Scry For the Win (UPDATED - Jeskai)

Modern* Aggro RUW (Jeskai, America)

A_Magikarp

Creature (13)

• 4x Flamespeaker Adept
• 1x Keranos, God of Storms
• 4x Mantis Rider
• 4x Monastery Swiftspear

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Chandra, Pyromaster
• 2x Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker

Land (23)

• 2x Battlefield Forge
• 4x Island
• 5x Mountain
• 1x Mystic Monastery
• 1x Plains
• 3x Shivan Reef
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 3x Temple of Epiphany
• 3x Temple of Triumph

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Aqueous Form

Instant (17)

• 1x Dig Through Time
• 3x Gods Willing
• 2x Lightning Strike
• 4x Magma Jet
• 3x Ride Down
• 4x Titan's Strength

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Sideboard

Creature (2)

• 2x Thassa, God of the Sea

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Banishing Light
• 3x Encrust

Instant (7)

• 2x Aetherspouts
• 1x Deicide
• 1x Gods Willing
• 3x Jeskai Charm

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Anger of the Gods

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Maybeboard

Creature (13)

• 1x Akroan Hoplite
• 1x Battlewise Hoplite
• 1x Daxos of Meletis
• 1x Dragon-Style Twins
• 1x Elusive Spellfist
• 1x Everflame Eidolon
• 1x Iroas, God of Victory *list*
• 1x Prognostic Sphinx
• 1x Prophetic Flamespeaker
• 1x Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest
• 1x Stormbreath Dragon
• 1x Stormcaller of Keranos
• 1x Stormchaser Chimera

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Narset Transcendent

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Battle Mastery
• 1x Dictate of Kruphix
• 1x Jeskai Ascendancy
• 1x Thunderous Might

Artifact (1)

• 1x Bident of Thassa

Instant (8)

• 1x Anticipate
• 1x Center Soul
• 1x Fated Infatuation
• 1x Feat of Resistance
• 1x Gainsay
• 1x Glint
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Valorous Stance

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Bolt of Keranos

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I fell in love with Flamespeaker Adept the first time I saw it. It got even better when I realized that its ability is a trigger for whenever you scry; meaning multiple instances stack its power. Aqueous Form is just a stupidly good common. Together with Thassa, God of the Sea, you have a really strong unblockable creature every turn. This deck definitely focuses on closing the game out fast.

Deck Run-Down:

Flamespeaker Adept : The clear hero of the deck; becomes huge from using the ever-beneficial mechanic of scry.

Frostburn Weird --> Monastery Swiftspear: Not as big a body, but a 1-drop with haste that gets pumped by instants fits perfectly with this deck's theme.

Spellheart Chimera --> Mantis Rider : Solid Body that can attack as soon as it hits the field. Vigilance is nice here for extra defense.

Thassa, God of the Sea --> Lightning Strike: Keep the damage coming! We're set out blood here; I think the Lightning Strike helps fill out the curve and fits the deck nicely.

Ral Zarek --> Chandra, Pyromaster & Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker: I'm going to miss Ral, but this makes room for some big guns. Card advantage and damage, I like the sounds of those. Big threats that can win the game if not dealt with.

Aqueous Form: The amazing synergy card with Flamespeaker. Allows for Flamespeaker to hit face every time with the addition of a scry bonus!

Dissolve --> Gods Willing & Ride Down : These cards fit more with the beatdown theme, and Gods Willing acts as a precious protection agent with a scry bonus.

Magma Jet: Okay burn with a lovely scry 2!

Titan's Strength : Should be read as "Give target creature named Flamespeaker Adept +5/+1 until end of turn." Oh, and scry 1.

Voyage's End --> Dig Through Time: Was looking for a replacement card, and some extra card draw may be okay. I may change this out if I find that it's too much.

Temple of Epiphany / Temple of Triumph / Temple of Enlightenment: All the extra scrying and mana fixing we could ask for. Opening up to Jeskai gives us these awesome extras.

Sideboard:

Changed the sideboard a lot to compensate for all the different deck types out there. Let me know if I missed anything!

Maybeboard:

Oh my geez.. I have so many things I want to try for this deck. The deck has a direction it's supposed to go.. but I don't know the most optimal way to get it there. Any suggestions I'll gladly accept and think about!

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Hypothetical T4 Win:

T1: Land, Monastery Swiftspear, swing

T2: Land, Magma Jet or 2nd Monastery Swiftspear

T3: Land, Flamespeaker Adept (Swing w/ Monastery Swiftspear)

T4: Land, Aqueous Form, 3x Titan's Strength , swing for the win!

Obviously, the chance of this happening is nigh impossible, but it is the basic working of what it's looking to do. Thoughts, Suggestions, Comments, +1s are all welcomed!

Top Ranked	Achieved #84 position overall 10 years ago
Date added	11 years
Last updated	8 years
Legality	This deck is not Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 2 Mythic Rares 17 - 5 Rares 19 - 5 Uncommons 10 - 3 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.27
Tokens	Emblem Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker
Folders	Interesting stuff, Izzet, Deck I'd Like to Playtest, UR, standard, Red/Blue, Deck ideas I like, IZZET, Awesome decks (not by me), Red blue