a 101 on how to build a basic pyromancer Ascension deck.
there's no SB b/c that's basically dependent how how you decide to change the deck and what not.
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soo.... how the deck works:
you use ponder and preordain to search up the card called pyromancer's ascension. Then you try to get counters on it, and start dealing with whats on the field, and damaging them directly with burn spells.
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On to card choices:
**We'll want pyromancer ascension of course, as the decks named after it.
**we'll want the super efficient lightning bolt
**mana leak is obvious, as it's a blue deck
**Your finisher - archive trap. The card, when copied, basically beats face.
**arc trail is just awesome in the decks it's awesome against, and can be side'd out for incinerate for the decks it's not awesome against, but when you need it, you need it.
**gitaxian probe lets you see when you should be playing each burn spell, what time frame you're on, and draws you a card, and it's free. very solid
**ponder fetches up the combo and the things you use with it
**same goes for preordain
**pyroclasm is your real board clearing card here, as it holds you off against a myriad of decks that will be your biggest enemies.
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on to why I decided with this build: there are of course many builds of the deck, some even involving green sorceries and instants to ramp up into cards like comet storm and fireball. I'm sticking to the basics here and running with what I know can (and will probably) work decently. I'll go through some suggestions for a basic UR build and why I don't like them.
**Chandra, the firebrand. yeah, she lets you copy things, but you think your opponet will let you get away with that? really? wasted mana.
**into the roil: although it can help a lot for decks that have creatures that are too big for me to handle with bolts and what not, i'm not as worried against those decks as I am other decks. aggro is what hurts me
**staggershock: sure it can put 2 counters on my enchantment. So? since when has burning with pyromancer worked well? never.
**2x consecrated sphinx. I don't like the spot that this serves. yeah, it helps me get out things late game, and can block, but it's too easy a target, and too, but leaves me running not 4 ofs, which i don't like
**slagstorm. although when copied it does kill titans, I don't win against most titan decks anyways unless i board in extraction and what not... and by the time i can cast it copied, i'm generally screwed anyways. I'd rather be leaking it, and killing goblins / elves / tempered steel's small guys asap before they cause a big problem.