Hatred of Tibalt

Standard* Control Counters UBR (Grixis) UR (Izzet)

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Creature (3)

• 3x Snapcaster Mage

Planeswalker (3)

• 3x Tibalt, the Fiend-Blooded

Land (24)

• 2x Desolate Lighthouse
• 2x Dragonskull Summit
• 2x Drowned Catacomb
• 6x Island
• 6x Mountain
• 1x Shimmering Grotto
• 4x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Swamp

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Burning Vengeance

Instant (21)

• 3x Desperate Ravings
• 3x Dissipate
• 2x Forbidden Alchemy
• 3x Geistflame
• 4x Mana Leak
• 4x Think Twice
• 2x Tribute to Hunger

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Devil's Play
• 1x Increasing Ambition
• 3x Slagstorm

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Sideboard

Creature (3)

• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 2x Olivia Voldaren

Land (2)

• 2x Ghost Quarter

Artifact (2)

• 2x Ratchet Bomb

Instant (5)

• 2x Ancient Grudge
• 3x Gut Shot

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Pillar of Flame

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This is my version of the incredibly fun Burning Vengeance archtype. This version has seemed to have a hard start, as its a hard deck to play and a harder deck to make work.

I went with the grixis version for cards like Tribute to Hunger and a 1 of Increasing Ambition. TtH gets you some life and gets around hexproof, which is crucial and extremely nice for killing anything with 4+ toughness.

Tibalt, the Fiend-Blooded lets you rip through your deck like my dog rips through my shoes. Fast. Sure you get random discard and it doesn't earn you card advantage, but it gets you to the cards you need, and creates an early threat with "two" ultimates. One for control and the -6 for both.

I love Increasing Ambition. Perfect for the splash, and has FB too? Awesome. I'll take 2 more BV's and shoot down your monster on the fb. But I'm sure i'm more excited for it than you are.

Everything else is quite explainable. Counter and burn the critters and take over late game for some un-counterable damage.

PLEASE feel free to comment! Suggestions are always welcome and I greatly appreciate any and all +1's!

Top Ranked	Achieved #24 position overall 12 years ago
Date added	12 years
Last updated	12 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 3 Mythic Rares 15 - 2 Rares 14 - 7 Uncommons 12 - 3 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.30