I got to put this deck through its paces this morning. I had a funny moment with it where I realized I could win by using Chandra Nalaar's 1 damage ability on Myself. I had Her, Hidetsugu wearing Lightning Greaves and enough land to drop the Gratuitous Violence in My hand. I was on 38 and everybody else was still on 40. I pinged Myself with Chandra, dropped Gratuitous Violence and used Hidetsugu to kill everybody else in 1 activation and leave Myself on 1.
I think it's silly that you're running mono-red with mana-doubling artifacts included, and no huge burn spells! What about Starstorm/Comet Storm/Fault Line/Banefire? Those always felt like a great way to close out the game after cutting life totals in half a few times. Another personal favorite of mine is Deathforge Shaman. That guy is hilarious.
Why would you use Grafted Exoskeleton? It is only effective with Hidetsugu if you are lower then 10 life, and even then it has a high cost. I'd switch it out for Chandra Ablaze (she can let you do quick burn, draw cards and screw other people hands, and then replay late game amazing spells. This is esp. true since you aren't running many X spells)
Why would you use Grafted Exoskeleton? It is only effective with Hidetsugu if you are lower then 10 life, and even then it has a high cost. I'd switch it out for Chandra Ablaze (she can let you do quick burn, draw cards and screw other people hands, and then replay late game amazing spells. This is esp. true since you aren't running many X spells)
I recently dismantled my Heartless deck but I've got to say Grafted Exoskeleton came in useful more often than not. There were times where I didn't have the damage doubler out and won from beating face with a suited up Hoarding Dragon. I even did win a few through 10 life shenanigans. And in a deck like this Ablaze's ultimate is largely useless where the only spell that would really be game breaking enough to cast again is Insurrection, which hopefully would have won you the game already. But her mini-Wheel ability is very useful seeing as red doesn't have much card draw.
I could post my list if you're interested, although it's a bit more burn orientated.
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One of my friend's ran Lich's Mirror in his build. And he won. Every. Single. Time. I suppose that's more indicative of my playgroup than how good the card is, but still rather funny.
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Shivan Gorge to play to odd/even life totals game.
I tried it in the 1st draft of this deck. It never seemed to work how I wanted it to. I've found Koth's ultimate a lot more exact for getting the job done and finishing up whoever Hidetsugu leaves standing
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I think it's silly that you're running mono-red with mana-doubling artifacts included, and no huge burn spells! What about Starstorm/Comet Storm/Fault Line/Banefire?
I've seen that most Hidetsugu decks go down that road and I wanted to focus on winning primarily with Hidetsugu instead. All the mana ramp still gets put to good use though, 1 thing I've noticed already is that Hidetsugu dies a lot plus, all the extra mana helps with the untap effects for Him.
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Why would you use Grafted Exoskeleton? It is only effective with Hidetsugu if you are lower then 10 life, and even then it has a high cost.
Basically because I'm spiteful. If I'm going to die anyway and I've got the exoskeloton on Hidetsugu I'll tap Him to end the game right there.
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I'd switch it out for Chandra Ablaze (she can let you do quick burn, draw cards and screw other people hands, and then replay late game amazing spells. This is esp. true since you aren't running many X spells)
I tried Her in the 1st draft as well. Without something like Squee to use as an engine to get more counters on her running her as card draw doesn't really work and I'm not running enough red sorceries to make Her ultimate useful.
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I could post my list if you're interested, although it's a bit more burn orientated.
Sure. I wanna keep this list focused on killing with the general but I wouldn't mind having a look.
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One of my friend's ran Lich's Mirror in his build. And he won. Every. Single. Time. I suppose that's more indicative of my playgroup than how good the card is, but still rather funny.
