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Classic Red Deck Wins with current options after Ravnica Rotation

Very Straight-forward, using the few high quality Wizards in Ghitu Lavarunner and Viashino Pyromancer to ensure Wizard's Lightning is cast using the least amount of mana as possible.

Great aggressive creatures such as Runaway Steam-Kin and Torch Courier ensure you apply a maximum amount of damage as soon as possible while also guaranteeing later threats to be more immediate or giving all of your card a "plus value" with the Steam-Kin.

As we move on through the game Legion Warboss will give you increasing value without having to play anything else, spewing forth a small, unmanageable army of toothy little nibblers if left to its own device for too long. Goblin Chainwhirler is also an obvious safe bet since it will prevent trades with first strike, all the while wiping away those pesky little weaklings your opponent may have on the board! Bonus points if you dunk it out on the 3rd turn of The Flame of Keld

Which brings us to the later parts of the game plan. Once you have very aggressively thrown all of the cards in your hand to the face of your opponent, you will have The Flame of Keld left. With pride, you will play it, wiggle your hands at your opponent to signify that you have no hand to discard, and as such prepare for total mayhem in the following turns. The re-draw followed by the 3rd lore counter will most likely net you a splendid suite of burns and creatures to dump on the board. If you get a Torch Courier among them, you just netted yourself a Haste buff for one red mana. Proceed to stomp you opponent without mercy all the while enjoying the multitude of +2 dmg trigger on all your red creatures and spells. You may then revel in the complaints of your fellow MTG players who will say that Red Deck Wins is a stupid archetype for baboons who do not like interactivity. Then collect your Showdowns and be sure to rub it in their face!

Regarding the sideboard ; one cool card that nobody thought would be any useful is Diamond Mare. This butt stallion will make sure that if you encounter another of those aggressive type decks, you can keep the upper hand by healing yourself quickly while being able to block anything power 2 or less that comes your way. The rest is somewhat simple to use, it mostly deals with Aggro, Control and graveyard decks. I wasn't sure what else to build against, but it also has some tools for that pesky mono-blue tempo that surfaced recently, using Lightning Mare. My weirdest pick here is Piston-Fist Cyclops and it is meant to be used against aggro since it has great stats for the mana cost and can later be used on the offensive when paired with burn spells, so it made sense to me. Be free to suggest anything I might have missed that would deal with the current meta in my sideboard.

I hope you enjoy, like I said, it is a very straight-forward deck, and as usual, Mono Red decks usually perform great and it is still the case in this current state that the game is in!

Added 3x Risk Factor and cut 4th Wizard's Lightning / Goblin Chainwhirler as well as the 3rd The Flame of Keld. May remove Wizard's Lightning entirely if I feel I dont hit enough wizards often enough for it to be reliable.

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Date added 6 years
Last updated 6 years
Legality

This deck is not Standard legal.

Rarity (main - side)

14 - 4 Rares

5 - 9 Uncommons

20 - 2 Commons

Cards 60
Avg. CMC 2.03
Tokens Goblin 1/1 R
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