I got interested in a deck presented by MTGGoldfish. I think the combo with Ral, Storm Conduit with Expansion // Explosion or/and Doublecast has already circulated, and it's a hit or miss as the meta is waaay loopy and kinda versatile right now. I wish to try my hand at this but unfortunately I can't seem to acquire a fourth copy of Expansion//Explosion. By some funny circumstance I got an extra copy of Doublecast, so I thought maybe the loss of one could be compensated by the acquisition of the other. I also don't have Search for Azcanta, but I think I've found other means. I've put my decklist below. Comments are welcome
"We'll scale these cliffs, traverse Brittle Bridge, and then fight our way down the volcanic slopes on the other side."
"Isn't the shortest route through the canyon?"
"Yes."
"So shouldn't we—"
"No."
Honestly I wouldn't run double cast at all. It's true that it can combo off with expansion with out a third card, but it's so bad if you don't have the combo. You really need that 4th expansion :|. I would also run Warlord's Fury/Crash Through as another 1 cmc card to start the copying combo. The other numbers depend on the meta. For example if there isn't a lot of mono red/white I would also cut ionizes for more negates. If there are a lot of them I would find a way to fit 1-2 Fiery Cannonade maindeck along with chart a course to dump it in the bad matchups. I'm not that big of a fan of Chemister's Insight outside of control. I think you want to be casting spells every turn sometimes multiple and insight is just slow. I also am not huge on mission breifing. I like chart a course much better. You could try tormeting voice over chart because it combos better with ral's minus, but getting it countered hurts. The one thing to keep in mind about my suggestions is that you will have to make sure you are prepared to kill narset, but it gives you a pretty good sb plan for bringing in drakes like crackling drake. In the main deck you might want to consider a saheeli or two as alternate win condition.
The other option would be to add another color and try to slow the game down and justt combo off at 6 mana, but if you are making it to 6 mana there are cards in standard that can end the game on their own, so there isn't a real justification for trying to combo instead of just dropping a liliana or something.
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I got interested in a deck presented by MTGGoldfish. I think the combo with Ral, Storm Conduit with Expansion // Explosion or/and Doublecast has already circulated, and it's a hit or miss as the meta is waaay loopy and kinda versatile right now. I wish to try my hand at this but unfortunately I can't seem to acquire a fourth copy of Expansion//Explosion. By some funny circumstance I got an extra copy of Doublecast, so I thought maybe the loss of one could be compensated by the acquisition of the other. I also don't have Search for Azcanta, but I think I've found other means. I've put my decklist below. Comments are welcome
4 Augur of Bolas
Planeswalkers
4 Ral, Storm Conduit
Spells
4 Opt
4 Shock
4 Lightning Strike
3 Expansion // Explosion
3 Ionize
3 Doublecast
2 Negate
3 Chemister's Insight
2 Mission Briefing
1 Ral's Outburst
4 Steam Vents
4 Sulfur Falls
8 Island
7 Mountain
"Isn't the shortest route through the canyon?"
"Yes."
"So shouldn't we—"
"No."
- From Canyon Minotaur
The other option would be to add another color and try to slow the game down and justt combo off at 6 mana, but if you are making it to 6 mana there are cards in standard that can end the game on their own, so there isn't a real justification for trying to combo instead of just dropping a liliana or something.