Pyromancer's Gauntlet

Artifact

If a red instant or sorcery spell you control or a red planeswalker you control would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals that much damage plus 2 to that permanent or player instead.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (27)

wallisface on I'd like suggestions for my …

6 months ago

Some thoughts:

• why Legacy and not Modern?

• how strictly are you wanting to keep to the theme? It feels like this deck is currently extremely clumsy/slow, especially as burns only real typical advantage is being quick. Are you committed to making suboptimal choices to keep the deck in-theme?

• 17 lands is far too low. For reference Modern-burn runs 19 and doesn't play anything costing more than 2 mana (and is perfectly happy being stuck on 1 land for a few turns). With 17 lands you’re going to have a 1-land hand 35% of the time - which is a problem because you need more than that to play the game. Most games of magic are effectively over by turn 5 - and on this turn you’re likely only going to have 3 lands… meaning all of those cards costing 4-or-more mana will never see play (or come down too late to ever matter)… that’s a whopping 17 cards in your deck that will almost never be useful!

• a bunch of cards feel extremely weak here. I assume a bunch of this is because you’re wanting to stick in-theme. But i can’t see why you’d ever want to be including cards like Thrumming Stone, Fire Servant, Pyromancer's Goggles, Pyromancer's Gauntlet etc… i mean, none of the cards feel particularly strong/useful here, but some feel a lot worse than others.

jamochawoke on Dragon Stone

2 years ago

Ah the ol' thrum thrum! I can see how that can be big.

3x38 is only 114 though, so wondering how you'd kill off a 3x40=120 typical pod table (usually with a lifegain player in there somewhere) in the same turn?

Could probably drop 2 lands to add 2 more Dragon's Approach or even better one of the spell doubling artifacts or Pyromancer's Gauntletthat you can tutor out like Spellweaver Helix, Mirari, Twinning Staff, Pyromancer's Goggles or a storm finisher like a Grapeshot or Galvanic Relay or Fiery Encore or Ignite Memories or something?

Or maybe Feldon of the Third Path to copy out Hoarding Dragon from the yard?

Tmonsar on Uno Seis Vientiuno

3 years ago

Actually, scratch The Flame of Keld, Pyromancer's Gauntlet They're a bit more restrictive and less useful in this deck.

Tmonsar on Uno Seis Vientiuno

3 years ago

general recs: Archfiend of Despair, Heartless Hidetsugu, Torment of Hailfire, Keldon Megaliths, Havoc Festival, Pyrohemia, Rampaging Ferocidon, Barrage Tyrant, Blasting Station, Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh  ^Flip

Damage boosting: Torbran, Thane of Red Fell, The Flame of Keld, Pyromancer's Gauntlet, Embermaw Hellion, Akki Lavarunner  ^Flip

Untapping: Thousand-Year Elixir, Thornbite Staff, Umbral Mantle, Sword of the Paruns

"Free" creatures once you have done enough damage: Emrakul, the Promised End, Blightsteel Colossus, Wurmcoil Engine, It That Betrays, etc

Rod of Ruin for last hit.

rip Paradox Engine

Ziamyou on The Best Burn Deck Ever

3 years ago

I wouldnt call this a burn deck. A true burn deck would never have anywhere near 20 creatures. besides you really need Pyromancer's Gauntlet in there

CHAmb1es on We Lit the Fire and it's Burning Bright

4 years ago

ImaginitiveRascal Yea that would be the smart thing to do. But I like making gimmick decks, I have strong commanders with Kaalia, Selvala and Braids so I'm toning it down a bit.

I actually had Jaya, Venerated Firemage on this deck before, I just took her out bc I thought I had enough burn amping things with Pyromancer's Gauntlet and Torbran, Thane of Red Fell. I thought I needed more of other things in the deck. I might be wrong though, I'll definitely keep an eye out.

MagicMarc on Razor Burn

4 years ago

I think they were talking about the price of the card being a little steep not the mana costs to play or activate.

The best things about either Grim Lavamancer or Cursed Scroll is that they are repeatable and targetable burn. Either one basically lets you Shock at will with easy requirements to use them.

As already mentioned, it is unlikely that Razor Pendulum will change the outcome of any game you are playing and you have zero control over the damage the card provides. Replacing it with any form of repeatable and targetable burn is a better idea than that card. Especially if you go with the assorted Chandra planeswalkers or any card with an activated burn ability like the lavamancer or scroll.

There is a giant pool of cards better than the razor to help burn decks win games. Stuff like Double Vision, Pyromancer's Gauntlet, Staff of Nin, Thermo-Alchemist, Guttersnipe, Torbran, Thane of Red Fell, Tectonic Giant, and Firebrand Archer and many more. There are a lot of choices depending on the deck and format that are better options than that Razor Pendulum.

DemonDragonJ on Signature Spellbook: Chandra

4 years ago

Because Signature Spellbook: Jace included Blue Elemental Blast, I believe that it is safe to presume that this set shall contain Red Elemental Blast, and I forgot to mention that the artifact in this set could potentially be Pyromancer's Gauntlet, as well.