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Post by th3on3songoku on Sept 2, 2010 7:58:53 GMT -6
dont know if you seen it but henry's deck made the main page of www.wizardsofthecoasts.com on the pillars article for new extended. |
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Post by vanguardian on Sept 2, 2010 10:40:45 GMT -6
Very cool. Leave to Henry to build a staple RDW, lol.
Tonight I am going to an extended tournament at the local card shop. I was going to run my Standard RDW with some sideboard adjustments: namely Volcanic Fallout and Magma Spray. I would like to hear some of the reasoning for his main deck and sideboard choices. Such cards as:
Smoldering Spires
Rift Bolt
Ember Hauler (more like, how good is he really in this deck?)
Relic of Progenitus
Bad Moon
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Post by natedog08 on Sept 2, 2010 15:28:18 GMT -6
I saw it as well. always nice to see mentions to our group in the big league sites.
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Post by th3on3songoku on Sept 2, 2010 20:35:35 GMT -6
bad moon and magus of the moon is in there for decks with a lot of non basic or non basic that do stuff, like dropping that on scapehift and fae is a killer. ember hauler is the real deal he replaces mogg fanatic and does a good job. relic is for graveyard decks and tarmogoyf since he still legal right now. or knight of the reliquary drops them to what they should be.
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Post by goblinguide on Sept 22, 2010 12:09:49 GMT -6
Just some quick background on the deck before I discuss it. I built the deck about 15 minutes before the event, so obviously it's not terribly tuned. I built the deck assuming a metagame loaded with Faeries, Living End, and a little bit of 5 Color or 3 Color Control decks.
Ben answered most of Jonathon's questions correctly so I only need to expand a little bit. Smoldering Spires was an all star. I faced 2 Fae decks in the tournament and both of them got blown out by just leaving up a bitterblossom token to chump block, allowing me to set up turns where I could play Spire and drop Ball Lightning or Boggart Ram-Gang to smash.
There are a few changes I'd make to the deck at this point though. I was very disappointed by both Plated Geopede and Rift Bolt. Both cards felt very ineffective and/or awkward nearly every time I played them.
I would consider putting Magus of the Moon in the maindeck. I wanted to side him in frequently. I'd probably put them in over the Rift Bolts. I'm not sure what I would replace the Geopedes with. Stigma Lasher is the first guy who comes to mind, though he still feels somewhat underpowered.
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