R/W Control

[NotARobot]

Hey all, just wanted to throw a thread up for this list that took 7th at SCG NJ this weekend.

[deck]Creatures (4)

4 Brimaz, King of Oreskos
Planeswalkers (11)

3 Chandra, Pyromaster
4 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
4 Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker
Lands (25)

10 Mountain
3 Plains
4 Battlefield Forge
4 Temple of Triumph
4 Wind-Scarred Crag
Spells (20)

4 Banishing Light
4 Chained to the Rocks
2 Fated Conflagration
2 Last Breath
4 Magma Jet
4 Anger of the Gods
Sideboard

3 Goblin Rabblemaster
4 Stormbreath Dragon
1 Deicide
1 Fated Conflagration
3 Magma Spray
2 Hammer of Purphoros
1 End Hostilities[/deck]

Seems pretty fun, but definitely tuned to take on an agro filled meta - I guess it did well enough vs everything else though. I'm not sure I like Brimaz as the only creature mainboard instead of rabblemaster or something, but I do love the transitional sideboard, easy to take advantage of
what you're up against. What do you all think of it? With some tuning could it be a major contender?

[Jamie]

It took a powerful idea from the prerotation standard - that burn is almost never the beatdown - and adapted it to a world without youngpyromancer and chandra's phoenix.
It hit a real sweetspot in the week1 meta. Predictably there was a lot of abzan midrange and green devotion. This deck simply has a good matchup against them.

I don't think there is a lot to say here. A lot of games can be won by removing some threats, playing a sarkhan and casting stoke the flames to the face.

[TBuzzsaw]

I was thinking this needed a full set of Lightning Strikes in the main, a single copy or two of Stoke, and some Pillar of Lights in the side and it should be ready to face any big midrange or devotion deck.

[Jamie]

I mean the only thing this deck was missing to steal wins off people who don't know any better (100% of people) is a set of deflecting palms in the sideboard.

[Whole]

Has anyone tested with this deck? The lack of card draw makes me very skeptical. The power is there, but it feels like it needs something to refuel.

[Tyrael]

Chandra offers pseudo card draw but yea

[Tyrael]

You are entirely correct, Maverick

But, since nobody has figured out a 'real' control strategy yet this might be a cute way to attack the meta

[TBuzzsaw]

In my experience this archetype just folds to any sort of "real" control/permission strategy.

Side in some Rabblemasters, Stormbreaths, or Hammers and you're good. They probably sided out the board wipes for you to take advantage of in the second game.

[AledM11]

My local meta has 0 control decks. Everything is abzan/mardu/jeskai midrange....with a few green/x devotion decks and some smaller aggro decks thrown in. This is the list ive come up with.....Id like to take it to game day in a few hours so feedback would be greatly appreciated.

http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/19-10-14-boros-control/