Pyrokenesis

by Kyphrin on 21 August 2009

Main Deck (64 cards)

Sideboard (15 cards)

Sorceries (8)


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Deck Description

Burn everything

Deck Tags

  • Burn

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Card Legality

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

Deck discussion for Pyrokenesis

Hi Kyphrin,

The strength of this deck is that you adhere to the basic principles of Sligh by combining Burn spells with good creature removal. There are some areas in your deck that can use improvement, though. I'll start with the basics:

1. Cut out 12 cards from your deck. Although you may want to run all of your best spells, removing the ones that you draw less often or the ones that do not heavily benefit you can improve the consistency of your deck.
2. Your one-of's and some of your two-of's are much too situational, since your chances of drawing those spells are ridiculously low. This can be fixed by increasing the numbers of your better spells.

You should consider the staple cards of successful Sligh decks in your build. Incinerate & Magma Jet are better than Lava Spike in your case because Lava Spike cannot hit creatures to clear the path for your own beaters. You'll also want to substitute sub-par spells like Raging Goblin with more efficient options (namely Mogg Fanatic, Keldon Marauders, and Grim Lavamancer). You'll be surprised at your deck's increase in consistency and speed if you use these card choices.

Good luck with your deck! Hope this helps,

Azen

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Posted 21 August 2009 at 23:28

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I know that Lava Spike can only target a player, I just think it can work very efficiently when combined with sulfuric vapors or a flipped Akki Lavarunner. My creature removal centers around things like my Spikeshot Goblins, Homura, Shivan Hellkite, Bogardian Hellkite and Rolling Thunders. The Lightning Bolts and Lava Spikes are meant to be combined with Djinn Illuminatus for a very powerful replicate. I do see the point of cutting it down though, so I made it loose some weight.

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Posted 22 August 2009 at 09:46

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