Original idea was found here: All Spells, Zero Lands, Turn One Win: BOOM. This is a version that I think runs a little more consistently.
I have been playtesting the hell out of this deck and it CONSISTENTLY wins on turn one and two. This is not an exaggeration. Here's how things work:
The main goal is to get a Balustrade Spy or Undercity Informer onto the battlefield as fast as possible.
Getting to four mana is no problem thanks to all the red ritual spells we run (Desperate Ritual, Pyretic Ritual,
Rite of Flame
,
Seething Song
).
What can be difficult is getting the needed black mana for our creature spells. Lotus Petal, Chrome Mox, and Manamorphose all help with color fixing.
Once you cast either Balustrade Spy or Undercity Informer the combo is in motion. Here's how it works:
The deck runs no lands, meaning that Balustrade Spy or Undercity Informer (sac'd to himself) will mill our entire library.
4 copies of Nacromoeba will enter the battlefield (so long as you don't have any in your hand) as a result of the self-mill.
Sac 3 of these for Dread Return flashback cost and target Angel of Glory's Rise. The angel returns the only two humans in your deck, Azami, Lady of Scrolls and Laboratory Maniac. Tap the land to draw a card from your now empty library, triggering the maniac's ability winning you the game.
A couple explanations on some other cards in the deck:Street Wraith lets me draw a card at instant speed for no mana, helping me dig for the combo pieces. But it also is a great imprint target for Chrome Mox, getting me the elusive black mana.
I have one copy of Phantasmagorian just in case I'm holding one of my needed combo pieces in hand, I can discard them to Phantasmagorian's ability... so long as I have at least 3 cards in hand-- it's not perfect but its still a nice way to protect the combo.
Elvish Spirit Guide is the totally wrong color, but it gets me mana for free which is what this deck needs. It's not perfect but its what I have to work with and it can be helpful to get me casting Desperate Ritual or even getting me the 1 colorless I need to sac Undercity Informer.
Faithless Looting is helpful in digging for pieces, but I often want to string the rituals together to get up to the 4 mana I need so I'm happy running only 3 copies.
casting Reforge the Soul for 5 is no problem because its in red, and so if I haven't found either of our two black combo pieces it's not a bad card to fire off. Since the deck can win on turn one consistently, you better believe that drawing 7 new cards can also provide you with the needed fuel.
This is a legacy legal deck, but I've listed it as casual since I'm guessing it wouldn't be too competitive thanks to
Force of Will
. However, if anyone has some bright ideas for making this into a potential legacy player I'd love suggestions.
Thanks for reading, comments, and +1s
