This is your brain on Red

by Hurrikane on 04 April 2013

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (15 cards)

Sorceries (5)

Instants (4)


Enchantments (6)

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Deck Description

So this is a deck I've wanted to make for a long time, but have never had the cards available to put together. I love the idea thematically, because I feel that the whole "drawing tons of cards, discarding tons of cards, minor damage from it" exemplifies the sort of blood-crazed madness feel that R/B has. But enough about the theme.

The draw engines of the deck are obviously Howling Mine and Puzzle Box. Liliana's Caress and Underworld Dreams are the draw/discard pain sources. The big pseudo-nukes are Molten Psyche, Runeflare Trap, Incendiary Command, and Burning Inquiry (pseudo-nukes because Inquiry depends on having a damage source enchantment out, unfortunately. But it's all for the theme!). There's a couple copies of Chain Reaction in there to take care of hordes of creatures, because once you lay out your enchantments and artifacts, that's a two or three turn clock, so you'll pull all the aggro.

Smother is in the sideboard for spot removal on board, and Duress is there for spot hand removal. There's another Chain Reaction if you need it, some Megrims in case someone else at the table is playing discard, or if the player really like to not play their cards, and Spiteful Visions in case you need another draw/pain source and are feeling masochistic.

This is in its natal stages obviously, so any and all comments are welcome! I'm inevitably going to fiddle with it as time goes on. I'm debating tweaking the sideboard or cutting things from the main for more removal. Also, I'm trying to make a budget hybrid landbase, so any input is recommended. It's tough, since this deck clearly has a lot of mana symbols between Underworld Dreams and Psyche/Reaction/Command. Thoughts?

Deck Tags

  • Casual
  • Multiplayer
  • Fun
  • Combo

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Mana Symbol Occurrence

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Card Legality

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

Deck discussion for This is your brain on Red

Teferi's Puzzle Box + Underworld Dreams

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Posted 05 April 2013 at 02:59

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