In the final week of Standard Silverblack for the MPDC League, another deck emerged to once again dethrone Energy. This time, well known Standard Pauper enthusiast joekewwl ran a powerful and streamlined MonoRed deck, taking advantage of the raw strength of various burn spells and one of the best creatures in the format right now:
Ahn-Crop Crasher. Let's take a look at his decklist:
Although this list only includes 5 actual burn spells (3
Lightning Strike as well as singletons of
Abrade and
Magma Spray), a few other cards serve a similar function:
Ramunap Ruins,
Sand Strangler,
Fling, and
Struggle // Survive. The bulk of the deck is actually creatures, with a noticeable Artifact creature theme that stand well on their own but also enable utilizing the sweeper
Incendiary Sabotage. Of these, both
Filigree Familiar and
Treasure Keeper provide additional benefits when they come in and leave play, making them excellent sacrifices for Fling. Additionally,
Consulate Dreadnought, along with the powerful
Charging Monstrosaur, provide two massive threats to finish off your opponent, especially if you can sneak them through using the Exert feature of Ahn-Crop Crasher. And as if these threats are not enough, the deck includes a couple copies of both
Siege Modification and C
artouche of Zeal, making your creatures all the more powerful.
For the Sideboard, you have additional copies of Lightning Strike, Abrade, and Magma Spray, along with 3 copies of
Blazing Volley to help knock down tokens and
Hijack as a nice way to turn your opponent's threats against him. Finally, both
Blur of Blades and
Furious Reprisal gives the deck some more nuanced ways of dealing with particular creatures.
Congratulations are certainly in order for joekewwl piloting this deck to an impressive 4-1 victory in this last week before we shift over to
Standard Silverblack Tribal. It will certainly be interesting to see which tribes emerge as the most powerful. Hope you'll have a chance to participate. See you next time!
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