I like Brian Kibler's list a lot, though I would probably exchange Hero's Downfall for Putrefy. The mana base isn't this deck's strong suit, and when I played with it, I suffered from not having double black a few times. The ability to kill Jace, Architect of Thought with Hero's Downfall is sweet, but the popular instant is worthless when trying to deal with Whip of Erebos. Putrefy helps tame the mana base very well.

Another thing I like about this deck very is its ability to convert into a removal-heavy deck against other aggro decks. This was also the best thing about ISD-RTR Jund Aggro, which boarded in Olivia Voldaren and Doom Blade over Falkenrath Aristocrat. These days we have only Polukranos, World Eater, but it's still fine in addition to the various removal spells and hard-to-kill blockers. I'm not sure if Gift of Orzhova is better than Nylea's Disciple against Mono-Red Aggro, but it's more versatile so I'm fine with it.


Another minor change I want to make in Brian's deck is to add two copies of Mogis's Marauder to the sideboard. Why? Frostburn Weird can be embarrassing. Looking at a bunch of Elemental tokens and an opponent at low life is embarrassing too. Mogis's Marauder is a perfect way to solve stalemates against devotion decks, which are very dangerous since many blockers on the battlefield always threatens something unfair. Mogis's Marauder seems to be a little bit better in here than Mistcutter Hydra against decks like Esper Control and Mono-Blue Devotion. It's not as good of a topdeck on an empty board, but if you have some presence, it's much harder to deal with since Hydra can be stopped with a single removal spell or Mutavault (which can't block creatures with intimidate).

White doesn't offer Thoughtseize to deal with Supreme Verdict, but you still have Voice of Resurgence, Experiment One, and other resilient threats. Note that Experiment One is much more likely to grow to a 3/3 in G/W than in G/B, so it's probably better there. However, there's an important problem; if Brave the Elements is the reason to play white, having Experiment One, Boon Satyr, and Advent of the Wurm may be too greedy. Gods Willing can solve this problem, but this way we eschew the whole point of playing white. I like green decks very much, but if you want to maximize Brave the Elements, you better play Mono-White Aggro splashing for red or black. Ben Lundquist did a great job winning the Standard Open in Los Angeles with W/R Aggro: