Boom! Surprise 20 Dmg

Modern Budget RW (Boros)

Barbarian_Sun_Pope

Sorcery (13)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 3x Irencrag Feat
• 3x Nahiri's Wrath
• 2x Reforge the Soul
• 4x Star of Extinction

Land (23)

• 23x Mountain

Creature (8)

• 4x Boros Reckoner
• 1x Brash Taunter
• 3x Spiteful Sliver

Enchantment (5)

• 3x Fires of Invention
• 2x The Flame of Keld

Instant (6)

• 4x Desperate Ritual
• 2x Pyretic Ritual

Artifact (5)

• 2x Chandra's Regulator
• 3x Treasure Map  ^Flip

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Sideboard

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 2x Cathartic Reunion
• 2x Purphoros's Intervention
• 2x Shivan Meteor

Creature (5)

• 1x Brash Taunter
• 4x Lightning Mare

Instant (3)

• 3x Risk Factor

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Maybeboard

Creature (8)

• 4x Crookshank Kobolds
• 4x Pygmy Giant

Land (1)

• 1x Snow-Covered Mountain

Instant (1)

• 1x Skred

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Blood Moon

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So this is an updated version of a deck I used to play. The goal of the deck is pretty straightforward, play a Boros Reckoner then hit it with a Star of Extinction. Everything else is set up to filter your hand or ramp into this combo. When the Star of Extinction hits it's really satisfying.

Combo:

• Boros Reckoner - Key to the deck. It is both defensive and offensive. They won't want to swing into it and I've noticed that people typically don't block him early game unless they can kill him. So depending on your metagame, you can swing in for some free damage.

• Spiteful Sliver/Brash Taunter - Additional Copies of Boros Reckoner (hereby referred to as "Reckoners"). I've only included one copy of the Brash Taunter because it is slightly more expensive, but it is resilient enough to keep in.

• Star of Extinction - Twenty damage to the end the game on the spot. It's expensive cost can also work with other cards in the deck if you don't have the mana.

• Nahiri's Wrath/Blasphemous Act - Alternatives to Star of Extinction and allows us to use them for a lot of damage even if we don't have the mana. It's key to remember that this damage stacks with multiple Reckoners on the field.

Draw/Filtering:

• Chandra's Regulator - Rummage into combo pieces.

• Reforge the Soul - Get that fresh hand. It doesn't matter what they have if you can end the match now or the next turn.

• The Flame of Keld - The downside of the first stage is balanced out by the bonus from the third, especially with multiple reckoners out. This deck can usually play through most if it's hand, so you'll usually only discard less than two cards. This is particularly nice with Risk Factor and Fires of Invention on the battlefield.

• Treasure Map  - Does a little of everything we want.

Ramp:

• Fires of Invention - It helps set up large plays as well as free Reckoners. Also turns two Desperate Rituals into spend two and get five mana.

• Pyretic Ritual/Desperate Ritual - Turn two Reckoner or turn three/four Reforge the Soul. With Fires of Invention out, you can play one of these for free as your first spell and tap four land to play a Star.

• Irencrag Feat - This into a Star of Extinction or even a Reforge the Soul for maximum value. Worse case scenario, it adds 4 more damage when discarded to Nahiri's Wrath

The Sideboard:

• Lightning Mare - One of the hardest match ups I've had with this deck before was counter control and this is specifically for that.

• Shivan Meteor - More affordable Star of Extinction doesn't quite kill, but makes any Reckoner after it really hard to block.

• Purphoros's Intervention - Able to hit for twelve damage to a Reckoner with a Irencrag Feat and/or deals with early planeswalkers. Could also serve as a last minute Ball Lightning and kills with Shivan Meteor.

• Risk Factor - Makes them really reconsider whether or not they want to take the damage in game two and make Shivan Meteor that much more of a threat. Also really good with Fires of Invention on the battlefield.

Maybe/Non-Budget:

• Blood Moon - Great way to stall the opponent if you can afford them.

Just for Fun:

• Pygmy Giant + Crookshank Kobolds = 24 Millon Damage

And that is Boom! Surprise 20 Dmg. Any suggestions or feedback is very appreciated, thank you.

Top Ranked	Achieved #62 position overall 4 years ago Achieved #3 position in Modern 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Modern Budget 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Modern Mono-Red 4 years ago
Date added	4 years
Last updated	8 months
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 22 - 7 Rares 6 - 6 Uncommons 2 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.57
Tokens	Elemental */1 R, Treasure
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