Budget Counterburn

Standard*

Sigmania

Creature (2)

• 2x Spellheart Chimera

Land (27)

• 9x Island
• 2x Mage-Ring Network
• 8x Mountain
• 4x Shivan Reef
• 4x Swiftwater Cliffs

Enchantment (3)

• 2x Jace's Sanctum
• 1x Molten Vortex

Instant (24)

• 1x Aetherspouts
• 3x Calculated Dismissal
• 4x Cancel
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Dragonlord's Prerogative
• 4x Lightning Strike
• 3x Magma Jet
• 3x Mindswipe
• 2x Ravaging Blaze
• 2x Wild Slash

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Exquisite Firecraft
• 2x Seismic Rupture
• 1x Treasure Cruise

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Sideboard

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Encase in Ice

Instant (10)

• 1x Aetherspouts
• 1x Chandra's Fury
• 2x Disdainful Stroke
• 2x Negate
• 2x Rending Volley
• 2x Smash to Smithereens

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Roast
• 2x Seismic Rupture
• 1x Talent of the Telepath

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Maybeboard

Instant (4)

• 1x Anticipate
• 1x Psychic Rebuttal
• 2x Steam Augury

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Anchor to the Aether
• 1x Arc Lightning

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Futzing with the budget counterburn list from Strictly Better MTG (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0W5xTmtbLY)--making some tweaks to fit my hesitance to drop money on cards from M15/Theros block.

Non-budget cards (the Dig Through Time and the Exquisite Firecraft) are cards I've had the fortune to obtain on my own.

I welcome any thoughts on how to improve the deck now or on pieces that might work to replace the Theros/M15 pieces post-rotation. (I'm thinking Living Lore might be the pick to replace the chimera?)

Date added	9 years
Last updated	9 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 2 Rares 13 - 6 Uncommons 16 - 7 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.97