MTGO Videos – Innistrad Block Constructed Daily Event #1 – RW Aggro

Hey Guys,

So I’ve been tinkering around with Innistrad block constructed on MTGO, and I’ve grown more or less comfortable with the format.  I originally started out playing green-white humans, but came to two realizations about the format.  The first is that the mana in this format is horrible.  With no allied dual lands, it’s very hard to hit your curve (which is extremely important in such an aggro-heavy format) and thus cards like Champion of the Parish and Mayor of Avabruck become much less appealing as the game goes later.   The second realization I came to is that the GW deck didn’t have enough reach, especially against the once ever-prominent Burning Vengeance deck, as they would have infinite Blasphemous Acts and Rolling Temblors to kill everything, and would often kill you from a very low life total because you couldn’t push through damage to kill them.

The solution I found to both these problems was to switch out the green for red.  This was before more than a handful of lists went up, and I was originally a slightly more controlling deck with Angelic Overseers and Mentor of the Meeks, instead of Midnight Hauntings and Instigator Gangs.  However, the core of Brimstone Volley and Devils Play were there and provided a much needed amount of damage to finish off opponents.

Here’s my current list:

Sideboard:
2 Geist-Honored Monk
2 Divine Reckoning
1 Blasphemous Act
3 Geistflame
2 Silverchase Fox
4 Slayer of the Wicked

Both the main and the side have changed and continue to change almost daily as them meta evolves and I find new things to try out.   If  anyone wants to make a ton of money on magic online, find a surefire way to beat both RW aggro and Jund control consistently, as those make up the majority of the decks online that present any sort of sizeable challenge.

Without further ado, here are the videos!

Cheers,

Zak

@zturchan on twitter, zak-AT-power9pro.com, zturchan on MTGO

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