Scorched Earth

Modern Combo Competitive Four Color

Z3N

Creature (9)

• 4x Countryside Crusher
• 4x Knight of the Reliquary
• 1x Thrun, the Last Troll

Land (41)

• 3x Arid Mesa
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 2x Celestial Colonnade
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Forest
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 2x Horizon Canopy
• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 2x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Plains
• 2x Raging Ravine
• 3x Reflecting Pool
• 2x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Rugged Prairie
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 3x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Slayers' Stronghold
• 1x Steam Vents
• 2x Stirring Wildwood
• 2x Sulfur Falls
• 3x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Temple Garden
• 3x Wooded Foothills

Enchantment (7)

• 4x Seismic Assault
• 3x Trade Routes

Sorcery (11)

• 4x Faithless Looting
• 3x Life from the Loam
• 4x Treasure Hunt

Unknown (2)

• 2x Stomping Grounds

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Okay, so this deck has a couple of common archetypes that it plays off of and does it quite well...1.) Life from the Loam is utilized to either recur Tectonic Edge for control, to fix mana through fetch lands, fuels Seismic Assault for a six damage swing, allows disruption with Raven's Crime, and digs with dredge to power up Knight of the Reliquary and Countryside Crusher...2.) Knight of the Reliquary doesn't care about blockers... What I mean here is Slayers' Stronghold allows you to fetch for Kessig Wolf Run after blocks, and sets up for a blow out...3.) Countryside Crusher and Treasure Hunt help you dig so that it doesn't seem like you're actually playing 40 lands... It also gives the deck consistency...4.) While Seismic Assault looks like a win-con, and often is, it's mostly to annihilate threats and put pressure on your opponent... The hate your opponent puts on this card after side boarding will distract them from the creatures and vice versa...5.) Some of the simple synergies in the deck lie in Countryside Crusher and fetches or Tectonic Edges... With Lightning Bolt being a key removal spell in a lot of decks, it needs to be played around, and without Seismic Assault in play, lands that sacrifice themselves will keep it alive... Also, fetching after your upkeep will let you draw lands again if necessary, or, if two Countryside Crushers are in play, it let's you get two mill triggers by fetching after the first trigger resolves... 6.) Sometimes it'll be necessary to actually kill with man-lands, whether it be because of aggressive removal or non-beneficial draws... Celestial Colonnade and Stirring Wildwood are good against red, whereas Raging Ravine will eventually become too big to deal with...

Date added	10 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is not Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 0 Mythic Rares 53 - 0 Rares 3 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	70
Avg. CMC	2.37