Is Lord Rakdos a Balrog?

by BrakusAurelius on 17 March 2014

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (15 cards)

Sorceries (3)


Instants (8)

Artifacts (4)

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Deck Description

My attempt at a control deck. If anyone looks at my other deck/s you will see i'm more of an aggressive creature player. I would like to expand my horizons and try to kill things with spells instead of giant creatures and this build felt like a good transition. I'm still making adjustments and testing the matchups, but so far i've got 2 FNM's under my belt with a 2-2 and 3-1. The kinks are working themselves out so youy may see changes inc.

Talking about the sideboard real quick, because i feel like that's where the most flexibility is for change. I like an extra rakdos's return, skullcracks and slaughter games in the control matchup. I have zero problem taking out 2 thoughtseizes for slaughter games once i've determined their win-con, and if i they want to tap out for a mid-late game sphinx-rev skullcrack says 'draw x cards, lose 3 life'. Aggro/creature decks are mostly a matter of adjusting which kill spell to use and adding bile blight and/or spotlight where applicable (god i love killing hexproof things with a doomblade).

How to Play

Kill things, burn them, rip them from opponents hands early or make them pay the ultimate price (which is apparently $.45 based on mid tcg prices) when the board is safe start playing creatures. I personally try to hold back a few creatures in most matchups, between demon and dragon you dont need many in play to secure a win.

Deck Tags

  • Rakdos
  • Control
  • Standard
  • FNM

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Mana Symbol Occurrence

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Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for Is Lord Rakdos a Balrog?

Did you ever consider Sire of Insanity? At least SB it, against control decks it will just give them nothing to cling to.

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Posted 14 April 2014 at 19:30

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