Unlocking Legacy – The Red Death Primer

The general strategy of Red Death is to play disruption, creatures, and burn to win the game. Its creatures by themselves are not fast enough to win the game against most decks in Legacy. The disruption provides an opportunity to slow down an opponent’s gameplan to allow the creatures to win the game. The burn spells either finish off a player who has a low life total or act as additional disruption by removing creatures. It is the combination of disruption, creatures, and burn that makes Red Death successful.

I. What is Red Death? Red Death is a Legacy deck based on the Suicide Black archetype. This archetype is typified by disruption and undercosted…

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