Friday, November 29, 2013

Standard Pauper Card o' the Day: Rakdos Shred-Freak

So it's Black Friday, but it's still a very Red week here on the blog.  What does that mean for the Standard Pauper card of the day?  It means you get both:




This hasty little berserker is finding a home in all sorts of Standard Pauper decks.  Red Decks of all stripes want to start beating quickly and he does just that.  But Mono Black control builds are taking advantage of the fact that Shred-Freak technically has two black mana symbols in his casting cost, upping the devotion count for the game-winning Gray Merchant of Asphodel.

I'll bet we'll be seeing this Freak around for a very long time, and his slightly higher price range for a Standard Pauper card tells me he has applications in Classic and non-Pauper formats as well.  He's a pretty heavy hitter for such an early Standard Pauper Card o' the Day this Black Friday.  Give him a shot!  Thanks for reading.  Peace,

- C

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