Ruby Storm

[Cire]

i'd prob try to cut a hazoret's and a reforge and just run 2 bonus round. it also helps if you put a rite of flame in the sb. then you have more ways of reaching your mana requirements and can fetch 2 cards with burning wish. (rof + new card) or some other combination.

ROF is already in SB? And does Bonus Round fufill the same role as hazoret's and a reforge? I feel the point of those cards is the draw?

[mistercakes]

Bonus round gets you huge mana with very few cards and pairs extremely well with burning wish.

I'd recommend trying it at least

[ronco]

In a very strange corner case, I actually used it to power through chalice on 1 and 2, since the copies go directly on the stack. So there are some fringe benefits there as well.

[Cire]

Bonus round gets you huge mana with very few cards and pairs extremely well with burning wish.

I'd recommend trying it at least

Definitely will thanks!

[mistercakes]

Going to need to try Underworld Breach in this deck. I just played a handful of games on modo in the practice room and I think even though it's not infinite it could function as a 1 or 2 of powerful effect.

I don't really enjoy this deck with paper, but am totally fine playing it on modo.

[ahg113]

Underworld Breach seems win-more. What lines are there where the 2(or 1) mana to cast, plus the desired spells affect are going to turn a maybe situation into an adventageous(sp) one?

Tl,dr; if casting for profit, was likely going to win anyway. The escape clause of 3 is the downside, that's a lot. Only in situations where we went for it and whiffed, but haven't yet died can it conceivably be good. But how long was it in hand collecting dust first?

I think pyromancer's ascension is a better 2 mana enchantment, plus that doesn't self-sacrifice- screaming all-in fragility.

[mistercakes]

It's more for versions that are heavily reliant on Reforge the Soul.

[mistercakes]

Here's a very rough draft.


// 60 Maindeck
// 12 Artifact
4 Lion's Eye Diamond
4 Ruby Medallion
4 Lotus Petal

// 4 Enchantment
4 Underworld Breach

// 8 Instant
4 Seething Song
4 Manamorphose

// 14 Land
3 Scalding Tarn
3 Bloodstained Mire
1 Taiga
3 Mountain
4 Ancient Tomb

// 22 Sorcery
4 Rite of Flame
4 Burning Wish
3 Reforge the Soul
4 Act on Impulse
2 Past in Flames
2 Hazoret's Undying Fury
3 Ignite the Future


// 5 Sideboard
// 5 Sorcery
SB: 1 Echo of Eons
SB: 1 Past in Flames
SB: 1 Empty the Warrens
SB: 1 Grapeshot
SB: 1 Reforge the Soul
SB: 3 Carpet of Flowers

[mistercakes]

i forgot how much fun this deck can be:


// 60 Maindeck
// 12 Artifact
4 Lion's Eye Diamond
4 Ruby Medallion
4 Lotus Petal

// 4 Enchantment
4 Underworld Breach

// 8 Instant
4 Seething Song
4 Manamorphose

// 15 Land
7 Mountain
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Sandstone Needle

// 21 Sorcery
4 Rite of Flame
4 Burning Wish
3 Reforge the Soul
4 Act on Impulse
2 Past in Flames
2 Hazoret's Undying Fury
2 Ignite the Future


// 15 Sideboard
// 2 Artifact
SB: 2 Defense Grid

// 2 Creature
SB: 2 Guttersnipe

// 2 Instant
SB: 2 Pyroblast

// 9 Sorcery
SB: 1 Echo of Eons
SB: 1 Past in Flames
SB: 1 Empty the Warrens
SB: 1 Grapeshot
SB: 1 Reforge the Soul
SB: 1 By Force
SB: 1 Bonus Round
SB: 1 Shattering Spree
SB: 1 Tendrils of Agony


this deck is really able to abuse the new card and it's not dependent on it whatsoever.

[Mr. Safety]

It's definitely cool new tech.

I ended up trading, on a whim, into 3x Mox Opal recently. Is there a way to utilize it in this deck? I don't have LED's, which has been fine, I just don't know how to best turn on Opal. Lotus Petal and Ruby Medallion is a decent start at 8 artifacts. Defense Grid is a potential maindeck inclusion for protection to get the artifact count higher as well. I'm still looking to keep it mono-Red. Any ideas are greatly appreciated.

