Phyto-Strobe ($11 Modern G/R Aggro, Turn 3 win)

Modern* zaktheripper94

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TheSurgeon says... #1

This deck is great! I very well may purchase it!
Everything I love about aggro; it's gritty, aggressive and uncompromising.

+1!
Cheers

December 29, 2015 7:10 p.m.

Vasseer says... #2

No Become Immense or Might of Old Krosa? Also curious how you can kill on turn 2, I could only find a turn 3 kill.

December 30, 2015 3:38 a.m.

zaktheripper94 says... #3

@ Vasseer, I was thinking you could hit 20 damage T2, but was mistaken, fixed the deck name. I'm sure there are ways you still could if they paid life on their T1 or T2 for something, but you were correct in stating this deck couldn't win T2 without outside assistance.

Become Immense is too slow, I'd rather just draw a Groundswell or Phytoburst, even with the delve ability it ends up slowing the deck down.

Might of Old Krosa actually almost made it in, but was excluded for similar reasons as Become Immense. Groundswell does the same thing, but is easier to trigger with a land drop, as I'd generally wait until after they declare blockers to drop the buffs, If I'm holding back for the damage step, nothing will get cast in the Main Phase.

December 30, 2015 4:35 p.m.

123katty says... #4

I'd say that, if you can spare about 80c more, Naturalize could be replaced with Destructive Revelry or Gleeful Sabotage. Sabotage in most cases will be effectively the same, but if the game goes long you can tap some Arbor Elves and destroy a couple more artifacts/enchantments. Revelry is pretty much an upgrade, but its mana cost can be annoying at times.

Other than that, I love this deck! +1 from me.

December 30, 2015 8:34 p.m.

zaktheripper94 says... #5

December 30, 2015 8:40 p.m.

zaktheripper94 says... #6

Really considering adding 2 Ulvenwald Tracker to the deck, as forcing a fight between my 15/15 and the ONE blocker I expect them to have on the field makes trample and the other evasion overkill. I can't find anything to take out anything though, the Arbor Elf are a quick drop to accel mana, and the other beaters are all too good to lose. Garruk's Companion and Sheltering Ancient are the primary Attackers in lieu of any other evasion, so they may get dropped to 3-of to fit in two Trackers, but on the flip side the Trackers would make the other method's of evasion less useful, AHH the struggle, guarantee something hits, or guarantee something big swings.... Do I cut something, or just forget about adding the Ulvenwald Trackers?

December 30, 2015 11:30 p.m.

Wrixsaber says... #7

just a couple cards that I have always liked.Ghor-Clan Rampagerand Become Immense always wanted to do something like this. Too bad a deck like this could never be competitive due to early game removal like PTE and lightning bolt but looks fun though +1

December 31, 2015 6:16 p.m.

Ronyn44 says... #8

Really nice and fun deck! have you thinked to add more dual color land? like Rootbound Crag? is not expensive and can help u for have more colors of mana

December 31, 2015 6:19 p.m.

Wrixsaber says... #9

...One more thing if you really like these alpha strike decks there is a deck Steamblast by: surgeon that is really worthwhile checking out

December 31, 2015 6:21 p.m.

Wrixsaber says... #10

[Edit] comment #4 wrong deck link. Steamblast

December 31, 2015 6:41 p.m.

@Wrixsaber, Ghor-Clan Rampager is a little slow, i'm already alpha striking by the time I can get him out.

Become Immense is also too slow to run for this strategy. at most I would slide in 1 or 2, but then i'd have to take out something else, which I just can't seem to do.

As for how competitive this deck is, it would entirely depend on your local meta, a lot of decks just aren't prepared to stop 20 or 30 damage on turn 3, then again on turn 4, then again on turn 5. So while it won't place first in FNM, it would still have a couple good showings, with the sideboard helping against the more common threats, and extending this deck into a midrange strategy when needed. If you wanted to spend a few more dollars especially on the sideboard, this deck could certainly improve to an FNM level of play.

@Ronyn44 while Rootbound Crag is cheap as far as dual lands go, it'd still raise the price of this deck by around %40, which is a LOT comparatively, and so far this deck runs fine with basic lands.

December 31, 2015 7:06 p.m.

diateone says... #12

January 9, 2016 5:18 a.m.

Kiln Fiend is valid, but his price is a bit high for this deck. I AM considering making a non-budget version of this, it'll be mostly the same but with some dual lands like Rootbound Crag and maybe some Invigorates in place of Groundswell.

January 9, 2016 4:13 p.m.

1337_Nerd says... #14

zaktheripper94 you said earlier that Ghor-Clan Rampager is too slow, but I generally use it for the bloodrush ability which i think is useful in this deck. Also, just on the chance your opponent has a strategy with creatures with flying, you could add in Avatar of the Resolute or put it in instead of Garruk's Companion. Also, I really like this deck. +1

January 11, 2016 5:31 p.m.

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