Standard token/burn/izzet deck
This deck is the sibling to my modern deck Izzet Flooded Yet? but updated for standard. With fewer card options the play style is slightly different but the overall goal remains the same: spam a ton of cipher sorceries to flood with tokens and burn.
This deck is great because it requires almost no mana to be effective.
Example play test draw with only 2 mana:
Turn 1: Steam Vents (pay 2 life) --
Akroan Crusader
.
Turn 2: Island -- Hidden Strings then untap both lands, cipher to crusader, Quicken +
Trait Doctoring
to change red to blue in crusader text (1 token), swing with crusader and token, use cipher to untap crusader and vents (1 more token), cast second
Akroan Crusader
.
Turn 3:
Triton Tactics
+ Coordinated Assault (4 more tokens), swing with everything, use ciphers to untap crusaders and change color text to blue again (3 more tokens).
This is 8 damage and 5 remaining blockers of two different colors on turn 3 with only two mana in play.
Depending on how the game is going for you, this deck can either ramp quickly or freeze out opponents to a standstill and by getting rid of Steam Vents and sticking with basic lands this can be an incredibly affordable standard deck for FNM.
