The new [unnamed] red and black artefact deck

I finally got my hands on the cards required to make this deck. The idea is probably about half a year old by now. But I have done it!

The idea started simple enough. ‘Wheel of Torture’, ‘Viseling’, ‘Lavaborn Muse’ and ‘Wound Reflection’.

With these cards in particular, your opponents need to keep an eye on the size of their hands; if they have a deck which draws a lot of cards, the game-play will slow down, or cause them to pay out on a lot of life. Though what drew me to these cards was the ability to deal damage without having to do anything (and to all opponents), and, if you manage to draw “Wound Reflection” then you will be dealing twice as much damage without moving a muscle.

If you read my blogs then you may have noticed I play a lot of multi-player games. These cards are just what you need for a multi-player game!

With these cards in mind, I was going to make a blue and red deck. Blue was chosen for the knowledge of cards that make other players draw cards and discard them to control the size of their hands, as such with every turn you are guaranteed to be dealing damage. But alas, I would lose ‘Wound Reflection’ unless I had three colours... However this would slow me down in what I wanted to do with this deck, so I put Blue to one side; for now. I did put in ‘Temple Bell’ in the deck though.

Keeping with the theme of dealing damage without doing anything, I looked for similar cards and found I had these:

‘Sulfuric Vortex’

 - With this card, as well as dealing damage to your opponent, damage is being dealt to you. So it’s one to play when you know your opponent is going to get more damage overall than you are.

‘Baneful Omen’

 - This card gives you a reason to play ‘Sulfuric Vortex’ as you’ll be dealing damage to everyone, meaning you will be losing the least every turn.

‘Hollowborn Barghest’

- Not only can this card deal damage every turn, but it can give you the option to attack head on.

‘Jinxed Idol’ and ‘Jinxed Ring’

- These two cards require you to sacrifice a creature. I’m never keen on sacrificing cards unless they have an effect which is triggered by going to the grave yard.

‘Goblin Arsonist’, ‘Mudbutton Torchrunner’, ‘Perilous Myr’ and ‘Mortis Dogs’ all deal damage when sent into the graveyard. There practically crying out to be sacrificed.

Now ‘Wound Reflection’, ‘Baneful Omen’ and ‘Hollowborn Barghest’ are big mana spells which lend themselves well to my next idea.

I have only played this deck two times as of yet, but needless to say it has worked, it may need tweaking but only time will tell.

Deck List:

                Red Creatures:

                                                Mudbutton Torchrunner x3

                                                Goblin Arsonist x2

                                                Furnace Scamp

                                                Prodigal Pyromancer

                                                Goblin Balloon Brigade

                                                Lavaborn Muse x3

                Black Creatures:

                                                Mortis Dogs

                                                Hollowborn Barghest x2

                                                Skeletal Wurm

                                                Dementia Bat

                                                Scourge Servant

                                                Zulaport Enforcer

                                                Whispering Specter

                                                Nested Ghoul

                                                Bog Raiders

                                                Death’s Shadow

                                               

                Artefact Creatures:

                                                Perilous Myr x2

                                                Palladium Myr

                                                Iron Myr

                                                Viseling x3

                                               

                Multi-Coloured Creatures:

                                                Manaforge Cinder x3

                Other Red:

                                                Sulfuric Vortex

                Other Black:

                                                Sign in Blood x2

                                                Baneful Omen

                                                Wound Reflection x3

                Other Artefact:

                                                Wheel of Torture x3

                                                Ashnod’s Altar x2

                                                Jinxed Idol

                                                Jinxed Ring

                                                Temple Bell

                                                Thran Dynamo x2

                                                Iron Maiden x3

                                                Viseling x3

                                                Iron Myr

                                                Palladium Myr

                                                Perilous Myr x2

                Land:

                                                Mountain x11

                                                Swamp x12