[mistercakes]

RE: I ended up trading, on a whim, into 3x Mox Opal recently. Is there a way to utilize it in this deck? I don't have LED's, which has been fine, I just don't know how to best turn on Opal. Lotus Petal and Ruby Medallion is a decent start at 8 artifacts. Defense Grid is a potential maindeck inclusion for protection to get the artifact count higher as well. I'm still looking to keep it mono-Red. Any ideas are greatly appreciated.

I am not sure about that. I tried Mox Opal quite a bit in earlier builds and wasn't able to find a great way to utilize the mana. Your best bet with Mox Opal is to find more of an empty the warrens heavy build since you can vomit better on turn 1. I would also consider great furnace and darksteel citadel to increase your artifact count. chrome mox is also an option but i'm not crazy about it. scroll rack can also be used as a 1 of, i like it with reforge the soul.

been tinkering around with it a bit more. sb is not firm. still undecided if i want 3 RoF in the md or 4 in the maindeck. if it goes to 3, then 3 RoF and 1 Desperate Ritual, and a hazoret's for the sb.


// 60 Maindeck
// 12 Artifact
4 Lion's Eye Diamond
4 Ruby Medallion
4 Lotus Petal

// 4 Enchantment
4 Underworld Breach

// 8 Instant
4 Seething Song
4 Manamorphose

// 15 Land
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Scalding Tarn
3 Mountain
4 Sandstone Needle

// 21 Sorcery
4 Rite of Flame
4 Burning Wish
4 Reforge the Soul
1 Past in Flames
4 Act on Impulse
2 Gamble
2 Bonus Round


// 15 Sideboard
// 4 Creature
SB: 4 Guttersnipe

// 4 Instant
SB: 2 Pyroblast
SB: 2 Lightning Bolt

// 7 Sorcery
SB: 1 Echo of Eons
SB: 1 Past in Flames
SB: 1 Empty the Warrens
SB: 1 Grapeshot
SB: 1 By Force
SB: 1 Shattering Spree
SB: 1 Tendrils of Agony

[FTW]

Cool tech. Breach might be really strong here too.

Without LED, how often does it net you more gas than the draw spells/Hazoret would?

[mistercakes]

the ability to recycle LED into a burning wish is pretty solid. act on impulse into breach with an LED in hand or also flipping LED starts a game. reforge the soul allows you to recycle a bunch of times, especially when a ruby is out it's pretty easy to cast.

friend gave a recommendation to my last list and wanted to modify it a bit:


// 60 Maindeck
// 12 Artifact
4 Lion's Eye Diamond
4 Ruby Medallion
4 Lotus Petal

// 4 Enchantment
4 Underworld Breach

// 10 Instant
4 Seething Song
4 Manamorphose
2 Brain Freeze

// 15 Land
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Scalding Tarn
2 Sandstone Needle
1 Volcanic Island
4 Mountain

// 19 Sorcery
4 Rite of Flame
4 Burning Wish
4 Reforge the Soul
1 Past in Flames
4 Act on Impulse
2 Gamble


// 10 Sideboard

// 10 Sorcery
SB: 1 Echo of Eons
SB: 1 Past in Flames
SB: 1 Empty the Warrens
SB: 2 Grapeshot
SB: 1 By Force
SB: 1 Shattering Spree
SB: 1 Tendrils of Agony
SB: 1 Hazoret's Undying Fury
SB: 1 Gamble



sb not set in stone, neither is maindeck.

[mistercakes]

jammed a bunch of games for fun tonight on modo practice room

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/530982626?t=26m22s

[aedemiel]

jammed a bunch of games for fun tonight on modo practice room

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/530982626?t=26m22s

I don't play Ruby Storm, but these first two games were a thing of beauty.

[mistercakes]

thanks!

just working on a new breach build and am considering a slightly different sb.


