Medium Red

Canadian Highlander Mono-Red

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Creature (41)

• 1x Ahn-Crop Crasher
• 1x Anax, Hardened in the Forge
• 1x Anje's Ravager
• 1x Bomat Courier
• 1x Bonecrusher Giant
• 1x Dire Fleet Daredevil
• 1x Earthshaker Khenra
• 1x Eidolon of the Great Revel
• 1x Everquill Phoenix
• 1x Fireflux Squad
• 1x Glorybringer
• 1x Goblin Cratermaker
• 1x Goblin Rabblemaster
• 1x Grim Lavamancer
• 1x Hanweir Garrison  ^Meld
• 1x Harsh Mentor
• 1x Hazoret the Fervent
• 1x Hellrider
• 1x Hero of Oxid Ridge
• 1x Kari Zev, Skyship Raider
• 1x Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
• 1x Legion Warboss
• 1x Lightning Phoenix
• 1x Lodestone Golem
• 1x Magus of the Moon
• 1x Najeela, the Blade-Blossom
• 1x Phoenix of Ash
• 1x Pia and Kiran Nalaar
• 1x Pia Nalaar
• 1x Rampaging Ferocidon
• 1x Reality Smasher
• 1x Rekindling Phoenix
• 1x Robber of the Rich
• 1x Scab-Clan Berserker
• 1x Seasoned Pyromancer
• 1x Stormbreath Dragon
• 1x Subira, Tulzidi Caravanner
• 1x Tectonic Giant
• 1x Thought-Knot Seer
• 1x Thundermaw Hellkite
• 1x Torbran, Thane of Red Fell

Land (36)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Barbarian Ring
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Bonders' Enclave
• 1x Castle Embereth
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x City of Traitors
• 1x Fiery Islet
• 1x Hanweir Battlements  ^Meld
• 1x Mishra's Factory
• 18x Mountain
• 1x Mutavault
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Ramunap Ruins
• 1x Rishadan Port
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Sunbaked Canyon
• 1x Wasteland

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Chandra, Torch of Defiance
• 1x Koth of the Hammer

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Blood Moon

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Arc Trail
• 1x Chain Lightning
• 1x Fiery Confluence
• 1x Flame Slash
• 1x Forked Bolt
• 1x Incendiary Flow
• 1x Pillar of Flame
• 1x Sudden Demise

Artifact (6)

• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Embercleave
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Smuggler's Copter
• 1x Sol Ring

Instant (6)

• 1x Abrade
• 1x Burst Lightning
• 1x Incinerate
• 1x Lightning Bolt
• 1x Lightning Strike
• 1x Price of Progress

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Medium red list based off Nathan Hogman's list at http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/2018-championship-9th-16th-medium-red/

Points: Sol Ring [4], Mana Crypt [4], Price of Progress [1]

Changelog

8/9/20: M21 and building around tokens

One new card from M21 looks good enough to add: Subira, Tulzidi Caravanner , but it's also a good time to take a step back and look at some of the good red cards from the past year. There's a lot of great red cards, but they all play better with tokens - either creating them or pumping them up.

Some of the better 3-drops in the deck are already making tokens, so I think it makes sense to lean more into the theme and cut some of the worse 3-drops in the deck.

Out

• 1 Heart of Kiran
• 1 Matter Reshaper
• 1 Geier Reach Bandit  
• 1 Eldrazi Obligator
• 1 Sulfur Elemental
• 1 Sarkhan, Fireblood
• 1 Skarrgan Hellkite
• 1 Eldrazi Temple
• 1 Mountain

In

• 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
• 1 Anax, Hardened in the Forge
• 1 Embercleave
• 1 Subira, Tulzidi Caravanner
• 1 Skullclamp
• 1 Lightning Phoenix
• 1 Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
• 1 Hanweir Battlements  
• 1 Castle Embereth

5/1/20: Ikoria

Fireflux Squad is a big win from C20. It looks like it can pretty easily upgrade a token or a mediocre 2 drop into something better. Notably it's a may, so you're not forced to sacrifice one of your better cards if you're unlikely to hit.

Everquill Phoenix looks interesting - at least worth trying out, and Bonders' Enclave feels pretty free in a deck that already wants to play colorless lands and whose gameplan is slamming big threats.

Out

• 1 Thunderbreak Regent
• 1 Chandra, Fire Artisan
• 1 Hanweir Battlements  

In

• 1 Fireflux Squad
• 1 Everquill Phoenix
• 1 Bonders' Enclave

1/26/20: Points change and Theros: Beyond Death

Strip Mine was updated from 2 to 3 points, which means my spread of Sol Ring , Mana Crypt , and Strip Mine is now illegal at 11 points.

Theros also brings two cards that seem worth trying: Tectonic Giant (which seems especially awesome) and Phoenix of Ash . Tectonic Giant is likely to get in at least 3 damage or a card if it resolves (and attacks for 6 points of damage) and phoenix is a solid recursive threat in a deck that otherwise doesn't use the graveyard.

To make room I'm cutting some interaction that I rarely feel good about casting. That might be wrong but Slaying Fire feels super slow. Since I'm raising the curve I'm replacing the Strip Mine with a basic land. And now that I have two cards that care about the graveyard (new phoenix and Grim Lavamancer ), I'm adding in the red fetches to help feed that.

Out

• 1 Strip Mine
• 1 Mizzium Mortars
• 1 Slaying Fire
• 3 Mountain

In

• 1 Tectonic Giant
• 1 Phoenix of Ash
• 1 Prismatic Vista
• 1 Arid Mesa
• 1 Scalding Tarn
• 1 Bloodstained Mire

Potential Cards from new sets

Potential Cards

Kaldheim

• Arni Brokenbrow
• Dragonkin Berserker
• Goldspan Dragon
• Faceless Haven (requires swapping to snow basics)

Commander Legends

• Court of Ire
• Emberwilde Captain

Date added	5 years
Last updated	3 years
Card Score	10 / 10
Legality	This deck is Canadian Highlander legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 0 Mythic Rares 47 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.73
Tokens	Earthshaker Khenra 4/4 B, Elemental 0/1 R, Elemental 1/1 R, Emblem Chandra, Torch of Defiance, Emblem Koth of the Hammer, Feather, Goblin 1/1 R, Human 1/1 R, On an Adventure, Ragavan, Satyr 1/1 R, Thopter 1/1 C, Warrior 1/1 W
Folders	Canadian Highlander