RU the day (Budget)

Modern* Budget UR (Izzet)

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Creature (13)

• 1x Guttersnipe
• 1x Jori En, Ruin Diver
• 4x Kiln Fiend
• 3x Thing in the Ice  ^Flip
• 4x Wee Dragonauts

Land (20)

• 8x Island
• 10x Mountain
• 2x Sulfur Falls

Instant (18)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 4x Brute Force
• 1x Expedite
• 4x Temur Battle Rage
• 1x Titan's Strength
• 4x Vapor Snag
• 3x Wild Slash

Sorcery (9)

• 3x Distortion Strike
• 2x Epic Experiment
• 1x Ponder
• 3x Preordain

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Sideboard

Instant (10)

• 2x Skullcrack
• 4x Smash to Smithereens
• 4x Stubborn Denial

Sorcery (5)

• 3x Flame Slash
• 2x Sudden Demise

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Maybeboard

Creature (4)

• 1x Charmbreaker Devils
• 1x Goblin Dark-Dwellers
• 1x Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest
• 1x Stormchaser Mage

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Chandra, the Firebrand

Instant (25)

• 1x Blazing Salvo
• 1x Blustersquall
• 4x Brimstone Volley
• 1x Brute Force
• 1x Electrickery
• 1x Electrolyze
• 1x Fate Transfer
• 1x Fiery Temper
• 1x Fists of the Anvil
• 1x Icy Blast
• 1x Leap of Flame
• 1x Lightning Axe
• 1x Mindswipe
• 1x Needle Drop
• 1x Peek
• 1x Searing Blaze
• 1x Send to Sleep
• 1x Stubborn Denial
• 1x Tears of Valakut
• 1x Titan's Strength
• 2x Turn Aside

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Arm with AEther
• 1x Breath of Darigaaz
• 1x Chandra's Ignition
• 1x Crater's Claws
• 1x Crush of Tentacles
• 1x Epic Experiment
• 1x Exquisite Firecraft
• 1x Hands of Binding
• 1x Magmatic Insight
• 1x Roast
• 1x Scouring Sands
• 1x Slip Through Space
• 2x Tormenting Voice

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Like, totally burst, dude!

SOME NOTES: This deck with sideboard costs around $80 with no foils.

This deck could quite easily be modern. Just swap Serum Visions in for the Brainstorm, Ponder, and Preordain.

Why:
I was inspired by Thing in the Ice   to make a good shell that was competitive without thing in the ice having to be in play.

Also I don't really like combo decks that rely on specific win conditions (Vampire Hexmage I'm looking at you!). So out of that was born RU the day.

How:
The deck uses its creatures to leverage extra damage from the many instant and sorcery cards. The spells are kept quite low CMC and the idea is to cast many spells in a turn to pump creatures or trigger damage or remove ice counters.

With what:
Certain combinations can be quite deadly. Epic Experiment for 5 CMC is usually a good finisher. If you're lucky you can get 4 spells for 1 card and 5 mana. If you have a Guttersnipe in play thats 8 damage + any burn that was drawn. If you had a Kiln Fiend or Wee Dragonauts thats going to be some powerful burst damage. Especially if one of the cards drawn with experiment ended up being Temur Battle Rage or Distortion Strike.

So Thing in the Ice   ends up being just a time bomb distraction that you can drop early and ignore until it transforms or your opponent is already dead, whichever comes first.

I have been getting some turn 5 kills with this. For a budget build I think that's not too bad!

Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Splash colors	UR
Legality	This deck is not Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 6 - 4 Rares 11 - 4 Uncommons 23 - 7 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.62
Folders	Moderno