Cruel Radkos

by dragon77 on 29 August 2013

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (12 cards)

Instants (8)

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Deck Tags

  • need help
  • Standard
  • October Standard

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Mana Curve

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 Cruel Radkos

Chandra ???????

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Posted 30 August 2013 at 01:08

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<a href="http://www.mtgvault.com/poliem/"> Check my rakdos deck out </a>

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Posted 31 August 2013 at 10:48

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Less Lord of Riots
Lower CMC
More removal
Dual lands/Guildgates
Rogue's passage, because you have Master of Cruelties
(Because you said need help)

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Posted 30 August 2013 at 01:14

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cmc ? And thanks ! I made a few changes ! Not of fan of gates in standard, cause i rather have the land to use right away. Maybe its just me..lol

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Posted 30 August 2013 at 01:25

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Converted Mana Cost, the mana curve on the deck at a glance
Rakdos should be low CMC

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Posted 30 August 2013 at 01:27

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True, Look at your mana Curve. There is too many High CMC cards. Maybe add some 2 drop creatures.
Exava is legendary so you can only have 1 on the board, you should remove a couple.
Smelt is a sideboard card only in this format. Shock lands might save your life sometimes even with that 2 dmg, you should definitely add some.
I think crypt incursion should be in sideboard. Maybe had some Wild Guess to help you replenish your hand if you use lots of cheap burn spells.
Dreadbore should be in sidebord if you want to use it cause it's socery speed making it useless on your opponents turn. Replace it with Doom Blade.
Get rid of Rakdos Charm, they're not worth it. Deviant Glee is a good aura to add.
Maybe Lifebane Zombie, Rakdos Shred-Freak, Rix Maadi Guildmage, Ash Zealot, Rubblebelt Maaka.
Chandra should definitely be in here. Slaughter Games is a sideboard option for certain treats.

That's all I have for now...

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Posted 30 August 2013 at 04:27

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Spike Jester over Rakdos Shred-Freak almost every time. They're worth it for the very rare instance that you don't have both types of mana for casting Spike Jester

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Posted 30 August 2013 at 04:37

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true, Spike Jester is way Better. Someone already suggested it before me so that's why I didn't inclued it.

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Posted 30 August 2013 at 04:40

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Was trying to do a bit of unleash theme sorta, doomblade is good sideboard , most of people i know play some black is why i had dreadbore, So i made some changes !!! That why exava is really good in this idea, but threes good !

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Posted 30 August 2013 at 14:27

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get rid of smelts, rakdos charms and crypt incursions. Use Doom Blades, Ultimate Prices and Shocks.

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Posted 30 August 2013 at 02:00

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Spike jester

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Posted 30 August 2013 at 02:06

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Lots of Spike Jester
And Madcap Skills

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Posted 30 August 2013 at 02:10

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Yup that is really fast aggro

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Posted 30 August 2013 at 14:35

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youve got a lot of red now. You might want to have 10 mountains, and only 3 swamps with 3 bloodcrypts taking their place.

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Posted 31 August 2013 at 11:54

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My personal thoughts on how to improve the deck: Replace the Rakdos, Lord of Riots with Desecration Demons (if you want a 6/6 fatty flier for 4), they are much more reliable. Take the smelts out of the main board as usually decks won’t run artifacts that you will have to worry about. I am going to assume you want it to be rotation-proof so I will not suggest any ISD/M13 cards. Running only 20 lands, you don’t want to have too many 4+drops or spells with X in their cost, so I would remove the Rakdos’s Returns and replace them with maybe Flames of the Firebrand or SkullCrack. Master of Cruelties seems weak considering how aggressive this deck wants to be but how slow the card actually works. It works well with Rouge’s Passages, but at the same time, I think it would be a bit unreliable to have both out and the mana to cast MoC/use RP. I like the Flailer because it is a 3 drop that can goto the head for 4. Aggressive decks are all about maximizing value and minimizing casting costs. While Bloodfray Giant works well with Exava, I would once again consider trying to lower the curve, maybe with Splatter Thug or Gore-House Chainwalker to try to lower the curve and get in damage as quickly as possible. Perhaps go with Ash-Zealots as well. You can probably cut some swamps and replace them with some form of dual lands.

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Posted 31 August 2013 at 17:13

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That's Right, I forgot about Ogre Battledriver, those guys are insane. You should probably use that as your 4-drop.

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Posted 31 August 2013 at 17:48

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Thanks Novaz, i i like lord of riot cause i don't have alot of flyers , and i like trample ! Other then that i like all suggestions !

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Posted 31 August 2013 at 19:34

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Nice deck. Try remplacing lord of riots by ogre battledriver for a few games. I think he would really be a better fit in your deck.

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Posted 31 August 2013 at 17:14

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Made some changes , the only thing i need is a couple shock lands...lol , i add them when i get them

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Posted 31 August 2013 at 19:45

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take out 2 exavas. U only really want 2. You wouldnt want drawing 3 of them in one game in a row.

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Posted 31 August 2013 at 22:42

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True, and they're legendary. And people rarely kill them

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Posted 01 September 2013 at 22:36

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I gonna try it with two, put another couple two cast unleash creature in its place

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Posted 01 September 2013 at 23:52

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Took 2 out , and put a couple grims with unleash regenerate in its place , or thrill-kill or the drake to help for flying

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Posted 01 September 2013 at 23:57

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And thanks again for the helpful hints and the in and outs for this deck, those that commented and to come

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Posted 02 September 2013 at 16:59

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your red/black mana distribution is whack. Even it out. Add more black colors.

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Posted 03 September 2013 at 00:37

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Simple, dual lands.

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Posted 03 September 2013 at 00:37

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