Slap and Tickle

Modern Aggro Delver RUW (Jeskai, America) Tempo

jexjhuy

Creature (13)

• 4x Delver of Secrets  ^Flip
• 3x Geist of Saint Traft
• 3x Monastery Swiftspear
• 3x Stormchaser Mage

Land (20)

• 2x Flooded Strand
• 3x Hallowed Fountain
• 2x Island
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Plains
• 2x Sacred Foundry
• 2x Scalding Tarn
• 3x Steam Vents
• 2x Sulfur Falls

Instant (24)

• 2x Anticipate
• 3x Boros Charm
• 2x Electrolyze
• 4x Lightning Bolt
• 4x Lightning Helix
• 2x Manamorphose
• 4x Remand
• 3x Spell Pierce

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Serum Visions

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Sideboard

Creature (3)

• 3x Young Pyromancer

Artifact (2)

• 2x Relic of Progenitus

Instant (8)

• 2x Mutagenic Growth
• 2x Path to Exile
• 2x Surgical Extraction
• 2x Wear / Tear

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Radiant Flames

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This deck represents my first foray into official Magic: The Gathering tournaments, and I still have much to learn. What I've aimed for is a very fast deck, relying on early-game swinging with Monastery Swiftspear and Delver of Secrets   , and lots of burn to slap through my opponent's board and win early on.

The Plan

• Play either Delver or Swiftspear turn 1
• Attack turn 2, hopefully with prowess or transformed delver
• Use burn to deal with threats or punch face
• Maybe win?

This deck can also switch into more of a control-burn deck if required.

The Creatures

• Delver of Secrets   - An utter powerhouse. With the number of instants and sorceries in this list, transformation is highly likely by turn 2.
• Monastery Swiftspear - A monster on turn 1, and only becomes more dangerous the fuller my hand is.
• Stormchaser Mage - A three-of. 1/3 evasive creature is fine, flying and prowess really put it over into good. Resistant to bolts as long as I have tricks, too.
• Geist of Saint Traft - Although a slow play for turn 3, Geist's hexproof really shines in my playgroup's current meta. Being able to swing for 6 on turn 4 (ignoring potential for delvers and swiftspears to attack, too) is ridiculous. There is no point in the game where this is not a helpful draw.
• Young Pyromancer - 3x in sideboard. Decent against goyf matchups.

The Other Permanents

• Relic of Progenitus - 2x in sideboard. Single-target graveyard hate against Snapcasters, full-graveyard hate against Goyf.

The Burn Suite

• Lightning Bolt - An obvious auto-inclusion. Nowhere else will you get this much value for a single red mana.
• Lightning Helix - A slightly more expensive Bolt with decent upside - excellent against burn decks.
• Electrolyze - A bit expensive in this deck, but two damage + cantrip is nothing to scoff at when you're dumping your hand as fast as this deck does.
• Boros Charm - The four-damage mode is most often selected, but there are times where the other modes come in extremely handy.
• Radiant Flames - 2x in sideboard. Adjustable-strength boardwipe in a pinch, great against hexproof + weenies.

The Utilities

• Anticipate - Speeds this deck up considerably, and having a choice for what to keep is mighty helpful.
• Serum Visions - 3x in mainboard. 1-mana draw spell and scry to set up Delver. It's hurt by sorcery speed but triggered delver is a must.
• Remand - Auto-include. Sometimes, denying an answer + getting that cast trigger are all you need to win. Oh, and cantrip? 4x, please.
• Spell Pierce - Dealing with combat tricks, pacts, planeswalkers and phyrexian-mana spells are important in a tempo-heavy meta.
• Boros Charm - The indestructible mode comes in handy against control decks, and double-strike on a creature is often a game-ending move.
• Wear / Tear - 2x in sideboard. Cheap, dirty permanent removal if I'm up against artifact-or-enchantment-heavy decks. Considering Vandalblast as a replacement.
• Manamorphose - Basically, prowess trigger and cantrip. Thins the deck a tad, can draw into answers.
• Path to Exile - Sideboard. Quick, dirty creature removal.
• Surgical Extraction - Getting rid of combo pieces, dead goyfs, anything I can think of.
• Mutagenic Growth - Instant-speed, +2/+2, and a prowess trigger at once. May be useful in some matchups.

Sideboarding Strategy

Keeping in mind, the actual sideboarding will vary depending on the exact match-up.

• Radiant Flames for weenies, bogles and thoptersword.
• Relic of Progenitus for dredge, loam, welder, goyf.
• Wear / Tear for affinity, thoptersword, weenie anthems.
• Path to Exile for goyf.
• Young Pyromancer for creature-heavy matchups, mirror, control.
• Surgical Extraction against goyf, combo, mirror, bogles.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 14 - 4 Rares 32 - 9 Uncommons 5 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.70
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Elemental 1/1 R
Folders	Modern