Strategy: Combines burn with solid creatures that can cause trouble. Goal is to play the 1 and 2m creatures from turns 1 to 3, then start to play Lava Spike and splice onto arcane spells as you draw them. The best combination of spells will depend greatly on whether you need to fight off creatures or go straight for your opponent.
It's important to get a Goblin Electromancer down early and give it shroud with the aura. The Electromancer makes the splice cost of Consuming Vortex more palatable.
Ideally, you start the game with a creature-based attack and move to burn in the mid game. T1 to T3 would be a
Stream Hopper
followed by a
Frostburn Weird
and then a Clout of the Dominus. With that to worry about, your opponent will hopefully be on a defensive footing as you shift to casting Lava Spike and spliced Glacial Ray or Consuming Vortex on T5 or T6. If you have no 1m creature in your opening hand maybe you can Lava Spike your opponent.
Sideboard plan:
Affinity: -2 Psychic Puppetry, -1 Clout, -2 Stream Hopper, +2 Counterspell, +3 Smash to Smithereens, (optional: +3 Wee Dragonauts and -3 Nivix Cyclops, if you need to fight flyers).
AzoriusKitty: -2 Consuming Vortex, -2 Nivix Cyclops, -1 Clout, +3 Wee Dragonauts, +2 Counterspell
Azorius Rogue/Merfolk: -2 Stream Hopper, +2 Martyr of Ashes
BorosKitty: -2 Consuming Vortex, -1 Clout of the Dominus, -1 Psychic Puppetry, -2 Stream Hopper, +2 Wee Dragonauts, +3 Smash to Smithereens (destroy ichor wellspring, glint hawk or the chromatics), +1 Ideas Unbound.
Burn: -2 Psychic Puppetry, -2 Consuming Vortex, +3 Dispel, +1 Ideas Unbound.
Delver: -2 Stream Hopper, -1 Clout, -2 Consuming Vortex, +3 Dispel, +2 Counterspell.
DelverFiend: -2 Stream Hopper, +2 Counterspell. Not sure what else to do here.
Dimir Mill: -2 Stream Hopper, -2 Consuming Vortex, -1 Clout, +2 Counterspell, +3 Dispel (to counter counters). If using Defenders: -2 Noggle Bandit, +2 Wee Dragonauts.
Dimir Teachings: -2 Consuming Vortex, -2 Stream Hopper, -1 Clout, +2 Counterspell, +3 Dispel (to counter counters). If using Defenders: -2 Noggle Bandit, +2 Wee Dragonauts.
Elves: -3 Nivix Cyclops, -2 Stream Hopper, -1 Consuming Vortex, +3 Wee Dragonauts, +3 Martyr of Ashes.
Familiars: -2 Clout, -3 Noggle Bandit, +2 Counterspell, +3 Wee Dragonauts.
Goblins: -2 Psychic Puppetry, -2 Stream Hopper, -2 Noggle Bandit, -2 Nivix Cyclops, +3 Martyr of Ashes, +3 Wee Dragonauts, +2 Dispel.
Hexproof: -2 Consuming Vortex, -2 Noggle Bandit, -2 Stream Hopper, +3 Wee Dragonauts, +3 Martyr of Ashes.
Illusory Tricks: -2 Stream Hopper, -2 Razorfin Hunter, -2 Consuming Vortex, -2 Clout, +3 Wee Dragonauts, +3 Dispel, +2 Counterspell.
Infect: -2 Stream Hopper, -4 Clout of Dominus, +3 Dispel, +3 Martyr of Ashes.
Izzet Control: -2 Stream Hopper, -1 Clout, -2 Consuming Vortex, +3 Dispel, +2 Counterspell.
Love Train: -2 Stream Hopper, +2 Counterspell. I dont know what else to do.
MBC: -1 Psychic Puppetry, -2 Stream Hopper, -2 Consuming Vortex, +2 Counterspell, +3 Dispel.
MUC: -2 Consuming Vortex, -1 Psychic Puppetry, +3 Dispel (to counter counters), (optional: +3 Wee Dragonauts and -3 Nivix Cyclops, if you need to flyers).
Rakdos Aggro/Removal: -2 Stream Hopper, -1 Consuming Vortex, +3 Dispel.
Slivers: -2 Stream Hopper, -1 Noggle Bandit, -2 Clout, +3 Martyr of Ashes, +2 Counterspell.
Stompy: -2 Stream Hopper, -2 Clout, +3 Martyr of Ashes, +1 Dispel.
Teachings (see Dimir Teachings).
Tron: -2 Consuming Vortex, +2 Counterspell. Also -2 Stream Hopper, +2 Dispel if they have counterspells.
White Weenie (with Squawks): -2 Stream Hopper, -1 Noggle Bandit, +3 Wee Dragonauts. Also, if they are using multiple Bonesplitters, +2 Smash to Smithereens for -2 Consuming Vortex.
White Weenie (no Squawks): -2 Stream Hopper, -1 Noggle Bandit, +3 Martyr of Ashes.
