B/R Arena

The New *NEW* Decklist

Creatures -- (16)
3x -- Spikeshot Goblin
3x -- Death Baron
3x -- Mirri the Cursed
4x -- Mephidross Vampire
3x -- Deathbringer Thoctar

Other Spells -- (20)
3x -- Dark Ritual
3x -- Vampiric Link
4x -- Rakdos Signet
4x -- Soul's Fire
3x -- Seething Song
3x -- Conspiracy

Lands -- (25)
4x -- Arena
4x -- Graven Cairns
3x -- Rakdos Carnarium
2x -- Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
7x -- Swamp
5x -- Mountain


Ok, so this deck underwent some major changes. Blood Cultist was good, but it only pinged for 1 damage every time; so I upgraded to Spikeshot Goblin. He doesnt make himself bigger in any way, and his ping ability costs 1 red mana, but he hits equal to his power (which is constantly growing with Mephidross Vampire on the board) AND he can hit players. He was a much needed replacement.

We also dropped Syphon Soul as a means to gain life. Vampiric Link is much more flavorful, and tends to net a great deal more life anyway.

And (thanks to Alara Reborn) I know can take advantage of a niffty little combo. Deathbringer Thoctar is quickly becoming the decks MVP. He is a 3/3 Zombie Beast that gets a +1/+1 counter ever time another creature is put into a graveyard (a varient of the vampire ability) AND you can remove a +1/+1 counter to deal 1 damage to target creature or player...do you see where this is going? Because Deathbringer Thoctar is a Zombie, he immediatly gets buffed by Death Baron and gets +1/+1 and deathtouch. So every time you pull a counter off of him to deal damage to a creature, that creature will instantly die and he gets the counter back. With one counter Deathbringer Thoctar can instant-kill every creature on the board. With Mephidross Vampire in play, Deathbringer Thoctar starts netting counters up to the point where you just pull all of them and hit some unlucky player for a bunch.

God, I love this deck.