Jeskai Counterburn

Standard RUW (Jeskai, America)

TegaFoet

Instant (22)

• 4x Dig Through Time
• 2x Disdainful Stroke
• 4x Dissolve
• 3x Jeskai Charm
• 4x Lightning Strike
• 2x Nullify
• 3x Steam Augury

Sorcery (8)

• 3x Anger of the Gods
• 2x Divination
• 3x End Hostilities

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Banishing Light

Planeswalker (5)

• 2x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 1x Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker
• 2x Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

Land (27)

• 2x Battlefield Forge
• 4x Flooded Strand
• 3x Island
• 2x Mountain
• 4x Mystic Monastery
• 1x Plains
• 3x Shivan Reef
• 2x Temple of Enlightenment
• 4x Temple of Epiphany
• 2x Temple of Triumph

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Sideboard

Instant (6)

• 2x Disdainful Stroke
• 2x Mindswipe
• 2x Negate

Sorcery (4)

• 2x Anger of the Gods
• 2x End Hostilities

Creature (5)

• 2x Brimaz, King of Oreskos
• 3x Nyx-Fleece Ram

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Maybeboard

Instant (4)

• 3x Deflecting Palm
• 1x Fated Conflagration

Creature (4)

• 1x Keranos, God of Storms
• 1x Medomai the Ageless
• 2x Stormbreath Dragon

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I made a similar deck during Ravnica-Theros Standard and loved it. "I counter that creature I can't burn and then burn you for 3." It was gratifying to watch my opponent's options dwindle to nothing and even when they'd topdeck champion, I'd have a counter or burn ready. Counterburn is a fast-paced control deck that can go into the late game. It utilizes early burn and counter spells to get me into turn 5/6 when I'll play my planeswalkers and begin to win. Mindswipe takes the place of an end turn X costing spell. I'll use it to win my games by tapping out late-game to counter and burn to either 0 or an achievable life total. Imagine I've got them down to 14. Not much, but I burn them for 7 with a mind swipe. Sarkhan and Prognostic Sphinx attack, I give them +1/+1 and lifelink with Jeskai charm to put myself way ahead in case of a counter strategy or I just attack with either one and Jeskai Charm the rest of their life. Mindswipe is a card that I want to prove is usable. The deck will have trouble against midrange and hexproof, but that's why I included an extra banishing light, an extra end hostilities, and Deflecting Palms in the sideboard. Nullify is also there as a way to get rid of problem creatures early like an early siege rhino or brimaz. I miss control in standard as it's not very prevalent yet, and that's why I made this deck.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	9 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 2 Mythic Rares 30 - 6 Rares 15 - 5 Uncommons 8 - 2 Commons
Cards	64
Avg. CMC	4.05
Tokens	Cat Soldier 1/1 W, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Emblem Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker, Soldier 1/1 W