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Merciless Rage

Commander precon · Commander 2019 · 2019 · led by Anje Falkenrath

Main theme: leaves graveyard · Synergy 3.4/5 (connected) · Bracket 1–2 · Anje Falkenrath works with 16 of its cards

Upgrades at bracket 1–2

No Game Changers and no infinite combos: the level of an unchanged precon. Game Changers are cards on WotC's official list of cards that make a deck much stronger.

14 swaps, and after them the report reads the deck at bracket 1–2.

Its cards work together more: synergy 3.4 → 4.2 of 5, from connected to tight. It is more consistent: Build 4.4 → 5.0 of 5, still on target; no longer short on ramp, no longer short on card advantage. That is what this page measures: how well the deck holds together, not how strong it is.

Lands

  1. Take out Akoum Refuge: Akoum Refuge enters tapped. Put in Badlands: Badlands never enters tapped and makes black or red.
  2. Take out Bloodfell Caves: Bloodfell Caves enters tapped. Put in Blood Crypt: Blood Crypt never enters tapped and makes black or red.
  3. Take out Cinder Barrens: Cinder Barrens enters tapped. Put in Graven Cairns: Graven Cairns never enters tapped and makes black or red.
  4. Take out Rakdos Carnarium: Rakdos Carnarium enters tapped. Put in Luxury Suite: Luxury Suite never enters tapped and makes black or red.
  5. Take out Rakdos Guildgate: Rakdos Guildgate enters tapped. Put in Shadowblood Ridge: Shadowblood Ridge never enters tapped and makes black or red.

Ramp

  1. Take out Aeon Engine: Aeon Engine is next on the report's cut list. Works with nothing else in this deck. Put in Phial of Galadriel: Ramp: you were 4 short; Phial of Galadriel counts as ramp. When Greven, Predator Captain makes a player draw a card, Phial of Galadriel draws you 2 cards.
  2. Take out Bloodthirsty Blade: Bloodthirsty Blade is next on the report's cut list. Works with nothing else in this deck. Put in Arcane Signet: Ramp: you were 4 short; Arcane Signet counts as ramp.
  3. Take out Violent Eruption: Violent Eruption is next on the report's cut list. Its only links come from cards that make others cheaper, or easier to find or bring back. Put in Fellwar Stone: Ramp: you were 4 short; Fellwar Stone counts as ramp.
  4. Take out Avacyn's Judgment: Avacyn's Judgment is next on the report's cut list. Its only links come from cards that make others cheaper, or easier to find or bring back. Put in Rakdos Signet: Ramp: you were 4 short; Rakdos Signet counts as ramp.

Card advantage

  1. Take out Armillary Sphere: Armillary Sphere is next on the report's cut list. Put in Starving Revenant: Card advantage: you were 3 short; Starving Revenant counts as card advantage.
  2. Take out Mire in Misery: Mire in Misery is next on the report's cut list. Works with 7 other cards: with 3 again and again, with 4 just once or in the background. Put in Spiteful Visions: Card advantage: you were 3 short; Spiteful Visions counts as card advantage.

Cards that work together

  1. Take out From Under the Floorboards: From Under the Floorboards works with 5 cards in this deck, 4 of them on its theme; Blasting Station works with 18 cards, 12 of them on it. Put in Blasting Station: Blasting Station puts cards into the graveyard that Champion of Stray Souls can bring back
  2. Take out Malevolent Whispers: Malevolent Whispers works with 1 card in this deck, none of it on its theme; Ayara, First of Locthwain works with 14 cards, 4 of them on it. Put in Ayara, First of Locthwain: Ayara, First of Locthwain puts cards into the graveyard that Champion of Stray Souls can bring back
  3. Take out Fiery Temper: Fiery Temper works with 1 card in this deck, none of it on its theme; Sangromancer works with 13 cards, all of them on it. Put in Sangromancer: When a creature dies thanks to The Eldest Reborn, Sangromancer gains you 3 life

Upgrades at bracket 3

Up to three Game Changers, and no two-card infinite combo that costs 6 or less.

14 swaps, and after them the report reads the deck at bracket 1–2. These are the same swaps as at bracket 1–2: none of the stronger cards bracket 3 allows does any of these jobs strictly better, so aiming higher changes nothing for this deck.

Its cards work together more: synergy 3.4 → 4.2 of 5, from connected to tight. It is more consistent: Build 4.4 → 5.0 of 5, still on target; no longer short on ramp, no longer short on card advantage. That is what this page measures: how well the deck holds together, not how strong it is.

