Monastery Delver

Modern Aggro Delver UR (Izzet)

hawk1113

Creature (12)

• 4x Delver of Secrets  ^Flip
• 4x Monastery Swiftspear
• 4x Young Pyromancer

Land (19)

• 1x Blood Crypt
• 3x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Island
• 3x Mountain
• 2x Mutavault
• 2x Polluted Delta
• 4x Scalding Tarn
• 3x Steam Vents

Instant (17)

• 4x Gut Shot
• 4x Lightning Bolt
• 3x Mutagenic Growth
• 4x Searing Blaze
• 2x Slaughter Pact

Sorcery (11)

• 4x Gitaxian Probe
• 4x Serum Visions
• 3x Treasure Cruise

Unknown (1)

• 1x Stomping Grounds

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This is an attempt to bring the two most powerful KTK cards, Monastery Swiftspear and Treasure Cruise, into modern. This deck utilizes Delver of Secrets but is far more aggressive than any prior Delver deck, with a more red mana base that makes sideboard Blood Moon even better than normal and allows this deck to end games "out of nowhere" with its higher burn count.

The glut of zero-mana spells might seem a little high, especially with almost no way to cast Mutagenic Growth without paying 2 life, but I believe it is essential. First of all, it allows you to get more Magical Christmas Land draws with Swiftspear, using her to chew through 'Goyfs and smack someone for 5+ on turn 1. Second, and much more importantly, it punches your one-mana Treasure Cruise ticket much, much faster.

My main concern here is how much life you end up spending to do your thing, and if this deck can earn enough turn 3 wins with no disruption to make that life worth it.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is not Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	17 - 0 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.68
Tokens	Elemental 1/1 R