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Magic the Gathering deck suggestions?

Toying around with a R/W deck that I like to call "Token Control". This is a standard format deck.

Decklist:

4x Goblin Rabblemaster

4x Monastery Mentor

4x Alesha, Who Smiles at Death

2x Hushwing Gryff

4x Hordeling Outburst

4x Banishing Light

4x Chained to the Rocks

4x Devouring Light

4x Wild Slash

4x Stoke the Flames

2x Purphorous, God of the Forge

9x Plains

9x Mountains

2x Wind-Scarred Crag

Please DO NOT suggest rare lands, I know they are generally preferable over life-gain lands, but I'm not fond of spending a lot of money or store credit on lands.

Thanks!

Update:

Do you think this has the potential to be successful in terms of making top-4 at my local FNM? I don't plan on attending any GPs or anything too serious like that.

Update 2:

Do you think this has the potential to be successful in terms of making top-4 at my local FNM? I don't plan on attending any GPs or anything too serious like that.

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  • 6 years ago

    I don't know your local FMN, but it's not impossible, I guess.

    I don't think Alesha is great in your deck, I'd at least want something with ETB or more when X attacks effects. Of course, that doesn't work with Hushwing Griff for the first, so...yeah. I might suggest you sideboard that, but I don't know your local environment, maybe you do need to maindeck it.

    having some way to clear the path for your attacks might be worthwhile though.

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