MTG >Metagame Pauper > deck B R
About Pauper B R
Belonging to the metagame from Pauper, B R is a deck with the following key cards: Refurbished Familiar, Fanatical Offering, Gixian Infiltrator, Writhing Chrysalis, Drossforge Bridge, Slagwoods Bridge, Cleansing Wildfire, Cast Down, Twisted Landscape, with an overall win percentage of 45.3% in 64 games in the last 6 months. The deck performances better against Grixis Terror and Orzhov Pestilence and worst against Orzhov Pestilence and Gruul Ponza. In recent appearances satirobr54 made 3V-1L at Tropical Pauper 287 - Play Point and Garcia_Edu made 4V-0L at Fuguete League 275 - Play Point.
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Strategy
The **B/R (Rakdos) Burn / Affinity Sacrifice** deck in Pauper is an aggressive, grindy strategy that blends **direct damage**, **artifact synergies**, and **value sacrifice engines**. It plays like a hybrid between Rakdos Burn and Rakdos Affinity, leveraging cheap artifacts and sacrifice outlets to generate card advantage while steadily draining the opponent’s life. --- ## 🧠 Core Strategy At its heart, the deck aims to: 1. **Deal incremental damage** through burn and life-drain spells 2. **Generate value from artifacts** using sacrifice effects 3. **Control the board efficiently** with premium removal 4. **Grind longer games** thanks to recursion and card draw You’re often pressuring your opponent’s life total while disrupting their hand and board. The deck doesn’t usually win in one explosive turn — it wins through **attrition and inevitability**. --- ## 🔥 Main Game Plan Components ### 1️⃣ Burn & Life Drain Package - **Lightning Bolt** - **Galvanic Blast** (often 4 damage thanks to artifacts) - **Bump in the Night** - **Sovereign's Bite** - **Alms of the Vein** - **Tyrant’s Choice** - **Vampire’s Kiss** - **Okiba Reckoner Raid** This package slowly drains the opponent out. Unlike Mono-Red Burn, Rakdos Burn has more **inevitability and resilience**, especially thanks to flashback (Bump in the Night) and madness (Alms of the Vein). --- ### 2️⃣ Artifact Value Engine This is where the deck becomes more than just burn. **Key artifacts:** - Ichor Wellspring - Chromatic Star - Nihil Spellbomb - Blood Fountain - Vault of Whispers - Great Furnace - Drossforge Bridge **Sacrifice outlets & payoffs:** - Deadly Dispute - Reckoner’s Bargain - Krark-Clan Shaman - Gorilla Shaman Artifacts replace themselves when sacrificed, turning Dispute and Bargain into: > “Draw 2 cards + gain value + deal damage later” **Deadly Dispute** is especially powerful: - Sacrifice Ichor Wellspring → draw 3 cards total + Treasure - Sacrifice Blood Fountain → draw 2 + enable recursion This engine allows the deck to grind surprisingly well for an aggressive strategy. --- ### 3️⃣ Removal Suite Rakdos offers some of the best removal in Pauper: - Lightning Bolt - Galvanic Blast - Cast Down - Snuff Out - Chainer’s Edict - Krark-Clan Shaman (sweeper vs small creature decks) You are very well-positioned against creature-heavy decks thanks to this flexibility. --- ### 4️⃣ Affinity Subtheme With: - Myr Enforcer - Artifact lands - Cheap artifacts You can occasionally drop a **cheap Myr Enforcer**, adding a large body that closes games quickly. This gives the deck a surprise “midrange” pivot. --- ## ✅ Strengths ### 🔥 1. Excellent Removal You have answers to almost everything. Creature decks struggle against your removal density. ### 💰 2. Strong Card Advantage Deadly Dispute + Wellspring is one of Pauper’s best value engines. ### 💀 3. Reach Even if the board stalls, burn and drain finish games. ### 🧱 4. Resilient to Removal You don’t rely on creatures heavily. Much of your damage comes from spells. ### 🎯 5. Good vs Blue Decks (Post-board) Pyroblast and Red Elemental Blast give you strong tools against: - Faeries - Terror decks - Blue control --- ## ❌ Weaknesses ### 🐢 1. Slightly Slower than Pure Burn You’re more grindy than explosive. Mono-Red Burn can sometimes race you. ### 💣 2. Vulnerable to Artifact Hate Cards like: - Dust to Dust - Gorilla Shaman (from opponent) - Cast into the Fire Can slow down your engine significantly. ### 💚 3. Lifegain Decks Heavy lifegain strategies (e.g., Weather the Storm decks) can be problematic since you rely on incremental damage. ### ⚖ 4. Taplands Rakdos Carnarium and Bridges can slow early tempo. --- ## 🆚 Matchup Overview (General) **Good Against:** - Creature aggro - Midrange decks - Faeries (especially post-board) - Slower control decks **Harder Against:** - Fast combo - Dedicated lifegain - Heavy artifact hate strategies - Extremely fast Burn --- ## 🎮 Playstyle Summary This deck rewards: - Careful resource management - Knowing when to switch from control to burn plan - Smart sacrifice timing - Sequencing artifacts for maximum value You often ask: > “Do I use removal now, or can I take damage and draw more cards first?” It’s a thinking player’s burn deck — aggressive but grindy. --- ## 🩸 Overall Identity Rakdos Pauper is: > 🔥 A burn deck with a value engine > ⚙️ An artifact deck with reach > 🧠 A midrange deck disguised as aggro It combines pressure, disruption, and inevitability into a flexible and powerful strategy in the Pauper format. If you’d like, I can also provide a sample optimized 60-card list based on your card pool.
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