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20+ Damage on turn 3? LOL (Sideboard Added)

Modern Aggro Combo UR (Izzet)

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Turn 1: Drop a land

Turn 2: Drop a land, Play a Kiln Fiend

Turn 3: Drop a land, Play Distortion Strike , then play any 1 of Mutagenic Growth , or Gut Shot , along with Assault Strobe , play Apostle's Blessing in response to any hate directed at your pumped up Kiln Fiend while swinging for the win. =)

Doing the math on turn 3... Kiln Fiend gets +4 from Distortion Strike , +5 from Mutagenic Growth , +3 from Assault Strobe to raise him to a 12/4 double strike that is unblockable.

(Playtest the deck to see how consistent it is!)

Deck Tips:

-Play Mutagenic Growth closer to the end of your spells to give extra burn removal cushion.

- Apostle's Blessing can be used as an alternative form of evasion if absolutely necessary. Beware of in response removal.

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Also, not sure how important the +1/+0 is from Distortion Strike but Slip Through Space Draws you a card.

March 17, 2016 2:06 a.m.

Would Simian Spirit Guide help?

May 29, 2016 3:41 p.m.

I run a similar deck Death by Kiln (2 Turn). You may use some Simian Spirit Guide for turn 1 Kiln and Slip Through Space for Serum Visions. Check out my deck and see if there are any ideas you get for either yours or mine! +1 from me for sharing this great deck with the world!

May 29, 2016 10:32 p.m.

Tainted Strike I know another color yadda yadda. My friend built a deck with kiln fiend swiftspear and deaths shadow and there is so much Phyrexian mana instants that you can make deaths shadow big quick. Tainted strike makes unblocked kiln fiend super lethal. Maybe Crimson Wisps

June 21, 2016 10:31 a.m.

I would recommend Slip Through Space instead of Distortion Strike, it may not give you the +1 damage but it replaces itself and that's a big deal in a combo deck like this.

August 15, 2016 12:31 a.m.

Also Noxious Revival works really well with Mutagenic Growth and Gitaxian Probe, retrieve the growth with noxious then use probe to draw and cast growth again for mega value.

August 15, 2016 12:37 a.m.

Probe's been banned in modern for a while now.

September 21, 2017 5:49 p.m.

Should be worth noting that this deck hasn't been updated or commented on in over a year. :/

September 21, 2017 5:50 p.m.

I just noticed that, kinda surprised he didn't check before deckcyling. Well, welcome back to the game.

September 21, 2017 6:01 p.m.

Yeah I occasionally log in to see how the community is doing. It's habit to just deck cycle fast. Didn't think twice about it.

November 29, 2017 8:40 p.m.

With Arid Mesa s you should be fine. They're expensive to get, but if money is not an issue, with 8 fetch lands and shocks of each 2-colour combination, you should have no trouble getting out any colour you need on turn 3.

June 30, 2014 6:52 a.m.

I was smart enough to get a full playset of all enemy fetch lands during the zendikar print run. Looking at the value of the allied fetch lands from onslaught it was pretty clear that stockpiling them would be easy money in the long run.

July 5, 2014 11:28 p.m.

I don't know if Fling has been suggested, but with all the cheap pump, it may be a nice finisher.

July 14, 2014 1:05 p.m.

LOL First hand I play tested with I drew a 40 point hand hehe Gave it a +1, nice deck

November 18, 2015 4:49 p.m.

Really like this. I've been looking at a few decks along the line of this, but this one is the fastest one i've seen. Also the best sideboard. At my FNM everyone plays aggro and this is one of the few I've seen that has Mizzium Skin in it as a sideboard option. Great deck

November 25, 2015 8:29 a.m.

would delver of secret be good in Ur budget kiln fiend deck

January 25, 2016 10:02 a.m.

Delver slowed it down too much actually.

January 25, 2016 7:49 p.m.

That's my "monored" version of this deck: Swiftspear Rage you can hit for 18 or 21 on turn 2. I like the idea to add blue for evasion... but it's a very hard addition of fetchlands and shocklands.

February 18, 2016 10:36 a.m.

I was able to deal 18 damage while preventing the opponent from countering, meanwhile giving Kiln Fiend unblock-able and double-strike. This was after a 1 mulligan at the start of the game and all by turn 3. This is definitely a tournament ready deck. Well done, a little heavy on the pocket book though.

February 20, 2016 12:37 a.m.

I just want to throw out there, if you run some Monastery Swiftspears and Tainted Strikes it's possible to turn 3 them as well with the prowess triggers from Assault Strobe, Tainted Strike, and Distortion Strike or Apostle's Blessing. Izzet Wombo Combo is my deck. Yours helped immenssely while making mine, thought I had an original idea, but someone else always beats me to it :3

March 17, 2016 1:52 a.m.

