What is Red Death?
Red Death is a Legacy deck based on the Suicide Black archetype. This archetype is typified by disruption and undercosted creatures. These creatures usually come with severe drawbacks thus the moniker of Suicide Black. Red Death is a Suicide variant that utilizes red burn spells. These burn spells provide an element of reach that is not present in most Suicide Black decks. Burn allows a Red Death player to win even when its creatures have been answered. They are flexible enough to be used as creature removal when necessary. 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, creatur
