Fast deck with quick win conditions. By combining aggressive creatures with effective stat boosts and topping it off with doublestrike for the kill. The deck has multiple turn 3 wins as well as a turn 2 win and the ability to last to the late game.
Card breakdown:
Phytoburst
,
Groundswell
, and
Titan's Strength
are the most efficient stat boosts considering mana cost and card advantage. Important for reliability.
Mutagenic Growth
is especially useful because it's Mana cost can be circumvented. However with doublestrike it only deals an additional 4 damage to an opponent on the attack, while Giant Growth deals 6.
Temur Battle Rage
and
Berserk
are two ways of doubling the damage dealt in a turn.
Rancor
was great for this deck for 2 reasons. 1, it gives a solid stat boost with trample that can be paid for the turn before it's used. 2 it helps this deck last to the late game. It can be slapped onto any creature to make it into a solid threat.
Dreadhorde Arcanist
,
Monastery Swiftspear
, and
Radha, Heir to Keld
are all creatures easily capable of a turn 3 win. Other creatures in this deck require nearly a nearly perfect hand, but these all require no more than 3 cards.
The other creatures are chosen because they function as 2 for 1's.
Win combo breakdown:
Turn 2:
Dreadhorde Arcanist
.
Turn 3:
Groundswell
, cast again with Arcanist,
Mutagenic Growth
,
Temur Battle Rage
, swing for 22. -OR- any combination of
Phytoburst
,
Groundswell
,
Titan's Strength
totalling 2 mana to swing between 10 and 13, then
Thud
for the same amount again
Turn 1:
Monastery Swiftspear
, attack for 1.
Turn 2:
Rancor
, attack for 5.
Turn 3:
Groundswell
,
Temur Battle Rage
, attack for 18. (This one can be made easier with Mutagenic Growth)
Turn 2:
Radha, Heir to Keld
.
Turn 3:
Titan's Strength
,
Phytoburst
,
Temur Battle Rage
, swing for 20, -OR-
Titan's Strength
,
Mutagenic Growth
Temur Battle Rage
, swing for 14,
Thud
for 7.
And for the turn 2 win:
Turn 1:
Monastery Swiftspear
.
Turn 2:
Mutagenic Growth
X2, card:Titan's Strenght, swing for 11,
Thud
for 12.
Many more of these combos exist, and almost all of them include trample. Test this deck out yourself, it's fast and efficient, and can even hold itself out to the late game.
