Stock Rakdos Vampires League | May 11, 2024 | Pioneer

0:00 Intro
0:49 Round 1
25:47 Round 2
47:53 Round 3
1:11:44 Round 4
1:37:22 Round 5
1:56:37 Outro
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Decklist:
3 Archfiend of the Dross
4 Blood Crypt
3 Blightstep Pathway
4 Sulfurous Springs
4 Bloodtithe Harvester
4 Thoughtseize
3 Dusk Legion Zealot
4 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker
4 Fatal Push
2 Go for the Throat
2 Hive of the Eye Tyrant
1 Duress
2 Preacher of the Schism
4 Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord
4 Mutavault
1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
3 Swamp
4 Vein Ripper
4 Blackcleave Cliffs
2 Damping Sphere
2 Duress
1 Grafdigger's Cage
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Path of Peril
2 Reckoner Bankbuster
2 Liliana of the Veil
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[@gatheringforfun2954]

Love your deep analysis of each match!! ❤ Happy to see you active in KZbin again! Amazing content as always!

[@tapitandsacit]

great vid as always im only halfway through, but round 3 game 2 your first thoughtseize was for ledger shredder when you have fatal push in hand to answer it , i think i would have gone with picklock pranster since they already have 2 ways to bin the first phoenix, just curious to get your thoughts! amazing plays, im learning a ton!

[@bobbyfortanely]

Hmmmm that’s a really good point about the two discard outlets. I suspect that my reasoning was preserving an answer for a drawn Shredder or Young Pyromancer, but maybe that doesn’t make much sense given their hand composition. Good call.

[@luisluks5774]

Kinda wild not to double loot with Fable on the turn the Amalia opponent telegraphs Chord of Calling, I think that is a compulsory double discard. Probably the tapped land.

[@luisluks5774]

Also in that matchup I think you kill Amalia with the push so he does not Explore and then fling a creature to the Wildgrowth Walker

[@bobbyfortanely]

I agree with both of your plays. I think that they’re both clearly correct. Good catches, much appreciated!

[@ShwenAndreiMendoza]

Wondering if you'd still use Boros Convoke on the upcoming RC's and what would be a new inclusion

[@bobbyfortanely]

I have not played Boris Convoke recently, although its position has gotten much better now that Amalia and UW Control are somewhere in popularity slots 6-10 rather than 1-5. Frank Karsten had an article about it on CFB maybe 2 weeks before OTJ released, and that’s the most recent high-quality content I’ve seen about the archetype.

[@gabbii7367]

at 1:33:51 what if we play archfiend first, shoot the wildgrowth walker with sorin. they lose 6 total going to 8. It makes any block or no block lethal while having push backup for a chord.

[@bobbyfortanely]

Good catch! I agree, I think that this is definitely the right play.

[@davidpereira8357]

I guess those archfiend are very good in the mirror and phoenix. But if the meta is varied or more aggro, wouldn't it make sense to play other four drops? What are your thought on bankbusters in the main instead of the dusk legions?

[@bobbyfortanely]

The four drop is certainly metagame-dependent. I can see most combinations of four drops making sense depending on what you expect. Bankbusters main makes sense, especially since Waste Not is so popular. Dusk Legion Zealot is such a mopey card, but the reasoning for it is making Sorin better in fair games and maximizing the odds of Sorin+Vein Ripper. I have also been thinking about that Rakdos Bronco deck that eschews the Vampire package for other card advantage.

[@luisluks5774]

When I used to play Rakdos Mid, I used to sideboard out Bloodtithe Harvester to make their Fiery Impulses weaker and I used to keep Duress and Reckoner Bankbuster. Is this sideboard strategy just wrong against Phoenix nowadays with Rakdos Vampires? I kinda think Leyline is a really terrible card. I'm really struggling against that MU. Cheers

[@bobbyfortanely]

I have not tested that yet, but I will at your recommendation. I’ve been somewhat happy with Hearses in that slot. There likely needs to be some form of graveyard interaction, otherwise my experiences has been eventually getting overwhelmed by Treasure Cruises, regardless of what their postboard threat configuration is.

[@luisluks5774]

@@bobbyfortanely Hearse used to be worse before bc there was many more Abrades/ Artifact Hate going around. I think Phoenix players used to hate the Mind rot more, but another 3 CC card in the deck is a deckbuilding constraint.

[@pascal30161]

Cant you win the match 1 game 3 line through a push once they let ripper resolve? (If they had a push they needed to respond to ripper by pushing bloodtithe) Hold priority Activate Bloodtithe on reflection (18) Response copy ripper Reflection dies (14) Crew Bankbuster Attack (4) Vein ripper dies (0) Pushing the Bankbuster is the same amount of damage, so they still die

[@bobbyfortanely]

Now THAT is a big brain play! 🧠 You’re right, once the Vein Ripper is on the battlefield, you can immediately force the entire sequence. Good catch!

[@jasonwhisnant5457]

You’re great at discussing your plays but please stop saying optionality and just say option. Pretty please?

[@bobbyfortanely]

Thanks for the constructive feedback. This is a good callout. There’s basically never a reason to say optionality over option, and I wasn’t really aware that I was doing it.