This is a very interesting deck. I admire the color discipline - no double Red spells, not even Chandra. I do wonder about the 2.5 to 1 ratio of Madness enablers to Madness cards however. I think I'd rather replace four of the catalogs or epiphany with Read the Bones and have my card draw actually put me a card up. Radiant Flames does not have synergy with Brain in a Jar, but is good enough in a three color deck that I'd like to include it. It does busted things with Kalitas in play, among other things. Westvale Abbey also seems very aggressive for a three-color deck.

Perhaps -4 Catalog, +4 Read the Bones, -1 Lightning Axe, -3 Artificer's Epiphany, +2 Radiant Flames, +2 Oath of Jace, -2 Westvale Abbey, +2 Wandering Fumarole? Draw 3 discard 2 seems better to me than draw 2 discard 1, even if it does not help with Thing in the Ice or Rise from the Tides. Adding two more Red sources may also be enough to justify replacing one of the Fall of the Titans with Chandra Flamecaller, who would add a more versatile winning condition and another sweeper.

Deck looks sweet though!

Thanks for the feedback! I tried out your suggestions, which I found favorable for the most part. I'm not sure about a full four Read the Bones because the life loss became a steep price to pay in a couple of games against aggressive decks. I might swap two out for two Artificer's Epiphany. Oath of Jace really impressed me though, what with four planeswalkers now I ended up scrying a lot more often.

How do i post a build ?

2 Graf Harvest 3 Lightning Axe 1 Jace Vyrn's Prodigy 1 Call The Bloodline 3 Geistblast 1 Olivia Mobilized For War 2 Fevered Visions 2 Thing In Ice

Quote a post with a build in it, and you can see how to format with links

Trying to figure out how to get this posted right but tired of trying so i will do it this way. Any help to get this build running good would be appreciated. Here it is - 2 Graf Harvest, 3 Lightning Axe, 2 Thing In Ice, 1 Call The Bloodline, 2 Fevered Visions, 1 Jace, Vyrn's Prodigy, 2 Olivias Dragoon, 3 Thermo-Alchemist, 1 Olivia Mobilized For War, 1 Avacyn's Judgment, 3 Geistblast, 2 Fiery Temper, 2 Pieces Of The Puzzle, 1 Collective Defiance, 1 Liliana, The Last Hope, 1 Traitor Of Ghet, 2 Pyromancers Assault, 2 Gisa's Bidding, 2 Rise Under The Floorboards, 2 Rise From The Tides, 2 Bedlam Reveler, 1 Chandra, Flamecaller. 21 Lands. Trying to run the build off of Rise from the tides, Madness, Pyro's Assault, And the Visions.

Hey, welcome to the site! Some guys here will give you some tips on how to post decks. Timh's suggestion is good. Quote an existing post and you can see how people are doing it.

Paging WINTERVOID to the thread! His build reminds me a bit of your awesome Inevitability deck. Can you give him some pointers ?

Paging HAKEEM to the thread! As a lover and lifelong disciple of Grixis, want to help our newest member out?

Helps out a lot; the only other thing I did was replace the commata with newlines and corrected some spelling errors.
This is how it looks:

2 x Graf Harvest
3 x Lightning Axe
2 x Thing In the Ice
1 x Call The Bloodline
2 x Fevered Visions
1 x Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
2 x Olivia's Dragoon
3 x Thermo-Alchemist
1 x Olivia, Mobilized For War
1 x Avacyn's Judgment
3 x Geistblast
2 x Fiery Temper
2 x Pieces Of The Puzzle
1 x Collective Defiance
1 x Liliana, The Last Hope
1 x Kalitas, Traitor Of Ghet
2 x Pyromancer's Assault
2 x Gisa's Bidding
2 x From Under The Floorboards
2 x Rise From The Tides
2 x Bedlam Reveler
1 x Chandra, Flamecaller

+21 lands

Thank you guys for the help now i should be able to post the builds better.

If you quote someone's post, you can see the formatting that they used. Anytime you see someone do something, just quote them to find out how they did it.

@Steely Danno

Very cool. Testing only on AI so far.

I put 2x Reckless Scholar. Seems a natural fit for madness. Once he's on the board you are enabling madness at no extra cost. Severely pumps the combo with Under the Floorboards.

@randomname's
I adopted some of suggestions. Kept both Westvale Abbey's. Easy to flip with zombie flood.

GRIXIS BRAIN IN A JAR v2
2 x Fall of the Titans
2 x Lightning Axe
2 x Avacyn's Judgment
2 x Languish
2 x Oblivion Strike


2 x Oath of Jace
1 x Catalog
2 x Read the Bones
2 x Pore Over The Pages
2 x Nagging Thoughts
2 x Radiant Flames

2 x Brain in a Jar

1 x Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
2 x Reckless Scholar
2 x Thing in the Ice
1 x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
1 x Jace, Unraveler of Secrets
1 x Ob Nixilis Reignited
2 x Rise from the Tides
2 x From Under the Floorboards

5 x Island
3 x Swamp
2 x Mountain
2 x Smoldering Marsh
2 x Sunken Hollow
2 x Westvale Abbey
2 x Drowned Catacomb
2 x Sulfur Falls
2 x Dragonskull Summit
3 x Evolving Wilds

My IOS King of the hill deck list

GRIXIS BURN

2 x Dispel
2 x Lightning Axe
3 x Fiery Impulse
1 x Jace Vryn's Prodigy
4 x Thermo Alchemist
3 x Twin Bolt
2 x Fevered Visions
3 x Catalog
4 x Fiery Temper
4 x Alms of the Vein
2 x Exquisite Firecraft
2 x Collective Defiance
2 x Brutal Expulsion
2 x Bedlam Reveler

2 x Island
1 x Swamp
7 x Mountain
2 x Wandering Fumarole
2 x Smoldering Marsh
2 x Sunken Hollow
2 x Drowned Catacomb
2 x Sulfur Falls
2 x Dragonskull Summit
2 x Geiger Reach Sanitarium

Posted this creation earlier in constructed - http://forum.nogoblinsallowed.com/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=16501&p=498758#p498758
Explanation is there for how it works.


