Homebrew Decklist: Oh God Your Breath!!..of Malfegor..

Yeah...so this week's decklist is built, as usual, around the Homebrew pick of the week: Breath of Malfegor!!

Huzzah! Ohhhhhhhhhh Shiny..

Ok there is a definete possibility that I have been working too much and have forgotten how to write blog posts without sounding insane or just plain overly excited. I will try my best to overcome this sudden handicap and describe this weeks deck without scaring you too badly. Actually..I'm not sure I can do that so I'll just get straight to the decklist!

Oh God Your Breath!!..of Malfegor.. (Yes this is the name of the deck not just a clever post title..)

Spells:

4x Breath of Malfegor

4x Volcanic Fallout

3x Magma Spray

3x Incinerate

3x Terminate

4x Blightning

2x Banefire

1x Chandra Nalaar

Creatures:

4x Anathemancer

4x Hellspark Elemental

3x Shambling Remains

3x Viscera Dragger

2x Malfegor

Land:

13x Mountain

7x Swamp

This budget deck is fun to play in multiplayer. It is geared towards multiplayer gameplay but is also a great deck to give a new player because they only have to learn a few mechanics and it's pretty straight forward. You burn everything and everybody and you can get tons of mileage out of the creatures because almost all of them have the unearth ability. This is important in multiplayer games because of multiple decks running board wipes (at least in my playgroup). I like to play something like this in multiplayer because it allows me to not have to pay attention to every minute detail of my opponent's plays. I just burn them or everybody if I think they are getting to much board presence. The only problem arises when you burn too much too early which causes you to gain aggro from pretty much everybody at the table. If you are playing a deck like this just lay back and use your spot removal and get some unearth creatures in the graveyard by small attacks and blocks before really hitting them hard after establishing a decent mana base.

P.S. Sorry this post is 2+ weeks late. I will try and be better about getting posts out when I'm either busy or out of town.

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Homebrew Pick of the Week: Breath of Malfegor

Since WoTC has been paying more attention to multiplayer interaction lately I thought it would be appropriate to highlight one of the more fun cards that made its debut as part of the Alara Reborn set. Without further ado I present: Breath of Malfegor



I know what you are thinking..OK maybe I don't but I know what I'm thinking..OK maybe I don't but you have to admit that this card is funny. Hitting each opponent for five damage in a multiplayer game is kinda ridiculous (and also slightly suicidal!). It's definitely not be the strongest card when you are looking for a good price-to-burn ratio in a one-on-one matchup. The ironic thing is that it's still more efficient than some older burn spells from back in the day when Magic made you pay dearly for your powerful spells. Yeah nobody really misses those days.. Anyway, there are plenty of ways to exploit this card in the standard multiplayer environment. My two-headed giant partner cracked one of these at the Alara Reborn pre-release and it evened up the field and helped us make up a lot of ground in more than a few matches!

Strengths:

- 5-5 Cost-Damage ratio

- Can hit more than one opponent in a multiplayer match

- Light coloration (only 2 out of the 5 mana in the cost are colored)

Weaknesses:

-Cost-Damage ratio is fair but not as efficient as others in standard

Ways to Abuse:

-Twincast it to deal ten damage to each opponent in a multiplayer match

- Cascade into it with Bituminous Blast for an explosive nine damage to one opponent and five to the rest.

Later this week I will post a decklist built around this card for my weekly "Hombrew Decklist". I'm thinking Grixis colors with "each player" hand destruction, some Twincasts, a few burn spells and a Malfegor or two. Should be an interesting deck and I am excited to try it out in my local multiplayer group.

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