Jessie

Nice idea Puschkin.

And i think we both agree, that it is harder to build a budget deck versus a Standard deck.
And thus, harder to build a budget-meta-deck. So it would be a challenge.

Speaking of, have you seen my new deck:
http://www.mtgvault.com/jessie says blah blah blah.

lol

Not a real link/post, but you get the point.

Wait to you see the price of Lions Eye Diamond. Back when it came out it was less than 3 dollars. Consider that when you google how much it cost now.

Yes, i look dumb because i first suggested taking it out (as stated...i know very little about standard, but i still tried to help out :))...but i would run at least 3 copies of anger of the gods. Maybe even 4.

I will give it an honest consideration. Yeah...just learning that...after getting back into magic. My friends and I, in highschool (like 12 years ago), played wrong. Example, Wrath of God...if a creature had protection from white (say a mother of runes)...we always assumed she would stay alive. lol.

Point taken Zaklax, that is why they are sideboarded in most tourney decks. Who wants to draw a Smelt when you just need one more Lightning Bolt to win the game?

And, NinjaStyle612...i think it is weak. Again, i totally agree with you! About sideboard. Tournaments. I TOTALLY agree with you. But i still can't help but find it weak. I hate sideboards in general. SUPER HATE THEM.

Here is where i disagree, "they build a well rounded deck to fight the meta, and get more specific after game 1."
IF it is well rounded, as you say, then they would have an answer to Detention Sphere in game 1. A deck is not well rounded if they use 36 cards in a deck AND YOU LOSE to one single Enchantment. That is the opposite of well rounded. That is a deck with a HUGE flaw. And to say, "well, i have naturalize in my sideboard because i didn't know if you would run any artifacts/enchantments." Again, that just seems uber weak. Almost like the sideboard is an easy way out. Not to say making a sideboard is easy.

But that is just the way it is, with Tournament play. Guess that is why i have never played one. Thousands of people, in standard, running the same boring 5 or 6 decks (minus a card or two). The Format sucks, as other people will agree on this site (here is to you Puschkin).

The sky is the limit. I have not started my (although i do already have a few budget decks) contribution to Northy's budget decks.
I am going to stick to his request of redoing one of his budget decks that i liked.

However...there could be Flying Budget deck.
Trample Budget deck.
Unblockable Budget deck.
Tons of Tribal budget decks.
Control budget deck.
Discard budget deck.
On and on and on. Truly, the sky is the limit.

And where is all the Finnish? I think Northy will like the finnish attempts as much as the actual decks because language translators are really fun, in that they usually mess up the translations.

Only 2 Storm Crows?

Needs more Storm Crows! I wouldn't run any less than 8 Storm Crows!
lol

The deck has my vote. And this deck looks really good, especially if you can pump up fast/quickly your creatures so that Anger of the Gods nukes their creatures and not your's.

It has my vote. I liked it. Fyi, want to take out 4 of the Geth's Verdict (it has you using 8 of them).

I think geth's verdict and heroes downfall makes the deck much better. As said before, geth's verdict gets past hexproof creatures and indestructible creatures. That rocks! Plus, heroes downfall gets past planewalkers.

Off subject...if they are going to do planewalkers now...they need to go back and do people like Urza.

My vote got you up to 10 likes!
Good job.

Carlcon1311...did you seriously just post a link to a 250 dollar deck on an entire page dedicated to Northy being the king of budget decks?

Oh crap...you may be new here...but don't be surprised if people give you lots of negative comments/votes.

No, i will not, Carl.

Thank you! And will look at the cards you suggested, as always.

Didn't know about the Firewalker. Definitely going to add that one in. Protection from red, rocks.

Hidden Strings...i know it sucks that it can only be used to cipher Morphling...but i am choosing to keep it because it is more versatile compared to something like Cerulean Wisp. In worse case scenario...my opponent lays down some serious threats, with Hidden Strings, i have the option (even if it is only one turn) to tap two of the threats. Hell, in theory it could be used early game (turn 2) to tap my opponent's two lands. That would greatly slow them down. Same with Dream's Grip. I feel like i need to keep it because it can both tap/untap, if need be.

He is played on Turn 3.
So turn 4 and 5, you have to pump him up 7 times.

I just haven't played a deck like this. Nor any standard deck. That is my problem. I am sure the deck works.

I am just use to games being over or locked down by Turn 5. Stuff like this heroic..seems like it would take 5 turns to just get good and started. But again, i think that is just me being use to playing Legacy/Vintage.

I like Massacre better. Sure, it cost one more extra mana. However, if they are playing Plains, by chance...than it is brutal!

I know that. That is why i put, "You have to super rely on your white cards to pump up your creatures/protect them from your own spell. "

Guess i just don't dig the Heroic + white pump up combo. Explains why i have not built a deck with heroic cards. But i don' t play Standard. That probably is the problem. Me trying to give advice in formats i do not know. I do know Standard is much slower than Legacy/Extended/Vintage. Guess that is what I am missing with this deck.

I liked it, regardless. Because i do see , in theory, i see how it could work. And for all i know, in standard, this could be a really good deck/concept.

Needs maybe, more creature removal. If you didn't have the Fortune Thief...i would say Pyroclasm could work.

I like Furnace of Rath. I use it in my red burn decks.

Fireblast should be considered. It combos well with Furnace of Rath. And it is an awesome win card.

Consider this. You have 2 fireblast in your hand as well as 1 Furnace or Rath.
You have 4 mana on the table. You tap all 4 mana to bring in Furnace of Rath. You then sack 2 lands each to each Fireblast. Since the damage is doubled, it ends up being 16 points of damage! Would consider removing Rift Bolt for them.

Sword of the Meek/Thopter Foundry/Time Sieve.
That is fun stuff!

Something like Propaganda would work.

Also...running 4 Ad Nauseam and 2 other cards that cost 4 mana, as well as other cards that cost mana...you run the small chance of killing yourself. Might want to consider 3 Ad Nauseam instead of 4...even if it is one of your main cards.

Most people, who use Ad Nauseam, prefer to go with as little mana curve as possible.

Not being harsh, but i have personally killed myself with Ad Nauseam...more then once, by drawing into another Ad Nauseam, causing me 5 points of damage.