That is awesome but wouldn't work with either play group I play with. Both of the love thier removal a little too much
1 Heartless Hidetsugu
LAND
29 Snow-Covered Mountain
1 Valakut, the Molten Pinnicle
1 Hall of the Bandit Lord
1 Winding Canyons
1 Shivan Gorge
1 Reliquary Tower
1 Thawing Glaciers
1 Scrying Sheets
1 Spinerock Knoll
DUDES
1 Urabrask the Hidden
1 Godo, Bandit Warlord
1 Jeska, Warrior Adept
1 Kumano, Master Yamabushi
1 Charmbreaker Devils
1 Stigma Lasher
1 Anger
1 Goblin Welder
1 Magus of the Moon
1 Steel Hellkite
1 Hoard-Smelter Dragon
1 Hoarding Dragon
1 Knollspine Dragon
1 Dragon Mage
1 Blood Moon
1 Fervor
1 Mass Hysteria
1 Gratuitous Violence
1 Furnace of Rath
1 Quest for Pure Flame
1 Stranglehold
1 Sulfuric Vortex
1 Leyline of Punishment
INSTANTS
1 Overblaze
1 Wild Ricochet
1 Chaos Warp
PLANESWALKERS
1 Chandra Ablaze
1 Tibalt, the Fiend-Blooded
SORCERIES
1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Reforge the Soul
1 Dragonstorm
1 Past in Flames
1 All is Dust
1 Gamble
ARTIFACTS
1 Thousand-Year Elixir
1 Puppet Strings
1 Magewright's Stone
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Extraplanar Lens
1 Gauntlet of Power
1 Gauntlet of Might
1 Caged Sun
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Planar Portal
1 Scroll Rack
1 Mind's Eye
1 Crystal Ball
1 Vedalken Orrery
1 Library of Leng
1 Elixir of Immortality
1 Rings of Brighthearth
1 Oblivion Stone
1 Nevinyrral's Disk
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Swiftfoot Boots
1 Basilisk Collar
1 Batterskull
1 Loxodon Warhammer
1 Grafted Exoskeleton
1 Umbral Mantle
1 Sword of the Paruns
(U/B)(U/B)(U/B) JUMP IN THE LINE, ROCK YOUR BODY IN TIME
(R/W)(R/W)(R/W) RISING FROM THE NEON GLOOM, SHINING LIKE A CRAZY MOON
(U/R)(R/G)(G/U) STEALIN' WHEN I SHOULD HAVE BEEN BUYIN'
I recently dismantled my Heartless deck but I've got to say Grafted Exoskeleton came in useful more often than not. There were times where I didn't have the damage doubler out and won from beating face with a suited up Hoarding Dragon. I even did win a few through 10 life shenanigans. And in a deck like this Ablaze's ultimate is largely useless where the only spell that would really be game breaking enough to cast again is Insurrection, which hopefully would have won you the game already. But her mini-Wheel ability is very useful seeing as red doesn't have much card draw.
I could post my list if you're interested, although it's a bit more burn orientated.
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I tried it in the 1st draft of this deck. It never seemed to work how I wanted it to. I've found Koth's ultimate a lot more exact for getting the job done and finishing up whoever Hidetsugu leaves standing
I've seen that most Hidetsugu decks go down that road and I wanted to focus on winning primarily with Hidetsugu instead. All the mana ramp still gets put to good use though, 1 thing I've noticed already is that Hidetsugu dies a lot plus, all the extra mana helps with the untap effects for Him.
Basically because I'm spiteful. If I'm going to die anyway and I've got the exoskeloton on Hidetsugu I'll tap Him to end the game right there.
I tried Her in the 1st draft as well. Without something like Squee to use as an engine to get more counters on her running her as card draw doesn't really work and I'm not running enough red sorceries to make Her ultimate useful.
Sure. I wanna keep this list focused on killing with the general but I wouldn't mind having a look.
That is awesome but wouldn't work with either play group I play with. Both of the love thier removal a little too much
Do you need more haste-enablers?
(U/B)(U/B)(U/B) JUMP IN THE LINE, ROCK YOUR BODY IN TIME
(R/W)(R/W)(R/W) RISING FROM THE NEON GLOOM, SHINING LIKE A CRAZY MOON
(U/R)(R/G)(G/U) STEALIN' WHEN I SHOULD HAVE BEEN BUYIN'
Why settle for 1 when I can run both?
Maybe, do You have some suggestions in mind?
You're right. The 2 missing cards are Reliquary Tower and Mass Hysteria. I've fixed the list. Thanks for the catch!