MTG Salvation

I just cut my cube down to 630, and am attempting to drastically rework my Red section. My main concern is that Demonfire, Banefire, Fireball, Star storm, Disintegrate, and Devil's play are too many. How do we rank these (or the ones I haven't included)?

sweepers
Rolling Earthquake > Earthquake > Starstorm

single
Devil's Play > Red sun's zenith ~= Fireball

I agree with Friggodin. Including the ones he didn't list:

Devil's Play > Red Sun's Zenith ~= Fireball > Banefire >= Demonfire > Disintegrate> Ghitu Fire.

Including the spells with RR in the casting cost, Comet Storm is probably on about the Banefire/Demonfire level and Rolling Thunder is outclassed by Comet Storm.

In my 500 card powered cube, I run Devil's Play, RSZ, Banefire, Earthquake, and Starstorm. I think both Banefire and Starstorm are getting cut in my next update.

Cheers,
rant

My unpowered 540 runs 1 sweeper and 3 singles. It's been fine for that size.

I think you could get away with 5 total, meaning you only have to cut 1.

I think the absolute cap would be about 1% of the cube, just as a general rule of thumb. I think a 450 can get away with running 4 red X spells, and your 630 may be able to use six.

And I agree with Friggodin's rankings and suggestions.

I'd probably run 5 at that level, if it were up to me. All three of those Blaze variants and both 'quakes.

It seems like 4-6 is the suggested amount for a cube of my size, and I thank you all for the input. Especially grateful for the ranking of them. When i get out of work today I'm going to sit down with my red section and do some pondering. Thanks.

my 360 roster is: rolling earthquake, earthquake, and devil's play.

4 to 6 seems fine. It also depends on what kind of identity you want Red to have in your Cube. If you want some kind of Artifact Burn theme (XR spells powered by artifact mana), then you may want to run a few more.

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my 360 roster is: rolling earthquake, earthquake, and devil's play.

this ^

I prefer the earthquakes to all others because they provide dual funtionality while still not being the best for a pure control deck.

Of variably costed red spells, I've decided to go with:

Banefire
Devil's Play
Earthquake
Comet Storm
Starstorm

I'd given consideration to Rolling Earthquake as well, and might consider adding it once I see how these new changes work out.

to be honest, the real crux of rolling earthquake is its pricetag. Not many people want to fork over a $100 bill for a card like this. But if you have it, or have access to if, it makes a great addition to a cube.