This card severely slows the game down, which is something that an aggressive burn deck never wants. (And trust me, we are playing an "aggressive burn deck")
I guess we can all agree that
Black Vise
is a fun card. You can abuse it if you build a janky combo deck around it. It usually involves quick ramp, forced card draw, bounce spells, and
Reliquary Tower
effects. A friend of mine has one such deck. Now, it can kill by turn 3 with the nut draw, but usually, it fails because you simply draw dead without a Vise.
Thus, I am not looking to abuse the card but instead to fit it into a burn shell as a useful addition.
So, as you have seen, the combo is Vise + Orb + Ankh.
It's really quite simple.
Winter Orb
makes everyone stuck on mana, which prevents people from casting many spells.
Ankh of Mishra
deals damage to a player whenever they play a land, which punishes them for trying to reduce the mana deficiency caused by
Winter Orb
. This means they'll either have a bunch of cards stuck in hand or will take a ton of damage. Stick a
Black Vise
and they'll take damage no matter what they do.
Mana bases in Legacy are usually overloaded with fetches for "deck thinning" but is it really worth the life in a monocoloered deck? I think not. Thus, we just have 15 mountains and a playset of
Great Furnace
for more consistency with
Shrapnel Blast
.
Overall, this deck is very easy to play and quite consistent, plus it's a lot more fun than normal burn decks. Also, $150-200 (depending on where you purchase the deck) is an amazing price for a deck that's competitive enough to go 5-0 in competitive Legacy leagues!
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