Thanks for the input Moto! I experimented with that last night, and I think I'll keep a seperate deck that's a cross between hellbent and madness- honestly, and this is kind of counterintuitive, but I'm finding the two don't work well together once you've initially achieved hellbent, because from that point on I'm wanting to STAY hellbent- the heavy card draw that madness wants can harm me if I can't cast everything I draw in a hellbent deck. If I'm topdecking and I draw
fiery temper, I'll have the mana to cast it for 3 because it's the only card I drew, but there's no purpose served in choosing that over
lightning bolt unless I'm willing to go without hellbent for potentially several turns in order to get a discard card to go with it-
macabre waltz I think would work well, but I'd choose insolent neonite or call the bloodlines over
tormenting voice since both are cards I can play when I draw them, and keep hellbent while still being able to cast them as I draw madness cards.
Creeping dread, I like the look of- but again, since I'm wanting to keep hellbent, the only time I'll have cards in my hand during my upkeep is early game, and once I've reached 4 mana I'm typically hellbent/a turn away from hellbent.
I DID build the deck last night though, I may put it up although it's not working as well as the straight hellbent deck- I did have a few fun plays where I was activating
rakdos augermage with nothing but
bloodmad vampire,
fiery temper, and
incorrigible youths in my hand haha
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but the problem with having cards in your hand to discard FOR madness is that you're not getting any benefit from hellbent
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