Burning Storm

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Araganor says... #1

@jchudz: Haha, yeah it'll be a new deck archetype!

November 17, 2013 9:03 p.m.

kyuuri117 says... #2

So I really think this looks pretty fun.

My suggestions are as such:

  1. Drop one of the Annihilating Fire's for a second Worldspine Wurm. The possibility with Chemister is so much more that I think it would be worth the switch.

  2. Drop the second Annihilating Fire's for a third Guttersnipe. Personally, whenever I play against a burn deck, I am very, very liberal with my use of removal. The Instant that a Young Pyromancer or Guttersnipe hits the table, i'm using Hero's Downfall or Abrupt Decay. And for the second game, you better believe i'm siding in the Putrefy's. So, this being said, you are going to want as many copies of the Guttersnipe as you can fit in. His potential in this deck is doubled, which mean's he's going to be public enemy number 1. Get four of him. Drop one of the three Young Pyromancer's for the fourth, imo.

  3. Blast of Genius is a fun spell, no doubt about it, but it's expensive and unreliable. What if you draw three 1-3 cmc spells? That's not a lot of damage for two card draw. I would consider dropping these for some more burn spells, or some better card draw. Epic Experiment would be awesome if you were having a hard time getting a Possibility Storm onto the board. If it was on the board, it becomes a dead draw, but it's potential is still pretty big.

November 17, 2013 10:29 p.m.

kyuuri117 says... #3

Oh, and +1.

November 17, 2013 10:29 p.m.

kyuuri117 says... #4

Hell, Izzet has a ton of fun cards. Playing a Shock and cycling into Firemind's Foresight would be pretty awesome. Also, would this work? If you had a Nivmagus Elemental on the field, and you played a spell with Storm on the field. Before storm exiled the card, exile it with the Nivmagus, get the counters, and then search your library for the card with Storm? Not sure, but it would be pretty cool if that worked.

Lastly, I suppose Izzet Charm might be a good replacement for Blast of Genius.

November 17, 2013 10:34 p.m.

Araganor says... #5

@kyuuri117: Thanks for all the suggestions!

So, I messed with the creature count a bit. I added a second wurm, and also upped the Guttersnipe count by 1. I am not really willing to drop any instants for creatures, as the deck is very burn-reliant. I did, however, take your suggestion of dropping the Annihilating Fire s in place for Izzet Charm . The way I see it, the charm will be more useful in the early game for me to help me dig for my storm, but still have burn after it comes out.

I'm going to have to agree to disagree on Blast of Genius , it has been a huge help to this deck, and it is the only way to hit my opponent in the face with Worldspine Wurm later on, since Mercurial Chemister can only blast creatures. The expense can be lowered with Goblin Electromancer , and I have rarely been unhappy to see it so far.

As far as Epic Experiment goes, I'm not really a fan of "X" spells in here. I feel like it would just slow me down. I'll think about it.

Firemind's Foresight isn't a good choice here imo because it A) isn't burn, B) isn't that exciting, and C) I don't have any 3 mana instants anymore.

Yes, you can exile the initial card you cast using Nivmagus Elemental and still trigger Possibility Storm , but I'm afraid he would make me run out of spells hella fast. I can throw him in the maybeboard for now.

Again, thanks for your feedback!

November 17, 2013 11:02 p.m.

jchudz says... #6

Regarding Nivmagus Elemental : you cast Shock , then the cast triggers Possibility Storm , then in response you exile the spell to put counters on Nivmagus Elemental , since the Possibility Storm triggers, it goes through the effect because it is not dependent on the spell being exiled by Possibility Storm . The only difference is that the spell exiled with the elemental does not get shuffled back in to the bottom with the other cards.

at least that's how I understand it.

November 17, 2013 11:08 p.m.

Araganor says... #7

jchudz you pretty much hit the nail on the head. You cast the first spell, and exile it (permanently) with Nivmagus Elemental before it can get temporarily exiled by Possibility Storm . The Possibility Storm trigger resolves after the spell was already exiled, so you get the free card afterward anyway. Like I said earlier, this is great and all but it worries me that I would run out of things to cast quite quickly.

November 17, 2013 11:17 p.m.

ShadowDragon48 says... #8

This is largely irrelevant given the space constraints in place already, but this engine could also be used as a heroic enabler for the likes of Akroan Crusader (makes tokens) and Labyrinth Champion (deals burn damage). They are both inferior to Young Pyromancer and Guttersnipe respectively, but I thought it made for some nice trivia. Might be more applicable to a build in Rakdos colors given the Heroic ability of Tormented Hero , but that would probably still be easily outmatched by this build in anything short of possibly a large-scale multi-player free-for-all.

November 17, 2013 11:20 p.m.

Kage-no-Raito says... #9

Lawl!!! I can just imagine your opponents crying when one of your two-drops turn into a Worldspine Wurm .

November 17, 2013 11:47 p.m.

