My rogue deck.

Ironicus · Joined: 08 Jan 2006 Posts: 135

//NAME: PATACLOW!!!
SB: 2 Enlightened Tutor
SB: 1 Tormod's Crypt
SB: 4 Seal of Cleansing
SB: 2 Pyroblast
SB: 2 Red Elemental Blast
SB: 4 Temporal Isolation
// Lands
2 Plains
3 Mountain
3 Flooded Strand
4 Wooded Foothills
4 Plateau
4 Mishra's Factory
// Direct dammage
3 Ghostfire
4 Incinerate
4 Chain Lightning
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Lightning Helix
// enchantment
4 Rune of Protection: Red
2 Sphere of Law
1 Circle of Protection: Red
4 Pyrostatic Pillar
3 Spellshock
2 Enlightened Tutor
2 Sulfuric Vortex
1 Furnace of Rath
1 Manabarbs
1 Citadel of Pain

If you don't understand this deck, it's useless to add comment.

I tested this deck a lot and it's very powerful even if it look a little bit weird. All red deck are a bye for me, aggro just can't do anything vs 4 Pyrostatic pillar and 19 Direct Dammage + Card in sideboard. Control is the hardest matchup but I can deal with it. The only decks that I had difficulty is, something with a lot of cycling and Treashold can be powerfull too. If you have any CONSTRUCTIVE comment to give about this deck to fix my problem against treashold, Go ahead!

Thanks

Thorns · Joined: 16 Aug 2006 Posts: 832 Location: Rath

Adding either Chrome Mox or Mox Diamond would be good. They would speed up your game significantly for this deck. I understand cycling is good for this deck, but the Runes rely heavily on white mana, perhaps removing one Rune for another CoP? I'm guessing your metagame is red heavy, and yes, I saw the interaction with Sphere and the red damage enchantments. Perhaps you should give Power Surge a try. I can't really figure out if it's better or worse than Citadel of Pain. I like the deck however, it's a neat idea and looks competitive enough. I'll copy and test the list if you don't mind.

P.S. Is it just me or would Citadel of Pain make a great band/song name?

leonin5 · Joined: 21 Dec 2006 Posts: 18

I heard rummors that Jotun Grunt is pretty good againest threshold

Spyx · Joined: 31 Oct 2004 Posts: 835

I'd cut ghostfire because that is an inferior burnspell. Rift Bolt is better.

Ironicus · Joined: 08 Jan 2006 Posts: 135

Spyx, rift bolt is horrible in this deck. Dammage in this deck are there to kill creature and kill the other guy. But I undersatdn that about 10 dammage are better in certains ways. The thing is, if someone play a creature protection from red, you're dead.

Also, I can deal with the bad effect of Rune of protection. I've only 3 mountain and 4 mishra in this deck. I didn't have any prob with it, but thanksm maybe you're right. Ill see in futur test.

Thanks all!

Spyx · Joined: 31 Oct 2004 Posts: 835

If you're scared of pro red guys just use cursed scroll. Seriously ghostfire is awfull.

Die_t · Joined: 18 Jul 2007 Posts: 15

Maybe flame rift? You are already running the spheres, so it might not be a bad idea.