Don't ask me why I thought this would work. It just came together out of nowhere. Sometimes it's amazing, and sometimes it looks like it was built by someone that's only played the game for one day. Anyway, this is it:
The Koths in my SB are currently replacing 2x Traitorous Blood as a test. Wolf Run sort of died in my meta and the UB control decks have dropped creatures as finishers - instead focusing on mill.
There are a couple things I'm not sure about right now:
1. I'd like to be playing Slagstorms MD but I have no idea what to cut.
2. I'd like to up my Incinerate count, but Arc Trail is just amazing in my meta.
7-1 in the last two events, with a meta full of Solar Flare/Esper Superfriends and White Weenie/Tokens. The better players around tend towards control, so I've tailored it to have an improved late-game with maindeck Koth of the Hammer, the obvious choice in Shrine of Burning Rage, and Runechanter's Pike, which make attacking Phoenixes or Spikeshot Elders a legitimate big-damage threat.
In the board, Manabarbs is a house against control, but a tad underwhelming against decks packing mainboard Revoke Existence (and with 90% of decks packing things like Shrines, Wurmcoil Engine, and Oblivion Ring, not a terrible idea). However, if an answer isn't present it's an excellent source of continuous damage that makes those end-of-turn Think Twice and Forbidden Alchemy castings much less desirable. Spellskite hasn't done too much for me yet, though I can still see a reason to keep it around, as protection for my Shrines and 'Barbs.
Several years ago, WotC apparently surveyed Magic players across the globe. They found that people liked turning things sideways, and hated LD. This is the result:
Many people seem to be overlooking Goblin Wardriver, but I think he's pretty good. With a curve tilted towards early creatures, he does a lot to further the rush. I also like Reckless Waif a lot, as he enables some ridiculous starts.
4 Stromkirk Noble
3 Goblin Fireslinger
2 Grim Lavamancer
2 Spikeshot Elder
4 Stormblood Berserker
4 Chandra's Phoenix
Spells (20)
3 Gut Shot
4 Galvanic Blast
3 Incinerate
2 Arc Trail
4 Shrine of Burning Rage
4 Volt Charge
4 Rootbound Crag
1 Forest
2 Kessig Wolf Run
13 Mountain
3 Dismember
2 Traitorous Blood
3 Ancient Blood
2 Blasphemous Act
3 Perilous Myr
2 Hero of Oxid Ridge
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4 Stormblood Berserker
2 Grim Lavamancer
4 Stormkirk Noble
4 Chandra's Phoenix
4 Furnace Scamp
Spells: 17
4 Volt Charge
3 Galvanic Blast
2 Arc Trail
2 Incinerate
4 Gut Shot
4 Shrine of Burning Rage
Planeswalkers: 2
2 Koth of the Hammer
Lands: 21
4 Copperline Gorge
2 Kessig Wolf Run
1 Rootbound Crag
14 Mountain
4 Dismember
2 Arc Trail
4 Vulshock Refugee
3 Ancient Grudge
2 Traitorous Blood
Goblin Grenade seems kind of neat, though.
4 Grim Lavamancer
4 Stormblood berserker
4 Chandra's Phoenix
4 shrine of burning rage
4 Shock
4 Incinerate
4 Volt Charge
24 Mountain
4 Act of Aggression
4 Arc Trail
4 Manic Vandal
3 Dismember
Sideboard
Ancient Grudge x4
Dismember x2
Doom Blade x2
Nihil Spellbomb x2
Vulshok Refugee x3
Traitorous Blood x2
I choose to play a splash of black because of Tree of Redemption being the pain that it is. Had pretty good results with the list.
