My Burning Crush On Taylor Swiftspear

Modern InnerFlame

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InnerFlame says... #1

shedidthistome: I got the most use out of it when I played against affinity, but it has so many other options. I got to use it against the green devotion deck/bloom titan deck to get rid of Primeval Titan so it would also shut down bloom titan and amulet. It would be good against almost all control decks, infect, and probably a lot of the aggro decks as well (like merfolk, junk and zoo).

February 21, 2015 12:40 a.m.

GTTX says... #2

with so much fetch, might as well have more Shard Volley

February 21, 2015 2:59 a.m.

InnerFlame says... #3

GTTX: I don't wantto draw Iinto 3 Shard Volleys with my opening hand haha. That would be bad. Players typically run 2.

February 21, 2015 9:55 a.m.

MoxProxy says... #4

What about splashing black for BoB or Bump in the Night instead of shard volley? Might also want a few Vexing Devil for funsies. Good deck tho +1

February 21, 2015 10:29 a.m.

InnerFlame says... #5

MoxProxy: I tried black for a long time and really wanted it to work. It didn't. Black has more powerful cards but Destructive Revelry in the sideboard is just too important. And having all 4 is a bad idea for reasons I'm about to explain. It's a bad idea to splash black so that you can run Bump in the Night in the main board. The mana just gets too extensive for burn and it slows the deck down and kills yourself if playing another burn deck. I was side boarding a lot of black cards after I took out Bump in the Night but still had the same problem. As far as Vexing Devil goes. It's a trap for yourself. It's never what you want it to be. Giving your opponent an option in burn is a bad idea. It has to have every card serve it's purpose and if your opponent has removal, you just blew your tempo. I tried him for a while too.

February 21, 2015 11:07 a.m.

lemmingllama says... #6

Why are you running so many Rest in Peace? Unless Storm is a huge issue in your local meta, or maybe Vengevine decks, it really isn't a good choice of sideboard since it doesn't deal damage. Depending on your meta, there are a couple suggestions that could fit well there.

Smash to Smithereens is a great way to deal with affinity decks. Deals damage and also kills their stuff. It might be worthwhile to replace a Destructive Revelry with one of these just because it deals well with affinity and other Spellskites.

Molten Rain works well against Tron, destroys their lands and also deals damage.

Lightning Helix is one of your best choices against aggro decks or other Burn decks. It deals damage and also gives you life, absolutely wonderful to put you out of range and kill them.

February 22, 2015 2:18 p.m.

InnerFlame says... #7

Hey, shedidthistome! I'm trying something new. I'm running a Steam Vents so I can side in Spellskite. I'm replacing Kor Firewalker with it since I can put it in against burn and redirect the spell to it to take 2 damage instead of 3 like the Kor. The downside is no pro red and I won't gain life for casting spells; however, it's good against twin, infect, bogles, and still serves a purpose against other burn.

February 22, 2015 2:21 p.m.

InnerFlame says... #8

lemmingllama, I've thought about all of those things and like you said it's because of the meta. Storm and vengevine are both huge things in my local meta so that's why I run 3. I don't run smash to smithereens because Destructive Revelry takes care of both enchantments and artifacts so it can hit the Leyline of Sanctity as well as any enchantments. Still does damage and affinity isn't a thing in my local meta somehow. Molten Rain is the same deal, nobody runs tron so I've never really wished I had it. And finally, I do run 2 Lightning Helix in the main deck. I don't want to side two more because my sideboard is already pretty crowded. Thanks for the help! 3 of each Combust and Spellskite look good to you?

February 22, 2015 2:27 p.m.

lemmingllama says... #9

@InnerFlame I'm glad to see your sideboard works well for your meta. Your sideboard looks good in that case, although you'll need to test it out and see if it works for you. Good luck with the deck!

February 22, 2015 2:34 p.m.

Unfathomable says... #10

Why run so many fetches?

February 22, 2015 3:26 p.m.

Unfathomable To shuffle, just in case you aren't pulling anything good.

February 22, 2015 3:29 p.m.

