"Poor Mans RDW 2013: Blistering Regathan Firecat"

"Poor Mans RDW 2013: Blistering Regathan Firecat"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.

Red has been my favorite color since I started playing magic. So much power in just one color. The current standard format has the color a bit weakened. Slowed down a bit. No lightning bolts killing for one mana or haste creatures that burst out rampaging on the get go. However , Red still has a lot of creatures that put opponents life totals in the red way faster than any other color.And this is just for the pauper format. 

Here is the deck list that I am going to run with red for pauper:

22 X Mountains

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22 Lands

4 X Akroan Crusader

4 X Ember Beast

4 X Gore-house Chainwalker

4 X Splatter Thug

4 X Frostburn Weird

2 X Regathan Firecat

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22 Creatures

4 X Shock

4 X Lightning Strike

4 X Madcap skills

4 X Titans Strenght

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16 spells

Some of the stand out creatures here is the Ember Beast ,  a 3/4 beast for a mere 3 mana? Not bad right? The thing though is that it can't attack or block on its own. The answer to that is have other creatures to attack and block with. The Akroan Crusader creates a lot of tokens when it is a target for one of your spells. A lot of creatures attacking at the same time and tokens dying is not much of a loss because you could always create more. 

Gore-house Chainwalker and Splatter Thug are shoo-ins here as well because of their Unleash abilities. A 3/2 and 3/3 First striker? Not bad in the damage department as well. The Frostburn Weird and Regathan Firecat are potential 3/1 and 4/1 attackers.

And in the tradition of Sligh there is burn to kill blockers and the awesome madcap skills to make sure that your 4/1 becomes an unblockable 7/1 cat. I guess with the Madcap skills its doing a very good Blistering Firecat imitation. The version that is harder to block and is not sacrificed when the turn ends. I have not played with a Blistering Firecat for awhile and to actually play one in pauper well that is an experience that is worth it.

I am going to enjoy Red in Pauper. Blistering Firecat in common too! It really is time to reach out and burn someone again.