Oh wow. This is awesome. Just play tested three times and won turn three all of the times. Probably my favorite modern deck on the site (besides my own, but I'm slightly biased).

November 3, 2013 8:52 a.m.

I think that Nivix Cyclops would be better than Wee Dragonauts

November 3, 2013 11:53 a.m.

soooo, in my opinion you should be running a 4 of Surgical Extraction for IF your opponent uses a kill spell that you cannot stop...you extract it, harbenger and fiend next turn without worrying about that kill spell in hand....ALSO! in terms of worrying about kill spells....from experience..most decks go off turn 3/4 anyway...so if ythey have not killed your fiend on their turn...there is a MINIMAL chance they will at all

if you get teh time, please tell me what I could do to improive modern play (trying to get into it more) and if my deck Just EGG-ceptional is modern worthy at all

November 3, 2013 1:47 p.m.

Come on silly you know there should be a Cavern of Souls in here chuckle

January 7, 2014 12:42 a.m.

This style is lovely, liked your deck, +1 point too.
I've got one of my own, pure red: *Sophie Rouge Feel free to check that one. Cheers.

January 7, 2014 1:30 a.m.

Mizzium Skin in place of the blessing? Also, take a look at Nivix Cyclops for a Kiln Fiend that doesn't die to Lightning Bolt

April 30, 2014 11:13 a.m.

I've been out of the game since Innistrad rotated. I should really look into improving this deck with all of the fun new toys that came out. =) I'm probably going to go through suggestions and see what I like for improvements from everyone and roll out a version 2.0 of this deck. Thanks again everyone for all of the suggestions and likes!

June 24, 2014 10:52 a.m.

L8D: Mizzium Skin is something that I'm keeping in the sideboard for now because it doesn't offer pseudo unblockability. Apostle's Blessing has a wider field of use at the trade off of not being 100% protection. The goal of the deck is to have the game wrapped up so fast that your opponent barely has time to make moves against you. You should only need to protect against the one Lightning Bolt before they die. =P I added the Nivix Cyclops over the Wee Dragonauts like you suggested though! I love that change and feel comfortable with it for sure.

June 24, 2014 11:14 a.m.

I like idea of turn 1 Judge's Familiar to help protect against Inquisition of Kozilek and Despise but I'm considering sideboarding 1-2 to make room for 1-2 more Nivix Cyclops . Also I'm considering rotating the 4 Vapor Snag for other spells such as Spell Pierce in the main board. Currently Vapor Snag 's goal in the deck is to double as a way to bounce your opponents single blocker, or as a last resort to save your kiln fiend. I'm worried that Spell Pierce is going to wind up being a dead card in my hand when I need it the most. Only play testing will tell!

Finally, KingSorin suggested working in some white mana to abuse Silence . I think this is a very strong option that I might also consider to take over the Vapor Snag spot. Although I'm worried that mana ratios would get messed up in addition to all of my concerns with mainboarding Spell Pierce . I would have to pretty much guarantee that I could pull 1 of every color by turn 3 every single game. I'll definitely give it a test and HIGHLY consider silence if I can make the white splash work.

June 24, 2014 11:27 a.m.

Looking over my mana base again, It shouldn't be too hard at all to replace the 2x Mountain and 3x Island with dual lands. Again my main concern is just how reliable all 3 colors show up by turn 3.

June 24, 2014 11:30 a.m.

Staggershock is definitely out of my mana curve. Nivmagus Elemental is too slow for my taste and requires me to eat any spells on the stack before they resolve. Finally storm doesn't trigger Kiln Fiend s grow effects.

Thanks for the suggestions though! Appreciate the time you took to look at the deck. Don't forget to +1 if you liked it =D

April 12, 2013 2:50 p.m.

Just saw your deck- I am also currently playtesting a kiln field combo deck. Haven't thought about Flamekin Harbinger ! I run Nivix Cyclops as a second copy- Its a turn slower than Kiln Fiend, however it is resistant to Lightning Bolt and Lightning Helix . To get my combo-pieces I am a huge fan of Faithless Looting in addition to a playset of Serum Visions ! I prefer Artful Dodge over Distortion Strike , because I can put in the graveyard with Faithless Looting and cast it from there. I also run 2 Pact of Negation . It's a great cover to ensure your deadly turn 3 or 4 strike.I was also interested in your sideboard. I like Unstable Footing very much as a fog-counter.

June 22, 2013 3:20 p.m.

@Butch: Someone hit me last night with a standard deck very similar to yours, on MTGO. I'd get a creature out for maybe a turn and threw in some burn damage but was completely shut down by his deck. It was most impressive. Got a link to your deck?

June 22, 2013 10:38 p.m.

