4
Basking Rootwalla
4 Druid Lyrist
4 Minotaur Explorer
4 Wild Mongrel
4 Arrogant Wurm
4 Reckless Charge
4 Rites of Spring
4 Fiery Temper
4 Roar of the Wurm
2 Acceptable Losses
13 Forest
9 Mountain
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  The
Angry Deck.
Description of deck by it's author
(quoted):
Here is my thought process: First, Arrogant Wurm and Basking
Rootwalla are green while Fiery Temper is red. My deck will be G/R. So
there.
The green cards in Odyssey that “let” me discard are: Crashing Centaur,
Krosan Archer, Rites of Spring, and Wild Mongrel. Wild Mongrel is one of
my favorite Madness-enhancing cards because a) the discard effect is
free and at instant speed, b) it causes massive combat headaches, and c)
it’s a common. Rites of Spring, too, seems like it is almost too good a
deal to be true: play madness cards while securing your mana base and
thinning the land from your deck. I am a little less excited about the
other choices, Crashing Centaur because he is so darned expensive and
Krosan Archer because he is too defensive for a deck with my aggressive
madness cards.
The red cards in Odyssey that “let” me discard are: Acceptable Losses,
Dwarven Strike Force, Frenetic Ogre, Minotaur Explorer, Pardic
Swordsmith, and Rites of Initiation. The problem with red’s discard is
that it is more chaotic. Random discard isn’t horrible with madness, but
it isn’t a sure thing either. Since the deck is aggressive, I like
Minotaur Explorer and, to a lesser extent, Acceptable Losses. The others
are worth skipping, being on average too expensive for their bang.
For artifacts there are Junk Golem and Patchwork Gnomes, both of which
are fine but again don’t fit the aggressive nature of the deck very
well.
Between Wild Mongrel, Rites of Spring, Minotaur Explorer, and Acceptable
Losses I think there is enough self-discard. In fact, with only 12
madness cards, there are some opportunities to do some other fun things
with the deck’s discard effects. Luckily, Odyssey has plenty of tools,
even when limiting myself to green and red.
Roar of the Wurm is probably my favorite card to discard. Putting it
into the graveyard allows for a turn-4 6/6 beastie. True, I only get to
use it once, but then again, I get a turn-4 6/6 beastie.
Any aggressive deck would be remiss without Reckless Charge. Again, the
flashback cost is very reasonable so I don’t mind discarding it. And on
the times I can play it twice, my creatures – especially the trampling
Arrogant Wurm – become even scarier than before.
Finally, I will also add Druid Lyrist for two reasons. First, he is a
quick creature that can do damage via Reckless Charge. Second, and more
importantly, I imagine most people playing Odyssey will use Zombie
Infestation because it’s so darned good. And yes, the combination of
Zombie Infestation and madness is very, very scary.
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