23x Mountain
3x Goblin Arsonist
4x Goblin Wardriver
4x Stormblood Berserker
4x Chandra's Phoenix
4x Goblin Chieftain
4x Shrine of Burning Rage
3x Gut Shot
4x Shock
4x Incinerate
3x Ghost Quarter
2x Hero of Oxid Ridge
2x Manic Vandal
2x Manabarbs
3x Arc Trail
3x Slagstorm
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4 copperline gorge
4 rootbound crag
1 kessig wolf run
2 hero of oxid ridge
4 stromkirk noble
4 stormblood berserker
3 grim lavamancer
3 chandra's phoenix
3 arc trail
3 volt charge
3 geistflame
2 galvanic blast
2 tezzeret's gambit
4 shrine of burning rage
2 koth of the hammer
3 vulshok refugee
3 traitorous blood
3 slagstorm
3 ancient grudge
3 autumn's veil
22x Mountain
CREATURES (20)
4x Stromkirk Noble
4x Stromblood Berzerker
3x Chandra's Pheonix
3x Grim Lavamancer
3x Furnace Scamp
3x Goblin Fireslinger
4x Shrine of burning Rage
PLANESWAKERS (2)
2x Koth Of the hammer
OTHER SPELLS
4x Arc Trail
4x Shock
4x Brimstone volly
17 Mountain
4 Copperline Gorge
1 Kessig Wolf Run
// Creatures - 20
4 Stromkirk Noble
4 Goblin Fireslinger
3 Spikeshot Elder
4 Stormblood Berserker
4 Chandra's Phoenix
4 Shrine of Burning Rage
4 Gutshot
4 Galvanic Blast
4 Volt Charge
2 Arc Trail
4 Vulshok Refugee
3 Ancient Grudge
2 Dismember
2 Manabarbs
2 Traitorous Blood
2 Koth of the Hammer
"Of course you should fight fire with fire. You should fight everything with fire." - Jaya Ballard
4 Artifacts
4 Shrine of Burning Rage
16 Creatures
2 Hero of Oxid Ridge
4 Chandra's Phoenix
4 Stormblood Berserker
4 Stromkirk Noble
2 Manic Vandal
22 Lands
22 Mountains
18 Spells
2 Arc Trail
4 Gut Shot
4 Incinerate
4 Brimstone Volley
2 Volt Charge
2 Koth of the Hammer
Sideboard
2 Arc Trail
2 Manic Vandal
4 Reckless Waif
3 Vulshok Refugee
2 Traitorous Blood
2 Mana Barbs
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4 Spikeshot Elder
4 Stormblood berserker
4 Chandra's Phoenix
3 Kruin Outlaw
4 shrine of burning rage
2 Sword of Feast and Famine
1 Sword of War and Peace
4 Galvanic Blast
4 Incinerate
10 Mountain
4 Copperline Gorge
4 Rootbound Crag
4 Kessig Wolf Run
4 Ancient Grudge
4 Arc Trail
4 Reckless Waif
3 Dismember
18 Mountain
3 Rootbound Crag
Creatures:
4 Stromkirk Noble
4 Stormblood Berserker
3 Chandra's Phoenix
2 Grim Lavamancer
4 Goblin Fireslinger
1 Spikeshot Elder
2 Arc Trail
4 Incinerate
4 Gut Shot
4 Volt Charge
3 Galvanic Blast
Artifacts:
4 Shrine of Burning Rage
2 Arc Trail
3 Ancient Grudge
2 Hero of Oxid Ridge
3 Dismember
2 Traitorous Blood
3 Mana Barbs
4 rootbound crag
4 gut shot
3 galvanic blast
2 arc trail
3 incinerate
4 volt charge
4 goblin fireslinger
3 grim lavamancer
4 stromkirk noble
4 stormblood berserker
4 chandra's phoenix
2 koth, of the hammer
1 hero of oxid ridge
3 slagstorm
2 ancient grudge
2 dismember
3 vulshok refugee
2 traitorous blood
18 mountain
3 rootbound crag
4 gut shot
3 galvanic blast
2 arc trail
3 incinerate
1 Geistflame
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Sword of War and Peace
