Feel the Burn?
The plan is simple, burn the hell out of their face, gain some life with Warleader's Helix and keep burning. Only against mono red haste or another form of aggro where you won't have a turn 3 Anger of the Gods or turn 4 Supreme Verdict in hand would I recommend using burn spells on their guys as staying alive is more important so we want them to run out of steam.
I found 25 lands to be ideal, as I want to hit my land drops and Magma Jet and Temple of Triumph always help to get rid of extras or vice versa those games we get stuck!
Trying out Steam Augury as my pseudo card draw engine since post board against mono U or decks that will board out their limited removal spells after seeing the deck game 1, it has great synergy with Spellheart Chimera coming out of the board.
6 board wipes main board and all that burn that can be used as removal a lot of the times is just huge I think. Of course, as any deck it can be beaten by anything sometimes, or get run over by a nut draw from aggro.
One thing, before anyone suggests Guttersnipe, Young Pyromancer, Chandra's Phoenix I have considered all of them, and going creature-less with all burn seems more viable, leaving all their removal as pure dead cards, looking at you mono black!! I do like all of these cards, and if I switch the deck to having permaments some of them will make the cut, the only problem with that, is that it becomes closer to normal burn decks, and the Epic Experiment would probably be unplayable which is the whole point of the deck. I could be wrong though, 4-8 slots could be given up and still played with E.E.
In certain matchups where you are certain they have boarded out their removal, well look who comes flying in Spellheart Chimera and if they did indeed side it out, he along with a few burns will end a game quick time!!
As for the rest of the board, Swan Song and Negate come in against control and the board wipes come out. Wear / Tear are because I have found both Whip of Erebos and Hammer of Purphoros to be a bit of a hindrance, but they can be beaten for sure.
I have played 4 matches against mono U and it is the toughest match I've had so far, and unfortunately it's Tier 1 and a big part of the meta, so I wanted to make the match up better. Guttersnipe post board will just sit there since they have no removal especially game 2 when they first see him, and he also doesn't care if he gets tapped down by a Tidebinder Mage a few turns with him sitting there should seal the deal. I hope that is the edge I need against mono U.
Again, let me know if you can help, as I would love to do well with something crazy that no one sees coming!!! Comments and +1's are always welcomed and appreciated also, thanks for stopping by!
