Hellbenders

by StrategicMuffinExhausted on 18 May 2013

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (15 cards)

Instants (4)

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Deck Description

I wanted to see whether a suicide-discard deck was possible. Thoughts?

Deck Tags

  • Rakdos
  • Discard
  • Suicide

Deck at a Glance

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Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for Hellbenders

Not bad, i've always liked the madness ablility and have always been sad that there wasn't more of it. i would recommend looking at the card Undertaker, which would allow you to get both recursion and additional discard. I would also recommend some more trample to make the most out of cards such as Taste for Mayhem and Oblivion Crown, since they aren't necessarily easily activate-able every turn. Perhaps Archetype of Aggression or Bloodfray Giant?

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Posted 18 February 2014 at 23:33

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if you can liliana of the veil is a great add in, her first ability makes eveyone discard. and you may want to look into bloodghast he would fit well

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Posted 18 September 2014 at 18:20

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I love Rakdos, it is my favourite Guild, and I like what you are doing here.

However, I find your mana curve a bit high and some of yor mechanics appear overly complex for my taste.
For instance instead of playing One With Nothing, I would focus on having cards that actually have an effect and also make you discard. You could use Raven's Crime as a 1-drop instead, the Retrace ability will help you keep everyone's hands empty in the mid-game.

I would replace Sire of Insanity and Gibbering Descent, that are too costly and too slow, with 3 x Gathan Raiders, that are Hellbent and allow you to discard.

Slithering Shade seems very weak to me; just compare it to Nantuko Shade. I don't think it is really helpful here, Tormented Soul would be better, especially once enchanted with Taste for Mayhem.

You need to lose the Flame Waves, with no ramp or card advantage, you will hardly ever get to play that. Use Liliana of the Veil instead if you have/can afford them. A much cheaper replacement that can synergize with your build would be Fiery Temper.

Also I would suggest Blackcleave Cliffs over Dragonskull Summit

Hope some of this is helpful!

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Posted 19 September 2014 at 18:46

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packrat for discard effects too

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Posted 19 September 2014 at 18:50

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Thank you, that's wonderful! I've applied some of the changes to the deck.

The only thing I really don't want to change is One With Nothing. I know it's not the best card: it's a terrible card, but this whole deck was born out me saying 'let's see if I can make One With Nothing work' and it would be weird to chop it out at this point.

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Posted 21 September 2014 at 05:36

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Mine as we'll keep it then! YOLO! Lol

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Posted 21 September 2014 at 05:38

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I know the feeling; I built a whole deck around Quirion Dryad and ended up removing them entirely ate the end. :) if you are playing this amongst friends it´ll work just fine.

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Posted 21 September 2014 at 18:37

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