InnerFlame says... #12

It's not just to shuffle, Unfathomable and kiro_the_reaper. Not trying to sound mean, but that's the last reason I would give. The biggest reason is to get rid of lands in my deck. Burn requires good top decking and every time you fetch, two lands are removed from the deck. I don't want a land when I need to do 3 damage. The second reason is for Searing Blaze. 4 of them requires the ability to get a land out whenever I want. If I have fetches, i can crack it on their turn at instant speed to trigger landfall and kill their creature on their turn.

February 22, 2015 3:50 p.m.

I should have added "To thin out the deck" as well. :p

February 22, 2015 4:07 p.m.

Unfathomable says... #14

Oh ok thank you for explaining InnerFlame

February 22, 2015 4:08 p.m.

InnerFlame says... #15

Unfathomable and kiro_the_reaper: Haha no problem guys!

February 22, 2015 4:16 p.m.

scholar says... #16

@InnerFlame, I think Spellskite might be a good idea. Let me know how it goes. Currently, I'm tossing around the idea of Vexing Shusher.

February 23, 2015 11:47 p.m.

InnerFlame says... #17

I don't think Vexing Shusher is worth it shedidthistome. You have the power to outdo control and most control decks can kill the shusher too easily anyways. Not to mention it eats up mana.

February 24, 2015 8:16 a.m.

scholar says... #18

@InnerFlame, I haven't played Twin yet. What is the basic strategy when playing against it? Do you race them by throwing everything at the face or...??

February 24, 2015 4:33 p.m.

InnerFlame says... #19

shedidthistome: It's weird. You can't really race them because you run the risk of not being able to remove their creature when they flash it in at then end of your turn 3 and then twin it on their turn 4 by tapping out all your mana. But if you don't do much then they just have counters for everything. And they always have counters. You pretty much have to just play smart and hopeful game 1. Game 2 you side in Combust, and anything else you might have (Destructive Revelry Spellskite), play control better than they do. Yes, I said play control with a burn deck.

February 24, 2015 6 p.m.

scholar says... #20

@InnerFlame, I thought once they flash in Deceiver Exarch, you can't really do anything about it anyway since they will infinite combo off in response to your burn? Also, how are they tapping all of our mana? Thanks.

February 24, 2015 8:31 p.m.

InnerFlame says... #21

shedidthistome: Oh no, there's lots you can do! The biggest thing you can do is wait for them to cast their Splinter Twin, let it resolve, and then use Combust or Destructive Revelry on the creature with Splinter Twin on it. That way they will only get one creature out of it and will have neither by the end of their turn. You can also do what I'm doing and side in 1 or 2 Spellskites against them and steal the enchantment as they cast it. You can also burn their creature in response to them playing it with spells like Searing Blaze, Lightning Bolt, and others too kill it (you'll need 2 spells for Deceiver Exarch). The problem with all these are they can be countered, and a good twin player will always typically leave enough mana to counter if they can...which is why Combust is so good.

You have to make sure you leave like 3 mana because whenever Deceiver Exarch or Pestermite comes into play, they can tap one of your lands and you really need 2 mana to do anything about it. That's why you can't really race them, because you need the mana to get rid of their stuff. Of course, if you have a Combust in hand, you can just leave 2 and be fine because if they try to flash it in at the end of turn you can float the mana and then burn their guy once it resolves.

February 24, 2015 9:27 p.m.

ness64 says... #22

Mutagenic Growth is really good with Swiftspear.

February 25, 2015 8:54 a.m.

ettin11 says... #23

awesome deck, tried it out last night with my group, and whats tons of fun! Can't wait to see more decks/updates from you if they are this fun!

February 25, 2015 9:22 a.m.

InnerFlame says... #24

ness64: I don't run Mutagenic Growth because it's only good with swiftspear. And even then it's not guaranteed damage. Thanks for the suggestion, thanks though.

ettin11: always glad to hear the deck is working out for others! Thanks for sharing your experience, man.

February 25, 2015 10:57 a.m.

scholar says... #25

@InnerFlame, so I've been thinking... Browbeat. Do you think that would be a good sideboard card against the burn mirror match? I mean, they're either taking 5 damage or you're drawing three cards (likely more burn). Either of those choices is not good for the opponent and would likely put you ahead.

February 25, 2015 5:43 p.m.

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