Lands

  1. Take out Akoum Refuge: Akoum Refuge enters tapped. Put in Badlands: Badlands never enters tapped and makes black or red.
  2. Take out Bloodfell Caves: Bloodfell Caves enters tapped. Put in Blood Crypt: Blood Crypt never enters tapped and makes black or red.
  3. Take out Cinder Barrens: Cinder Barrens enters tapped. Put in Graven Cairns: Graven Cairns never enters tapped and makes black or red.
  4. Take out Rakdos Carnarium: Rakdos Carnarium enters tapped. Put in Luxury Suite: Luxury Suite never enters tapped and makes black or red.
  5. Take out Rakdos Guildgate: Rakdos Guildgate enters tapped. Put in Shadowblood Ridge: Shadowblood Ridge never enters tapped and makes black or red.

Ramp

  1. Take out Aeon Engine: Aeon Engine is next on the report's cut list. Works with nothing else in this deck. Put in Phial of Galadriel: Ramp: you were 4 short; Phial of Galadriel counts as ramp. When Greven, Predator Captain makes a player draw a card, Phial of Galadriel draws you 2 cards.
  2. Take out Bloodthirsty Blade: Bloodthirsty Blade is next on the report's cut list. Works with nothing else in this deck. Put in Arcane Signet: Ramp: you were 4 short; Arcane Signet counts as ramp.
  3. Take out Violent Eruption: Violent Eruption is next on the report's cut list. Its only links come from cards that make others cheaper, or easier to find or bring back. Put in Fellwar Stone: Ramp: you were 4 short; Fellwar Stone counts as ramp.
  4. Take out Avacyn's Judgment: Avacyn's Judgment is next on the report's cut list. Its only links come from cards that make others cheaper, or easier to find or bring back. Put in Rakdos Signet: Ramp: you were 4 short; Rakdos Signet counts as ramp.

Card advantage

  1. Take out Armillary Sphere: Armillary Sphere is next on the report's cut list. Put in Starving Revenant: Card advantage: you were 3 short; Starving Revenant counts as card advantage.
  2. Take out Mire in Misery: Mire in Misery is next on the report's cut list. Works with 7 other cards: with 3 again and again, with 4 just once or in the background. Put in Spiteful Visions: Card advantage: you were 3 short; Spiteful Visions counts as card advantage.

Cards that work together

  1. Take out From Under the Floorboards: From Under the Floorboards works with 5 cards in this deck, 4 of them on its theme; Blasting Station works with 18 cards, 12 of them on it. Put in Blasting Station: Blasting Station puts cards into the graveyard that Champion of Stray Souls can bring back
  2. Take out Malevolent Whispers: Malevolent Whispers works with 1 card in this deck, none of it on its theme; Ayara, First of Locthwain works with 14 cards, 4 of them on it. Put in Ayara, First of Locthwain: Ayara, First of Locthwain puts cards into the graveyard that Champion of Stray Souls can bring back
  3. Take out Fiery Temper: Fiery Temper works with 1 card in this deck, none of it on its theme; Sangromancer works with 13 cards, all of them on it. Put in Sangromancer: When a creature dies thanks to The Eldest Reborn, Sangromancer gains you 3 life

Upgrades at bracket 4–5

No limits on Game Changers or combos.

14 swaps, and after them the report reads the deck at bracket 1–2. These are the same swaps as at bracket 3: none of the stronger cards bracket 4–5 allows does any of these jobs strictly better, so aiming higher changes nothing for this deck.

Its cards work together more: synergy 3.4 → 4.2 of 5, from connected to tight. It is more consistent: Build 4.4 → 5.0 of 5, still on target; no longer short on ramp, no longer short on card advantage. That is what this page measures: how well the deck holds together, not how strong it is.

Lands

  1. Take out Akoum Refuge: Akoum Refuge enters tapped. Put in Badlands: Badlands never enters tapped and makes black or red.
  2. Take out Bloodfell Caves: Bloodfell Caves enters tapped. Put in Blood Crypt: Blood Crypt never enters tapped and makes black or red.
  3. Take out Cinder Barrens: Cinder Barrens enters tapped. Put in Graven Cairns: Graven Cairns never enters tapped and makes black or red.
  4. Take out Rakdos Carnarium: Rakdos Carnarium enters tapped. Put in Luxury Suite: Luxury Suite never enters tapped and makes black or red.
  5. Take out Rakdos Guildgate: Rakdos Guildgate enters tapped. Put in Shadowblood Ridge: Shadowblood Ridge never enters tapped and makes black or red.

