it's strongest iteration so far. I by no means feel it's beyond improvement but I feel it holds its own in more competitive play groups.
The idea of the deck is to punish players for everything they do, the double edged sword being you hurt yourself too.. well.. without the proper defenses.
Also, i feel as though you should use phyrexian metamorph over phantasmal image just because your phantasmal image will go poof if you ever decide to target it with your dead eye or anything else.
This is sick. Didn't think i could get him out turn two.
I need to get him from my command zone so Aether vial doesn't work in this instance.
Any suggestions?
May drop a land for the enchant.
Lightmine field would be pretty awesome with Repercussion on board, if they had enough creatures.
Dictate is almost certainly going in. So is the new pyrostatic pillar with legs.
Also, Worldly tutor is a great option.
soothsaying is pretty useful.
The idea of the deck is to punish players for everything they do, the double edged sword being you hurt yourself too.. well.. without the proper defenses.
Commander: Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
Creatures: Total = 13
Duergar Hedge-Mage
Burnished Hart
Weathered Wayfarer
Purity
Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
Grand Abolisher
Soltari Guerrillas
Heartless Hidetsugu
Serra Ascendant
Walking Atlas
Academy Rector
Solemn Simulacrum
Mesa Enchantress
Enchantments: Total = 13
Personal Sanctuary
Sphere of Law
Pyrostatic Pillar
Ghostly Prison
Karma
Sulfuric Vortex
Stranglehold
Repercussion
Spellshock
Manabarbs
Land Tax
Furnace of Rath
Burning Earth
Artifacts: Total = 18
Ankh of Mishra
Lightning Greaves
Skullcage
Seer's Sundial
Caged Sun
Sol Ring
Ebony Owl Netsuke
Howling Mine
Staff of Nin
Armageddon Clock
Kormus Bell
Sensei's Divining Top
Psychogenic Probe
Expedition Map
Torpor Orb
Crucible of Worlds
Norn's Annex
Sunforger
Spells:Total = 18
Return to Dust
Wheel of Fortune
Blasphemous Act
Boros Charm
Acidic Soil
Enlightened Tutor
Master Warcraft
Idyllic Tutor
Oblation
Condemn
Lightning Helix
Orim's Thunder
Chaos Warp
Terminus
Reforge the Soul
Path to Exile
Day of Judgement
Chain Reaction
Lands: Total = 36
Boros Garrison
Slayers' Stronghold
Glacial Chasm
Arid Mesa
Opal Palace
Plateau
Homeward Path
Command Tower
Sacred Foundry
Kor Haven
Strip Mine
Wasteland
Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
Temple of the False God
Reflecting Pool
9xPlains
10xMountain
The strategy behind the deck is to wall up and passively do damage. It's very straightforward.
The deck is divided between damaging all players and defending yourself from your own damage with Personal Sanctuary and Sphere of Law etc.
Once Gisela hits the board, all hell breaks loose because those stings start to become lethal, not to mention gisela also hits like a truck.