MTG Salvation

This is my first time posting a deck on these forums, so it makes the most sense to post the deck that needs the most improvement. Here is my current take on Squee, Goblin Nabob EDH.

I tried to fix the problem Red typically has with card advantage and versatility by including as many cyclers as I could fit into the deck to help filter through until I found a card I needed, but what ended up happening was a lack in raw power that I feel red needs to get there by itself.

For reference, here's the deck list:


What I would like to do is try to fit more Devastating Dreams type effects: cards that will help wipe the board of creatures (as I rarely have more than 1-2 creatures on the board, I get swarmed very easily) as well as keep my opponents mana sources in check. My deck runs 43 land in an effort to keep up land drops, as well as artifacts that will help double the amount of mana I have in play.

I'd like to fit in some more artifact ramp (Gilded Lotus, Thran Dynamo, etc), as well as plenty of Wildfire effects. So far I can think of Wildfire, Devastating Dreams (already in the deck), Destructive Force, and Burning of Xinye (a wee bit out of my price range).

Any suggestions on what else does what I need it to or what else I should add or what should be cut? Currently considered for the chopping block are:

Sureal Memior
Rolling Thunder
Phyrexian Alter
Pyrite Spellbomb
Solar Blast
Sonic Burst
Lightning Axe

Thanks!

• Volcanic Fallout
  
• Chain Reaction
  
• Crater Hellion
  
• Caldera Hellion
  
• Pyrohemia
  
• Cave-In
  
• Thunder Dragon
  
• Earthquake
  

Also, Fault Line, Molten Disaster, Bloodfire Colossus, Hammerfist Giant, Lord of Shatterskull Pass, Jiwari, the Earth Aflame...

Go with some of these and/or the ones that DJ Troll recommended, dropping the one-shot damage effects like Pyrite Spellbomb.

Edit: Red also has the best board-reset spells like Jokulhaups, Decree of Annihilation, and Obliterate, all of which take care of both creatures and lands, but, for obvious reasons, these aren't the most multiplayer-friendly cards.

All great suggestions, and I appreciate the feedback, but I was looking more for cards that also dealt with the Lands. Obliterate and company are good suggestions, but have the obvious downside of being less than friendly, and provide too much of a setback; I'd like to keep my artifact ramp if possible to gain the most advantage from the sweepers.

Run straight Mountains and try Ruination and/or Price of Progress.

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All great suggestions, and I appreciate the feedback, but I was looking more for cards that also dealt with the Lands. Obliterate and company are good suggestions, but have the obvious downside of being less than friendly, and provide too much of a setback; I'd like to keep my artifact ramp if possible to gain the most advantage from the sweepers.

I forgot about it until now, but Devastation might fit the bill. It doesn't touch artifacts, so it won't hurt that side of your ramp, and it won't totally screw over anyone else who is using mana artifacts.

adding detritivore to your creatures would make for an excellent fattie and destroyer of lands?

Thanks for all the suggestions guys. This deck gets three awesome cards from Scars in Steel Hellkite, Koth, and the new Phoenix. The deck has gone through a bunch of changes, and I'll post my updated list after Scars comes out.

Now that he's out, I don't see how you could go wrong with Koth of the Hammer

Squee goes well with Eldrazi Monument. (Along with Kher Keep which you should run as well)

Endgame, you can't go wrong with Possessed Portal.

Capricious Efreet will help you deal with problematic permanents. Akroma's Memorial will give all your creatures protection from most of your sweepers.

Crater Hellion and possibly Thunder Dragon fit the theme well. I would also consider switching Furnace of Rath (which is symmetrical and can hose you out of nowhere) to Gratuitous Violence, which gives all your creatures pseudo-double strike. Looking at your list, it also favorably interacts with Bogardan Hellite, Shard Phoenix, Magma Phoenix, Jaya, and the above cards if you choose to add them.

Repercussion is hilarious against token strategies.

You might also want to take a look at Wildfire, Destructive Force and there's a card in Portal that's a function reprint of Wildfire but I forgot the name.

Coldsteel Heart is good ramp and snow.You also can't go wrong with Solemn Simulacrum.

Glacial Crevasses and Sunstone will help you in the early game. (Also great with Crucible) And, if your budget allows it, Forcefield. Smoke might also help control creatures. Again if your budget allows it, Gauntlet of Might is amazing here.

There's a handful of cards that I don't agree with at all in the decklist because they're underwhelming. (For example, Scrap is just terrible compared to Shattering Pulse and the recover mechanic is terrible in MP) If you want some suggestions on possible cuts, let me know.

Good luck!