Assault Strobe

Sorcery

Target creature gains double strike until end of turn. (It deals both first strike and regular combat damage.)

Discussion (48)

Vessiliana on CATCH THESE HANDS ♡ (YUSRI FOOT FETISH) (UPDATED!)

2 months ago

If you would rather be able to Assault Strobe at instant speed, you can try out Psychotic Fury. It gives a card, and Yusri is multi-colored, so he can be targeted by it.

RNR_Gaming on Izzet Defender Idea (Pauper)

2 months ago

There was a deck like this awhile back I'm sure if you do a little digging on mtg goldfish it's probably still there. Basically, ran the cards you're talking about + Kiln Fiend, Assault Strobe and Dream Twist

CommanderNeyo on Fast Aggro

2 months ago

Are you aware that Psychotic Fury only gives a multicolored creature double-strike, so none of your creatures would get it? You could consider Assault Strobe or Boros Charm instead. Expedite is also a card you could consider as well.

Brickhouse on Balls Lightning

2 months ago

I really like the Bone Shards idea! I think it may be better than the Tragic Slip. I will move the Tragic Slip to the side board and main board Bone Shards to see how it goes.

I was running Assault Strobe for my initial draft of this deck. The problem is that it needs double strike at instant speed for Thunderkin Awakener. The way it plays I either draw or Flamekin Harbinger for Thunderkin Awakener nearly every game. Maybe a mix of Temur Battle Rage and Assault Strobe would be effective because there are situations where both are good.

Call of the Death-Dweller has won me a lot of games. It is expensive at 3 mana but by the time turn 3 or 4 comes I do have good use of it. It can get a Flamekin Harbinger and a Thunderkin Awakener at the same time. That doesn't happen very often but sometimes it does. If I find something better I'll try it out.

Thanks for the suggestions!

zapyourtumor on Balls Lightning

2 months ago

Assault Strobe might work better than Temur Battle Rage since the combat trick aspect doesn't matter much and your balls already have trample. I think the 1/2 mana cost matters more.

22 Lands seems a little high for this kind of deck.

Call of the Death-Dweller always seems really underwhelming in this kind of deck but I'm not sure if I can find a good substitute, since Claim / Fame only works if you have Thunderkin Awakener in the yard.

Bone Shards pulls double duty as a discard outlet or catch all removal by sacrificing a ball during your second main phase.

zapyourtumor on Weird Storm (Temur-ish)

3 months ago

Maybe a single Assault Strobe or two? Just in case you fall short of 20/20

alechodgin23 on Yidris, Maelstrom Thief

3 months ago

That makes sense. It may be a good idea to include some cards that give Yidris double strike because then your spells cascade twice: - Assault Strobe - Berserkers' Onslaught - Blood Mist

Also, some extra combat steps would be awesome in here. They would also allow your spells to cascade twice as long as you connect both combats: - Aggravated Assault - Fury of the Horde - Relentless Assault

I’d recommend including Sunbird's Invocation for more value.

I’d also recommend having a back up win condition within the deck that doesn’t revolve around combat like Torment of Hailfire . Imagine casting a huge TOH with it copied a couple times!

Could you check out my spell slinger deck? I’d love to get your take on it! It may even give you some more ideas. Here’s the link:

Sacrifice Lands and Recur Them for the Win!

ScottyDoesKnow on Gruul Infect

3 months ago

lagotripha I was gonna respond days ago but I got into a lot of testing. I wasn't happy with the combo version until I gave it a complete overhaul, otherwise it just seemed slower and clunkier. So I made a separate combo version instead: Gruul Infect Combo. I did throw a Mass Hysteria in the sideboard of this version for fun.

It seems to playtest alright. There's a faster option ( Mishra's Bauble + Assault Strobe ) and a slower option ( Season of Growth + Temur Battle Rage ). Season of Growth is slow but can draw so many cards, at which point you usually end up with a lot of mana and Temur Battle Rage makes sense.

I've also cleaned up this version of the deck by deciding which cards I want 4-of and 2-of rather than having 3-ofs across the board. Due to my constant indecision I've ended up with this version, the combo version, the casual version: Gruul Infect (Casual), and the casual tryhard version: Gruul Infect (Casual Tryhard).

Let me know what you think about any of em, I'm pretty happy with how they all ended up. I think I prefer this version and the casual version over the combo and tryhard ones, but it's still up in the air.