Anybody Ever Try 5 Color Burn?
Modern forum
Posted on Feb. 26, 2015, 12:12 p.m. by InnerFlame
I've been pondering the idea of turning my current 4 color burn deck into a 5 color burn deck. If I take out 3 basic mountains and run 1 Blood Crypt, I have so many more options as far as sideboarding goes and it gives me access to Tribal Flames. Does 5 color burn have any potential in competitive modern play?
If you want to see my deck now, just head over to my profile and look at it. This is not a question of my deck, but a question of 5 color burn in modern.
It's a really cool idea, and it is definitely good against some match-up! Though, I'm afraid that it is really bad against another burn deck!
February 26, 2015 12:23 p.m.
Black also gives you another Lava Spike in Bump in the Night.
February 26, 2015 12:27 p.m.
Hjaltrohir says... #5
It would be hard with all the fixing you'd have to have to do but you could make it work. Bump in the Night might not be too bad.
February 26, 2015 12:27 p.m.
Someone at my shop runs it. It kills me, but my deck is very weak to burn.
February 26, 2015 12:28 p.m.
InnerFlame says... #7
Jay and awesomeguy37: I personally find running 3 colors in the main board is a bad idea. I would always keep it 2 colors and then side in the other colors...Probably should have clarified that in the description. Yeah, that's what scares me, the burn mirror.
February 26, 2015 12:31 p.m.
Playing mana confluence can help too. 5 color is a bit ambitious but hell, why not?
February 26, 2015 12:32 p.m.
As NorthernRaven pointed out, your opponent will love you in the mirror.
February 26, 2015 12:34 p.m.
InnerFlame says... #10
meecht, Jay, NorthernRaven: Would the mirror still be that bad even if I'm keeping it Boros in the main deck and only siding in the other 3 colors?
February 26, 2015 12:37 p.m.
fluffybunnypants says... #11
5 color burn was a very good and very underplayed thing when Deathrite Shaman was legal. It's a little harder to pull off correctly now.
February 26, 2015 12:57 p.m.
Tribal Flames burn in modern really isn't worth it. The manabase is painful and relatively inconsistent IMHO. The 4/5c burn decks I've seen in modern mainly used Mana Confluence, City of Brass and Gemstone Mine instead of shocks and fetches. Currently, though, there isn't too much of a reason for an aggressive burn deck to run blue. Burn gains Destructive Revelry from green, Boros Charm and Lightning Helix from white and Bump in the Night from black. For a while, burn used blue for Treasure Cruise, but that's out of the question now.
February 26, 2015 1:19 p.m.
@InnerFlame - the issue comes from the need to run all those shocklands, fetches, and possibly Mana Confluence just to get the mana base to work.
February 26, 2015 1:52 p.m.
NoPantsParade says... #15
There's a guy at my shop who runs some sort of Domain Zoo deck or something, similar to your idea. It's five color, and it's pretty bonkers. I haven't been in a while, but I remember it having Geist, Goyf, Swiftspear, and some other creatures. Then it played a general burn package with Tribal Flames. It's definitely worth a try to see how it works.
February 26, 2015 2:27 p.m.
InnerFlame says... #17
Yeah 5 color zoo is actually a thing. I can see how Tribal Flames isnt worth it. I just want the deck to run as it does now with just boros colors on the main deck. And then use the other 4 colors in the sodeboard based upon what I need for the matchup...thats my idea at least.
another questio. Im running four combust right now. Anybody think 2 Slaughter Games would be a decent option in the sodeboard if I go five colors. I run 20 lands. 13 fetches.
February 26, 2015 6:31 p.m.
JexInfinite says... #18
Tribal Flames burn worked great before the Cruise ban, now it sucks. Just play every colour except blue and have a great sideboard.
February 27, 2015 1:18 a.m.
InnerFlame says... #19
I like blue for Spellskite in my sodeboard. I live without black.
February 27, 2015 8:13 a.m.
InnerFlame says... #21
meecht: haha technically I dint need blue I suppose haha. But do I really want to be taking 2 damage every time I want to use its ability?
InnerFlame says... #2
I meant take out one of my 3 mountains*
February 26, 2015 12:13 p.m.