This is a project I have been working on for a while now. It started when I built a burn deck purely from 9th ed commons and uncommons. Which was fairly effective considering it was made from only one edition.
Sometime after that a friend bought me a Ravnica booster pack as a gift and it contained a Searing Meditation and Lightning Helix; the Red/White burn idea was formed.
Then, more recently I pulled a Chandra Ablaze from a booster and decided she was begging to be used. Thus the 'Blazing Justice' project was given life. Balefire Liege is really the cornerstone of the deck, however, it seems to perform fairly well even when I don't have one on the battlefield. The basic idea is to burn someone to death while gaining life to buffer any incoming damage.
[EDIT]
Tested at a small tournament while still missing some cards including the Isochron Scepters and two Pyromancer Ascensions; the latter of which is very hard to get 'ascended' without the scepter but is fantastic once it has reached it's full potential. Copying Lightning Helix is nothing short of devastating.
I'm considering using Ajani Vengeant instead of Chandra. I feel there will be better synergy. Also Chandra is quite expensive to drop.
[EDIT #02]
After extensive testing the deck seems to be very much an 'all or nothing' depending on the draw. I'm going to modify the deck and remove the cards that are not performing well.
Searing Meditation is one such card; it's nice but relies too much on lightning helix for the life gain.
Pyromancer Ascension is another such card; potentially devastating yes, but extremely hard to get enough counters on it. I had thought the scepter would aid in this but I haven't found this to be true.
The mana curve is difficult to manage. On one hand I need a fair bit of mana to get Balefire Liege out; on the other hand I don't want to be topdecking mana when most of my spells cost 3 or less.
[EDIT #03]
I've been tweaking the deck a bit. I've renamed it 'Blazing Vengeance' because it suits the vibe more I think. I think I originally called it Justice because I was planning on using angels and making it more of a Boros Angel deck.
The most recent changes are as follows:
I've reduced the count of Boros Fury-Shield and Intimidation Bolt to 2 down from 4. I want to use them as more of a backup plan rather than a primary strategy.
I've replaced one of each basic land with Clifftop Retreats. So far they have been great.
I've tweaked the overall balance between spells and creatures. With most of my spells being low-drop instants and utility, it was taking a long time to win games. The few creatures I did have weren't enough to hold the line.
I've added some more creature-centric spells like Double Cleave and Scourge of the Nobilis. The synergy is pretty awesome here.
I've been thinking about replacing the Isochron Scepters with Sunforgers or somehow finding space to add a Sunforger or two. While the Scepter is amazingly good, Sunforger is a little more exciting to me and has more synergy with most things in my deck. Instead of being locked down to one spell, I'd be able to search for and play pretty much any spell in my deck. That's cool.
Also thinking about working in Reverberate. I might drop a couple of Incinerates to make room. Also I'm thinking about maybe switching Chandra Ablaze to new Chandra, the Firebrand from M12. She seems more appropriately costed for my mana curve. Having said that, if I could find room to have both, I would.
[EDIT #04]
I've added Gisela, Blade of Goldnight because it fits my original theme idea and play style perfectly. I've also tweaked the numbers on a lot of cards, changing the balance between spells and creatures a few times. Looking forward to Gatecrash when Boros get some more love and hopefully some awesome red/white cards :)More to come.
