Dies to Removal

Narcasus

I played a little bit of this deck and quite a bit of pyroboros and just wanted to add my thougts that i have liked the chained mainboard over the mortars more. This may be due to running into far more demon decks than blood baron decks online though. Having an answer to almost every card as well as...

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@NerdBoy: Play the one you are most comfortable with. That being said, I wouldn't play Pyro without having put in a significant number of games with it to understand how the deck ticks. I would have to second this, first playing pyro red made me think i had no idea how to play the game for the firs...

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I ran against one in a 2 man as well but my experiance was terrible. He went turn 1 thought seize to take my 1 drop, turn 2 doomblade 3 underworld, turn four 4 whip, turn 5 through 8 grey merchant. I think i almost uninstalled mtgo. something close to the same thing happened in game 2, but it was mo...

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Thanks for the latest list Z Any chance of a quick SB insight for the slow ones at the back? I'm looking particularly at Boros Charm and ATL here

I would assume those are more for the control match up, boros charm can come in any time you think they have board wipes.

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Do you guys think there's any place for Pithing Needle in the sb to deal with Elspeth and Jace? I personally haven't had too many issues with them so far, i feel like in the current deck, we need the heavy sideboard for the other matchups since control seems pretty one sided even pre board. Those a...

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Tube, sorry to hear that man. I heard Dr. James Andrews can fix those things pretty well

On a totally different note, I didn't even realize that Reckoners are now up to $20.

Wow, glad i bought mine at 8 then.

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I went 3-1 at FNM this week. My only loss being to GW Agro [deck] Creatures 4 Ash Zealot 4 Chandra's Phoenix 4 Firedrinker Satyr 4 Rakdos Cackler 4 Young Pyromancer Planeswalkers 3 Chandra, Best Card in Standard Instants 2 Annihilating Fire 4 Lightning Strike 4 Magma Jet 4 Shock Lands 21 Mountain 2 ...

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You can smooth your draws with magma jet, so 24 would probably work.

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8 double red 2 drops and playing 4 mutavaults

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Why is his Devotion red deck so bad

this deck tech makes me sad

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Why do I have to be at work??

You need money to play magic obviously

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Went 3-0 in a daily and split that last match. Not really much to add from yesterday, i faced a do nothing mono black deck, a u/w agro that seemed bad and u/w control that didnt draw a god hand so died quickly. I really didn't get a challenge from today's daily

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So, ive faced a few master of waves decks online and they are rough. The only possible way we can ever kill the dude is with skull crack + overloaded mortars, which is pretty much impossible. The games ive played i think im 3-3 with the game hinging on how much damage did i get through before he pla...

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I don't understand, we really don't care about our life total, and so many times you can trade up with his fire breathing ability. How are they comparing it to legion loyalist.

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Sin collector makes me cry every time i see it hit the board. Just played B/W/G Game 1, i win by getting underneath, finishing him off the turn after be plays blood baron. Since on on the draw in game 2, i tried to side into a more controlish deck. I took out all the one drops and some shocks and fi...

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Went 3-1 in a daily on MTGO [deck] Creatures 4 Ash Zealot 4 Chandra's Phoenix 4 Firedrinker Satyr 4 Rakdos Cackler 4 Young Pyromancer Planeswalkers 3 Chandra, Best Card in Standard Instants 2 Annihilating Fire 4 Lightning Strike 4 Magma Jet 4 Shock Lands 21 Mountain 2 Mutavault Sideboard 4 Boros Rec...

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So is the current deck +2 Mountain, +2 Annihilating Fire, -1 Mutavault, -2 Flames, -1 Hammer ?

That is what i am currently playing, Annihilating Fire has been great in the mirror, but i had some issues flooding out. I may try -1 fire +1 hammer at 23 lands for another mana sink when it does happen.

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Got there, 3-1 on the daily. Last round was up against u/w control. Game one, he kept a 1 lander with 2 cantrips. He didn't hit his second land till turn 3 and died a painful death. Game 2 he had all the answers from multi detention sphere, last breaths on pheonix, ox to stop early agro and double w...

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i definitely did now that you mention it. I have no idea what that cackler was in game 2, too busy raging over the land draws. Went up against another red devotion in round 3, played control both games, chandra carried it to the promise land both games, bonus points to P$ making a shock a 2 for 1 th...