Here you go, MightyPirate. I just put it on. Kiln Fiend FTW 2013.

I am still working on it, to get it balanced between protection of my creatures, pumping the creatures and searching for your needed instants/sorceries.

Regarding Standard: I don't think that with the actual Standard cards you can make a competitive deck out of the idea. However as a surprising fun deck with Cyclops, Fluxcharger, faithless looting, Artful dodge, burn spells and pump spells, yeah!

June 23, 2013 4:17 a.m.

I think a card like Silence will help you for two reasons (if you're willing to add white). a.) it will draw out your opponent's fog/bolt etc. (yes I know what you're going to say 'may i draw your attention to Apostle's Blessing and Dispel and Gitaxian Probe and Unstable Footing and Mizzium Skin , speaking of which, where's Dispel ?) but my point is Silence can stop all of these things. A Mizzium Skin is useless against a fog. Silence can either draw it out early or make them take a calculated risk to play it and thus, successfully draw it out, or make them regret a choice of not playing it and hit them for lots and make them feel dumb.

June 23, 2013 5 a.m.

I think a card like Silence will help you for two reasons (if you're willing to add white). a.) it will draw out your opponent's fog/bolt etc. (yes I know what you're going to say 'may i draw your attention to Apostle's Blessing and Dispel and Gitaxian Probe and Unstable Footing and Mizzium Skin , speaking of which, where's Dispel ?) but my point is Silence can stop all of these things. A Mizzium Skin is useless against a fog. Silence can either draw it out early or make them take a calculated risk to play it and thus, successfully draw it out, or make them regret a choice of not playing it and hit them for lots and make them feel dumb. Oh yeah, it'll also shut up commenters or Kiln Fiend dies to removal.

June 23, 2013 5:01 a.m.

I think a card like Silence will help you for two reasons (if you're willing to add white). a.) it will draw out your opponent's fog/bolt etc. (yes I know what you're going to say 'may i draw your attention to Apostle's Blessing and Dispel and Gitaxian Probe and Unstable Footing and Mizzium Skin , speaking of which, where's Dispel ?) but my point is Silence can stop all of these things. A Mizzium Skin is useless against a fog. Silence can either draw it out early or make them take a calculated risk to play it and thus, successfully draw it out, or make them regret a choice of not playing it and hit them for lots and make them feel dumb. Oh yeah, it'll also shut up commenters who say Kiln Fiend dies to removal.

June 23, 2013 5:01 a.m.

Lol sorry about the triple post

June 23, 2013 5:02 a.m.

I have a pauper kiln fiend deck, and while its not even close to the same thing, Tainted Strike is pretty good.

October 5, 2013 8:01 a.m.

Oh, and the deck is called Tainted Fiend

October 5, 2013 8:02 a.m.

Brutal! +1

March 31, 2013 1:40 a.m.

Btw, for your description, your turn 3 Kiln Fiend is actually a 12/4 double strike :P Not sure if it'd really matter, but just wanted to throw that out there.

March 31, 2013 4:51 a.m.

Ah yeah! Thanks for pointing that out. For the sake of correct info I'll edit it. =P

March 31, 2013 7:50 a.m.

Wow. I must say I am very impressed by how well this deck functions, and especially how fast it is. Kudos.

April 4, 2013 3:59 p.m.

I think Dispel is actually better then Negate , since the point is to protect Kiln Fiend anyway.

April 6, 2013 9:33 a.m.

Mizzium Skin is the best protection imo. And my frind runs turn 3 kiln with Lightning Bolt and Brute Force which both work annpyingly well :/ I also think something like unkicked Unstable Footing or Skullcrack is the best solution to Fog because it covers it, the less commonly used Druid's Deliverance etc, whilst being either only 1 mana or 2 with a 3 burn bonus. Probably the Unstable Footing due to its turn 3 synergy with strobe and distortion strike, which is better than artful dodge :D

April 11, 2013 2:35 a.m.

Judge's Familiar is strictly better than Cursecatcher if you ignore the creature type

April 11, 2013 4:09 p.m.

Not really sure whether Staggershock would fit your curve, but Rebound would definitely give Kiln Fiend an edge and would probably get rid of any chumps in case you don't get Distortion Strike .

Also, have you considered Nivmagus Elemental instead of Wee Dragonauts ? Sure it hasn't got evasion, but I think it'd still make a powerful beater.

April 12, 2013 4:53 a.m.

Also, since you have Gitaxian Probe and Manamorphose , a card with Storm would not be bad, especially if you'd end up using Nivmagus Elemental , since it doesn't require you to actually cast the spells. Just use the elemental's ability to exile all the copies you don't need from the stack. I think this strategy was utilized pretty recently by a deck that ended up winning some big modern tournament.

April 12, 2013 5:13 a.m.

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