Cruel intentions

by Kazzong on 04 February 2016

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (16 cards)

Instants (2)


Land (1)

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Deck Description

this is my take on a Master of cruelties deck.


as always, comments and suggestions are welcome.

How to Play

simple. get out master of cruelties and use either apostle's blessing or Break through the line to make it unblockable, then follow up with a gut shot for the kill. :)

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Card Legality

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

Deck discussion for Cruel intentions

Rogue's Passage could also help the Master get through.
Rakdos Signet might be better suited in Springleaf Drum's slot. The Drum requires a creature on the battlefield to work and you don't have that many readily available.
Sadly, Braid of Fire's mana can only ever be used in the upkeep as mana gets emptied from mana pools at the end of each step or phase.
You have all sorts of ways to make sure the Master hits play and deals damage, but no way to get Gut Shot. I suggest adding a little more burn to both increase the chances of killing after Master does his thing and to take care of pesky early game creatures on the opponent's side. Lightning Bolt is my first choice here, but there are a ton of 1 manaburn instants.

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Posted 04 February 2016 at 11:38

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I looked at passage, but it's just too much mana. And it only adds colorless mana as well. So I didn't keep it in.

As for more burn, that is probably true. I really do have very little search, but I am trying try keep this modern legal so can't use gamble or a few other tutors that I like. Perhaps instead of braids of fire I might run that plinker goblin. Can't recall the have at the moment. 1/1 for R, can tap to deal 1 damage to target player.

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Posted 05 February 2016 at 02:19

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Goblin Fireslinger is probably the one you're thinking of.

I still stand by my choice of adding more actual burn spells but if a ping effect is what you want, Scepter of Empires is cool. In addition to doing colourless damage, it's less likely to be killed (most mainboard kill is for creatures).

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Posted 05 February 2016 at 03:50

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Goblin fireslinger sounds like the one mentioned. Seal of fire (if I have the name right)(cmc1 "R" enchantment. Sac seal, deal 2 damage) may help get you that final blow.

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Posted 11 February 2016 at 13:04

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Posted 04 February 2016 at 11:40

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