duducrash wrote: ↑2 years ago
Yeah, I'm high on Steam-Kin but I think I would play instead of Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty If played, because I need more blue mana!
I suggested steam-kin as another red "mana dork" that I think would be good, but I think Birgi/Horn is better just because of the versatility. So, my $.02 would be that if you only run 1 of them, run Birgi. My experience with spellslinger/storm decks is that you are always wanting either 1.) mana or 2.) cards, and it really sucks when you have all the mana in the world and no cards or vice versa. Having access to either "mode" on one card is awesome and I've really appreciated Birgi/horn since it's been printed as a result. This is also what makes
Jeska's Will so great. Sigh, I really ought to get a copy of that card.
duducrash wrote: ↑2 years ago
I don't know about baby Chandra, never thought of her. Have you played with her? she puts in work? I Don't run enough red spells to flip her consistently but it definitely could be done. Actually there is a really nice red based deck. Birgi, Steam-Kimm Storm-Kiln Artist and chandra + a bunch of burn +cantrips sounds fun.
I haven't played much with her, but what little I have has proven her to be a fickle beast. I suggested her because you've got a little bit of a pinger/burn sub-theme going with
Thermo-Alchemist,
Electrostatic Field,
Guttersnipe,
Firebrand Archer, etc. and as I mentioned before, veyran + fling effects or
Chandra's Ignition seems fun.
Theoretically, you could morph the deck into a big damage burn deck around this theme with
Torbran, Thane of Red Fell,
Jaya, Venerated Firemage,
Furnace of Rath,
Dictate of the Twin Gods, and company. Flip Chandra would be right at home there. You definitely would be leaning more into red based spellslinger, as you mentioned, but they are definitely supporting it with new cards like the mana ones you mentioned and stuff like
Galvanic Relay,
Fiery Encore, and
Spreading Insurrection.
All that said, it might just not be what you're looking to do.
duducrash wrote: ↑2 years ago
I tried to avoid going infinite and and copying goes infinite really easy. That being said I think Bonus Round just as value might be too good to pass!
Bonus Round is a sweet piece of cardboard. Dangerous, but sweet.
I can appreciate wanting to avoid combo, but I will still advocate for
Turnabout since you're already running
High Tide with
Frantic Search and
Snap to do the thingy.
Turnabout is just such a beast of a card. It does SO much. Usually I'd be looking to mega ritual with it, but it's
Sleep when you need it to be.
I recommend giving some thought to keeping
Saheeli, Sublime Artificer over something like
Deekah, Fractal Theorist. She's significantly cheaper and I think she often gets overlooked as "just" a servo factory when her -2 can be disgusting sometimes. In your deck, for example, she could turn a servo into a copy of
Archmage Emeritus,
Guttersnipe, or
Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspring before you start spellslinging.
Edit because of a crosspost:
Zada, Hedron Grinder packages are sweet. If you explore that route, don't neglect
Fists of Flame. You've also got
Goblin Recruiter and
Goblin Matron to hook you up with zada and/or
Guttersnipe, then
Mirrorwing Dragon for redundancy and
Sarkhan's Triumph to go get it. There's also the new
Radiant Performer. Blue adds a lot to a Zada strat. Plenty of
Shadow Rifts and
Cerulean Wisps out there.