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i had 4 mountain, satyr, lightning blast, and chandra against unknown. I felt this was keepable. What i didnt know was that it was boros agro and i would draw land for my first 6 turns and die. Game two, 3 land, 2 reckoner, magma jet and cackler. feels more than keepable. i draw 4 straight lands, pu...

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the 2 damage or traitorous instinct has been relevant all night it feels like through testing. Piloting this deck is far different than anything ive tried before, starting to get a feel and its a blast. I've gotten quite a few " you just got luck" comments tonight. annihilating fire has be...

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face up

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Something similar to Johnny's list post board maybe?

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I played Johnny's list all day on modo, granted i only did a single 2 man q, which i won 2-0 vrs esper control. Otherwise i played in the Tourny pracitce room. ignoring the decks that didnt make sense i went about 10-4 on the day, losing one mirror and then 3 midrange decks. Against midrange, it fel...

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Gentlemen, I've been brewing, and I believe this may be the next level. Comments, constructive criticism and critique appreciated. [deck] Creatures (30) 4 Firedrinker Satyr 4 Rakdos Cackler 4 Burning-Tree Emissary 4 Firefist Striker 2 Goblin Shortcutter 4 Boros Reckoner 4 Chandra's Phoenix 4 Fanati...

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So I got around to reading the wonderful post by Khaos, great work man. Just a few comments 1) I think 21 mountains is just fine to cast Reckoner...if you are gonna run 23 land, 1-2 can easily be mutavault. Theres enough upside to justify the rare chance you get a Mutavault instead of Mountain, but...

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Testing the deck in a Daily even on modo. So far 2-0 in round one against u/w control. Game 1, chandra is a beast. Game 2, pheonix is a beast. both were long grindy games. Game 1 i went through 3 jace, an elspeth, and 3 wraths. As well as 2 kill cards in the last breath and the one where you sac an ...

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I'm not sure if we're getting any closer to consensus on Devotion Red. We are all very close in MB lists tho. Here's what I've come to after this past Friday: Creatures (27): 4 Firedrinker Satyr 4 Rakdos Cackler 4 Ash Zealot 4 Rakdos Shred-Freak 4 Goblin Shortcutter 4 Chandra's Phoenix 3 Fanatic of...

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This is correct

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Okay, so more Burning Earth, less Skullcrack? With Naya as a possible threat, I can get behind that.

I agree with this. 3 colors instalose. To the card and we are too fast to blue white minus a nut draw

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I played that exact list besides the skull crack. It is amazing versus everything but in the mirror playing bte, you get overrun before your better cards kick in. If he doesn't hit the bte chain you win though. I was happy with the list, Chandra does work. How was Mutavault for you? (If I'm remembe...

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I played that exact list besides the skull crack. It is amazing versus everything but in the mirror playing bte, you get overrun before your better cards kick in. If he doesn't hit the bte chain you win though. I was happy with the list, Chandra does work.

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Name is narcasus on lol. Currently plat 1, hit me up with an invite if you guys are ever lookin to play a game

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I never drew the hammer all night, but the other red players said it was an all star. I'm leaning towards trying to run 2 main board. Thoughts? Cut a mutavault maybe

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I went to FNM tonight and went 4-0-1, drawing out for first. Heres the deck i ran. [DECK] 4 Rakdos Cackler 4 Firedrinker Satyr 4 Ash Zealot 4 Boros Reckoner 4 Chandras Pheonx 4 Fanatic of Mogis 4 Magma Jet 4 Lightning Strike 2 Shock 2 Chandra, Pyromasncer 1 Hammer of Purp 21 Mountain 2 Mutavault [/D...

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my first thought is it sounds amazing against the whip everyone seems to want to play. Gotta dmg the creature to gain life.

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I can see a purpose for every card in there but the 4th mutavault. At 23 lands, you dont need more i would think. When do you bring that one in? While testing so far, being able to consistently swing for 4 on turn 2 with both zealots and shred-freak has been huge in creating pressure they have to an...

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Yea, i ended up buying most possible cards for red, knowing that is what i wanted to play early. Turned out to be a good idea with these price jumps.

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I could see siding in the additional mutavault against any midrange that runs red for more threats after a boardwipe. Otherwise i think i would agree with everything else. I think chandra against other weenies would be right as well, since we are basically switching to more control.

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So after hearing everyone's thoughts, including Zem's and Alex's livestream (at leas the first 30 minutes of which the recorded video would play for me), I've come up with the following list to try a Red Devotion Wins style build: Lands (22): 1 Mutavault 21 Mountain Creatures (29): 4 Firedrinker Sa...

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