Flavor Description: Purphoros, God of the Forge. He serves as the blacksmith of the gods and is now yours to command, Planeswalker. His followers, yours. They will all help you. Goblins, Humans, Elementals, and more...Summon his worshippers dealing damage to everyone around you as they enter the battlefield. Purphoros proudly creates the mechanisms you will need to run an efficient army to overwhelm and burn the enemies to the ground. As long as you keep Purphoros by your side you will always have The Will of Fire.
Small Deck Description:
Do you like simple decks? Straight forward? Has anyone ever told you that bUrN cAnT bE dOnE iN cOmMaNdEr? Well, look no further for you have found a deck that is right up your alley. This is a very simple deck. You cast your general on turn 4 at the latest and burn everyone alive. Okay, there is a little more to it than that. You need to use your creatures as a source for a wide range of abilities that go from protecting yourself to removing permanents or doing extra damage. You do not have to worry about this deck not being considered an aggro deck because of the number of creatures you will have on the field. Mind you this is still a mono-red deck so there are limitations but we use what we can to negate those negative interactions with our deck. There is a good amount of card draw to negate the low mana cost imbalance.
Turn 2 Wins (Pre Bans):
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Turn 1 play a Snow-Covered Mountain then Mana Crypt. Tap Mana Crypt for 2 colorless mana, using 1 to play Sol Ring. Tap Snow-Covered Mountain for 1 red mana still floating 1 colorless mana to play Runaway Steam-Kin. Then play Lotus Petal. Tap Sol Ring for 2 colorless mana to play Arcane Signet.
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Turn 2 play a Snow-Covered Mountain. Sacrifice Lotus Petal, tap Sol Ring, and tap Mana Crypt to gain 1 red mana and 4 colorless mana to cast Purphoros, God of the Forge floating 1 colorless mana. Tap a Snow-Covered Mountain and Arcane Signet with the floating 1 colorless mana to play Seething Song. You will gain 5 red mana and still have an untapped Snow-Covered Mountain to use 3 red mana to play Grinning Ignus which will put a counter on Runaway Steam-Kin. You use 1 of the 3 remaining red mana to bounce Grinning Ignus back to your hand which will net you 1 red and 2 colorless mana. Play Grinning Ignus again putting another counter onto Runaway Steam-Kin. Rinse and repeat until everyone is dead from Purphoros, God of the Forge's ability.
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Turn 1 play a Snow-Covered Mountain and Mana Crypt. Tap Mana Crypt for 2 colorless mana to play Sol Ring using 1 colorless mana. Tap your Snow-Covered Mountain and the Sol Ring to play Birgi, God of Storytelling
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Turn 2 play a Snow-Covered Mountain. Tap a Snow-Covered Mountain, Sol Ring, and Mana Crypt to play Purphoros, God of the Forge gaining 1 red mana from Birgi, God of Storytelling
with 1 colorless mana floating. Then tap your remaining Snow-Covered Mountain to play Grinning Ignus gaining 1 red mana from Birgi, God of Storytelling
to infinitely bounce Grinning Ignus until everyone is dead from Purphoros, God of the Forge's ability.
Fun Card Interactions:
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Mana Crypt + Snow-Covered Mountain + Seething Song : Turn 1 Purphoros.
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Extraplanar Lens + 28 Snow-Covered Mountain : You imprint a Snow-Covered Mountain with Extra planar lens so you can get double the mana but your opponents cannot.
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Crucible of Worlds + Glacial Crevasses + 28 Snow-Covered Mountain : Stops all combat damage for as long as you want whenever you want.
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Skullclamp + ANY TOKEN : When you equip Skullclamp to any of your tokens they will die; so you basically pay 1 to draw 2 cards.
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Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Conspicuous Snoop : With Conspicuous Snoop on the battlefield without summoning sickness and Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker revealed as your top card; Snoop will gain Kiki's tapped ability allowing it to copy itself infinitely. If you have Purphoros, God of the Forge out as well then it will be infinite damage.
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Grinning Ignus + Runaway Steam-Kin : Infinite bounce. If you have Purphoros, God of the Forge out as well then it will be infinite damage.
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Grinning Ignus + Birgi, God of Storytelling
: Infinite bounce. If you have Purphoros, God of the Forge out as well then it will be infinte damage.
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Grinning Ignus + Hazoret's Monument/Ruby Medallion : Hazoret's Monument/Ruby Medallion is on the battlefield making Grinning Ignus cost one less colorless mana to cast (optional discard to draw a card for Hazoret). You have three mana (at least two red) and play Grinning Ignus for the reduced cost leaving one red mana open (possibly discarding a card to draw for Hazoret). Use the remaining one red mana to blink Grinning Ignus to your hand giving you one red and two colorless mana. Cast Grinning Ignus for the reduced cost (possibly discarding a card to draw for Hazoret.) You have one colorless mana left over.
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Sneak Attack + Grinning Ignus : You have Sneak Attack on the battlefield and two red mana; then you play Grinning Ignus using Sneak Attack's ability for one red mana. Use the remaining red mana to return Grinning Ignus to your hand gaining one red and two colorless mana. Play Grinning Ignus using the one red and two colorless mana.
