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Standard Burn Control Discard UR (Izzet)

SprayingMantis

Creature (14)

• 2x Disciple of the Ring
• 1x Embermaw Hellion
• 1x Endbringer
• 1x Jace, Vryn's Prodigy  ^Flip
• 1x Jori En, Ruin Diver
• 1x Kozilek, the Great Distortion
• 1x Ravenous Bloodseeker
• 1x Reckless Scholar
• 2x Sin Prodder
• 1x Thing in the Ice  ^Flip
• 1x Thought-Knot Seer
• 1x Zephyr Scribe

Land (22)

• 1x Highland Lake
• 7x Island
• 1x Mirrorpool
• 6x Mountain
• 1x Sea Gate Wreckage
• 2x Shivan Reef
• 2x Wandering Fumarole
• 2x Warped Landscape

Enchantment (4)

• 2x Fevered Visions
• 2x Jace's Sanctum

Artifact (2)

• 2x Brain in a Jar

Instant (14)

• 4x Calculated Dismissal
• 1x Epiphany at the Drownyard
• 2x Fall of the Titans
• 4x Fiery Temper
• 1x Geistblast
• 1x Just the Wind
• 1x Overwhelming Denial

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Avacyn's Judgment
• 1x Crush of Tentacles
• 1x Talent of the Telepath
• 1x Welcome to the Fold

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Sideboard

Creature (2)

• 2x Pyre Hound

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Illusory Gains

Artifact (1)

• 1x Skeleton Key

Instant (10)

• 1x Chandra's Fury
• 2x Disperse
• 1x Grip of the Roil
• 2x Negate
• 1x Rending Volley
• 1x Send to Sleep
• 1x Smash to Smithereens
• 1x Tears of Valakut

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Welcome to the Fold

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Maybeboard

Creature (4)

• 1x Abbot of Keral Keep
• 1x Goblin Dark-Dwellers
• 1x Harbinger of the Tides
• 1x Sigiled Starfish

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Dampening Pulse
• 1x Harness the Storm

Instant (3)

• 1x Kozilek's Return
• 1x Lightning Axe
• 1x Warping Wail

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Devour in Flames
• 1x Rise from the Tides

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My attempt at a control deck.My first itteration was an awkward combination of Zombie and Vampire tribal from SOI pre-release, then I gradually tweaked it into what I was calling "burn control" cause idk it sounded neat. Basically whittle away with direct damage while keeping board state clearish but I tried to put in tempo cards too cause I didn't know what I was doing, so I ended up with a deck that had a bunch of aggro cards with my wincon being a big ol' fall of the titans or something.Anyways, now I'm looking to make it more of a control focused deck until I can get out Kozilek, the Great Distortion, burn you down with Embermaw Hellion or flip Thing in the Ice  . If not just burn you, but I'll make sure to try and save that stuff for creatures

Stuff I'm looking for help with: I feel like this might be having an "identity crisis" trying to balance control and burn on one hand (most of the burn being for removal now) and madness and surge on the other. My logic was that madness could play into surge decently because they're both cost reduction mechanics so.Also need to know if I need to tweak my balance between assets of the deck like discard outlets and madness cards, if I need more versatile win cons, etc.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 25 - 2 Rares 4 - 4 Uncommons 12 - 9 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.32
Tokens	Copy Clone, Emblem Jace, Vryn's Prodigy, Octopus 8/8 U