I thought of getting into Standard or at least trying the format by modifying one of the Challenger Decks. My idea for modification was to get multiple copies and concentrate the good cards that weren't already 4-of's. I am open to a few other singles.
I went with Hazoret Aggro since it's the msot valuable one and that's the kind of strategy I like playing anyway.
I avoid running 4-of's of legendaries, so I'm not stuck with dead cards in hand. So I'd go with 3 of those. Harsh Mentor, Magma Spray and Abrade seem more like sideboard cards, or do they affect things common enough to worry about maindeck? Ahn-Crop Crasher and Pia Nalaar both make creatures unblockable, whereas this deck seems focused on burning them away, and a 4th Soul-Scar Mage seems like it would help with that. Is sideboard Key to the City enough for creatures I can't just burn away?
Is Glorybringer too high a mana cost? Fanatical Firebrand seems too dinky, but is the low manacost worthwhile?
Not sure what to change but here's my first attempt
I went with Hazoret Aggro since it's the msot valuable one and that's the kind of strategy I like playing anyway.
20 Mountain
4 Sunscorched Desert
Creature (23)
1 Hazoret the Fervent
3 Soul-Scar Mage
4 Bomat Courier
3 Kari Zev, Skyship Raider
3 Harsh Mentor
1 Glorybringer
4 Fanatical Firebrand
4 Ahn-Crop Crasher
4 Shock
4 Lightning Strike
2 Abrade
2 Magma Spray
Planeswalker (1)
1 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
2 Magma Spray
2 Key to the City
2 Pia Nalaar
2 Kari Zev's Expertise
3 Sentinel Totem
4 Chandra's Defeat
I avoid running 4-of's of legendaries, so I'm not stuck with dead cards in hand. So I'd go with 3 of those.
Harsh Mentor, Magma Spray and Abrade seem more like sideboard cards, or do they affect things common enough to worry about maindeck?
Ahn-Crop Crasher and Pia Nalaar both make creatures unblockable, whereas this deck seems focused on burning them away, and a 4th Soul-Scar Mage seems like it would help with that. Is sideboard Key to the City enough for creatures I can't just burn away?
Is Glorybringer too high a mana cost? Fanatical Firebrand seems too dinky, but is the low manacost worthwhile?
Not sure what to change but here's my first attempt
20 Mountain
4 Sunscorched Desert
Creature (23)
3 Hazoret the Fervent
4 Soul-Scar Mage
4 Bomat Courier
3 Kari Zev, Skyship Raider
3 Harsh Mentor
1 Glorybringer
4 Fanatical Firebrand
1 Ahn-Crop Crasher
4 Shock
4 Lightning Strike
2 Abrade
Planeswalker (3)
3 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
4 Magma Spray
2 Key to the City
2 Kari Zev's Expertise
3 Sentinel Totem
4 Chandra's Defeat
Vintage: Dredge | Legacy: Burn, Goblins, Soldier | Standard: Mono-Red Aggro
Commander: Nicol Bolas, Sliver Overlord, Rafiq
Casual: Selesnya Saproling Smackdown, Izzet Labs, Rebel
Played since June 2004, mostly inactive June 2011 to March 2018
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