Izzet Aria Delver

Modern UBR (Grixis) UR (Izzet)

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Instant (26)

• 2x Cryptic Command
• 4x Lightning Bolt
• 2x Logic Knot
• 4x Mana Leak
• 4x Opt
• 4x Peek
• 4x Shock
• 2x Syncopate

Land (22)

• 2x Castle Vantress
• 5x Island
• 4x Spirebluff Canal
• 4x Steam Vents
• 4x Sulfur Falls
• 3x Wandering Fumarole

Creature (8)

• 4x Delver of Secrets  ^Flip
• 4x Young Pyromancer

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Aria of Flame

Artifact (2)

• 2x The Magic Mirror

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Sideboard

Instant (4)

• 2x Dispel
• 2x Reality Shift

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Ashiok, Dream Render

Creature (3)

• 3x Wall of Frost

Sorcery (4)

• 2x Anger of the Gods
• 2x By Force

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Blood Sun

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This is a "spells matter" deck using Aria of Flame as its primary win condition that will sometimes find wins from a combination of Delver of Secrets, burn spells, and Servos generated from Saheeli.

I don't have fetch lands in this deck. The relevant fetch land is Scalding Tarn, which sells for $90 at my LGS at the time of this posting. Having them improves the deck and they can replace check lands in the deck.

The general game plan is to get down an early Delver of Secrets   and flip it quickly -- the deck runs 26 instant and sorcery cards in the mainboard so this should not be difficult. Delver will apply pressure and it can be protected with the 8 burn spells and 8 counter spells in the deck. Young Pyromancer should come down as soon as possible to give 1/1 tokens to attack and block.

The Magic Mirror draws you a ton of cards very quickly and can provide overwhelming card advantage.

Aria of Flame can win you the game quickly. Giving your opponent ten life seems bad, but after you've cast four spells with it down you break even. Assuming your opponent hasn't gained life or burned themselves (the latter is more likely in Modern than the former, considering fetch and shock lands in the format) you kill them in three more spells if only one of them is a burn spell. If any more are burn spells you kill them faster, and that's also without any other incidental damage.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 21 - 4 Rares 8 - 9 Uncommons 24 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.95
Tokens	Elemental 1/1 R, Manifest 2/2 C