I am looking for interesting red cards that do NOT:
- reward you for playing lots of small dudes
- reward you for playing lots of instants/sorceries
- discard cards or like being discarded
Everything else that is interesting good stuff, easy build arounds or just fun effects is welcome. Dump as many cards as you can come up with!
Those restraints get rid of 90% of the cool red cards
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Akroma, Angel of Fury is both an interesting red card as well as a cool Blink payoff. If she's played face down, her controller can blink her, which causes her to come back into play face up.
This card is splashy and fun, despite it's relatively simple rules text. My players always seem to enjoy it when they play it.
Cowards don't play
Boldwyr Intimidator.
I know this card lets a player discard land, but it's so cool! It's an awesome build-around that has a lot of different angles to it for deck construction purposes.
On a completely unrelated note, I can't believe you're not running
Flamewake Phoenix in your cube. It's the perfect Gruul Aggro-Madness card.