Red Burn Budget improvements
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Posted on June 6, 2013, 3:12 a.m. by chris10188
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Trying to improve a burn deck I threw together. I was wondering if i should add 4x Blistercoil Weird and 4x Dual Casting to apparently cast triples of my spells. If its a good idea, I'm unsure what to remove, but was thinking the searing blazes due to the land requirement, and the cacklers which feel out of place.
Any suggestions, comments or information is greatly appreciated. Thank you
I wouldn't add Blistercoil Weird and Dual Casting , it's much too slow and fragile for a burn deck.
Burn is all about a careful management of resources. If you go T1 Blistercoil Weird , T2 Dual Casting and your opponent simply untaps and kills it you're pretty much not ever going to win that game now as a burn deck. You've invested 2 cards and haven't touched their life total yet.
I would focus instead on getting all the much more efficient burn spells. While they can't all be Lightning Bolt , you can do loads better than Brimstone Volley . Rift Bolt , Lava Spike , Chain Lightning , etc. Basically 3 damage for 1 mana is your gold standard. If those prove to hard to find or too expensive then shift up from there, Searing Spear or any of the other 3 damage for 2 mana spells.
For creatures, you want to focus on lean and mean. Guttersnipe might seem like a good fit, but you're going to be running out of gas by T3-T4. So you want to finish them off not cast such an unaggressive creature. Other creatures to look at adding would be Spark Elemental , Keldon Marauders and Goblin Guide if you find your willing to invest a little money
All that will also lower your curve, meaning you can shave lands and run more spells. Burn definitely wants to push the percentages against getting flooded.
Also, drop Reverberate . I know the temptation is to dream of hitting 10 damage off a miracled Thunderous Wrath for 3 mana, but you're playing burn. You will be top decking a lot, and this card will simply loose you games in those situations. You're simply better off running another burn spell in its place.
June 6, 2013 7:45 a.m.
chris10188 says... #4
Unfortunatly I am currently buying all my cards off of eBay, so my selection is limited. would the cards: Chandra's Spitfire , Elemental Appeal ,Spark Elemental , Thunderbolt or Arc Trail help at all?
June 6, 2013 10:27 a.m.
chris10188 says... #5
oops I didn't mean to paste spark elemental, I see it in the above comment, I meant to paste Charmbreaker Devils
June 6, 2013 10:42 a.m.
Certainly yes to Spark Elemental , and like I said it's not great but the 3 damage 2 mana spells are not that bad, so Thunderbolt and Arc Trail are fine. Though I would prioritize Skullcrack and Searing Spear over Thunderbolt since they are basically always better.
Once again, a card like Chandra's Spitfire has good synergy, but I think it's a little slow for a true burn deck.
Elemental Appeal is contentious, but I think I would give it a pass. It's certainly right on message with the rest of the deck, and 7 is a big hit, but I feel that you'd be better served keeping the curve low. The fewer lands you need to run the more spells you can cram in, and burn decks are all about trying to count up ~7 spells. Ideally you hit 2-3 lands and just keep drawing spells.
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June 6, 2013 3:20 a.m.