Lands:
3 Ghitu Encampment
16 Mountain
4 Mutavault
Creatures:
2 Countryside Crusher
4 Keldon Marauders
4 Magus of the Moon
4 Mogg Fanatic
4 Tattermunge Maniac
Other Spells:
4 Flame Javelin
4 Incinerate
4 Lash Out
4 Rift Bolt
3 Shard Volley
Sideboard:
3 Everlasting Torment
4 Fulminator Mage
3 Spitebellows
3 Sulfurous Blast
2 Vexing Shusher |
 Evan
Erwin's Red Deck Wins 2008.
Description of deck by Mike Flores @
www.wizards.com
(quoted):
This deck is essentially a true Red Deck Wins,
all red, multi-faceted and disruptive. Magus of the Moon takes the place
of Pillage or Molten Rain, and can attack as well. Tattermunge Maniac is
the modern Jackal Pup. Countryside Crusher is the muscle. Keldon
Marauders joins one of the finest burn lineups to grace Standard since
the days of Dave Price and his Fireblasts.
Lash Out might actually be better than Incinerate;
Incinerate is very good. Shard Volley isn't, but it does three, as does
Rift Bolt (itself quite good)... That said, Shard Volley can be a bit of
surprise bite with the aforementioned Countryside Crusher, or a nice
trick when Mutavault or Ghitu Encampment are going to the graveyard
anyway. The card that really laces this strategy together, though, is
Flame Javelin. Flame Javelin acts like a three-mana spell in this deck,
and works awfully hard, taking out 20% of the opponent's life total or
dealing with a monster the likes of Mistbind Clique or Chameleon
Colossus, something Red Decks have not always been able to do.
From that standpoint, Spitebellows becomes a nice
point removal spell out of the board... The rest seems to be solutions
to common problems, such as counterspells (with Vexing Shusher), Kitchen
Finks (with Everlasting Torment), and creatures and life totals in
general—such as Faeries, those little troublemakers—(with Sulfurous
Blast). |
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by Evan Erwin, 3rd place,
StarCityGames.com Standard Open Tournament on May 11, 2008, discussed by
Mike Flores @ www.wizards.com |
