Riddle wrapped in an Enigma wrapped in an Insult

Standard Aggro UR (Izzet)

chaoselement451

Land (21)

• 4x Evolving Wilds
• 8x Island
• 5x Mountain
• 4x Spirebluff Canal

Enchantment (7)

• 3x Favorable Winds
• 4x Riddleform

Instant (14)

• 4x Admiral's Order
• 3x Lightning Strike
• 4x Opt
• 3x Shock

Sorcery (8)

• 4x Chart a Course
• 4x Insult / Injury

Creature (10)

• 2x Baral, Chief of Compliance
• 4x Enigma Drake
• 4x Siren Stormtamer

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Sideboard

Instant (13)

• 3x Abrade
• 2x Dive Down
• 2x Dual Shot
• 3x Essence Scatter
• 3x Negate

Artifact (2)

• 2x Silent Gravestone

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U/R spells deck that goes over the top with Enigma Drake and Riddleform. Insult//Injury is the closer, as it activates Riddleform and pumps Enigma Drake. Baral reduces the cost to just 2RR to cast both halves (and also turns admiral's order into Counterspell with the raid upside). Ad's Order helps protect Drakes and Sphinx's from sweepers and targeted removal, as do Siren Stormtamers. Opt and Chart a Course provide some card draw and selection while filling the yard for Drake, and Shock and Lightning Strike serve double duty as removal or reach while, again, filling the yard. Shock after Insult is 4 damage and lightning strike is 6 (which both just cost R if Baral is in play).

Sideboard has plenty of options. Dive Down comes in against heavy removal, silent gravestone turns off Scarab God while protecting my graveyard from being filched by exile effects like Dire Fleet Daredevil and Deathgorge Scavenger (enigma drake kinda sucks without several spells in the yard). Negate enters vs. control and combo matches if necessary, Abrade comes in if I'm getting swarmed by aggro or need to nail artifacts. Dual Shot is a strange call maybe, but I'm seeing a lot of mono=red, glint sleeve siphoners, and 1 toughness explore creatures. Dual Shot gives me enough 2-for-1's that slow them down significantly that I'm going to test with it. Essence Scatter is in there because it's possibly the best "removal" in standard, especially in blue/red with Gods all over the place.

Any feedback on either the deck, or especially the SB, is absolutely appreciated. Thanks for reading!

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 2 Rares 19 - 6 Uncommons 14 - 7 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.33
Folders	RIX Standard