Tom 's casual fires
 
Type: Deck Idea
Format (legal 👍) vinVintage
Approx. Value:
$142.01

0 Likes 2 Comments
Avg. CMC 2.86
Card Color Breakdown
Card Type Breakdown

Remove ads
Main Deck - 60 cards, 18 distinct
Columns
Name  Edition $ Type Cost
Rarity Color
Creature (23)
4 Birds of Paradise
$5.94 Creature - Bird
4 Blastoderm
$0.28 Creature - Beast
2 Deadbridge Goliath
$0.18 Creature - Insect
2 Garruk's Companion
$0.14 Creature - Beast
1 Inferno Titan
$0.25 Creature - Giant
4 Llanowar Elves
$0.40 Creature - Elf Druid
1 Primeval Titan
$9.11 Creature - Giant
4 River Boa
$0.11 Creature - Snake
1 Strangleroot Geist
$0.23 Creature - Spirit
Instant (5)
4 Lightning Bolt
$1.29 Instant
1 Sundering Growth
$0.25 Instant
Sorcery (1)
1 Earthquake
$0.78 Sorcery
Enchantment (8)
4 Fires of Yavimaya
$0.84 Enchantment
4 Saproling Burst
$1.63 Enchantment
Land (23)
4 City of Brass
$14.88 Land
12 Forest
$0.08 Basic Land - Forest
1 Karplusan Forest
$4.09 Land
6 Mountain
$0.09 Basic Land - Mountain
Sideboard - 18 cards, 16 distinct
Name  Edition $ Type Cost
Rarity Color
Creature (12)
1 Ancient Hydra
$0.16 Creature - Hydra
1 Changeling Titan
$3.93 Creature - Shapeshifter
1 Deadbridge Goliath
$0.18 Creature - Insect
2 Flametongue Kavu
N/A Creature - Kavu
1 Gleancrawler
$0.43 Creature - Insect Horror
1 Horned Kavu
$0.22 Creature - Kavu
2 Jade Leech
$0.13 Creature - Leech
1 Lavacore Elemental
$0.19 Creature - Elemental
1 Llanowar Behemoth
$0.19 Creature - Elemental
1 Vorstclaw
$0.02 Creature - Elemental Horror
Instant (4)
1 Beast Within
$1.28 Instant
1 Fling
$0.09 Instant
1 Naturalize
$0.07 Instant
1 Simoon
$0.21 Instant
Sorcery (1)
1 Pyroclasm
$0.33 Sorcery
Land (1)
1 Strip Mine
$16.12 Land

Notes
 
Would be awesome to add grove of the burnwillows and punishing fire (and kavu predator), but groves are expensive.

Shivan wurm may be a better choice than two-headed dragon. Bouncing your blastoderm is a bonus here.  But who knows?  Pros disagreed, so either should be fine.  (we'll go with ancient hydra because it's easier to acquire - although I have a feeling it was only a pro-caliber card because it used to abuse stacked combat damage.  It probably sucks a lot now.  Oh well.)  You could try Gleancrawler instead.  Or maybe vorstclaw or changeling titan.

For casual play, the idols can be replaced with any easy to cast, efficient three-drop.  Lavacore elemental could work here, and centaur courser would be fine.

concordant crossroads horned kavu
Comments
  • Arthur Aringdale | 03-Dec-2012 23:54
    I would consider Deadbridge Goliaths possibly in place of the Blastoderms.They're more vulnerable to removal but on the flip side as soon as they die their Scavenge ability can turn something else into a bigger threat.
    • Tom | Edited 04-Dec-2012 03:00
      I almost picked up some of those recently, but it fell through.  You're right, they'd be good.  After going out of my way to acquire the majority of a classic fires deck, I'm a little sad to realize it's not going to be amazing.  As someone on a forum suggested, why cast a t2 fires followed by a t3 blastoderm when you can play a t2 leatherback baloth?  The creatures are so much better ten years later... 
    • No comments yet.