Consitent Turn 3 SAVAGERY

Modern

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Creature (14)

• 4x Delver of Secrets  ^Flip
• 4x Kiln Fiend
• 4x Monastery Swiftspear
• 2x Simian Spirit Guide

Land (18)

• 9x Island
• 9x Mountain

Instant (16)

• 2x Lightning Bolt
• 3x Pact of Negation
• 3x Spell Pierce
• 4x Titan's Strength
• 4x Vapor Snag

Sorcery (12)

• 3x Assault Strobe
• 3x Distortion Strike
• 4x Gitaxian Probe
• 2x Serum Visions

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Sideboard

Artifact (6)

• 4x Pentad Prism
• 2x Pithing Needle

Instant (8)

• 4x Ancient Grudge
• 4x Slaughter Pact

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The turn 3 win

This decks has multiple turn 3 wins.

The most common: Show

Assault Strobe + Kiln Fiend + Titan's Strength for a solid 10/3 with double strike.Usually I have to play Vapor Snag, Lightning Bolt, or Distortion Strike to get Kiln Fiend through.On top of that I usually have to play Spell Pierce or Pact of Negation too. This is why Pact of Negation, Distortion Strike , and Simian Spirit Guide pack the most punch in this deck. No mana cost, instant play.

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However, It works out in a lot of other ways than that. I'll explain how it works:

The Damage Dealers Show

- Delver of Secrets   x4- Play every turn 1 you can. Often enough he'll do up to 6 by the end of turn 3.

• Monastery Swiftspear x4- I usually save her for turn 2. But, she has been played turn one and swung for 5 with Simian Spirit Guide + Titan's Strength . Normally though, I play her turn two with Distortion Strike and swing for 2. Turn three, I pull out all the stops and can get up to 7-13ish with double strike.

• Kiln Fiend x4- THE POWER HOUSE. I love this card. Everyone knows this card. I know it's overused, broken, and kind of stupid. But I love it. Up to 20 + double strike on turn three.

• Lightning Bolt x2- Sometimes you need an extra push. Lightning Bolt gets you there.

THE SAVAGERY Show

This deck is all about ruthlessly dealing damage fast. So the key idea in this deck is tempo. This works great with Kiln Fiend and Monastery Swiftspear, where you want to cast as much as possible for as little as possible to increase their damage. But you also want all of these spells to directly contribute to ensuring you to win. So all of these cards are the no casting cost cards that you can deal out on turn 3.

• Simian Spirit Guide x2- Most of your no casting cost cards are blue. This adds some spice to your SAVAGERY.

• Pact of Negation x3- The end all back up plan. The funny thing is, sometimes players try to stop 14 damage from a 7/2 unblockable Kiln Fiend with double strike, but end up ensuring it from trying to counter Assault Strobe and end up taking 20 damage from a 10/2 unblockable Kiln Fiend with double strike.

• Gitaxian Probe x4- Draws for other cards, looks, and adds to the spell count. Costs 2 life.

• Distortion Stirke x3- Requires a turn of set up, but the rebound adds to the stack.

THE MAD BUFFS Show

• Assault Strobe x3- doublestrike. But if you only have one creature, can't make it help twice. so, 3.

• Titan's Strength x4- +3 and scry 1. Card filter and extra punch. If anyone else plays this style of deck, let me know if you prefer Mutagenic Growth. It's got the SAVAGE no mana costs, but only +2 and no scrying- So I see benefits for either one. Let me know what y'all think.

• Distortion Strike x3- Can't block Kiln Fiend if he's unblockable. But this card has rebound, which adds to casting a card without paying a mana cost- adding to the stack for no cost.

Dealing with Threats Show

Your biggest threats in this deck are usually counter spells, creature destruction and the very bane of my existence: Chalice of the Void.So all the cards are catered to not allowing these cards to happen.

• Spell Pierce x3- I chose this over cards like Remand for two reasons- tempo and psychology. Usually this deck is pretty high stakes, so often players will pay the extra 2 to ensure a 7/2 Kiln Fiend with double strike doesn't happen. With many 0 casting cost cards, you can usually surprise your opponent afterwards when they are left defenseless.

• Pact of Negation x3- I play this card every game I draw it. And I have never once payed the upkeep cost. Only play the card if you're going win this turn.

• Vapor Snag x4- Opponents can't block if they don't have blockers. Bonus add to the burn. (Currently switching between this and Slaughter Pact to see which works better.)

• Lightning Bolt x2- Opponents can't block if they don't have blockers. Secondary use for Lightning Bolt.

Sometimes you need to draw too Show

• Gitaxian Probe x4- I always play this card and always pay the 2 life instead of the mana cost. Draw a card and look at your opponents hand. Kills any psychological play with your opponent. Adds to the spell count for Kiln Fiend and Monastery Swiftspear. And maybe you draw that one card that'll win you the game.

• Serum Visions x2- I usually only play this on turn 1. If I don't have any creatures or buffs, and have already taken a mulligan, this card is super helpful. But, few situations is it really useful. Hence only two.

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Ending Thoughts:

To be honest, I know this an overplayed deck. But It's really fun. When I first got it and played some table top with a group of friends of mine their initial reaction was "that was fucking savage". Hence the name.

This deck has worked extremely well for me, and extremely poorly. It has done terribly against discard decks. It's lost notably to a blue tron and a blue token deck. I'm still trying it out. Let me know what you think. I'm still curious about what cards would work better in substitute for other cards, or if there are any other good suggestions for this? I'm a beginner to modern and also in Magic the Gathering. Let me know what I can do to make stuff more successful.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Key combos	Assault Strobe + Kiln Fiend + Titan's Strength Simian Spirit Guide + Titan's Strength
Legality	This deck is not Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 6 Rares 15 - 8 Uncommons 24 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.12