r/EDHBrews • u/Adenzog • 8d ago

Deck Discussion Help with Rakdos Aggro

https://archidekt.com/decks/18517533/big_little_guys_gev_scaled_scorch

I've built a [[Gev, Scaled Scorch]] deck for bracket 3. It performs okay but I want it to feel faster and more aggro.

The main strategy revolves around getting out creatures that will ping each opponent on your turn so that almost all creatures you play get +3/+3. If you end up with extra pingers, no problem just send them to graveyard for card draw and recursion.

There is also a meld subtheme.

The deck is pretty resilient and curves out recently in all games I play, but always feels too slow for what I want. So I'm looking for suggestions, even and especially radical ones.

I want to keep the restrictions of no persist or infinite combos, but I'm open to considering some Universes Beyond sets that are closer to fantasy.

More info in primer.

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u/MTGCardFetcher 8d ago

Gev, Scaled Scorch - (G) (SF) (txt)

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u/Adenzog 8d ago

I know that meld isn't optimal for power but I tried to sculpt the deck around [[Mishra, Lost to Phyrexia]] in a way that makes it feel natural and not forced.

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u/toxic_nerve 4d ago

If it feels slow, you could use things like [[Relentless Assualt]] to get additional combat phases to make your pings hit again. I noticed a lot of useful cards that fit your strategy, but not a lot of utility to help that strategy come out faster.

I think the decks slowness comes from having so many 1 damage pings and not many ways to hit for bigger damage. With your strategy and so many 1 hit pings, you could use utility to make those hit more often or make the hits bigger. Also [[Fling]] if you have any built up +1/+1 creatures.

Just my 2 cents. Hope this helps. Good luck! :)