Originally Posted by
JosefK
@ahg113
For me the by far most wished for card in my sideboard is rite of flame #4. I have such hard time seeing how the deck can work without it, so i am intrigued how it seemingly does work for some.
One very common line for me is:
Seething song -> bonus round -> manamorphose -> burning wish for RoF + PiF, cast them, replay RoF SS Bonus round manamorphose for 4 cards and 8 mana. Without additional useful cards in hand what can you get in that situation?
If i have desperate ritual instead of manamorphose i just get RoF and Hazoret.
Having RoF in the sideboard makes a bonus rounded burning wish into a wincondition if you have at least 3 mana (3 mana gets you a Empty). Do you never get in that situation?
Another thing entirely but I've been thinking about the hard matchups lately and that they all get hosed pretty good by Chalice of the void. As i play 11 1 drops i don't think i can run it, but if i were forced to play mono red, i would definitely consider running 4. Stops discard/spell pierce/surgical as well as stopping cantripping and makes it really hard for BR-reanimator to get a creature to the graveyard. Man, i think i talked myself into playing it even with the blue splash!