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Molten Echoes + Grinning Ignus : You have Molten Echoes on the battlefield and four mana (at least two red); then you play Grinning Ignus. This will trigger Molten Echoes's ability creating a token copy of Grinning Ignus. Use your last red mana to blink the non-token Grinning Ignus to your hand giving you one red and two colorless mana. Use the red mana to blink the token Grinning Ignus giving you one red and two colorless mana (four colorless mana in total now). Use one red and two colorless mana to play Grinning Ignus to trigger Molten Echoes's ability. You have two colorless mana left over.
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Play Goblin Matron or Imperial Recruiter then search for and play Goblin Recruiter. Search for Goblin Ringleader and 4 other Goblins of your choice placing Goblin Ringleader as the next drawn card. Next turn, draw Goblin Ringleader and play it putting the 4 Goblins you searched for in your hand.
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Play Goblin Matron or Imperial Recruiter then search for and play Goblin Recruiter. Search for Conspicuous Snoop, Skirk Prospector, Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker, and Siege-Gang Commander then place them on top of your library from 1st drawn to 4th drawn in that order. Next turn, play Conspicuous Snoop and reveal Skirk Prospector (it does not have haste but can generate mana via sacking goblins because Skirk Prospector is revealed) so utilize your hand as best as possible. Next turn, draw and reveal Kiki-Jiki initiating the infinite token creation mentioned above. If you do not have Purphoros, God of the Forge out then you can create an appropriate amount of goblins via the infinte token creation and sack enough (via Skirk Prospector) to play Kiki-Jiki from the top of the library revealing Siege-Gang allowing you to utilize his activated ability (Sack a goblin to do 2 damage to any target) to kill everyone.
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Play Goblin Matron or Imperial Recruiter then search for and play Goblin Recruiter. Search for Conspicuous Snoop, Goblin Lackey, Warren Instigator and place them on top of your library in that order as the next 3 drawn cards along with any other goblin creature you want after. Next turn, draw Conspicuous Snoop and play it. Reveal, Goblin Lackey and play it. Reveal, etc....
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Play Sneak Attack and use its ability to bring in either Goblin Lackey or Warren Instigator with haste. Attack with either card to deal damage and bring in 1 or 2 Goblin cards from your hand into play.
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Muxus, Goblin Grandee is a beast of a card in this deck. It has a max potential of dealing 28 damage without any aid from damage doubling/tripling. In conjunction with Goblin Recruiter you can instantly win the game via setting up the Conspicuous Snoop/Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker combo.
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Tibalt's Trickery + Goblin Recruiter + RANDOM SPELL: Play Goblin Recruiter, search for 7 goblins and put them on top of the library in this order; Goblin Chirurgeon, Stingscourger, Mogg War Marshal, Conspicuous Snoop, Skirk Prospector, Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker, and Siege-Gang Commander. Play random spell and counter it with Tibalt's Trickery.
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Tibalt's Trickery + Goblin Recruiter + RANDOM SPELL: Play Goblin Recruiter, search for 13 goblins and put them on top of the library in this order; Goblin Chirurgeon, Stingscourger, Mogg War Marshal, Muxus, Goblin Grandee, Dockside Extortionist, Goblin Trashmaster, Krenko, Mob Boss, Siege-Gang Lieutenant, Treasure Nabber, Conspicuous Snoop, Skirk Prospector, Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker, and Siege-Gang Commander. Play random spell and counter it with Tibalt's Trickery.
(12) Defensive cards:
Stranglehold, Chaos Warp, Deflecting Swat, Pyroblast, Tibalt's Trickery, Goblin Chirurgeon, Goblin Trashmaster, Stingscourger, Glacial Crevasses, Cavern of Souls, and Treasure Nabber.
(6) Search engine cards:
Goblin Matron, Goblin Recruiter, Imperial Recruiter, Inventors' Fair, Flamekin Harbinger, and Gamble.
(11) Card draw cards:
Skullclamp, Conspicuous Snoop, Wheel of Fortune, Reforge the Soul, Molten Psyche, Jeska's Will, Goblin Ringleader, Valakut Exploration, Wheel of Misfortune, Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
, and Winds of Change.
(13) Creature token creation cards:
Force of Rage, Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker, Siege-Gang Lieutenant, Krenko, Mob Boss, Mogg War Marshal, Siege-Gang Commander, Empty the Warrens, Firecat Blitz, Mogg Infestation, Hordeling Outburst, Krenko's Command, Tempt with Vengeance, and Molten Echoes.
(15) Mana ramp cards:
Dockside Extortionist, Cursed Mirror, Seething Song, Arcane Signet, Extraplanar Lens, Mana Vault, Jeska's Will, Hazoret's Monument, Treasure Nabber, Runaway Steam-Kin, Ruby Medallion, Birgi, God of Storytelling
, Mana Crypt, Lotus Petal, and Sol Ring.
(6) Cheat in creature cards:
Sneak Attack, Warren Instigator, Moggcatcher, Goblin Lackey, Cryptic Gateway, and Muxus, Goblin Grandee.
(38) Burn damage cards:
ALL 26 CREATURES, Purphoros, God of the Forge, Force of Rage, Empty the Warrens, Cursed Mirror, Firecat Blitz, Goblin Rally, Hordeling Outburst, Krenko's Command, Tempt with Vengeance, Molten Echoes, Valakut Exploration, Mogg Infestation, and Rolling Earthquake.
