Death by Dega

by KJSJ3 on 12 November 2013

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Deck Description

A variation of a deck that my friend uses.

Deck Tags

  • Standard
  • Dega

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Card Legality

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

Deck discussion for Death by Dega

What's Dega?

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Posted 12 November 2013 at 07:52

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It's the color scheme of the deck. Kinda like how red and white is Boros.

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Posted 12 November 2013 at 09:04

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Red White is Boros because wizards printed it. Red Blue Black is Grixis because wizards printed it. So that means it's an unofficial name right now, like Dirt/Junk (but it's really Dirt). Dega doesn't even sound good. Wizards really needs to print wedge names. :(
Anyway, the deck seems decent. Nykthos isn't gonna do very much with a Boros Reckoner in play , it would probably be better as either two shocks, or with adding a little bit more 1/ 2 drops to actually ramp with it. Oh and devotion to red would be better to hit the Rakdos's Return/Mortars on turn 4. :)
There's actually too much removal in my opinion. Could probably remove the Cleansings or a split with Eviction. Well, pass it along to your friend if you agree, or don't so you can win more, depending. :D lol

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Posted 12 November 2013 at 09:23

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Dega is a legit name, it's just really old. Dega means White with Black and Red as backup colors. It comes from Apocalypse, which had Dega Disciple (A white creature with black and red activated abilities), Degavolver (A white creature with black or white kicker), and Dega Sanctuary (A white enchantment which gained you life if you had black and red permanents in play.)

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Posted 12 November 2013 at 11:28

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Nowadays, White-Black-Red is mostly called "Oros", named for Orzhov-Boros and for the legendary Planar Chaos dragon, Oros the Avenger.

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Posted 12 November 2013 at 11:31

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Awesome, I didn't know that obviously. :D
Anyway, it was not my main point.

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Posted 12 November 2013 at 12:19

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I like Dega's name.

Dega: Red White Black
BUG: Black Blue Green
Junk: Green, White, Black
Esper: Black Blue White
Grixis: Black Blue Red
Naya: Red White Green
Jund: Green Red Black
Bant: Green White Blue

I believe that's all of them

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Posted 12 November 2013 at 16:20

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RUG and American.

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Posted 12 November 2013 at 16:38

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Oh right

RUG: Red Blue Green
'Umerica: Red White Blue and some freedom fries

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Posted 12 November 2013 at 16:39

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Well, if we're being old testament about it :)

Dega: Black Red White
Raka: Blue Red White
Ana: Blue Black Green
Ceta: Blue Green Red
Necra: Black Green White

And then there's the Shards:

Esper: Black Blue White
Bant: Blue White Green
Naya: White Green Red
Jund: Green Red Black
Grixis: Red Black Blue

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Posted 12 November 2013 at 17:09

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I suppose if you want to go old school then yeah, but I haven't heard these names commonly used.

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Posted 12 November 2013 at 17:46

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@VintageFTW: That's a terrible idea, I'm just gonna start calling Dega decks Oreos lol

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Posted 12 November 2013 at 17:46

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GBU is Ana
URB is Ceta
WBR is Dega
BGW is Necra
RWU is Raka
http://www.mtgvault.com/cards/search/?q=volver&searchtype=name&ps=20
Yeah, Wedges of Alara would be nice to have.

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Posted 12 November 2013 at 21:45

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Well, of course, the wedge names are very old (from Apocalypse, 2001). The slang for them today is mostly what has developed over the years.

Dega goes by Oros, Ana and Ceta have their initials simply read as 'rug' and 'bug', Necra is closely tied to 'Junk', and Raka is occasionally called "American".

I personally would love a wedge set like Shards of Alara.

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Posted 12 November 2013 at 21:45

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I've been looking for those names. I'm making a custom set thing for fun with a magic card creator. It's a wedge set. :P (i also have a League of Legends set) XP

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Posted 13 November 2013 at 00:56

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Lol, I totally didn't see RaiderKrom's post

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Posted 13 November 2013 at 04:04

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Hmm, take Planar Cleasing away, it's not have a good synergy with your deck at all.

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Posted 12 November 2013 at 12:20

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Interesting...

The curve is a little bit too high with not enough lands... ...I don't get it, why you use both Cleansing & Eviction... ...& if you do, why a total 5??... ...that's too much for a deck like this & Cleansing also put you in a disadventage most of the time.......

Nykthos won't do you much good with the permanents you have here, even tough you play 4 Reckoner, it won't work out for you...

Tajik won't trigger often... ...this is not a fast enough deck for Battalion, especially with you using Planar Cleansing & what if the opponent also has a strong set of removal(?)...

Aurelia is not bad by herselfe, but you won't have many creatures on board to take adventage of her trigger... ...tough, 1 copy of her is reasonable, yet I won't play her in a non-aggro deck...

