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This deck is based on a starter deck included in Magic 2015 for Android. The general theme is cheap red creatures that get pumped up with white enchantments. First Strike helps keep cheap creatures alive (and discourages incoming attacks), and Heroic creatures get extra pumped up each time you target them with an Aura.

Things that work

Ethereal Armor + Nimbus Wings + Satyr Hoplite can give you a 6/7 flying creature on turn 3. If you can pile on with Wrecking Ogre's discard ability on turn 5, you're hitting for around 18 points of flying, first-strike combat damage, which is often good for a turn 5 win.

Really, Satyr Hoplite should probably be replaced with a white heroic creature, since they tend to have better secondary abilities. Favored Hoplite is probably the best choice, but Lagonna-Band Trailblazer could do the trick as well. Akroan Skyguard comes with flying, but the extra mana could throw off the tempo of the early game.

Lots of cheap First Strike discourages your opponent from attacking, which buys you some time in the early game. It also discourages them from blocking, which can be a really bad decision if you have a Wrecking Ogre ready for Bloodrush. Once your deck gets moving, they'll have to block and your first strike attackers will wipe them out.

Struggles

  • The deck is cheap and plays pretty fast. Once you get to turn 5, you might be low on cards unless you got Mentor of the Meek out early. Sage's Reverie is a slightly pricier aura that could help out with cards, and it combos with the rest of the deck nicely.

  • Spells that make you take a permanent back into your hand can be brutal, since all the auras and counters are lost.

Overall, this is a fun deck that has lots of potential for a surprisingly brutal (and game-winning) attack on the fifth turn.

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Date added 9 years
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Legality

This deck is Modern legal.

Rarity (main - side)

10 - 0 Rares

6 - 6 Uncommons

24 - 2 Commons

Cards 60
Avg. CMC 2.47
Tokens Dragon 2/2 R
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