4 Myojin of Infinite Rage
4 Myojin of Night's Reach
4 Kindle the Carnage
4 Ragged Veins
4 Diabolic Tutor
4 Dimir Machinations
4 Infernal Tutor
4 Rakdos Signet
2 Wit's End
4 Howling Mine
5 Mountain
4 Swamp
4 Rakdos Carnarium
4 Blood Crypt
4 Forbidden Orchard
1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All |
  Mr.
Veins.
Description of deck by it's author
(quoted):
The possibility of Earthquake returning to the
Core Set after a two-set absence had me thinking. What if there was a
card like Earthquake that could deal twenty damage to each creature in
play and twenty to your opponent, leaving you untouched? What if I told
you that this Earthquake would only cost five measly mana? And it's in
Standard? Impossible, you say? I thought so, too. That is, until Sergei
L. Sagataev and iammars let me in on a little two-card secret: Kindle
the Carnage and Ragged Veins.
Kindle the Carnage's damage capabilities are limited
only by the cumulative converted-mana cost of the cards in your hand. By
filling your deck with high-priced spells like the Myojin, and ways to
find them, you can very easily get twenty-mana worth of cards in your
hand. For each damage dealt to the creature it's enchanting, Ragged Veins
causes that creature's controller to lose one life. Twenty damage to the
creature will result in the loss of twenty life for opponent. In order to
ensure that you can assemble the combo, while keeping enough cards in hand
to make the Vein Kindling lethal, iammars included full sets of Howling
Mine, Diabolic Tutor, Infernal Tutor, and Dimir Machinations (which can be
Transmuted for Kindle the Carnage, or hard-cast to set up your next
draws). Infernal Tutor is especially good in the deck, allowing you to
buff up your hand with extra high-mana spells, backup copies of the combo
pieces, or even extra mana sources.
Since both pieces of the combo are so cheap, with the
right draw you can kill your opponent as early as turn 3. That's Ragged
Veins on turn 2, and Kindle the Carnage the following turn. Sometimes it
can be tricky to get Ragged Veins to stick. Against decks with creatures
that can sacrifice themselves and others (creatures like Plagued Rusalka,
Thoughtpicker Witch, and Nantuko Husk), you might have to cast a defensive
Kindle the Carnage before you go for the Veins. Against decks that have no
creatures at all, you will have to find one of your Forbidden Orchards and
give them a creature that way.
If you want to experience the straight-up weirdness of
casting a Diabolic Tutor for Ragged frickin' Veins, then I strongly
recommend trying out this deck.
Both Sergei and iammars had Warp World in the deck for
additional wackiness, but I ended up cutting them for a set of Rakdos
Signets. With so many Sorceries in the deck, you'd rarely come out ahead
by casting Warp World, while the Signets (and the Rakdos Carnariums I also
added) make casting some of your high-priced spells a realistic
proposition.
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