UR Burn or Whatever

Modern*

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Creature (8)

• 2x Consecrated Sphinx
• 2x Inferno Titan
• 4x Snapcaster Mage

Planeswalker (4)

• 3x Chandra, the Firebrand
• 1x Koth of the Hammer

Land (20)

• 7x Island
• 9x Mountain
• 4x Sulfur Falls

Artifact (7)

• 3x Shrine of Burning Rage
• 4x Sphere of the Suns

Instant (16)

• 3x Desperate Ravings
• 4x Galvanic Blast
• 3x Increasing Vengeance
• 3x Mana Leak
• 3x Volt Charge

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Red Sun's Zenith
• 2x Slagstorm
• 2x Whipflare

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Took some ideas from a generic UB control deck and tried to translate them over to UB Burn with a little control. I don't think UB burn has the tempo to be tournament worthy, but I'm willing to try some stuff out. Maybe the next expansion will show some love.

A lot of the strategies are basic though:

• Run land until you need to clear the board with burn: Galvanic Blast, Whipflare, Slagstorm.

• Desperate Ravings when it's safe to gain card advantage.

• Save Volt Charge (if you can) for Chandra, the Firebrand, Koth of the Hammer, Shrine of Burning Rage, and Sphere of the Suns.

• T4/5 can be exciting if you have Volt Charge + Chandra, the Firebrand + Increasing Vengeance. It's really exciting if you have a Shrine of Burning Rage out.

• Consecrated Sphinx or Inferno Titan are the late game finishers. The former for card advantage, and the latter to hopefully deal that last bit of damage you need.

• I run slightly fewer spells on a lot of cards because of Snapcaster Mages utility/presence.

• I'm currently only running 1xRed Sun's Zenith, but it's required to stop the likes of anything that might re-utilize a creature sent to the graveyard -- such as Gravecrawler, Naya Pod, Undying, etc.

Current thoughts I'm working over:

• -1Snapcaster Mage +1Koth of the Hammer

• -2Island -1Mountain +3Inkmoth Nexus => to increase my odds for metalcrafting, bur I'm a little weary on this currently

• Too much/little board wipe control with Snapcaster Mage + Whipflare/Slagstorm

• Is 4xSphere of the Suns too much -- I'm leaning toward no on this one (if I continue to use them). However, my thoughts on this was it allows me a little mana ramp, has synergy with Volt Charge, and helps with metalcrafting.

• Is 1xKoth of the Hammer worth it over 4xChandra, the Firebrand (assuming I don't increase his card count by one).

Sideboard is a WIP

Date added	12 years
Last updated	12 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 14 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.60
Tokens	Emblem Koth of the Hammer