[Standard] Revision

by Lenaric on 03 July 2013

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (15 cards)

Artifacts (2)


Enchantments (2)

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Deck Description

The revision of the physical deck I've been playing at FNM.

Looking for constructive criticism.

How to Play

It's all about Desecration Demon & Fast Agro.

Summon Cackler and Spike Jester as early as possible to support a Skirsdag + Lightning Mauler combo in turn four if you don't get a Desecration Demon in the opening hand.

If you're lucky enough to get out Desecration Demon in turn four it isn't hard to keep him untapped if you want. It also really hurts the enemy morale when you clear the board immediately after they sacrifice to tap the demon. Or fling him right after an enemy sacrifice.

Sideboard is built to be as balanced as possible. There is a response to nearly all the common annoyances I have encountered.

Deck Tags

  • Standard
  • Rakdos
  • Agro

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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 [Standard] Revision

EXAVA IS A USLESS CARD sorry caps lock

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Posted 03 July 2013 at 15:36

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Really think so man? I had high hopes for her.

Maybe if she's so bad I'll just run two Madcap Skills instead.

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Posted 03 July 2013 at 15:40

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she really isnt as good as everyone thought she was gonna be

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Posted 03 July 2013 at 15:42

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There, look good?

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Posted 03 July 2013 at 15:44

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night hawk is a control only card take that out for 2 more skirtstag high priest also take out faithless looting for 1 more pillar

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Posted 03 July 2013 at 15:48

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Thanks! Very solid suggestions. That should speed things up a bit.

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Posted 03 July 2013 at 15:52

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lets role play a little: t1) sacred foundry, champion: pass turn

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Posted 03 July 2013 at 15:54

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Lol wish cockatrice wasn't dead. I'm at work otherwise I'd play a text game on skype or somethin.

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Posted 03 July 2013 at 16:00

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well i would win any way cuz u know what turn one champion means

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Posted 03 July 2013 at 16:01

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Lol yeah, I've already seen your crazy Boros.

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Posted 03 July 2013 at 16:05

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its not that crazy i mean its just combo aggro+walkers

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Posted 03 July 2013 at 16:07

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Hey go look at my other deck that I've been working on and see what ideas you have. It was a challenge and now I kinda want to play it.

http://www.mtgvault.com/lenaric/decks/standard-selesnyas-voltron/

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Posted 03 July 2013 at 16:11

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do it

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Posted 03 July 2013 at 16:13

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I really like Bant Hexproof but seriously those prices on Geist / Voice are killing me right now. It's the only thing holding me back from finishing it. So Selesnya could be playable till I get the rest for my Bant.

But I'm totally giving this Rakdos a shot this week. It's shaping up to be pretty nasty.

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Posted 03 July 2013 at 16:18

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how big is your fnm

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Posted 03 July 2013 at 16:20

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Between 50-70. It's actually pretty packed lately.

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Posted 03 July 2013 at 16:21

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mine is like like tops 30-40

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Posted 03 July 2013 at 16:24

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Yeah the large amount of players makes me want to have more consistency. That's why I'm buying cards for my Bant Hexproof so I can start placing regularly and going so far out of my way to perfect my Rakdos deck.

I just love this Rakdos decks play style too much and the cards weren't too painful to pick up so I've been playing it for the last month or so.

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Posted 03 July 2013 at 16:29

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ive always played mine since i started fnm. i actually started in early january of this year and i picked up on it pretty quickly

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Posted 03 July 2013 at 16:32

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Ah, I've been playing for years just not in standard. I used to play a lot of Modern and Legacy until I started to take it a little more seriously. Now I really enjoy the competition that standard provides instead of the randomness that is modern.

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Posted 03 July 2013 at 16:33

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modern is just too broken and expensive for me

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Posted 03 July 2013 at 16:35

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Undying seems good, maybe 4 evolving wilds and a plains to fetch flashback.
if you involve undying, faithless looting really helps out.
I really like the idea but your damage output is weak, your curve is really strange and you need at least 3 more lands. (evolving wilds)
I have no idea how your able to use skirsdag with only 4 demons... It seems like your splitting strategies between a strange demon combo and black red aggro.
Flinging the demon is great though I really enjoy the idea of this deck!

Ultimately my suggestion would be cut the weird combo and focus on aggro

OR

move your combo to the board (or keep it main its your deck) and side in aggro for second/third game to surprise your opponent with relentless damage

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Posted 04 July 2013 at 08:56

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Honestly this deck has evolved so much over its lifetime and it gets really out of control if you don't realize what my plans are. It can work as many types of deck all at once. It is the philosophy of the Rakdos clan. I sat down with every red and black card and started working on a deck. This is the most competitive and fun deck I came up with.

I really just enjoy how it plays and how it actually contends with some of the typical cookie cutter top 8 decks I see all the time at my local meta.

Skisdag can tap any creature for it's token creation so a lot of the time I end up creating demons with Cacklers or Assassins. I've even used Sire to create a token.

They undying mechanic came in when I realized I needed more option to be able to nuke my own creatures to activate morbid and really throw the opponent off.

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Posted 04 July 2013 at 19:59

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You totally CANNOT tap your cacklers or assasins for skirsdags ability. They are not demons....
Kudos for pulling that off at FNM though.

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Posted 05 July 2013 at 07:15

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if you wanna nuke your creatures there are plenty of artifacts and creatures that pump draw cards etcetera when you sacrifice another creature

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Posted 05 July 2013 at 07:16

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Seriously, how many times to I need to read Skirsdag to confirm that it does not need to be activated with demons. That card would be complete garbage if it was only activated by demons.

http://draw3cards.com/question/6784/when-can-skirsdag-high-priest-morbid-be-used/

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Posted 05 July 2013 at 13:29

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It's part of the cost to activate the ability, you MUST tap 2 demons as well as skirsdag after a creature died. Would be totally broken if you played it your way ok fuck I play green ramp and get a flying 5/5 turn 3. And turn 4 and oh I'm playing rally zarek and untap effects now it's turn 6 and I have 6 demons with flying.

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Posted 05 July 2013 at 16:48

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No where anywhere says you must tap two demons. It just says two creatures, the card says "two untapped creatures you control" No where does it specify at all. I'm honestly about to call a judge friend of mine and make sure you're crazy.

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Posted 05 July 2013 at 17:42

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Yeah, called a judge. You're wrong. It does not require any specific creature type at all. Just two untapped creatures. Good thing because I love that card and it does some serious work.

It's rotating really soon anyway so I'm going to have to drop that combo soon anyway.

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Posted 05 July 2013 at 17:46

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My bad, misread. I still think you need more aggro though

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Posted 05 July 2013 at 20:50

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