R/W `Damage-down`

Modern*

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Creature (8)

• 2x Deathless Angel
• 1x Kargan Dragonlord
• 2x Lord of Shatterskull Pass
• 1x Transcendent Master
• 2x Wall of Reverence

Land (26)

• 15x Mountain
• 9x Plains
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Hyena Umbra

Instant (17)

• 3x Burst Lightning
• 2x Comet Storm
• 3x Intimidation Bolt
• 4x Lightning Bolt
• 2x Staggershock
• 2x Stone Idol Trap
• 1x Volcanic Fallout

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Chain Reaction
• 1x Elemental Appeal
• 2x Fireball
• 1x Lava Axe
• 2x Pyroclasm

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Sideboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Deathless Angel

Land (1)

• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Instant (3)

• 1x Burst Lightning
• 1x Intimidation Bolt
• 1x Volcanic Fallout

Sorcery (10)

• 2x All is Dust
• 2x Chain Reaction
• 1x Elemental Appeal
• 2x Fireball
• 3x Lava Axe

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Maybeboard

Artifact (1)

• 1x Sphinx-Bone Wand

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I first put it together to deal with a tournament deck a friend of mine was building (green ramp to wolf token overrun.), and discovered this deck has around a 1:1 win to loss ratio against ANY deck i put it against. Unquestionably, I'm aiming to improve this.

The decks main focus is dealing damage to the (sometimes many) creatures you'll come up against with only 8 creatures yourself. Use the angels and umbras to keep yours alive, and the walls to keep yourself afloat in those crucial moments.

The shatterskull lords work beautifully against almost anything, bar eldrazi (though you can combine burn spells for those.). You can also use stone idol trap, a card i used to hate, but works fantastically here. I kept around half the creatures as level up creatures, so I'm not waiting around for mana all the time, and can play them as required or needed.

If playing casually, I love to use Fiery Gambit , just for the unreliability and possibility. (This DOES make the deck non-standard, so i didn't include it.)

All is dust doesnt look like it fits in, but against the players i know, i tend to need a board sweeper mid-late game, and it works perfectly.

Any thoughts on using Sphinx-bone wand??

Date added	14 years
Last updated	14 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 2 Mythic Rares 10 - 4 Rares 15 - 4 Uncommons 7 - 5 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.79
Tokens	Construct 6/12 C, Elemental 7/1 R