// 60 Maindeck
// 12 Artifact
4 Lion's Eye Diamond
4 Ruby Medallion
4 Lotus Petal

// 4 Enchantment
4 Underworld Breach

// 10 Instant
4 Seething Song
4 Manamorphose
2 Brain Freeze

// 15 Land
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Scalding Tarn
2 Sandstone Needle
1 Volcanic Island
3 Mountain
1 Plateau

// 19 Sorcery
4 Rite of Flame
4 Burning Wish
4 Reforge the Soul
1 Past in Flames
4 Act on Impulse
2 Gamble


// 15 Sideboard
// 7 Instant
SB: 2 Abrade
SB: 3 Silence
SB: 1 Echoing Truth
SB: 1 Chain of Vapor

// 8 Sorcery
SB: 1 Echo of Eons
SB: 1 Past in Flames
SB: 1 Empty the Warrens
SB: 1 Grapeshot
SB: 1 By Force
SB: 1 Tendrils of Agony
SB: 1 Hazoret's Undying Fury
SB: 1 Gamble

[mistercakes]

also considering a mono red with standard defense grid protection. i'm not crazy about echo of eons, but it's still okay in the deck as a functional mulligan fixer and is still pretty solid with grid out.


// 60 Maindeck
// 13 Artifact
4 Lion's Eye Diamond
4 Ruby Medallion
4 Lotus Petal
1 Defense Grid

// 4 Enchantment
4 Underworld Breach

// 9 Instant
4 Seething Song
4 Manamorphose
1 Brain Freeze

// 15 Land
4 Ancient Tomb
3 Scalding Tarn
3 Sandstone Needle
4 Mountain
1 Wooded Foothills

// 19 Sorcery
4 Rite of Flame
4 Burning Wish
4 Reforge the Soul
1 Past in Flames
4 Act on Impulse
2 Gamble


// 15 Sideboard
// 3 Artifact
SB: 3 Defense Grid

// 4 Instant
SB: 2 Abrade
SB: 2 Pyroblast

// 8 Sorcery
SB: 1 Echo of Eons
SB: 1 Past in Flames
SB: 1 Empty the Warrens
SB: 1 Grapeshot
SB: 1 By Force
SB: 1 Tendrils of Agony
SB: 1 Hazoret's Undying Fury
SB: 1 Gamble

[mistercakes]

Jamming some games on twitch https://www.twitch.tv/m1stercakes

[ahg113]

@mistercakes - cool twitch vids, fun watching, your build is giving me something to think about.

I've been out of the game for more than a minute, Wrenn & Six was a thing, and not a thing since I last played.

What's a general sense of the game? Planning on playing in a tourney in the Northeast soon, debating between this and a dredge variant. What is out there to expect, what does Oko do that I may or may not care about (aside from turning rubies into elk) or another flavor of the day? What is the typical storm hate being played (not that I pack anything aside from Defense Grids anyway)?

Thx.

Expected list:
4 Lotus Petal
4 Manamorphose
2 Lightning Bolt
8 Mountain
3 Ancient Tomb
3 Act on Impulse
4 Burning Wish
1 Fiery Confluence
4 Ruby Medallion
4 Seething Song
1 Past in Flames
4 Rite of Flame
3 Bonus Round
4 Lion's Eye Diamond
1 Reforge the Soul
3 Sandstone Needle
3 Light Up the Stage
4 Ignite the Future

3 Defense Grid
1 Banefire
1 Empty the Warrens
1 Fiery Confluence
1 Past in Flames
1 Reforge the Soul
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 By Force
1 Cave-In
1 Shattering Spree
1 Chain Lightning
1 Bonus Round
1 Grapeshot

[mistercakes]

i think ignite is too expensive to run 4. i'd prob try 4 act on impulse and 4 luts and then 2 ignite, then add another bolt. i'd even argue you can move the confluence to the sb and run the 4th bolt. i also like 4 bonus round maindeck, so i'd prob just play 1 ignite maindeck.

i can try this build next time i record some matches.



3 Sandstone Needle
8 Mountain
3 Ancient Tomb
4 Burning Wish
4 Ruby Medallion
4 Seething Song
1 Past in Flames
3 Rite of Flame
4 Bonus Round
4 Lion's Eye Diamond
4 Lotus Petal
4 Manamorphose
4 Lightning Bolt
1 Reforge the Soul
4 Light Up the Stage
4 Act on Impulse
1 Ignite the Future


something like this i guess.