U/R Burning Vengeance - Unstable Reaction
Modern
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Jan. 12, 2016
-1 Devil's Play
+2 Island
+2 Mountain
-4 Geistflame
+4 Izzet Charm
Made some adjustments using cards I already had in the sideboard. The main objectives here were to speed up the mana base slightly as well as rebalance my spells. As mentioned in an earlier comment, Geistflame is dead weight (its flashback is too expensive to be worth the trouble), and Izzet Charm seemed worth trying as it's a low-cost multitasker. Mainboarding Silent Departure can help stall my opponent's attack and is an inexpensive trigger for Nivix Cyclops. Desperate Ravings allows for more overall card advantage than Faithless Looting.
I don't expect this deck to work dramatically better but again, I wanted to make use of the cards I've already got.
hubatish - Geistflame isn't the best card but it works OK in this deck, particularly since as an Instant speed card it can be used to buff Nivix Cyclops on the defense to deal with many non-flying threats.
Flame Jab seems like a variation on a theme that's well worth considering if splashing green for Life from the Loam or other Dredge mechanics. Splashing black for Dredge is another possibility, but at first glance at the other Dredge cards listed on Gatherer, I think that might be spreading myself a bit thin. We'll see; this is my first stab at this deck and I'm not ruling it out entirely. :)
hubatish says... #1
I hear Burning Vengeance likes Flame Jab and other decks that go in the Life from the Loam shell. Look at some cards outside of Innistrad block. Geistflame isn't very good..
January 10, 2016 1:31 p.m.