Dies to Removal

I have previously loved bringing Chandra in as well in those grindier matchups. I think because I dodged all the normal UWx matchups and the only Mono-Black deck I played I brought in 7 cards on the play w/o Chandra and I didn't want to bring in two more. But I think when I hit UWx, more "class...

Game day write up. Went 6-0 at 16 person game day, 12-2 in overall games. Snagged my first playmat (just started playing again 8 months ago after a 15 year hiatus) and some packs. Played a modified “classic MDU” burn. I just recently picked up my Eidolons with a penchant for revelry, but I didn’t fe...

Just my two cents: I would say we are definitely the beatdown in the MBD matchup. We are trying to get our damage in fast and get under them before they can stabilize. They have stronger individual cards, access to card draw and access to lifegain. In a stalled board state they will probably win or ...

I know we have some GP results coming in, but maybe to supplement that I'll throw in some notes from a local tournament. 5 round win-a-box tournament, ~30 people, I went 4-0, 8 game wins, 0 losses, decided to split the box and some money with the other contender. Absolute blast to play this deck, di...

Been lurking on Boros Burn for a long while. I was playing Dos Rakis a lot but wanted to give burn a shot, started playing it a couple weeks ago and really had a blast. I feel it is challenging me to be a better player but also a very satisfying way to win. There is an upcoming local "win-a-box...

I've been only working on Standard but as my collection grows I was considering trying to slowly acquire some useful Modern cards to assemble a deck. It seems like Affinity is an archetype that really stays around and is not incredibly expensive. It also looks like a fun aggro deck. Is it worth it t...

How are people feeling about R/b's place compared to other options like Boros Burn or Pyroblack? I was very excited for this deck and informal testing was going well. Due to RL I was unable to play much paper magic for awhile and upon returning to FNMs I have had to really work hard with this deck. ...

Went 3-1 at 18 person ThursNM, losing last round 2-1 against UW control. I took a hiatus over the holidays and played a midweek NM last week that went terribly. Used MDU’s latest list. It’s not a Johnny Spike or MDU caliber report but it helps me think about my games a little more. I have had a litt...

Congrats on the wins, nice work. I like the SBing. Why didn't you bring Reckoners in against BR aggro and leave 3 Cacklers in? Did they have a lot of black removal or did you have the possibility to race them? How did Young P-money work for you as a SB? He came in in 4/5 games. Would it be worth a c...

Pro Tip, video is already in the primer lol. Forgot to give credit that the video is in your primer on the first page, my bad. I didn't think it would hurt to put the link up on page 9 of the thread right next to his tweaked decklist, though maybe I should have hidden it. I've been learning a lot f...

How do people feel about Adrian Sullivan's list from a week ago that won the TCGPlayer Open? It's called "Boros Aggro" but it's what we're dealing with. [deck] Adrian Sullivan's Big Boros Creatures: 23 4 Rakdos Cackler 4 Firedrinker Satyr 4 Ash Zealot 4 Chandra's Phoenix 4 Stormbreath Drag...

I like keeping Reckoner in the side until I'm in an aggro MU, and having more MD burn. Of course I'm not going 4-0, so maybe your way is better! I go back and forth on that as well. What I have found is that obviously against any amount of black removal Reckoner is not very good and he isn't the st...

Big Boros rides again. Took it to Thurs Night Magic (16 people), went 4-0, 8-1 on games total all night. On to the details. [deck] Creatures: 24 4 Rakdos Cackler 4 Firedrinker Satyr 4 Ash Zealot 4 Chandra's Phoenix 4 Boros Reckoner 4 Stormbreath Dragon Spells: 9 3 Chained to the Rocks 2 Mizzium Mort...

Big Boros isn't a bad deck, in a meta chock full of aggressive decks Big Boros should come out on top. PyroRed/White in the other hand has a slightly harder time with those MUs while you can win you have to put an effort towards that end, sandbagging burns + creatures, accepting that life is a reso...

So how are people feeling about Big Boros? I have been having a lot of fun playing it. Over the last month I've swapped through PyroRed, MonoRed Devotion, Walter White, and Big Boros. By far the deck I enjoy the most so far, I think because it lets me play the cards I want (reckoner, stormbreath, ch...

At FNM I've had more luck with Big Boros than WW, even though I've been trying to playtest WW as much as possible. I'm really hoping Big Boros/Red will ride again. Most people have not seen PyroRed/Boros, so whenever I lose, whether it is close or not, I have to hear "oh you're not running Stor...

I haven’t submitted a round report here yet, so excuse me if it isn’t the exact format people are used to. I’ve been doing well with the deck, winning random weekday tournaments and an FNM at a couple different shops. Played a typical Sunday-afternoon tournament at the LGS with 12 players and though...

I have been following the discussion here and trying to tweak the Big Boros deck for my local meta. Overall, I have had success with the deck, though it did not perform very well at Game Day (piloting issues plus maybe a little variance in there). I've been running a list very similar to Johnny_Spik...

Awesome guide and decklist, thanks for all of the hard work. It seems like in that SB guide there are more unfavorable (MoW, DevoRed, R/G Monsters, DevoBlack) than favorable matchups for Big Boros. Would you say most other matchups are even to favorable? I'm guessing that we're only worried about SB...

Thank you to the all the people who put in their detailed match reports, decklists, and ideas here. I was really excited about Big Boros and have been slowly amassing the cards needed to make it. Unfortunately, I cobbled together my deck at 2am before game day (a list that is a mirror of Johnny Spik...

@wrathberry: After seeing your and Redthirst's build it got me wondering if people had been testing Bigger-style Red. I like having the Dragons on the curve and think I will try that decklist out, but I'm trying to figure if I should go all the way and take out some/all 1-drops and put in Ember Swal...

Hi, I've been lurking here for awhile and learned an amazing amount about current meta calls, deck construction, and theory. It has helped me improve exponentially as a player and have a lot of fun in the process. Re: Wrathberry's/Redthirst's decklist up above, I've been wondering what people think ...