Lands:
2 Howltooth Hollow
4 Keldon Megaliths
9 Mountain
6 Swamp
4 Terramorphic Expanse
Creatures:
3 Dread Slag
3 Malfegor
4 Rakdos Pit Dragon
Other Spells:
3 Bitter Ordeal
3 Burning Sands
4 Cackling Flames
3 Diabolic Tutor
4 Fiery Temper
4 Night's Whisper
4 Rakdos Signet |
  Drago
Malfoy.
Description of deck by its author
(quoted):
So, what's mechanically interesting about
Malfegor? Well, for starters, he's a 6/6 flyer for six mana in red and
black, colors that have historically been subpar in flying. That's
certainly efficient. What's more exciting is the mass sacrifice he
creates for your opponents at the cost of your hand. Therefore, I felt
the best use of Malfegor would be in a hellbent-ish deck, using Rakdos
Pit Dragon to beat down. Cackling Flames and Fiery Temper seem like
appropriate red removal in this sort of deck. And Dread Slag is
downright perfect: early on, it's a useless card that's fine to discard
to Malfegor, and later it's a brilliant topdeck.
While pondering Malfegor, I couldn't help but think
that at times, you'd be discarding your whole hand to kill maybe two
creatures. Although the times where you wipe out an army of Saproling
tokens with Malfegor are obviously the most desirable, those potentially
underwhelming moments bothered me. Therefore, I went with Burning Sands
as a doubly wrecking permanent alongside the Demon Dragon. Now, only
killing two creatures comes with two free Stone Rains! And during mass
sacrificing, Malfegor could act as the latter half of Boom // Bust.
However, removing both creatures and lands still isn't
enough! Speaking of Bust, there's a certain card printed in Future Sight
that was immediately paired with the red Armageddon: Bitter Ordeal. With
Malfegor and Burning Sands kicking around, as well as your removal,
Bitter Ordeal should always be at least half a Cranial Extraction.
This deck is slightly tricky to play. Try and land a
Rakdos Pit Dragon as soon as you can, and once you're at six mana, start
holding onto your lands for Malfegor. You'll usually want to Tutor for
one of your dragons as well. Between your burn and Malfegor, you should
keep the board clear enough to stabilize. Howltooth Hollow is mostly for
fun, but a different version of this deck could be based on discard and
flashback, using such cards as Skull Fracture, Pain Magnification, or
Syphon Mind (which, along with Malfegor himself, thrives in
multiplayer).
I was thinking about using Ignorant Bliss as a way to
dodge discarding a ton of cards, but then I realized that Malfegor
wouldn't do anything! I settled on some good old card drawing—namely,
Night's Whisper and Diabolic Tutor. Since this deck wants to hoard cards
in the early game and find Malfegor, those two should fit the bill. |
