The concept is to control the opponents board with burn, and specifically multi-targeted burn to get use of Battlefield Thaumaturge. Also plan to have a lot of spells to trigger Young Pyromancer, and Spellheart Chimera. Finishers such as Hour of Need and Polymorphous Rush to get in surprise hits in. The draw spells are to keep the action coming. I'm not sure on the numbers yet, but this is reasons for the choices.
The setup guys:
Goblin Electromancer: Makes big draw spells cheep, and Mizzium Mortars for 5 is so much better than 6. Furry of Horns for 4 is pretty good as well. Think this should stay a 4 of.
Young Pyromancer: Solid guy and provides chump blockers or tokens to Polymorphous Rush. Maybe should go up to 4 but the more creatures you play the worse his effect becomes.
Battlefield Thaumaturge: This will be the new Goblin Electromancer going forward makes Turn / Burn even better and the strive spells. His ability makes me want to consider Flames of the Firebrand and it's ilk. Since he doesn't discount the draw spells I put him as a 3 of. Want to draw one, but don't really need more. Suggestions of spells to run with him in mind are welcome.
Spells matter guys:
Extra value from your spells is the name of the game with these guys, I think they should all be 2 of's since any of them can be a win con, and do what your deck does anyway so diversifying threats is nice and helps keep your opponent guessing.
Guttersnipe: Love this guy, and why not... draw cards and deal 2. Burn a creature, deal 2. Make some hasty minotaurs deal 2. Unfortunately it costs 3 which costs a lot when you need to cast multiple spells a turn in this deck, so he draws removal or gets extra value out of your deck, so I think 2 is the right number.Spellheart Chimera: Frequently can be a 6-8 power flier, and is an excellent copy target for polymorphous rushing all your tokens for a big hit.Oracle of Bones: Ok so this is more of a fun card in here, but there is some blow out potential as well. Cast him and it is a 5/3 haste which can be unexpected, or imagine casting Blast of Genius of this, and get your card back and some burn, or Furry of Horns to get some extra hasty cows to attack with him. Also a decent Polymorphous Rush target for unblocked tokens. Could be silly with Twinflame which is another card I'm considering.
Burn:
Have the basic Izzet burn package here, but Thaumaturge allows us to side board some interesting stuff still experimenting, but it will be meta dependent.
Draw:
This gets you to the action and allows you to run less than the 4 of's and still be consistant.
Steam Augury: Feeds spellheart and digs 5 deep. Sure you have to reveal, but could also make some hard choices for your opponent. If there is a deck for it it's this one with so many diverse threats.Thoughtflare Digs 4 deep and feeds the graveyard, and an instant. With an electromancer or two out it is quite reasonable.Blast of Genius This is mostly for the fun aspect, and could be mixed in with Catch / Release for shananigans, which I used to run. Could be swapped out for other draw spells but I like the burn this can provide and the discard outlet to help out spellheart.
Cantrips would be good but there are not really any good ones available in standard right now.
So that's the idea. I need to test and tweek the numbers, but this is the backbone of the deck. Let me know if you've found any interesting cards that fit in this shell Pinnacle of Rage for instance.
