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I'm looking for help! I've pulled two Chandra's, so I decided that I needed to make a deck that was based around her. I'm trying to keep it fairly cheap (with the exception of the third Pyromaster), as I already have the Young Pyromancers, etc. The sideboard here isn't really a sideboard, so much as cards that are on the table at the moment/cards I would order so I could tinker with the deck once I had it.
Fairly straightforward. Land Pyromancer and guttersnipe early to boost spell power, if they don't show up, stall with burn removal. Late in the game (turn five/six), light them up with all kinds of stuff.
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Pyromaster's Gauntlet doesn't seem very good in this deck. You will cast pretty much all your burn spells before you ever play it. I'd run skullcrack instead.
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^Mozex is right. For Pyromaster's Gauntlet, it requires a slower build that can reach 5 mana before losing all its burn power.
Interesting. I know it gets like, zero play, but it still seems viable to me. Later in the game, the two drop burn spells aren't quite enough to clear the board; I figured the gauntlet would fix that, no?
It doesn't get much play, but I figured it would ramp up the burn spells later in the game, when three damage wasn't going to cut it to get rid of a really troublesome creature. No?
It seems that you're not quite focused enough as an aggro deck or a control deck. If you go the aggro route, you won't be able to reach the 5 mana because the goal is to kill them before you even get there. If you want to go the control route, Gauntlet will be effective, but you should remove things like Awaken the Ancient and Shivan Dragon, and maybe some of the other creatures possibly, in exchange for more two-for-one removal, like Slagstorm or Pyroclasm, Mizzium Mortars, and the like. Then Gauntlet will be reachable and be an effective finishing blow as well as a good removal aid.
I think I'm leaning more the control route, but why are the bigger creatures not useful in such a deck? You control the game, inhibit what they can do and then BAM; you have a few big hitter in case what you have going early isn't enough. I'm not arguing, I'm just curious; I'm trying to take the next step from devoted casual player.
Typically, a control deck has almost no threats for the opponent to destroy. The only creatures a control deck wants to run are ones that are difficult to destroy (indestructible, hexproof, etc.) or ones that win the game before the opponent has the chance to destroy them (i.e. Haste, or ETB effects). All the smaller creatures (Guttersnipe, Pyromancer) will become the prime targets for removal very quickly, and will become wasted cards. As far as your dragon, specifically, it is a decent beatstick, so you might keep it as a finisher; but it would be better to try to find something with haste, protection, hexproof, or something else that lets it avoid the mass amounts of removal the opponent has been storing up. Chandra's Phoenix in this case is actually a very good creature, as it has haste and flying (quick damage), AND can come back whenever you burn your opponent (which is a lot by the endgame, hopefully). It's probably one of the best creatures you can get for a deck like this.
So what creature, other than the Phoenix, would you run in a deck like this? I have an Izzet deck that's crazy good; it runs guttersnips, delvers, goblin electromancers, and Talrand, and the little support creatures for the massive amount on instants ans sorceries work great, so I figured I would stick to a winning formula, but try and build it around Chandra. You're saying they'll just get canned right away, so what would suit me better?
Here's a link to how a mono-red control deck might work, and good cards for it. (Note that it is in the pre-Theros standard, so you can't use everything it says - but it has some good info.)http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=525408Basically, Young Pyro/Guttersnipe might be good, but in a control build like this you only want a couple of them. Ash Zealot and Stormbreath Dragon would be decent additions, as they both have haste, and have some sort of control aspects (Zealot kills flashback/Stormbreath has Pro-white)
This is crazy interesting; thanks for being so helpful!
Absolutely. I love helping people get more into magic. =)
Okay, so I've been tinkering with it. One question though; Scourge of Valkas vs, Awaken the ancient. They are both effectively 5 drops. Awaken is bigger, and has haste, Valkas has flying and can pump itself up to be big. Given that I'm running a lot of burn spells that will limit the opponent's blocking options and Chandra's +1 eliminates a blocker, might not Awaken's haste be better than Valkas's flying?
In this setting, I would say Awaken is better. Valkas might be good if you're against a deck that has really good defense (like walls that you can't burn through) or if you're playing with a lot of dragons; but in general, I think Awaken will be able to do more for you when you're able to burn away all their creatures.