A fun burn deck based around forcing your opponent to loot.
I'd splash blue, but I'm on a budget. Check out my other lists for Grixis!
TRIGGERS
4x Kederekt Parasite: The namesake card. This requires a bit of work to activate, but it deals a ton of damage over time for some pretty nasty damage. I don't love its vulnerability, but it's one mana, soooo yeah.
4x Liliana's Caress: The better Parasite. With all the looting in the deck, it'd be a crime not to include this.
4x Waste Not: The backup plan. When the two aforementioned cards don't show up, or get killed, Waste Not offers insane value for short and long games alike.
LOOTING
4x
Burning Inquiry
: If you can't figure this one out, get out.
4x Reforge the Soul: Not amazing, but when it hits it's a killer. Magma Jet helps us hit it occasionally, and it's the ultimate topdeck.
4x Collective Brutality: Do you like dealing 25 damage for 4 mana on turn four? So do I.
REAPERS (Cards that reap benefits)
4x Grim Lavamancer: A nice follow up to any looter besides Collective Brutality. Bonus points for turning on Kederekt Parasite and the next card...
4x
Quest for Pure Flame
: This may seem weird, but hear me out. First off, it turns on Kederekt Parasite for cheap. Secondly, once the Parasite's on, it deals damage in a Storm fashion. T1 Parasite into T2 Quest and Inquiry gets Quest all its counters. Plus, with all the burn, it turns on consistently and kills the opponent. I like Grim better, honestly, but turning on Parasite means I need 8 red 1-drop permanents.
OTHER STUFF
4x Lightning Bolt: Duh.
4x Magma Jet: Probably a necessary evil. 2 mana for 2 damage, while flexible, is straight up bad in modern. Scry 2 makes it a bit better, but still. However, in this case, there are three factors that make it a must-have: One, this is a burn deck. Sometimes you need 2 damage at instant speed. Two, this finds Reforge the Soul. If I'm playing the Miracle, I need to play this. And three, it activates
Quest for Pure Flame
. None of these are good alone, but the synergy makes it fine.
4x
Raven's Crime
: Used to be Inquisition, but in the end, the upside of taking 2 cards (and 4 life) was simply better.
Again this is a budget deck, and if it weren't for me having to cut blue, I'd add Serum Visions,
Lore Broker
, and Jace's Archivist and consider
Fevered Visions
and Vapor Snag. I'll have non-budget builds up soon.
