Nolan Turk's Big Red
 
Type: Deck Idea
Format (legal 👍) modModern
Approx. Value:
$182.06

0 Likes 11 Comments
Avg. CMC 3.58
Card Color Breakdown
Card Type Breakdown

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Main Deck - 60 cards, 15 distinct
Columns
Name  Edition $ Type Cost
Rarity Color
Creature (10)
3 Inferno Titan
$0.25 Creature - Giant
3 Phyrexian Metamorph
$4.55 Artifact Creature - Phyrexian Shapeshifter
2 Urabrask the Hidden
$1.01 Legendary Creature - Phyrexian Praetor
2 Wurmcoil Engine
$10.67 Artifact Creature - Phyrexian Wurm
Instant (7)
3 Galvanic Blast
$2.86 Instant
4 Lightning Bolt
$1.19 Instant
Sorcery (4)
4 Tezzeret's Gambit
$0.22 Sorcery
Artifact (11)
1 Batterskull
$3.55 Artifact - Equipment
2 Shrine of Burning Rage
$0.23 Artifact
4 Sphere of the Suns
$0.18 Artifact
4 Tumble Magnet
$0.09 Artifact
Planeswalker (4)
4 Koth of the Hammer
$2.44 Legendary Planeswalker - Koth
Land (24)
18 Mountain
$0.09 Basic Land - Mountain
4 Scalding Tarn
$20.66 Land
2 Tectonic Edge
$0.37 Land
Sideboard - 15 cards, 5 distinct
Name  Edition $ Type Cost
Rarity Color
Creature (3)
3 Spellskite
$5.09 Artifact Creature - Phyrexian Horror
Instant (9)
3 Act of Aggression
$0.32 Instant
2 Combust
$0.08 Instant
4 Dismember
$3.13 Instant
Sorcery (3)
3 Slagstorm
$0.44 Sorcery

Comments
  • Wes Turk | 17-Mar-2011 11:31
    Interesting... mmmyesh...
    • Nolan Turk | 17-Mar-2011 14:19
      I want this to work, but it's too slow sometimes and lacks cards that give you card advantage. Most good decks can get card advantage a bunch of ways, this only has Ichor Wellspring, which hasn't been that good. So when I test this against a good deck, they keep getting good cards and I run out too fast... any ideas for card draw that fits the theme?
      • Wes Turk | 18-Mar-2011 01:50
        Hmm ill keep it in mind, I donno about the Sphere of the Suns, there usual for an extra land and sacking for the Kuldotha forgemaster, but how they give you a land of any color seems kind of useless seeing as its artifacts and red cards only ya know. It might work well with Thorn of Geth but I donno
        • Stefan Warren | 18-Mar-2011 19:14
          Correct me if i'm wrong, but i think the Sphere is more for the mana acceleration.
          • supersquirell | Edited 18-Mar-2011 21:41
            But something like iron myr would work better, since you dont have to worry about charge counters or multiple mana colors. But they are easier to kill cause of bolts and doomblades
            • Stefan Warren | 18-Mar-2011 21:43
              and the throne provides more counters.
              • Wes Turk | 18-Mar-2011 22:53
                yea I can see where itd be useful but I feel thered be a better suited card for the task of getting your wurm/golems out
                • Nolan Turk | 19-Mar-2011 06:42
                  Wow, controversy! Lol, I was kinda just messin' around with some ideas trying to throw something together. I don't think this list would be competitive in Standard, at least not as a Tier 1 deck. Hopefully Koth will find a home some day :(
      • supersquirell | 18-Mar-2011 21:59
        Uhhh, I think thats the problem. You are trying to get card avantage as red and thats something red doesn't do well. And I wouldn't rely on artifacts to solve that problem either. So.... replace it with burst lightning? I don't really think thats going to fully solve either, I'll keep it in mind. 
  • supersquirell | 16-Mar-2011 22:22
    I've never really seen a red deck like this, but it still looks pretty sweet. Having only 3 bolts is blowing my mind however.
    • Nolan Turk | 17-Mar-2011 04:15
      Yeah I've been wanting to make a deck in which Koth is actually good. This is an interesting take on the Kuldotha Forgemaster deck with Tezzeret, with a proliferate back up plan to get to Koth or Chandra's ultimate. It's had mixed results so far. It is kinda strange having only 3 bolts, but I'm still kinda toying with the numbers. I know Koth is good, I just wanna make a deck that utilizes him to his full potential!
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