I know that White is the most popular color to splash in for burn, I love me some lightning helix and Boros charm, but a new card in Ixalan made me think of splashing black instead
Refill your hand, or deal 3 damage per card to your opponent, your best cards are going to deal three damage for one anyway, so it seems like it's a win/win. So i threw a little budget list together and I want to see what you guys think.
Sword-Point Diplomacy is probably worse than Browbeat which isn't great in of itself.
The first lets the opponent see the 3-cards and decide which cards you can have while the second either has them take 5 damage or lets you draw 3 unknown cards.
Basilica Screecher is not a good creature for a burn deck (or any deck for that matter).
It has only 1-power, no haste and the extort ability is really slow for this type of deck.
I'm actually wondering if swordpoint diplomacy might be worth it... That said I do have a few suggestions of my own.
One card that can fit here is Gonti's Machinations, a one drop black enchantment that acts as another bolt. That and it has the side benifit of gaining you life. Plus it has synergy with Swiftspear and can work with Screecher (though I doubt how useful the latter can be).
Another is a land suggestion, the pain land Sulfurous Springs, it has synergy with the card above and can trigger the life loss for an energy counter if needed. Must say I'm tempted to test out a build like this myself.
Edit: Another card to consider (and I really feel I'm building around one card now...) is Glint-Sleeve Siphoner not a great card, but has a side ability to generate a few card draws and a piker with a chance for evasive damage.
Sword Point Diplomacy
Refill your hand, or deal 3 damage per card to your opponent, your best cards are going to deal three damage for one anyway, so it seems like it's a win/win. So i threw a little budget list together and I want to see what you guys think.
The first lets the opponent see the 3-cards and decide which cards you can have while the second either has them take 5 damage or lets you draw 3 unknown cards.
Basilica Screecher is not a good creature for a burn deck (or any deck for that matter).
It has only 1-power, no haste and the extort ability is really slow for this type of deck.
Better creatures would be:
Hellspark Elemental, Ash Zealot, Spike Jester or even Oona's Prowler (can be good to "madness" Alms of the Vein).
A slightly more expensive option can be Grim Lavamancer.
Thunderous Wrath is probably too unreliable, I'd even prefer Blightning instead though Searing Blaze is also a good option (unless you don't expect many creature decks).
Flames of the Blood Hand is a good option as well.
One card that can fit here is Gonti's Machinations, a one drop black enchantment that acts as another bolt. That and it has the side benifit of gaining you life. Plus it has synergy with Swiftspear and can work with Screecher (though I doubt how useful the latter can be).
Another is a land suggestion, the pain land Sulfurous Springs, it has synergy with the card above and can trigger the life loss for an energy counter if needed. Must say I'm tempted to test out a build like this myself.
Edit: Another card to consider (and I really feel I'm building around one card now...) is Glint-Sleeve Siphoner not a great card, but has a side ability to generate a few card draws and a piker with a chance for evasive damage.
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Collective Brutality and Kolaghan's Command are also good options that combine direct damage and hand disruption, though it is pretty expensive
(slightly more than Eidolon).
As for the SB I'd suggest Rakdos Charm and Rain of Gore.
The new Rampaging Ferocidon seems like a decent (slower) burn creature as well.