Advice Needed - Virulent Pain

Standard*

leftreadjed

Creature (16)

• 3x Goblin Freerunner
• 2x Jwar Isle Avenger
• 3x Lavastep Raider
• 1x Phyrexian Revoker
• 2x Sanguinary Mage
• 1x Shivan Dragon
• 1x Sin Prodder
• 1x Sphinx of Magosi
• 2x Stormchaser Mage

Enchantment (10)

• 2x Containment Membrane
• 3x Fevered Visions
• 1x Ghostly Wings
• 2x Pyromancer's Assault
• 2x Vessel of Paramnesia

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Hazoret's Undying Fury
• 1x Pieces of the Puzzle
• 2x Ponder
• 2x Pore Over the Pages

Instant (8)

• 2x Dispel
• 3x Expedite
• 2x Lightning Axe
• 1x Negate

Land (20)

• 4x Evolving Wilds
• 8x Island
• 8x Mountain

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Maybeboard

Creature (48)

• 2x Abattoir Ghoul
• 3x Abyssal Nocturnus
• 1x Abyssal Persecutor
• 2x Abyssal Specter
• 3x Academy Raider
• 1x Aeon Chronicler
• 4x Agent of Erebos
• 2x Archetype of Aggression
• 1x Archetype of Finality
• 1x Archetype of Imagination
• 1x Archfiend of Ifnir
• 1x Arjun, the Shifting Flame
• 3x Ashenmoor Liege
• 2x Ashiok's Adept
• 3x Augur of Skulls
• 2x Avatar of Discord
• 3x Baleful Strix
• 2x Balustrade Spy
• 1x Baron Sengir
• 3x Chasm Skulker
• 4x Crypt Ghast
• 3x Gifted Aetherborn

Instant (3)

• 3x Ancestral Recall

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Allied Strategies

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I need input as a newb. My basic strategy is that I can draw cards, and/or cause my opponent to draw/discard cards, while simultaneously losing life. Also, I'll have the ability to play multiple spells because of the surge cost ability of various spells, enabling chains. Essentially, I'm kind of combining the strategies of blue, black, and red decks, with cards from the red/blue prebuilt deck from the Oath of the Gatewatch pack.

In summary, I can: 1. draw cards 2. play multiple spells at low cost because of the surge ability 3. cause my opponent to draw and discard, losing life in the process.

and supplemental strategy suggestions as well would be cool.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Rares 8 - 0 Uncommons 28 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.73