Anger would also kill your Soldier of the Pantheon & Boros Reckoner... ...you suffacate yourselfe too much with your own spells :)

When building Oros, you have 3 choises - either you use only spot removal & many creatures(you can do this aggro-style or control-aggro), or you use bigger creatures, but still quite some of them & Anger of Gods along with spot removal, or you can make it a control deck with few bigger creatures & with 26 lands, than you can use Eviction & Cleansing at the same time...


Looking at your deck, I started thinking about building an Oros control deck with wipes & few creatures, but I think the best way to do Oros is option-2 of wich I stated the three lines above this... ...I belive, you've seen my version before...


I've made a Junk aggro deck yesterday: http://www.mtgvault.com/poetmasterx/decks/advent-of-the-one/

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Posted 12 November 2013 at 13:05

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Here is my newest version of Oros: http://www.mtgvault.com/poetmasterx/decks/young-warleaders-council/

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Posted 12 November 2013 at 20:12

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I would replace the Merciless eviction and Planar cleansing (that or move them to Sideboard). I'd replace those with Assemble the Legion and/or Protection spells or Devour flesh/celestial Flare for those pesky fleecemanes and caryatids.. If you did that then you can put the cleansings and evictions back in if you need them and have a win con from Assemble. Think about Brave the elements or Gods willing since you're running all white creatures and Brave can let you attack through opponents. Brave the elements has the added advantage that you can cast that and then cast Anger of the gods with no problems at turn 4 and still have your creatures intact.

That and I would add some rakdos Guildgates too.. You have some pretty color intensive spells in there like anger and hero's downfall and dreadbore which you want to be able to cast early.

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Posted 12 November 2013 at 16:15

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You're missing whip of erebos, elspeth, and chandra, also slaughter games needs to be in the sideboard. Also control needs about, 25 or 26 lands

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Posted 12 November 2013 at 16:17

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Maybe Elspeth. Yeah, maybe more lands, but they're not necessary. Then it for sure needs some way to draw.

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Posted 12 November 2013 at 21:45

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4 color control with 23 lands. It works. Your argument is invalid. http://www.mtgvault.com/kjsj3/decks/grixis-control-standard-fnm/

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Posted 13 November 2013 at 21:03

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That's not how making an argument invalid works, generally most Dega decks run Rakdos's return to kill pretty quickly and a good amount of lands. Also you are running chromatic lantern, he is not.

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Posted 13 November 2013 at 23:09

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Not necessarily, I've seen Rakdos' return cast early to empty opponent's hands.. It doesn't have to be for a lot, just enough to reduce the opponent's options (e.g. turn 4 or 5 where they have 4-5 cards in hand).

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Posted 15 November 2013 at 16:30

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It's always a pretty good finisher, but the point in control is to have mana open for something else. Like 8 mana, 6 for Rakdos's Return and if they use a Supreme Verdict, use a boros charm to make you stuff indestructible

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Posted 15 November 2013 at 23:42

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You definitely need more of a draw card mechanic here

Possibly Underworld Connections or Read the Bones. Also, I would drop the Soldier of the Pantheon in favor of a bigger creature like Stormbreath Dragon or Blood Baron of Vizkopa. You would also benefit heavily from Thoughtseize.

If you get the chance, please check out my R/W soldier deck.
http://www.mtgvault.com/claeb/decks/war-is-upon-you/

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Posted 13 November 2013 at 02:03

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I like this guys style, its like he read my mind; Blood Baron is to strong to not have in here, he alone can turn a game in your favor.

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Posted 13 November 2013 at 07:56

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My play group called this color scheme "Loganos" because we each took a junk shard and made it our own. Our friend Logan took this one. He wasn't too original v.v

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Posted 13 November 2013 at 23:27

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Hi, I'm currently playtesting my own deck on MTGO, and if you have this deck online as well I'd like to vs you with it as I am trying to get as much testing in as I can. If you're interested here's the link to all the information. Thanks.

http://www.mtgvault.com/bennyboy777/decks/midrange-aggro-gruul/

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Posted 17 November 2013 at 22:49

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I do not play on mtgo. However I do (once in a blue moon) play on Cockatrice.

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Posted 18 November 2013 at 01:06

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Nice deck , check out this deck if you have a moment http://www.mtgvault.com/dragon77/decks/budget-attack-of-the-land/ and this deck http://www.mtgvault.com/dragon77/decks/army-of-zombies/ Thanks in advance

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Posted 19 November 2013 at 00:21

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Can't say am a big fan of Auralia or Obzedat in this deck. I would consider creatures with more flexible costs. Maybe Blood Baron and Stormbreath instead or even an elspeth if you have one to spare. I also like Assemble the Legion as a threat that is hard to answer once resolved.

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Posted 27 November 2013 at 16:13

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