Last Friday, I said I would bring you a decklist for Far Fortune, End Boss.
Here’s our decklist, and the formula we developed last week:
Weapon: Ping Damage + Scenario: Opponents with Low-Life = Victory
So, we want to play cards that help us ping our opponents into a low life total so that we can optimize the damage we’re doing to finish people off. How can we do this?
Our Board State: We want to play cards that have evasive attacks to trigger Far Fortune to make sure we reach Max Speed, and we want to play cards that either burn or increase damage to make the most of the +1 to all damage.
Opponent Board State: We want our opponents to have fewer blockers so we can pull off attacks, but that doesn’t mean we have to remove them. While there are some great removal options in Rakdos, there are also great goad cards, which can help us bring our opponents to low life totals.
Based on this analysis, I’ve created the following packages that make up the deck:
Burn Package: This package serves our primary strategy and method for ensuring we can get to Max Speed.
Burners
Black Waltz No. 3
Coruscation Mage
Creeping Bloodsucker
Firebrand Archer
Guttersnipe
Hedron Detonator
Ingenious Artillerist
Kessig Flamebreather
Loyal Subordinate
Reckless Fireweaver
Impact Tremors
Rakdos Charm
Roiling Vortex
Payoff
Cryptborn Horror
Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin
Tor Wauki the Younger
Goad Package: When enemy creatures get goaded, it means they’ll likely be tapped and unable to block. This opens up attacks for us to trigger Far Fortune and get clean attacks off.
Frenzied Gorespawn
Grenzo, Havoc Raiser
Kardur, Doomscourge
Coronation of Chaos
Disrupt Decorum
Spectacular Showdown
The Akroan War
Curse of Opulence
Ramp Package
Decadent Dragon
Gonti, Night Minister
Indulge // Excess
Professional Face-Breaker
Rankle and Torbran
Big Score
Unexpected Windfall
Arcane Signet
Sol Ring
Rakdos Signet
Fire Diamond
Charcoal Diamond
Wayfarer’s Bauble
Removal Package
Abrade
Chain Reaction
Cornered by Black Mages
Flick a Coin
Rakdos Charm
Rose Room Treasurer
Smashing Success
Terminate
Card Advantage Package
Decadent Dragon
Gonti, Night Minister
Grenzo, Havoc Raiser
Feed the Swarm
Marketback Walker
Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin
Professional Face-Breaker
Quicksmith Genius
The Speed Demon
Transpose
Bloodsoaked Insight
Subtheme: Artifacts! The deck runs a sizable number of cards that either create or work with artifacts. This subtheme opens up a bunch of options for both burn spells and making more token creatures, but the real purpose is to make our ramp a part of the synergy through cards like Ingenious Artillerist.
Consider making this deck and taking it further in one direction or another. I would say that right now, it sits at a solid 2.5. It’s like a precon in that it has a bunch of different strategies, and any one of those strategies could be the main focus of the deck.
Let me know what you think! See you Friday.