Modern Burn

Modern Budget Burn Mono-Red

Toddington

Instant (12)

• 4x Lightning Bolt
• 4x Magma Jet
• 4x Shard Volley

Sorcery (12)

• 4x Lava Spike
• 4x Molten Rain
• 4x Rift Bolt

Creature (16)

• 4x Figure of Destiny
• 4x Goblin Guide
• 4x Hellspark Elemental
• 4x Vexing Devil

Land (20)

• 20x Mountain

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Sideboard

Instant (12)

• 4x Skullcrack
• 4x Smash to Smithereens
• 4x Volcanic Fallout

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Maybeboard

Instant (15)

• 1x Aura Barbs
• 1x Burst Lightning
• 1x Char
• 1x Combust
• 1x Electrickery
• 1x Flame Javelin
• 1x Flames of the Blood Hand
• 1x Galvanic Blast
• 1x Hidetsugu's Second Rite
• 1x Incinerate
• 1x Shock
• 1x Staggershock
• 1x Sudden Shock
• 1x Thunderous Wrath
• 1x Volcanic Fallout

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Arc Trail
• 1x Browbeat
• 1x Flamebreak
• 1x Pillar of Flame
• 1x Pyroclasm
• 1x Slagstorm

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Blood Moon
• 1x Leyline of Punishment

Artifact (7)

• 1x Dragon's Claw
• 1x Ensnaring Bridge
• 1x Grafdigger's Cage
• 1x Relic of Progenitus
• 1x Shrine of Burning Rage
• 1x Tormod's Crypt
• 1x Torpor Orb

Creature (7)

• 1x Ball Lightning
• 1x Giant Solifuge
• 1x Grim Lavamancer
• 1x Hell's Thunder
• 1x Hellspark Elemental
• 1x Keldon Marauders
• 1x Spark Elemental

Land (1)

• 1x Teetering Peaks

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Ok, reinventing the wheel here, but I'm looking to get into burn in Modern and possibly Legacy. I very interesting into hearing what any experienced player's have to say about the archetype, and card choices after testing.

Sequencing your plays is very important, but I'd to hear more about when it's right to burn an opposing creature out, instead of going to the dome.

Playing both Chandra's Phoenix and Shrine of Burning Rage is somewhat unusual compared to the usual meta of burn decks in modern. They did good work for me while they were in standard together. Both give you a decent late game, but I'm not sure that's what the deck wants. They represent free wins against some decks, but they can be quite slow. I also don't feel comfortable dropping below 20 lands whilst playing either, which is potential another advantage other burn decks have. 20 land makes me comfortable in bringing in Molten Rain also.

I am hoping some opponents will mis-sideboard, bringing in artifact and graveyard removal unnecessarily. I fully intend to sideboard out the shrines myself most games. I am trying them out simply because I don't have access to Keldon Marauders and Hellspark Elemental , which are both tried and tested burn cards. I'm considering Magma Jet too.

After reading articles on legacy magic, I now see that Shrines may be too slow, and too crippling a top deck. I'm not playing legacy, but Marauders and Elementals maybe the way forward.

If anyone is in the same position as me, there's some good articles below;

Gavin Verhey's Modern Burn

Mike Cannon's Modern Burn

Mike Cannon's Budget Legacy Burn, w/ sequencing tips

Modern Burn Primer 1 (Old)

Modern Burn Primer 2 (New)

Legacy Burn Primer

Legacy Burn Primer (Recent)

Why Browbeat is bad

Card Density in Competitive, Constructed Play

Top Ranked	Achieved #31 position overall 10 years ago
Date added	11 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 4 Rares 24 - 4 Uncommons 4 - 4 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.60
Folders	Modern Deck Ideas, red burn, Burn Decks, Modern Burn