Demyx says... #10

This looks really fun to play. I've been thinking of making another wacky deck like Get Down, It's Gonna Blow! {1st at FNM} and I've been liking the cards I'm seeing in Izzet. This deck has definitely piqued my interest and I'm jealous I didn't come up with it first. :)

+1 from me.

November 18, 2013 12:14 a.m.

pkpingu says... #11

November 18, 2013 12:41 a.m.

Araganor says... #12

@ShadowDragon48: Sounds like you might have a deck there. Let me know how it goes if you decide to tinker with it.

@Tainted_Light: Yes. I'm taking this to my next FNM and when it happens it will be glorious.

@Demyx: Thanks! Here's hoping U/R gets some good cards in the next set!

@pkpingu: That's just mean. Shame on you. I kid :) Strionic Resonator sounds like a good idea, but the deck is pretty starved for space as it is, and I don't know if I could afford to pull anything out for it.

November 18, 2013 1:01 a.m.

jchudz says... #13

I can just imagine the hilarity if you also splasehd green for Unexpected Results

On another note, when I took So much for your deck being consistent to FNM I ended up going 2-1. Ended up losing to Black devotion, barely scraped a win from mono-white, but stomped a U/W control deck. They actually scooped in one game after Possibility Storm hit the board.

November 18, 2013 1:11 a.m.

kyuuri117 says... #14

If I might make a suggestion... Would you mind clearing the comments? It's really annoying scrolling to the bottom on a smartphone hahaha

November 18, 2013 1:49 a.m.

LordZeo says... #15

Woah, trippy. I made a deck like this 2 days ago as well. I do like it, I would suggest Melek, Izzet Paragon . He doesn't trigger Possibility Storm , but he still lets you double cast spells. In addition, you will know what your top card is so you can more safely play your spells with possibility storm. Also, I tend to run out of cards in my hand, and this lets you top deck spells without waiting a turn, if you're lucky.

November 18, 2013 2:16 a.m.

ssthree says... #16

at this rate my suggestion is replace Electromancer with Charm.I think 2 Electromancer is not sinificant in the reducing CMC. but 4 Izzet Charm can made you easily find key card, burm some annoying creature and protect the Posibility Storm when you cast it.

November 18, 2013 4:34 a.m.

ssthree says... #17

sorry for this double postbut what about this,- 2 Goblin Electromancer then

+1 Izzet Charm +1 Blast of Genius

I think this would be better than my last comment!

November 18, 2013 4:38 a.m.

Araganor says... #18

@kyuuri117: Yeah, I'll be clearing them this afternoon.

@LordZeo: Hmm, he's kind of expensive, not sure I'd want him sitting in my hand early on. Then again, I could always put him in for Worldspine Wurm , but I really want to keep those in for the shenanigans they can cause. I'll put Melek in the maybeboard for now.

@ssthree: I do like the Goblin Electromancer , but you might be right. I will test your suggestion.

November 18, 2013 8:03 a.m.

I still need to pick up copies of Possibility Storm , Mercurial Chemister , Worldspine Wurm , a couple more Young Pyromancer before I can start playing this version, but after that, I may try splashing Black if the card pool seems to allow it. Black has a surprisingly limited Sorcery pool, with only Read the Bones and the Toil side of Toil / Trouble as far as card draw goes, but if I can possibly work some life gain (maybe some Extort) , it may be worth trying.

November 18, 2013 8:16 a.m.

Araganor says... #20

@ShadowDragon48 Hmm, black might be worth splashing for kill spells? I don't know, let me know how it goes.

November 18, 2013 8:32 a.m.

M4dGun says... #21

you should make a sideboard and one of the cards ill put there is Lord of the Void to replace Worldspine Wurm

November 18, 2013 9:09 a.m.

@Araganor Given the nature of Possibility Storm , it would likely end up doing more harm than good. I'd be more worried about having to kill my own creatures, not to mention the burn disruption :/

November 18, 2013 9:44 a.m.

Araganor says... #23

@M4dGun: Interesting suggestion. Why would I want to run Lord of the Void over Worldspine Wurm ? The Wurm will win the game for me 49 times out of 50 when it hits the board, but I'm not so sure about Lord of the Void . Please tell me more!

November 18, 2013 9:46 a.m.

Araganor says... #24

@ShadowDragon48: I would be afraid of that as well. Fortunately, you are not forced to cast the spell you storm into, you merely have the option to cast it for free. But, adding kill spells would likely do more harm than good.

November 18, 2013 9:50 a.m.

@Araganor: True, I can't believe I forgot the optional part. I still doubt it would be an effective way to improve the deck :/

As for Lord of the Void I could see it being useful in creature heavy matchups to steal your opponent's creatures from their deck. Also, it would limit their options of what to storm into, but I'm not sure it would have as consistent of an impact as Worldspine Wurm . Definitely an interesting idea though!

November 18, 2013 10:03 a.m.

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