Turn 1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn attacking infinitely in modern is not the easiest trick to pull off. Well need to dig into some cards that havent seen much play, and well have to play them quite differently than intended. This is the fastest deck in modern that can do it with an acceptable amount of reliability.
You should nearly always choose to go second. The only time you wouldnt is if you pull out the Gemstone Caverns during sideboarding (basically, thats for Manaless Dredge strategies).
We use Serum Powder and Gemstone Caverns to exile Narset before the game starts. This requires some very aggressive mulligans, so dont be scared. Its just another chance to try to nail a Serum Powder or Gemstone Caverns with Narset. Plus, Ive seen this deck kill on turn 3 on a mull to 3. If its not broken, ship it back. Be greedy.
Gemstone Caverns starts the game in play with a Narset in exile, so during the opponents first upkeep, play Pull from Eternity on Narset. The opponent continues with the first turn, so be sure they dont accidentally draw.
On our first turn, we draw our card, play a land, and cast Goryo's Vengeance, bringing back Narset for the turn and giving her haste. This is the fun part.
Narset attacks, exiling the top four cards of your library. Were hoping for a card that gives you another attack step or something that will enable that (Spoils of the Vaultdrawing us a
Fury of the Horde
, for example).
We repeat this process until the opponent either dies, or we see Goryo's Vengeance, Pull from Eternity, Emrakul, the Aeons Torn, and one more Relentless Assault effect. These dont have to come up together. You can collect them as the first turn wears on.
At this point, we cast a free Pull from Eternity targeting Emrakul, the Aeons Torn, and letting it resolve. Big E hits the graveyard and his ability triggers, so we respond with a free Goryo's Vengeance, bringing him into play. Emmas graveyard ability finally resolves and we shuffle all our extra-attack-step cards back into the library (which is usually almost out of cards at this point). Depending on the situation, this can actually guarantee infinite attack steps (by Pulling the other Emma into the graveyard and exiling it again with Narset via
Research/Development
).
Voila! Its your first turn and Emrakul, the Aeons Torn is beating away.
