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Pioneer* Burn Control RUW (Jeskai, America)

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Creature (5)

• 2x AEtherling
• 3x Boros Reckoner

Planeswalker (3)

• 2x Jace, Architect of Thought
• 1x Jace, Memory Adept

Land (25)

• 4x Clifftop Retreat
• 4x Glacial Fortress
• 4x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Island
• 4x Sacred Foundry
• 4x Steam Vents
• 4x Sulfur Falls

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Assemble the Legion

Instant (23)

• 4x Azorius Charm
• 3x Dissipate
• 3x Render Silent
• 3x Shock
• 4x Sphinx's Revelation
• 4x Syncopate
• 2x Turn / Burn

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Supreme Verdict

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Sideboard

Artifact (1)

• 1x Witchbane Orb

Instant (14)

• 2x AEtherize
• 4x Boros Charm
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Psychic Spiral
• 4x Renounce the Guilds
• 2x Turn / Burn

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This is a red/white/blue Sorok control and burn deck. The deck is built around taking full advantage of Ral Zarek's, Jace, Architect of Thought's and AEtherling's abilities.

Ral Zarek's ultimate ability is practically a win condition for this deck. and can easily be accessed if I can get Jace on the field early and protect him using countermagic and removal.

There are multiple ways to win with the deck with the first being the obvious, AEtherling and his unblockable swing The second is using Jace, Architect of Thought to beat down any attacking creatures with his +1 ability long enough to sacrifice him to play either Ral Zarek or an AEtherling plus whatever shenanigans my opponent may have for free. The third option is to put Ral Zarek on the field by turn 4 and use him to gain the extra turns needed to give myself a MASSIVE advantage over my opponent if not kill him altogether.

Originally, (as most of you that have seen the deck know) I wanted to maintain the deck solely as an Izzet deck. But with the influx of cards now that people are using to dominate the field with huge creatures and what not that are not able to be countered, I had to improvise. To this end I have added in Sphinx's Revelation, and Supreme Verdict. At some point I will also be trying to work in a set of Azorius Charms as well but that is for another day. :D

I have played against 3 different meta-decks with this one(Gruul Aggro, Reanimator, and Naya Blitz). Gruul Aggro and Naya Blitz both gave me fits early on but once I got past the initial bombardment of creatures I wound up winning the matches. Reanimator was absolutely no trouble at all since I simply countered almost everything that was cast after turn 4 using Dissipate, Syncopate, and Rewind.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for looking. :D

Top Ranked	Achieved #12 position overall 11 years ago
Date added	11 years
Last updated	3 months
Legality	This deck is not Pioneer legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 36 - 6 Rares 9 - 9 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.03
Tokens	Soldier 1/1 RW
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