Decktech/Primer: RU Devotion THS/RTR/M15

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Hello, my name is Will, and I run a blog over at redhawkswins.wordpress.com. You can also find me on Twitter @RedhawkWill.

I have been playing Magic for a little over a year. I just wanted to start a discussion on my R/U Devotion Deck that I have been playing lately with some success. I made the finals of my local game store's FNM this week and have made the top 8 of it at the last 3 FNM's overall. Here is my decklist:

Version and update history:
Version 1

Creatures (28) 4x Eidolon of the Great Revel 4x Burning Tree Emissary 4x Frostburn Weird 4x Boros Reckoner 4x Fanatic of Mogis 4x Stormbreath Dragon 4x Soul of Shandalar Spells (7) 2x Hammer of Purphoros 3x Turn\\Burn 2x Cyclonic Rift

Lands (25) 4x Temple of Epiphany 4x Steam Vents 4x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx 1x Shivan Reefs 12x Mountain Sideboard (15) 1x Turn\\Burn 2x Negate 2x Skullcrack 1x Chandra, Pyromancer 2x Harness By Force 2x Mizzium Mortars 2x Aetherize 2x Cyclonic Rift t1x Scuttling Doom Engine

Just a few notes about the deck:

- The deck is a base mono-red devotion deck with blue splash for Turn\\Burn and Cyclonic Rift in the mainboard and Negate in the side. Soul of Shandalar is the latest addition and it does everything it is suppose to and more. It is awesome as a mana dump when you don't have anything in hand and is a big creature that can even take on something like Polukranos.

-I have tried Hoarding Dragon in this deck with singletons of Soul of New Phyrexia and Scuttling Doom Engine (which Patrick Chapin recommended in his article on Friday), but every time I play tested and I had Hoarding Dragon and pretty much any other card, I almost always wanted to play the other card. Also, to add in Hoarding Dragon, Soul of New Phyrexia, and Scuttling Doom Engine into the deck, I had to cut the Cyclonic Rift and the Turn\\Burn from the main board. That being said, I added one Scuttling Doom Engine into the side as what I like to call an Elspeth killer.

-Some of the things that I'm looking to change in the future. With Polymorphist's Jest available, I'm thinking the time of Mizzium Mortars may be done. Polymorphist's Jest may just be better with a cheaper mana cost. With that in mind, I'm thinking of adding in one or two Anger of the Gods into the sideboard as well. Also, since Polymorphist's Jest is double blue, this means I may want to go ahead and add 4 Shivan Reefs to help the blue splash.

So what are you thoughts on this deck? Have any questions or any recommendations?

Author Information:

William Lee Grooms

@RedhawkWill

redhawkswins.wordpress.com

#mtg player and blogger, also enjoys Hearthstone and other games as well.