Turn 3 kill?
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Posted on May 6, 2015, 9:07 a.m. by kameenook
In my mind I can think of numerous Turn 4 kills in standard, whether it be combo or Red Deck Wins (RDW), however a Turn 3 kill is much more brutal. So, what Turn 3 kills can you think of in standard?
These kills I consider as having no opponent, you can be on the play or on the draw, and whatever god hand you need, it is there.
I'll be on the draw, just in case I need an extra card. In hand, 3 Monastery Swiftspears, 3 Wild Slash, and 1 Mountain.
T1:Draw a mountain for turn, play a swiftspear, swing for one, opponent at 19.
T2: Draw a mountain for turn, play two swiftspears, swing for three, opponent at 16.
T3: Draw a mountain, swing for three, Wild Slash three times, opponent at 10, three prowess triggers, get in for 12 damage, opponent goes to -2.
Anything else? I'm especially interested in something outside of RDW that can win on Turn 3, but I'll also appreciate any other sligh or RDW kills you can think of.
That sounds easily achievable, you did in 4 cards what took me 6.
May 6, 2015 9:15 a.m.
The problem is having the mana available by turn 3. You would need a playset of Mana Confluence and a playset of Battlefield Forge to get this semi-consistently. 1W 2R is only consistent turn 3 if you had R/W fetchlands.
May 6, 2015 9:22 a.m.
Turn 1: swiftspear, opponent at 19
Turn 2: 2x swiftspear, opponent at 16
Turn 3: 3x titan's strenght, opponent at -5
haha that would be brutal
May 6, 2015 10 a.m.
Kroto, you just need a T1 Plains, then mountains/red sources from there out, it's not that hard.
May 6, 2015 10:04 a.m.
Jeskai combo can.
Turn 1, Altar of brood or nothing
Turn 2, Sylvan
Turn 3, Jeskai Ascendancy, tap Caryatid for mana, play 0 cost artifact, loop with helix, or dig for brood with helix/item loop
May 6, 2015 10:11 a.m.
magnetcrocodile says... #8
T1: 
, cast Ornithopter and Monastery Swiftspear. Opp at 19
T2: 
, cast Ensoul Artifact. Prowess and swing. Opp at 12
T3: Cast Temur Battle Rage on thopter. Prowess and swing. Opp at 0(optional: play another and cast Wild Slash)
This one actually happened to me
May 6, 2015 10:12 a.m.
At GP Toronto, I managed to do this 3 times...
T1: Ornithopter (or other 1CMC) Artifact
T2: Ensoul Artifact, swing for 5.
T3: Titan's Strength, Temur Battle Rage, swing for 16.
May 7, 2015 8:34 a.m.
SadisticMystic says... #12
Jeskai Ascendancy can win on turn 2 if it's on the draw, but that requires running Elvish Mystic and further straining the mana base.
May 7, 2015 10:34 p.m.
SadisticMystic, how so? Chaining a bunch of zero drops together or something?
May 8, 2015 7:30 a.m.
turn 1 - springleaf drum and ornithopter, tap for mystic (on the draw) 4 cards in hand.
Turn 2 - 5 cards in hand, then tap drum and thopter and two lands for ascendancy, leaving the mystic untapped. Cast any 0 cost non creature artifact for free, untapping mystic, tap mystic for another drum, untapping mystic, tap drum and thopter for retraction helix on the mystic, then proceed to generate infinite ascendancy triggers, bumping up the team... Swing :)
May 8, 2015 8:21 a.m.
I mean untapping your thopter on that first trigger, not the mystic...
May 8, 2015 8:23 a.m.
Yeah I got it, I had forgot about Springleaf Drum, for some reason I had imagined you just casting Jeskai Ascendancy off a T1 mystic + painland, which is actually impossible facpalm.
May 8, 2015 8:28 a.m.
Kalibroxin says... #17
Turn 1: Sidisi's Faithful, Ornithopter, Ornithopter
Turn 2: Assault Formation, Swing for 8.
Turn 3: Swing, cast Triton Tactics, deal 14 damage (for a total of 22)
May 8, 2015 8:45 a.m.
Kalibroxin that sounds easy to do! Assault Formation in hand and everything gets out of hand quickly!
May 8, 2015 8:48 a.m.
Kalibroxin says... #19
yup...and there are actually other combinations too.
Instead of Sidisi's Faithful, you could cast a Embodiment of Spring, still dealing 21 damage by T3.
You could cast Shape the Sands instead of Triton Tactics, still dealing 21 damage by T3.
You could cast two "pump" spells on turn three instead of casting the second Ornithopter, still dealing 22-24 damage by T3.
Check out my Simic Assault Formation! deck for the full build. It's fairly cheap and fun.
May 8, 2015 9:02 a.m.
Kalibroxin says... #20
The link screwed up somehow.. That is not my deck. Just look under my profile...lol. That's what I get for trying to make things easier for people...lol.
Kroto says... #2
RW Heroic:
Turn 1 Favored Hoplite
Turn 2 Artful Maneuver swing
Turn 3 rebound + Titan's Strength + Temur Battle Rage swing
May 6, 2015 9:13 a.m.