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Black/Red Deck in need of desperate help!

Hi everyone.

My multicolor red deck i have been working on for some time now is in bad shape! I have made quite the investment into duellands of black/red nature and am trying to get it to work around a direct damage deck. So far the deck consists of:

Artifacts:
1 X Lotus Petal
1 X Sol Ring
1 X Nevinyrals's Disk
1 x Zuron Orb

Spells:
1 X Dark Ritual
4 X Lightning Bolt
2 X Terminate
1 X Imp's Mischief
1 X Fork
4 X Bloodlust
2 X Bad Moon
1 X Demonic Tutor
2 X Fury Charm
2 X Bane Fire
2 X Orcish Oriflamme
1 X Damnation

Creatures:
2 X Will-O-The-Wisp
2 X Vexing Devil
3 X Spark Elemental
2 X Rathi Trapper
4 X Royal Assassin
2 X Prodigal Pyromancer
1 X Toshiro Umezawa
2 X Hypnotic Specter
2 X Ball Lightning
2 X Sangromancer
1 X Olivia Voldaren
1 X Moonveil Dragon
1 X Dread
2 X Stalking Vengance

Planeswalkers:
1 X Chandra Nalaar
1 X Sorin Markov

Lands:
3 X Badlands
2 X Blood Crypt
2 X Graven Cairns
1 X Blackcleave Cliffs
1 X LavaClaw Reaches
1 X Shinka, the bloodsoaked Keep
1 X Sulfourous Springs
1 X Urborg Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 X Dwarven Hold
1 X Bottomless Vault
1 X Ghitu Encampment
7 X Swamp
4 X Mountain

Obviously i know the deck is a little on the big side so i would like to weed some cards out of it, however in addition to that, would anyone make any recommendations to adding cards or tweaking deck? Ideas?

- Jay
Posted 22 May 2012 at 15:25

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Also if people have other ideas for a black and red deck, i am interested in hearing. I have quite the vault of cards to choose from as i have been collecting for over 15 years so scratching deck and starting from the top on a red/black format would be open to consideration too..... In the past i had it more black creature heavy with creatures manipulating enemies graveyard and then using them under my control however as of recent i have moved away from that using more direct damage creatures such as ball lightnings, vexing devils etc.
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Posted 22 May 2012 at 17:51

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I made some key changes and have it down to 75 cards. Here it is as of now and after player input:

Artifacts:
1 X Lotus Petal
1 X Sol Ring
1 X Nevinyrals's Disk
1 x Zuron Orb

Spells:
1 X Dark Ritual
2 X Song of the Damned
2 X Incinerate
4 X Lightning Bolt
2 X Terminate
1 X Fork
4 X Bloodlust
2 X Bad Moon
1 X Demonic Tutor
2 X Fury Charm
1 X Volcanic Fallout
2 X Drain Life
2 X Bane Fire
1 X Meteor Shower
1 X Suffer the Past
1 X Damnation

Creatures:
2 X Vexing Devil
3 X Spark Elemental
2 X Rathi Trapper
2 X Royal Assassin
2 X Rakdos Ickspitter
1 X Toshiro Umezawa
1 X Lyzolda, the Blood Witch
1 X Olivia Voldaren
1 X Moonveil Dragon
1 X Magus of the Coffers
1 X Stalking Vengance

Planeswalkers:
1 X Chandra Nalaar
1 X Sorin Markov

Lands:
3 X Badlands
2 X Blood Crypt
2 X Graven Cairns
1 X Blackcleave Cliffs
1 X LavaClaw Reaches
1 X Shinka, the bloodsoaked Keep
1 X Sulfourous Springs
1 X Urborg Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 X Dwarven Hold
1 X Bottomless Vault
1 X Ghitu Encampment
7 X Swamp
4 X Mountain

Thoughts, comments?
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Posted 22 May 2012 at 20:10

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So what did i do with all of those black cards i did away with from the deck? I actually made a pretty effective discard deck. Here it is:

Artifacts:

4 X The Rack
1 X Cursed Rack

Spells:
1 X Demonic Tutor
2 X Terror
1 X Quest for the Nihil Stone
2 x Raven's Crime
2 X Dark Ritual
2 X Mind Ravel
1 X Struggle for Sanity
1 X Noggin Whack
1 X Syphon Mind
2 X Hymn to Tourach
2 X Mind Twist
Creatures:

1 X Mesmeric Fiend
2 X Royal Assassin
4 X Mindstab Thrull
1 X Phylactery Lich
3 X Hypnotic Specter
1 X Hollowsage
1 X Abyssal Specter
4 X Sangromancer
1 X Hollowborn Barghest

Planeswalker:

Lilliana of the Vess

Thoughts, Suggestions, Comments?
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Posted 23 May 2012 at 17:08

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[deck="Untitled Deck"]
//Name: B Discard - Dudes 6th Path of Pain
4 The Rack
1 Cursed Rack
1 Demonic Tutor
2 Terror
1 Quest for the Nihil Stone
2 Raven's Crime
2 Dark Ritual
2 Mind Ravel
1 Struggle for Sanity
1 Noggin Whack
1 Syphon Mind
2 Hymn to Tourach
2 Mind Twist
1 Mesmeric Fiend
2 Royal Assassin
4 Mindstab Thrull
1 Phylactery Lich
3 Hypnotic Specter
1 Hollowsage
1 Abyssal Specter
4 Sangromancer
1 Hollowborn Barghest
1 Liliana Vess
20 Swamp
[/deck]
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Posted 23 May 2012 at 17:34

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[deck="Untitled Deck"]
//Name: B/R Direct Damage - Dudes 3rd Path of Pain
1 Lotus Petal
1 Sol Ring
1 Nevinyrral's Disk
1 Zuran Orb
2 Dark Ritual
2 Songs of the Damned
2 Incinerate
4 Lightning Bolt
2 Terminate
1 Fork
4 Blood Lust
2 Bad Moon
1 Demonic Tutor
2 Fury Charm
1 Volcanic Fallout
2 Drain Life
2 Banefire
1 Meteor Shower
1 Suffer the Past
1 Damnation
2 Vexing Devil
3 Spark Elemental
2 Rathi Trapper
2 Royal Assassin
2 Rakdos Ickspitter
1 Toshiro Umezawa
1 Lyzolda, the Blood Witch
1 Olivia Voldaren
1 Moonveil Dragon
1 Magus of the Coffers
1 Stalking Vengeance
1 Chandra Nalaar
1 Sorin Markov
3 Badlands
2 Blood Crypt
2 Graven Cairns
1 Blackcleave Cliffs
1 Lavaclaw Reaches
1 Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
1 Sulfurous Springs
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Dwarven Hold
1 Bottomless Vault
1 Ghitu Encampment
5 Swamp
6 Mountain
[/deck]
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Posted 23 May 2012 at 17:35

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