Legacy Mono-R Burn (Splash U)

by Argente844 on 16 November 2014

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (13 cards)

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Deck Description

This is an idea I came up some hours before my first legacy tournament. The general idea is that of your everyday burn deck, except this build includes chances for a comeback or additional power whenever needed. Brainstorm and Treasure Cruise allow the hand to stay full, and Increasing Vengeance helps in an hour of need for either an additional Fireblast, or some more cards in hand.

How to Play

I personally like to play this deck as fast as I can , in the first two or three turns, always casting when my opponent is tapped out or almost tapped out. After turn three, things get a little more complex. More mana means more casts for the opponent, and more casts means greater chance for an effective response to the burns we are throwing. This means that we need to start relying on those few times they will mistakenly tap all their mana to try and finish them off and be like "Please don't have a FoW, please don't have a FoW.." or try and support our creatures so that we can push this last 5-6 damage through.
General tips :
- Never EVER bring out the Steam Vents/Volcanic Island without having a use for it, namely Treasure Cruise or Brainstorm. Legacy is a format with really annoying land hate, and, unless you run more U-mana-generating lands than just one, then you need to be careful or suffer 8 dead cards in your deck.

-Fireblast is our most precious finish off, which means that we can only afford it resolving OR getting countered by a Force of Will, in which case it is a 2-for-1, thus weakening the opponent's hand , unless we have reached a deep late game.

-Copying burn spells with Increasing Vengeance sounds real fun, especially when it goes for the win, but sometimes keeping it, and copying a Treasure Cruise instead can mean a semi-locked game for our opponent, who will our hand filling like it is turn 1.

-If Thunderous Wrath shows up uninvited in our opening hand , and the hand is generally good and stable apart from the miracle card , DO NOT mulligan. Three Brainstorms mean you will most probably get a chance to place it on top, causing an innocent-looking draw card spell doom for our opponent's life.

Deck Tags

  • Burn
  • Legacy
  • Mono Red
  • R/U

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Card Legality

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

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