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Hell Hath No Fury Like Jaya Ballard Scorned

Commander / EDH Budget Burn Control Group Slug Mono-Red Multiplayer

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Have you ever been on the wrong end of that important woman in your life? Scratch that, have you ever been on the wrong end of any woman?

Of course you have! Everyone has! And we all do know that wrath that emulates from that particular individual. It could maybe be described as fiery? Maybe even an Inferno in some cases? Quite like Jaya Ballard, Task Mage!

Jaya Ballard, Task Mage when angry, does have the ammunition; 6 damage to everything ammunition! This is only reinforced by previous encounters with Dictate of the Twin Gods and Furnace of Rath.

I bet you are wondering now though, youve got a bit of a plan to make hers backfire;

"Well she's hitting herself with all these abilities, so surely it blow itself up in a minute if I stay quiet and bide my time?"

That would be a valid point, but have you ever argued back and won? No?! I bet you know why too, she puts up her shields! Little bit of Glacial Chasm, or even some Magebane Armor, not to mention Shield of Kaldra.

My best of luck to anyone willing to stand up to a woman scorned, it is not a mission taken lightly.
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It's been a while since using this deck and it has been retired for the last 12 months. But I've been doing some brewing lately and have come to the conclusion that it shall be reincarnated!

Well sort of.. Similarly to this list I am going to be building an Archangel Avacyn  Flip EDH with similar themes as she herself fits.

Stay tuned!

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I advise switching to Snow-Covered Mountains if you're running Extraplanar Lens.

October 3, 2015 4:47 p.m.

@SorinDankov I will be switching to Snow-Covered Mountain and adding Scrying Sheets soon as I can afford them to be honest, Its not much but at $2 a mountain I can deal with opponents having a benefit for now. Seeing as by the time they utilise it i can usually keep board wiping with Jaya Ballard, Task Mage. But Thank you for your input!

October 3, 2015 4:54 p.m. Edited.

I feels ya. lol Just know of people who don't understand why Snow-Covered. :P +1

October 3, 2015 5:02 p.m.

I'm throwing up a +1 nice deck bro.

December 3, 2015 7:27 p.m.

OH! Distorting Lens turn stuff blue. Blow it up.

December 3, 2015 8:22 p.m.

why only sword and shield of kaldra and not helm?

March 28, 2016 10:57 a.m.

@Joeyblar The sword is used for removal with Jaya, and the Shield is used so she doesn't die when using Inferno. The helm doesn't offer much of an advantage apart from being able to create Kaldra. Though it is fun!

March 28, 2016 11:31 a.m.

This deck is so rad, as a competitive burn player in damn near all formats, I looooooove the flavor of this deck, any chance youd be willing to put together a non-budget version of this? Id really love to see it!

May 27, 2017 10:11 p.m.

Neheb, the Eternal? Seems good for your deck.

September 12, 2017 1:18 p.m.

You have obviously have pored over each and every card choice carefully and painstakingly. I thought I saw one more possible upgrade in the form of Snow-Covered Mountains and Scrying Sheets, only to find out that you already are working towards them. Great deck!

EDIT: Found a possible card that you might be interested in! Hammer of Nazahn has some upsides over Darksteel Plate that may make it a compelling replacement (or addition but I don't know what I'd cut!)

December 3, 2018 11:12 a.m. Edited.

@DARK_VOID Hey there thank you for your input! I have looked at running madness cards, it was actually my first go too to to get more out of Jaya's abilities, but for what they do they seem quite lacklustre unfortunately. Reckless Wurm is just a bit weak to add as it is only a body. I would rather have a card that could be re-used with Jaya's abilities. Violent Eruption on the other hand was a more difficult decision to dismiss the card. 4 extra spreadable damage is nice for 1RR but I don't feel that it is as strong as Chaos Warp for a spot.

August 29, 2015 3:33 a.m.

Darksteel Plate for extra protection fun?

August 31, 2015 12:22 p.m.

Braid of Fire for ramp and Rings of Brighthearth to copy Jaya's abilities

August 31, 2015 12:29 p.m.

@Maringam Hey there, thank you for the input, I have already ordered Darksteel Plate! It is included in the updates section and i can't wait for it to arrive, I cannot wait to play around with it!

@JaceNordark Cheers for your input! Like Darksteel Plate I have already ordered Rings of Brighthearth, they give so much power from on artefact. Though when it comes to Braid of Fire I am a bit dubious, Ideally I would run this and play it T2 every game, but the later in the game it is played the effect of it truly diminishes. It still is a very strong card but currently I am aiming to try out the ones I have purchased, stated in the update. I do expect it will be making an entry around the same time I can get Snow-covered Mountain's.

August 31, 2015 3:27 p.m.

Great! I love seeing this deck!

August 31, 2015 4:32 p.m.

What do you think of Batterskull? I'm thinking of adding it to my list, but Sword of Kaldra seems to be a bit more powerful since it enables her to survive her 7cmc ability. Haha, I'm torn!

September 2, 2015 3:40 a.m.

@Galacticus I would love to stick a Batterskull in this list but unfortunately I cannot afford one at the moment, On a general basis Batterskull is better than Sword of Kaldra due to lifelink, seeing as the sword exiles Jaya anyway. Though the exile from the sword definitely does come in handy against any Re-animation decks. So both do have their place, I just happened to have a promo Sword of Kaldra.

September 2, 2015 3:56 a.m.

+1

September 2, 2015 4:06 a.m.

+1

And you've really GOT to include the Violent Eruption. So much flavor!

September 6, 2015 3:23 p.m.

If you can't afford Batterskull try Loxodon Warhammer?

To gain the damage you deal.

Blood Moon and Price of Glory are nice to.

Yes Blood Moon is pricey.

September 7, 2015 12:18 p.m.

Wow! I'm surprised you don't have Reckless Wurm or Violent Eruption. I'm pretty sure these are EDH legal too

August 29, 2015 2:03 a.m.

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