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for your information, back when cards like Incandescent Soulstoke and Nova Chaser where still standard (lorwyn block) they sold at 10$ a card. so it wasn't all that cheap in standard either. Stuff is cheap either because its standard but not competitive or not standard.

You won't have a competitive standard deck for 40$ so you might as well buy a non standard 40$ deck that actually wins you casual games.

9 out of 10 of these challenge posts are people who want a cheap standard deck that can win games. there's just no such thing.

I don't think that's entirely accurate. I think its pretty simple to make a burn deck fulfilling these requirements. The expensive items are things like the fetch lands.

Do I think a deck following these instructions is going to take the pro tour. No not really? Rare cards are expensive because they're good. And often putting money into the deck will just make things run better, no matter how you look at it.


Deck link: http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=80037

It's a combo deck based around Chandra's spitfire and every other card in the deck :p. The idea is to play chandra's spitfire, do a bunch of damage with spells and cunning sparkmage, attack with spitfire, and then fling spitfire, for an efficient turn four win. I don't like searing blaze, don't even recommend it.
http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=80057

[QUOTE=Soulknife]I don't think that's entirely accurate. I think its pretty simple to make a burn deck fulfilling these requirements. The expensive items are things like the fetch lands.

Do I think a deck following these instructions is going to take the pro tour. No not really? Rare cards are expensive because they're good. And often putting money into the deck will just make things run better, no matter how you look at it.


Deck link: http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=80037[/QUOTE]

Thanks for the deck link.

By no means was I intending to go play this in a real big tournament. Just want to have some fun at my local FNM.

Thanks again

http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=80520

this might work its around 40 dollars if you get all the cards pretty cheep online, i think the most expensive is around 2 dollars a card, im not sure how it would work playtesting might help, but ive never really played a red deck i just have nothing better to do right now
i hope this meets your requirements let me know what you think

[QUOTE=ilab1221]http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=80520

this might work its around 40 dollars if you get all the cards pretty cheep online, i think the most expensive is around 2 dollars a card, im not sure how it would work playtesting might help, but ive never really played a red deck i just have nothing better to do right now
i hope this meets your requirements let me know what you think[/QUOTE]

I actually really like this. It does seem a bit slow, and I would rather use Chandra Nalaar rather than Chandra Ablaze, but I like it a lot. I might get this one.

yea the only one nice about Chandra ablaze is that with fire servant out and you cast even one lava axe from your graveyard its 10 damage, any other spells in your graveyard would just be bonus almost a one hit win,, but Chandra nalaar is a bit more consistent.

you'll also have to let me know how this deck runs if you do play test it and stuff it sounds interesting