Rakdos Prowess—fun and competitive alternative to mono red

Laddering BO1 Standard? Getting annoyed when you’re on the draw against a mirror deck? Same, so I threw together a new list made possible with our dear friend Slickshot. I’ve tried multiple iterations of prowess—Izzet, Boros—with Slickshot, but my mono red prowess results still trounced anything else until I tried this deck.

To be fair, my mono red still has a slightly higher win %, but in the current meta, and with the shuffler’s tendency to match you against similar decks, I found this deck to be less frustrating + have more answers.

Basically, if you play red, and are sick of losing to red because you’re on the draw, try this deck.

If you have a version of this you think is more effective, or see weakness, please let me know! In BO1 Standard, I think this deck could be a hit.

And if you play BO3, just have control matchup cards in your sideboard to sub out most of the removal.

Rakdos Prowess

(59% win rate Mythic with ~100 games played)

3x Cut Down

4x Kumano Faces Kakkazan

4x Monastery Swiftspear

4x Monstrous Rage

1x Antagonize

1x Callous Sell-Sword

2x Go for the Throat

2x Sheoldred’s Edict

4x Fugitive Codebreaker

4x Slickshot Show-Off

2x Wrenn’s Resolve

1x Molten Collapse

1x Case of the Crimson Pulse

2x The End

1x Deadly Cover-Up

1x Two-Headed Hunter

3x Swamp

4X Mountain

1X Sokenzan

1x Takenuma Mire

4x Blackcleave Cliffs

4x Haunted Ridge

1x Raucous Theater

1x Restless Vents

3x Sulfurous Springs

1x Mishra’s Foundry

The strategy is simple: remove their creatures during your turn before you attack to pump your guys.

I wouldn’t try this without having the fast lands.