4 Shrine of Burning Rage
1 Spikeshot Elder
1 Hero of Oxid Ridge
3 goblin fireslinger
3 grim lavamancer
4 stromkirk noble
4 stormblood berserker
4 chandra's phoenix
2 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 hero of oxid ridge
3 slagstorm
2 ancient grudge
3 dismember
2 vulshok refugee
2 traitorous blood
18 mountain
3 rootbound crag
4 gut shot
3 galvanic blast
3 arc trail
3 incinerate
2 Volt Charge
1 Sword of War and Peace
4 Shrine of Burning Rage
1 Spikeshot Elder
4 goblin fireslinger
2 grim lavamancer
4 stromkirk noble
4 stormblood berserker
4 chandra's phoenix
2 Phyrexian Metamorph
3 slagstorm
3 ancient grudge
2 dismember
2 vulshok refugee
3 traitorous blood
4 Stromkirk Noble
2 Grim Lavamancer
1 Spikeshot Elder
4 Stormblood Berserker
4 Chandra's Phoenix
2 Hero of Oxid Ridge
3 Galvanic Blast
4 Gut Shot
2 Arc Trail
1 Incinerate
4 Volt Charge
17 Mountain
4 Rootbound Crag
3 Vulshok Refugee
3 Slagstorm
2 Dismember
3 Ancient Grudge
2 Arc Trail
2 Koth of the Hammer
The Koths in my SB are currently replacing 2x Traitorous Blood as a test. Wolf Run sort of died in my meta and the UB control decks have dropped creatures as finishers - instead focusing on mill.
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15 Mountain
4 Rootbound Crag
2 Ghost Quarter
Creatures 14
4 Stormkirk Noble
4 Stormblood Berserker
3 Chandra's Phoenix
3 Grim Lavamancer
4 Gut Shot
4 Shock
4 Arc Trail
3 Incinerate
4 Faithless Looting
4 Shrine of Burning Rage
2 Koth of the Hammer
3 Naturalize
2 Slagstorm
3 Dismember
4 Ratchet Bomb
3 Manabarbs
Cards I am still trying to find room for:
Furnace Scamp
Having trouble dealing with that UW spirit guy who makes angels...
Standard:
Retired.
Modern:
Blitzhelix! RW
EDH (1v1): I am a jerk! RG
Tiny Leaders (1v1): BURN! R
4x Stromkirk Noble
4x Stormblood Berserker
4x Goblin Fireslinger
2x Grim Lavamancer
4x Chandra's Phoenix
Spells:
4x Volt Charge
3x Gut Shot
3x Brimstone Volley
3x Incinerate
2x Arc Trail
4x Shrine of Burning Tage
Planeswalkers:
1x Koth of the Hammer
1x Chandra, The Firebrand
Lands:
3x Rootbound Crag
18x Mountain
3x Ratchet Bomb
2x Hero of Oxid Ridge
3x Vulshok Ridge
3x Ancient Grudge
2x Traitorous Blood
2x Dismember
Here it is in it's current form:
18x Mountain
3x Rootbound Crag
Creatures (19)
4x Chandra's Phoenix
4x Goblin Fireslinger
3x Grim Lavamancer
4x Stormblood Berserker
4x Stromkirk Noble
3x Arc Trail
3x Gut Shot
4x Incinerate
4x Shrine of Burning Rage
3x Slagstorm
4x Volt Charge
3x Ancient Grudge
3x Dismember
3x Ratchet Bomb
3x Red Sun's Zenith
3x Traitorous Blood
17 Mountain
4 Stromkirk Noble
4 Goblin Fireslinger
2 Grim Lavamancer
4 Stormblood Berserker
4 Chandra's Phoenix
2 Hero of Oxid Ridge
4 Gut Shot
3 Arc Trail
2 Galvanic Blast
2 Incinerate
4 Volt Charge
2 Koth of the Hammer
3 Ancient Grudge
3 Traitorous Blood
3 Dismember
3 Slagstorm
1 Galvanic Blast
There are a couple things I'm not sure about right now:
