Burn n’ Churn

Standard* Counters Goblins RG (Gruul) Tokens

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Instant (16)

• 3x Collision / Colossus
• 4x Giant Growth
• 4x Might of the Masses
• 2x Pause for Reflection
• 3x Risk Factor

Enchantment (3)

• 3x Rhythm of the Wild

Creature (13)

• 3x Devouring Hellion
• 4x Dreadhorde Arcanist
• 3x Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
• 3x Pollenbright Druid

Sorcery (4)

• 4x Goblin Gathering

Land (23)

• 10x Forest
• 13x Mountain

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Jiang Yanggu, Wildcrafter

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I know right off the bat this deck is all over the place. I’m trying to build a deck that stays within the Standard parameters but seeing as how that’s a new format for me I’m having some problems. I really really like the idea of building up Krenko with counters to get lots of tokens out so that I have tons of sacrifices for Devouring Hellion. I play tested an older version of this deck and got the Hellion up to 16/16 after Turn 5 I think, but it wasn’t consistent. I tried to sprinkle in other token producing mechanics but something just seems clunky. Most other creatures support the counters or play off the counters. I’m not sure where to go from here. I have Rhythm of the Wild simply as a way to protect myself a little while producing these creatures, but also allowing myself to give Krenko another counter or to give my Hellion haste when I play it. Most of the non creature spells are buffs with New Horizons as mana production since I feel my mana costs are gonna pile on before I know it. Like I said I’m not sure how to fix this deck, the main goal is to win with pure power from my Hellions by way of token production (for sacrifices) through Krenko. I’m just not sure how to go forward supporting that.

Update 1: After some suggestions, I got rid of a few creatures and added Dreadhorde Arcanist to help recycle some of my counter instants and Pollenbright Druid to help with field support. I also added and removed some of my non creature spells. Still looking for a way to keep Goblin Gathering in the deck and find a beneficial way to discard them from hand. That’s why the Risk Factor is in there, I figured I could draw over card limit and discard that way as well as paying the Jump Start cost. Could still use some help on ironing this out. Is it worth having this mechanic in the deck? Are there other combos that can get me more tokens more efficiently?

Update 2: So I finally put this sucker together and ran a few games with it. The most success I had with it was through my Hellion (which was the plan). First game I ended up getting my Hellion up to 12/12 in around Turn 5 with the use of Krenko and Giant Growth. Second game I got him up to 15/15 but it was a little later like around Turn 10 and that utilized the Goblin Gathering/Risk Factor discard strategy. I feel like this deck can still be improved somehow so I’m open to suggestions.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Rares 14 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.46
Tokens	Goblin 1/1 R
Folders	Source Deck Ideas