yet another rakdos deck

tinman · Joined: 05 Nov 2005 Posts: 198 Location: Winter par

4 lyzolda(shes practically not a legend)
4 dark confidant(duh)
4 gobhobbeler rats(not too shabby a guy actually)
4 hearth kami(utility usually wrks)
4 avatar of discord(beef its whats for dinner)
3 rakdos guild mage(utility its whats for dinner)

4 cruel edict(duh)
4 seal of fire(one drop better than shock)
4 last gasp(duh)
4 top (speed!!!!!)

4 sulforous springs
8 mountain
9 swamp

sb
4 wrecking ball(vs control)
4 shattering spree(owl)
4 slithering shade (not a bad guy if you ask me and he his a one drop)
3 rakdos augermage(not a bad weapon against control if you ask me)

Russell_Nash · Joined: 05 Jan 2006 Posts: 694 Location: Burn Ward

drop top. Without shuffle effects theres no point in having it.

Also i hate avator, id cut it for a pit dragon.

almightypoke · Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 5

whatever u do dont put in pit dragon. If anything leave in the avatar

Vimes · Joined: 03 Jul 2005 Posts: 345

Augermage > Avatar. Avatar sucks, and Augermage is half the reason this deck is viable. Play or else you'll lose. You'll also need a novel idea for dealing with bw, though none come to mind.

Russell_Nash · Joined: 05 Jan 2006 Posts: 694 Location: Burn Ward

why no pit dragon?

almightypoke · Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 5

costs way to much

sephiroth667 · Joined: 20 Jan 2006 Posts: 73

4 for a 3/3 Firebreathing, potential flyer and Double Striker is too much? O Rly?

Karma · Joined: 08 Sep 2004 Posts: 46

I really like avatar... to get cast against me so I can repeal it and gain infinite card advantage. It really is the greatest feeling I ever had while playing magic.

djww19 · Joined: 15 Mar 2005 Posts: 376

^I'll have whatever the guy praising Avatar was having. He must've gotten pretty good off of it.

Really, it's a POS card that kills your hand too badly. If it had haste, it might be ok, but it doesn't, so no.

P.S. - Lyzolda dies too much. She's impossible to keep on the field. She has the uncanny ability of pulling every single hate card out of your opponent's deck once she hits play.

tinman · Joined: 05 Nov 2005 Posts: 198 Location: Winter par

ok ppl ill take this one at a time state my reasons and no one will respond as usual

russel nash, i am not dropping top by any means i really do need lyzolda,bob,and top to maintain card advantage because of avatar however both top and avatar will come out in a sideboard situation i will mention below.

almightypoke read on for target sideboard situation

vimes the reason i dont like augermage is his stats my mainboard is for speed vs aggro and combo thats it thats why avatars in there and assumiong you have the paitince read on for target sb situation

nash read on

yes it is too much sephiroth but only vs aggro because of the speed factor

karma you must not have read the 12 other cards in my deck that say dig through target library

djww if lyzolda the 3/1 pulls kill spells thats fine better than avatar the 5/3

now for that sb situation im going to take out a wreking ball a shattering spree and and all four slithering shades for 3 kill suit cultists (because hes having better results vs control in my testing than shade) and 3 pit dragons and then vs the blue crud that insists on hanging around ill put in 3 augermages and 3 pit dragons for 3 avatars and 3 last gasp because -3-3's dont usually work for controls creautres and i actually or usually anyway have the time to get that dragon down and working vs control that i dont usually have vs aggro.

tinman · Joined: 05 Nov 2005 Posts: 198 Location: Winter par

srty russelnash i meant gasp and avatar not top and avatar because if i put in augermage than i still need those cards to maintain no topdecking

TheShark · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 20

Where's the fire??

whateverdude · Joined: 06 Sep 2004 Posts: 89

here is a bit less crappy Rakdos:

// Lands
4 [DIS] Blood Crypt
8 [RAV] Swamp (1)
4 [RAV] Mountain (3)
4 [9E] Sulfurous Springs

// Creatures
4 [GP] Plagued Rusalka
3 [DIS] Rakdos Guildmage
4 [RAV] Dark Confidant
2 [DIS] Lyzold, the Blood Witch
3 [DIS] Rakdos Augermage
4 [DIS] Gobhobbler Rats

// Spells
3 [9E] Cruel Edict
4 [9E] Blackmail
3 [RAV] Char
4 [DIS] Rise/Fall
4 [DIS] Seal of Fire
2 [8E] Volcanic Hammer

// Sideboard
SB: 1 [9E] Cruel Edict
SB: 3 [9E] Slay
SB: 4 [BOK] Umezawa's Jitte
SB: 3 [DIS] Hit/Run
SB: 4 [CHK] Distress