Pauper Kaminari

by SaddestRobot on 22 May 2015

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (15 cards)

Enchantments (3)

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Deck Tags

  • Pauper
  • Arcane

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Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for Pauper Kaminari

Ire of Kaminari is an awesome card to build around. When Spite of Mogis came out, I was happy and started thinking about how to use it like Ire of Kaminari... until I realised Spite can only target creatures :'(

I remember making an Ire of Kaminari deck, but it's win ratio was low. Once I added Wee Dragonauts, my win ratio rose by quite a bit as I needed less arcane cards in the graveyard to win off Ire. Thinking now, Kiln Fiend mite be better than Wee Dragonauts as it costs less mana and gets a bigger boost per spell cast. Nivix Cyclops is another option for a creature with a higher toughness.

Dropping down to 20 lands, dropping Izzet Boilerworks all together and adding 4 to 6 Evolving Wilds and or Terramorphic Expanse might help with drawing unnecessary lands off your draw spells.

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Posted 22 May 2015 at 08:22

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I haven't put it together yet, but I'm looking forward to trying it soon. Did you find that Splicing was a useful mechanic? I was hoping that splicing glacial Ray could be a big game, which is why I wanted the boiler works to make extra mana. Could just be too clunky though. Kiln fiend is definitely a possibility though.

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Posted 24 May 2015 at 23:50

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Splice is cool when you have the mana to use it, but I found that with the way Ire of Kaminari works, you'll not be splicing very often (Ire of Kaminari needs the arcane cards in the graveyard).

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Posted 25 May 2015 at 04:13

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I built it with the kiln fiends and a remodeled mana base. It feels pretty bad, unfortunately. It play like a really bad burn deck most of the time.

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Posted 26 May 2015 at 01:51

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And now you have found the sad truth about a Kaminari dec: fun idea, not so good in reality. I actually remodelled mine (the one I sometimes play) into a Modern deck that includes two copies of The Unspeakable. While it's not very competitive, it is has a bit more oomph than the pauper version.

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Posted 26 May 2015 at 04:16

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On the plus side, Peer Through Depths has actually felt kinda playable. I could see it working well in a controlly mystical teachings-type deck as a psuedo-tutor. An idea for another day.

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Posted 26 May 2015 at 14:24

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