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Goburn: R Burn Aggro

Modern

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The premise of this deck is pretty straightforward: get burn spells and run the opponent over with goblins. After pulling a Goblin Piledriver and a Scab-Clan Berserker I had to give this kind of build a try, though I'd like to include more of both of these cards, I'll keep the build with just the single copy of each I have right now.

The burn suite contains the epitome of burn spells, Lightning Bolt, and a playset of Shock to provide more 1-cost burn, Searing Blood to stave off creatures and provide more burn, and Magma Jet to give some scry ability to a deck that certainly doesn't want to be seeing land after the first couple of turns.

To complement the scry off the Magma Jet, a single Faithless Looting and a Rummaging Goblin to help keep the cards coming. I pulled a Magmatic Insight in an Origins draft last night so that may find its way into the deck, but I like the body and the permanence of the goblin to loot every turn rather than the one-of insight.

Goblin Piledriver drives the goblin force in the deck. Dragon Fodder provides a steady stream of 1/1 bodies, Raging Goblin gives some speed and is an easy keeper in an opening hand, Goblin Fireslinger gives some nice direct damage with a potential to attack with a Piledriver out on the field, and Goblin Wardriver provides a Piledriver-like effect that spreads to the other attacking goblins. The Goblin Shortcutter are included to side-swipe any potential blockers when I want to swing in with the Piledriver or the Wardrivers.

One of the biggest advantages I see here is the compliment burn derived from Guttersnipe and Scab-Clan Berserker. Guttersnipe multiplies the burn from the 16 burn spells and adds some burn to the Dragon Fodder as well. Scab-Clan Berserker punishes the opponent for playing non-creatures and is a nice defender against counters and other annoyances.

I see a couple of win conditions here:

-- The burn itself-- Multiplied burn from the Guttersnipe and Scab-Clan Berserker-- Suicidal goblins from the multiplicative effects of the Goblin Piledriver and Goblin Wardriver combined with distraction from the Goblin Shortcutter

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Date added 9 years
Last updated 9 years
Legality

This deck is not Modern legal.

Rarity (main - side)

3 - 2 Rares

16 - 1 Uncommons

25 - 6 Commons

Cards 60
Avg. CMC 1.75
Tokens Goblin 1/1 R
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