Hello everyone. For the past few weeks, I've been looking at decks that are focused around a specific color. We've looked at White, Blue, and Black decks so far, and this week, it's time to take a look at some decks featuring Red mana. Let's get started with our first deck.

Mono-Red Aggro

As always, we'll start off by looking at a mono-colored deck featuring the color of the week. In this case, that's a Mono-Red deck that features a lot of aggression. Let's take a look at the deck.

Mono-Red Aggro | BLB Standard | MTG_Joe, aetherhub.com user

• Creatures (20)
• 4 Emberheart Challenger
• 4 Heartfire Hero
• 4 Manifold Mouse
• 4 Monastery Swiftspear
• 4 Slickshot Show-Off

• Instants (16)
• 4 Shock
• 4 Lightning Strike
• 4 Monstrous Rage
• 4 Might of the Meek

• Enchantments (2)
• 2 Demonic Ruckus

• Lands (22)
• 20 Mountain
• 2 Rockface Village

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The other Mice in this deck can be very lethal opponents as well. Emberheart Challenger has prowess, so it gets bigger and better with each noncreature spell you cast. It can also act as a source of additional cards when you target it with a spell or ability. Heartfire Hero also benefits from being the target of a spell or ability by getting a +1/+1 counter the first time it's targeted each turn. It can also act as a source of direct damage to your opponent's life total when it dies.

Boros Beza's Tokens

Next, I have a Red deck that adds quite a bit of White mana that focuses on the creation of creature tokens. Let's take a look at the deck.

Boros Beza's Tokens | BLB Standard | Gigex, aetherhub.com user

• Creatures (2)
• 2 Beza, the Bounding Spring

• Planeswalkers (3)
• 1 The Eternal Wanderer
• 2 Archangel Elspeth

• Instants (6)
• 2 Get Lost
• 4 Lightning Helix

• Sorceries (9)
• 1 No Witnesses
• 2 Sunfall
• 2 White Sun's Twilight
• 4 Brotherhood's End

• Enchantments (8)
• 4 Caretaker's Talent
• 4 Skrelv's Hive

• Artifacts (4)
• 4 Urabrask's Forge

• Lands (28)
• 4 Mountain
• 4 Plains
• 1 Elegant Parlor
• 2 Fountainport
• 2 Inspiring Vantage
• 3 Battlefield Forge
• 4 Demolition Field
• 4 Mirrex
• 4 Restless Bivouac

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Beza is just one way that this deck can create creature tokens. Others include Urabrask's Forge, Skrelv's Hive, and White Sun's Twilight, to name just a few. You'll want to get a copy of Caretaker's Talent in play quickly to take advantage of creating all of these tokens. Not only will Caretaker's Talent allow you to draw a card when you create a token, but, as long as you level it up all the way, your creature tokens can get a +2/+2 bonus. This will make it a lot easier to defeat your opponent in no time.

Izzet Otter Aggro

The next deck I have for you features aggressive Otters. Let's check it out.

Izzet Otter Aggro | BLB Standard | LegenVD, aetherhub.com user

• Creatures (10)
• 2 Thundertrap Trainer
• 4 Elusive Otter
• 4 Stormcatch Mentor

• Instants (16)
• 2 Slick Sequence
• 2 Witchstalker Frenzy
• 4 Lightning Strike
• 4 Monstrous Rage
• 4 Shock

• Sorceries (8)
• 4 Pearl of Wisdom
• 4 Wrenn's Resolve

• Enchantments (4)
• 4 Stormchaser's Talent

• Lands (22)
• 3 Island
• 3 Mountain
• 1 Karplusan Forest
• 1 Yavimaya Coast
• 3 Botanical Sanctum
• 3 Copperline Gorge
• 4 Shivan Reef
• 4 Spirebluff Canal

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You can create even more Otters that have prowess when you have Stormchaser's Talent on the battlefield. You'll get one when Stormchaser's Talent enters the battlefield, plus you'll create another one for each instant and sorcery you cast while Stormchaser's Talent is at level 3. All of those Otters should allow you to attack for a ton of damage, hopefully finishing off your opponent with ease.

Rakdos Outlaws

The next deck I have for you adds Black mana and a whole bunch of outlaws. It's also a great option for those of you that have a limited budget. Let's take a look at the deck.

Rakdos Outlaws | BLB Standard | pHqghUme, aetherhub.com user

• Creatures (26)
• 2 Gev, Scaled Scorch
• 4 Fireglass Mentor
• 4 Flamecache Gecko
• 4 Forsaken Miner
• 4 Hellspur Brute
• 4 Nezumi Linkbreaker
• 4 Vial Smasher, Gleeful Grenadier

• Instants (8)
• 4 Cut Down
• 4 Go for the Throat

• Enchantments (5)
• 2 At Knifepoint
• 3 Rakish Crew

• Lands (21)
• 3 Mountain
• 8 Swamp
• 2 Sulfurous Springs
• 4 Blackcleave Cliffs
• 4 Jagged Barrens

• Sideboard (4)
• 1 Hired Claw
• 1 Iridescent Vinelasher
• 1 Laughing Jasper Flint
• 1 Sulfurous Springs

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You'll be able to deal even more incidental damage to your opponent while you have Rakish Crew on the battlefield. This enchantment causes your opponent to lose one life and you to gain one life whenever an outlaw you control dies. You'll also create a 1/1 Mercenary creature token that can grant a creature a +1/+0 bonus while tapped, just like the creature token created when Nezumi Linkbreaker dies. These bonuses can help you swing for more damage, plus they'll enable Rakish Crew to deal damage if they happen to die.

Gruul Dino Ramp

The final deck I have for you adds Green mana, allowing you to cast some truly large creatures. Let's take a look at the deck.

Gruul Dino Ramp | BLB Standard | SlothMtg, aetherhub.com user

• Creatures (10)
• 1 Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
• 1 Tyrranax Rex
• 4 Etali, Primal Conqueror
• 4 Vaultborn Tyrant

• Instants (9)
• 2 Smuggler's Surprise
• 3 Fires of Victory
• 4 Volcanic Spite

• Sorceries (8)
• 4 Brotherhood's End
• 4 Glimpse the Core

• Enchantments (3)
• 3 Up the Beanstalk

• Battles (4)
• 4 Invasion of Zendikar // Awakened Skyclave

• Lands (26)
• 5 Forest
• 5 Mountain
• 1 Shivan Reef
• 1 Yavimaya Coast
• 2 Cavern of Souls
• 2 Mirrex
• 3 Copperline Gorge
• 3 Restless Ridgeline
• 4 Karplusan Forest

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Since all of the Dinosaurs in this deck have a high mana value, you'll need some ways of ramping up your mana production. Glimpse the Core and Invasion of Zendikar // Awakened Skyclave offer you the opportunity to put additional lands into play. Alternatively, you can play Smuggler's Surprise for 6 mana to be able to put up to two creature cards from your hand onto the battlefield. For bonus cred points, put Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant into play with Smuggler's Surprise, then drop all of your other Dinosaurs from your hand onto the battlefield.

Wrapping Up

As a mostly Red player, I'm looking forward to trying out all of these decks. Since most of these decks lean toward an aggressive nature, they really show how other colors can also have an aggressive side.

What do you think of these decks? Feel free to share this article with your friends anywhere on social media. And be sure to join me here again next week as I continue my search for innovative decks in Standard. I'll see you then!

- Mike Likes