Grixis Burn

1 mana (7)

4x insolent neonate
3x lightning axe

2 mana (12)

1x jace, vryn's prodigy
4x thermo-alchemist
3x telling time
4x take inventory

3 mana (16)

4x fiery temper
4x alms of the vein
4x read the bones
2x radiant flames
2x collective defiance

4 mana (1)

1x akoum firebird

6 mana (2)

2x bedlam reveler

land (22)

1x island
1x swamp
4x mountain
2x wandering fumarole
2x smoldering marsh
2x sunken hollow
2x drowned catacomb
2x sulfur falls
2x dragonskull summit
4x evolving wilds

Alrighty, I still haven't finished unlocking KLD yet, but I wanted to brew a bit and was wondering what people think of my latest attempt at Grixis (AKA the shard of Hell) after my attempts at Grixis control/burn at the end of EMN.

Hell-i-copters
Creatures - (10)
4 x Insolent Neonate
4 x Thermo-Alchemist
1 x Combustible Gearhulk
1 x Bedlam Reveler

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Instants - (13)
3 x Lightning Axe
3 x Telling Time
4 x Fiery Temper
3 x Glimmer of Genius

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Sorceries - (10)
4 x Alms of the Vein
2 x Radiant Flames
2 x Exquisite Firecraft
2 x Collective Defiance

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Artifacts - (3)
2 x Smuggler's Copter
1 x Skysovereign, Consul Flagship

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Enchantments - (2)
2 x Aether Meltdown

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Lands - (22)
1 x Island
1 x Swamp
4 x Mountain
2 x Wandering Fumarole
2 x Smoldering Marsh
1 x Sunken Hollow
1 x Drowned Catacomb
2 x Sulfur Falls
2 x Dragonskull Summit
2 x Aether Hub
4 x Evolving Wilds


Now, this is far from perfect (and as I said I haven't unlocked all the cards yet) and I am looking for ideas to improve.

One thing I have noticed is that I feel Skysovereign is underperforming due to my lack of creatures with the ability to pilot it. Unless I somehow have several Neonates, a piloted Copter, or a manned Fumarole I can't get it into the air. The burn ability is godly in this deck though for removal and I really wish I could make it work a bit more reliably. As it is I am considering dumping it for Torrential Gearhulk once I unlock it. If anyone else has a better suggestion, I'm all ears.

EDIT: I am also looking at ways of fitting in Unlicensed Disintegration because...ZOMG SUCH REMOVAL SO GOOD

Ive been playing this Energy Control build and have not lost online yet with a good hand you kick vehicles and gruul energy which seems to be the novelty right now. But when i play Offline agains the AI i have to mulligan a lot and usually get mana screwed constantly (not color screwed)

If you have any tips please let me know how to improve this

Creature(5):
1x Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
1x Mirrorwing Dragon
1x Torrential Gearhulk
1x Noxious Gearhulk
1x Combustible Gearhulk

Instant(13):
3x Harnessed Lightning
2x Scatter to the Winds
3x Unlicensed Disintegration
3x Glimmer of Genius
2x Insidious Will

Sorcery(8):
2x Live Fast
2x Radiant Flames
2x Languish
2x Confiscation Coup

Enchantment(2):
2x Fevered visions

Planeswalker(5):
1x Liliana, the Last Hope
1x Chandra, Torch of Defiance
1x Jace, Unraveler of Secrets
1x Ob Nixilis Reignited
1x Chandra, Flamecaller

Artifacts(2):
2x Dynavolt Tower

Lands(25):
4x Island
2x Sunken Hollow
2x Wandering Fumarole
2x Swamp
2x Smoldering Marsh
4x Mountain
2x Sulfur Falls
2x Drowned Catacomb
2x Dragonskull Summit
3x Aether Hub

Oh my god dude, that deck has such a rough mana curve. Am I crazy or is that ?

I'd find a way to reduce your doublecosted colors to 2 (gearhulks being the obvious exception). Languish, Confiscation Coup, and Mirrorwing Dragon are probably a few of my early picks to drop for some easier-to-cast choices (though I would only drop 1 or 2 of those, not all 3).

Another interesting hand; would yall keep? It's Grixis Thopters.

I don't know your list; depends on how control-ish your list plays out.
In Grixis Control I'd keep this easily, in my Grixis Thopters I'd easily ship it (then again, my list doesn't run Glimmer, so it's likely more aggressive). My instinct would tell me to mulligan as Thopters should be more of a mid-range strategy and less full-on control.

That's an auto keep for me zzorg

viewtopic.php?f=61&t=16645#p502540

Ironically I drew my control cards for the next few draws in the beginning afterwards and it helped that my opponent had a slow start, but yeah generally you want to have some stuff on the board by Turn 3.