1. I'd like to be playing Slagstorms MD but I have no idea what to cut.
2. I'd like to up my Incinerate count, but Arc Trail is just amazing in my meta.
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3x Inkmoth Nexus
14x Mountain
4x Rootbound Crag
Creatures (19)
3x Chandra's Phoenix
4x Goblin Fireslinger
2x Grim Lavamancer
2x Huntmaster of the Fells
4x Stormblood Berserker
4x Stromkirk Noble
2x Arc Trail
3x Galvanic Blast
2x Gut Shot
3x Incinerate
4x Shrine of Burning Rage
2x Slagstorm
4x Volt Charge
2x Ancient Grudge
2x Combust
1x Ratchet Bomb
2x Red Sun's Zenith
1x Slagstorm
3x Traitorous Blood
2x Tunnel Ignus
2x Vulshok Refugee
Creatures:
4 Stromkirk Noble
3 Reckless Waif
3 Goblin Fireslinger
4 Stormblood Berserker
4 Chandra's Phoenix
3 Hellrider
3 Incinerate
3 Brimstone Volley
3 Gut Shot
3 Galvanic Blast
1 Arc Trail
Artifact:
4 Shrine of Burning Rage
3 Koth of the Hammer
2 Dismember
3 Arc Trail
3 Slagstorm
4 Vulshok Refugee
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Standard:
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4 Stromkirk Noble
3 Spikeshot Elder
4 Stormblood Berserker
3 Chandra's Phoenix
4 Gut Shot
3 Galvanic Blast
2 Shock
3 Arc Trail
3 Volt Charge
4 Shrine of Burning Rage
2 Runechanter's Pike
3 Koth of the Hammer
18 Mountain
4 Copperline Gorge
3 Ratchet Bomb
3 Whipflare
3 Spellskite
3 Manabarbs
In the board, Manabarbs is a house against control, but a tad underwhelming against decks packing mainboard Revoke Existence (and with 90% of decks packing things like Shrines, Wurmcoil Engine, and Oblivion Ring, not a terrible idea). However, if an answer isn't present it's an excellent source of continuous damage that makes those end-of-turn Think Twice and Forbidden Alchemy castings much less desirable. Spellskite hasn't done too much for me yet, though I can still see a reason to keep it around, as protection for my Shrines and 'Barbs.
Several years ago, WotC apparently surveyed Magic players across the globe. They found that people liked turning things sideways, and hated LD. This is the result:
4x Reckless Waif
4x Stormblood Berserker
4x Goblin Wardriver
4x Chandra's Phoenix
3x Koth of the Hammer
4x Incinerate
4x Galvanic Blast
2x Gut Shot
19x Mountain
4x Ghost Quarter
4x Act of Treason
4x Manabarbs
4x Sword of War and Peace
3x Whipflare
4 Stromkirk Noble
2 Grim Lavamancer
2 Spikeshot Elder
4 Stormblood Berserker
4 Chandra's Phoenix
3 Hellrider
1 Hero of Oxid Ridge
4 Galvanic Blast
2 Gut Shot
3 Arc Trail
3 Brimstone Volley
4 Shrine of Burning Rage
Random Sword
1 Sword of War and Peace
Lands - 23
4 Rootbound Crag
19 Mountain
3 Ancient Grudge
2 Gut Shot
3 Phyrexian Metamorph
3 Slagstorm
4 Traitorous Blood
Went 3-1 at FNM tonight with this list.
Won against U/B Control, Spirit Esper Delver, MGA. Lost to WR Black.
WBG Karador GBW
R Daretti R
RG Omnath GR
WRG Modern Burn GRW
WB Modern Tokens BW
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Here's what I'm going to try at Gameday:
2 Grim Lavamancer
4 Stormblood Berserker
4 Chandra's Phoenix
4 Hero of Oxid Ridge
4 Shrine of Burning Rage
4 Gut Shot
4 Arc Trail
4 Galvanic Blast
4 Incinerate
4 Rootbound Crag
16 Mountain
3 Ancient Grudge
3 Traitorous Blood
2 Dismember
4 Slagstorm
2 Ratchet Bomb
1 Sword of War and Peace
My meta is full of Delver and Spirits right now.
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