Ramp

  1. Take out Aeon Engine: Aeon Engine is next on the report's cut list. Works with nothing else in this deck. Put in Phial of Galadriel: Ramp: you were 4 short; Phial of Galadriel counts as ramp. When Greven, Predator Captain makes a player draw a card, Phial of Galadriel draws you 2 cards.
  2. Take out Bloodthirsty Blade: Bloodthirsty Blade is next on the report's cut list. Works with nothing else in this deck. Put in Arcane Signet: Ramp: you were 4 short; Arcane Signet counts as ramp.
  3. Take out Violent Eruption: Violent Eruption is next on the report's cut list. Its only links come from cards that make others cheaper, or easier to find or bring back. Put in Fellwar Stone: Ramp: you were 4 short; Fellwar Stone counts as ramp.
  4. Take out Avacyn's Judgment: Avacyn's Judgment is next on the report's cut list. Its only links come from cards that make others cheaper, or easier to find or bring back. Put in Rakdos Signet: Ramp: you were 4 short; Rakdos Signet counts as ramp.

Card advantage

  1. Take out Armillary Sphere: Armillary Sphere is next on the report's cut list. Put in Starving Revenant: Card advantage: you were 3 short; Starving Revenant counts as card advantage.
  2. Take out Mire in Misery: Mire in Misery is next on the report's cut list. Works with 7 other cards: with 3 again and again, with 4 just once or in the background. Put in Spiteful Visions: Card advantage: you were 3 short; Spiteful Visions counts as card advantage.

Cards that work together

  1. Take out From Under the Floorboards: From Under the Floorboards works with 5 cards in this deck, 4 of them on its theme; Blasting Station works with 18 cards, 12 of them on it. Put in Blasting Station: Blasting Station puts cards into the graveyard that Champion of Stray Souls can bring back
  2. Take out Malevolent Whispers: Malevolent Whispers works with 1 card in this deck, none of it on its theme; Ayara, First of Locthwain works with 14 cards, 4 of them on it. Put in Ayara, First of Locthwain: Ayara, First of Locthwain puts cards into the graveyard that Champion of Stray Souls can bring back
  3. Take out Fiery Temper: Fiery Temper works with 1 card in this deck, none of it on its theme; Sangromancer works with 13 cards, all of them on it. Put in Sangromancer: When a creature dies thanks to The Eldest Reborn, Sangromancer gains you 3 life

Opens a route: Feign Death. 13 of its cards reach Chainer, Nightmare Adept through it.

Also short, against a typical Commander deck: ramp 8 of 12, card advantage 12 of 15.

The decklist

Creatures

Anje's Ravager · Archfiend of Spite · Asylum Visitor · Big Game Hunter · Bloodhall Priest · Bone Miser · Chainer, Nightmare Adept · Champion of Stray Souls · Doomed Necromancer · Flayer of the Hatebound · Geth, Lord of the Vault · Gorgon Recluse · Grave Scrabbler · Greven, Predator Captain · K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth · Magus of the Wheel · Meteor Golem · Nightshade Assassin · Overseer of the Damned · Plaguecrafter · Sanitarium Skeleton · Scaretiller · Skyfire Phoenix · Solemn Simulacrum · Soul of Innistrad · Squee, Goblin Nabob · Stromkirk Occultist · Wildfire Devils

Planeswalkers

Ob Nixilis Reignited

Instants and sorceries

Alchemist's Greeting · Avacyn's Judgment · Beacon of Unrest · Boneyard Parley · Call to the Netherworld · Chaos Warp · Dark Withering · Fiery Temper · From Under the Floorboards · Hate Mirage · In Garruk's Wake · Malevolent Whispers · Mire in Misery · Murderous Compulsion · Nightmare Unmaking · Violent Eruption

Artifacts and enchantments

Aeon Engine · Armillary Sphere · Bloodthirsty Blade · Curse of Fool's Wisdom · Faith of the Devoted · Grimoire of the Dead · Hedonist's Trove · Hedron Archive · Key to the City · Rakdos Locket · Sol Ring · The Eldest Reborn · Warstorm Surge · Zombie Infestation

Lands

Akoum Refuge · Ash Barrens · Barren Moor · Bloodfell Caves · Cinder Barrens · Command Tower · Drownyard Temple · Evolving Wilds · Exotic Orchard · Forgotten Cave · Geier Reach Sanitarium · Memorial to Folly · Mortuary Mire · 10 Mountain · Myriad Landscape · Rakdos Carnarium · Rakdos Guildgate · Rix Maadi, Dungeon Palace · Sanctum of Eternity · 10 Swamp · Temple of the False God · Terramorphic Expanse

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