Jeskai Aggro (prowess monks)

by Srk on 06 January 2015

Main Deck (61 cards)

Sideboard (15 cards)

Creatures (3)


Sorceries (2)


Enchantments (4)

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Deck Description

A Jeskai aggro brew, intended to beat face and use combat tricks to keep value creatures on your side of the board.

How to Play

Early game you want to drop Swiftspears and Seekers, as well as Mantis Riders as soon as you can. Mid-game* (turn 4-7) dropping Mentors and Grandmasters to get value. Treasure Cruise late game to refill your hand and finish off opponents.

Deck Tags

  • Jeskai
  • Aggro
  • Burn
  • Standard

Deck at a Glance

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Mana Symbol Occurrence

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Card Legality

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

Deck discussion for Jeskai Aggro (prowess monks)

this looks good in standard right now, post results if you bring it to an fnm!!

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Posted 02 February 2015 at 16:13

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It went 2-3 with a win every match, so I'm trying to flesh it out a bit.

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Posted 20 February 2015 at 05:20

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I played the following list to a FNM win on Friday. When Khans first came out, I played a similar list and just missed my bubble match for the top 8 of a TCG Player 5k. Those were the only two times I've played burn in the current standard (other than testing) and both times it felt great. I feel like this list is fine. Being this low to the ground means people can definitely out power you, but if they take 2-3 damage off their lands and Swiftspear is able to deal 4-5 damage or Outpost Siege sticks, it's usually a pretty easy win. I will say you have to play well and make good decisions to win with it, though.

4 Monastery Swiftspear
4 Seeker of the Way
4 Soulfire Grandmaster
4 Stoke the Flames
4 Lightning Strike
4 Magma Jet
4 Searing Blood
3 Arc Lightning
3 Wild Slash
2 Outpost Siege
1 Chandra, Pyromaster
11 Mountain
4 Temple of Triumph
4 Battlefield Forge
3 Plains
1 Wind-Scarred Crag

3 Brimaz, King of Oreskos
2 Glare of Heresy
2 Erase
2 Banishing Light
2 Outpost Siege
2 Chandra, Pyromaster
2 Roast

vs. Tokens:

-4 Monastery Swiftspear
-3 Wild Slash (seems counter-intuitive, but you're already overloaded on 2-damage spells for their guys)

+3 Brimaz, King of Oreskos
+2 Glare of Heresy
+2 Chandra, Pyromaster

vs. Abzan Control:

-4 Searing Blood
-3 Wild Slash
-3 Arc Lightning
-1 Monastery Swiftspear

+2 Outpost Siege
+2 Roast
+2 Banishing Light
+2 Glare of Heresy
+3 Brimaz, King of Oreskos

vs. Blue/Black Control:

-4 Searing Blood
-3 Arc Lightning
-2 Wild Slash

+3 Brimaz, King of Oreskos
+2 Chandra, Pyromaster
+2 Outpost Siege
+2 Banishing Light

Other matchups like Abzan Aggro should be pretty obvious in terms of sideboarding. Usually if their creature deck goes bigger, you want Roast/Glare and no Wild Slash, etc.

Hope this is helpful.

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Posted 30 March 2015 at 22:56

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I Appreciate the info, and I might sub a few things, but part of the excitement for me, is that I made this deck. I had an archetype in mind, but I didn't rely on much else beyond my interest in a few cards. I've played it enough now, to know when to shore up and when to open the gates. Very interesting info for sure, though.

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Posted 31 March 2015 at 22:28

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It's all good. I prefer to make my own decks as well. I got 3rd in a PPTQ on Saturday with this exact 75 because I didn't have time to build anything else. My only loss was to Red/Green Devotion which went on to win the event. Back to back Polukranos game one (he played a second one after I Searing Blood and Arc Lightning'ed the first one), Polukranos and Whisperwood Elemental game two with me seeing zero sideboard cards was enough to really tax my puny removal to the point that I couldn't win.

I think if you're going to go bigger like you list, I'd put in Thunderbreak Regent as a four-of and take out the Monastery Mentors.

One cool deck that I saw at the PPTQ was a Naya burn deck that featured Grandmaster and Mentor. Atarka's Command is really good and it used it to great effect (making your Monk tokens into 3/3's is pretty sweet).

Good luck to you!

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Posted 06 April 2015 at 18:57

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Sweet deck! Swiftspear would be nice i guess fore som early pressure.

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Posted 13 April 2015 at 13:26

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My current Jeskai build, expected to and some stuff with rotation.

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Posted 15 January 2016 at 19:08

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